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Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

correspondent OF me American Agrcul
turist gives the result of some experiments
which 60 to show that hide feshings rejected by
tanners are Of great va.le for mature.
A Coon EXAMPLE. --Thc town of Waltham,
Mass, has voted two hundred dollars for adorn-
ing the streets OF that place with ornamental
trees. t..--.'u ...s H." a. Rig ~ ..
The prosecution Instituted some years ago
ago against Ohio Hinton, in the Circuit Court
OF the United States for the District of Ohio, for
alleged depredations the mails, was at the
term of that Court held this month at Cincil-
natl finally dismissed by order of the Court
Cleveland Herald.
A CURIOUS SUIT.--ln Memphis, recently, Mr.
and Mrs Helbng, sued man named Bohlen for
a breach of promise, because he didn't marry
Mrs. Helbing as he agreed TO do before she was
married to her present husband. But the fun
niest part of it is, they recovered $40 against
Bohlen. sa.
A lady advertises for n husband in New York
six feet high. This votaress of hy man ought
to marry a grenadier.
A play has just been written. It is called
the thinks of Mystery" or the Haunted SAT-
sages."
Due TO HIM.-The Aurora Beacon says Owen
Lovejoy has been received with Tors and joy by
more then was owe,s' to him. Bloomington Oh. }
Paragraph.
The fact that sea water contains silver dis.
covered recently by Mcssrs. Malagnti, Durocher
and Sorzeaud, and published in the "Annaies de
Chime" has been confirmed by Mr.. Field, a
British chemist, in paper read to the Royal So
ciety of London. .ss~s-.7 s-, t...s'. ,..
A thousand dollar note upon the Northern
Bank, Providence, Z. l., of the date of Decem-
Der Is, 1856, was lost or stolen from ieposItor
a short time since. 1t was the only note of that
denomination out, and the cashier has given no.
tice that it Will not be redeemed. r. ~-s-....
ABEAurIFrL THoUGHr.-A little Swedish girl,
while walking with her father on starry night,
absorbed in contemplation of the skies, being
asked of what she was thinking, replied: 81
was thinking If the wroag side of heaven is SO
glorious, what must the right side be-"
About three hundred artisans are now en-
ployed at the government factory at Harper's
Ferry. in the manufacture of the rife musket
and the rife. -e #.G
MoRE MURDER aY mi: Isn,Ass.-The Hen.
derson Democrat of the 4th learns from the
Sioux Agency that the friendly Indians sent
out by Agent Flandran to purchase the two re-
naming female captiyeS Of the hostile Indians
have been murdered by those rascals and ali
their goods taken possession of! One of the
Indians escaped TO tell of the result of the ex .
peditieu.-i Caie. Press.
Thomas johnson, OF. Weat Townsend, Maine
has invented a bed which is OF spiral springs
and constructed with an air chamber in the cen.
ire, SO curiols!y arranged that every motion
made by the sleeper produces bellows action,
and forces out the air, which has become affec-
ted by the perspiratioH CT the body, and at the
same time lew supply Is taken in. The act of
rising irou, 1t in the morning completely airs it.
II at once expands to shape, and can be made
and put Il. perfect order in enc minute.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

g i SAD Casa mother, whose name, for OBJ.
vious reasons, we suppress, on Monday evening
took the advice OF one OF her neighbors and in
sttuted a new discipline for her infant daush-
ter, six weeks of age. The child had been
troublesome in the evening, fretting and crying
as children will do; when the mother was told
that if she would put it in its crib in the cham
Der and pay no attention to it, it would cry it
self to sleep, and after one or two repetitions OF
this experiment, would be quiet in future
She acted on the new plan, aud though driven
out of the house by the child's cries, suffered it
to remain uncared for until the noise ceased,
when on going up stairs stcalthily, that she
might not awaken it, she found her child-dead!
1t had died in fit. This mother hasa loving
heart, but was over-persu:ded to do what her
judgement and conscience condemned, and
what will haunt her as long as she ves.-Chica
go Tribune.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17
IRIS: LET.
Itl corner of Washington IN rs, $50 A''
1871 OF "1auIHKtOfi ,rd co,r,l
June swift. kFTT ana fourh streets.
!LLSGTO IOWA. =
w ran,sd hx a ~ fAGONS. old and var
----------1- may l8) KEITH, ROBINSON co.
vv rraS lees Sale of Real Estate.

il r. LIT having be en- made In the payment OF
NV 1fomissory note FIR $685. due April 2sh 1851,
by Il. T. Hendricks and secured hy Deed Of Trust
On certain property in the city Burlington, described
below The Undersigned, the Trustees named in said
Deed Of Truss by virtue of the provlions Of same,
wilt, Pedn esddy, TIE f9A day Of ane 1887, at the
door ofthe Cou rt Hone, Burlington. al O'Clock NJ
sell public sale the best and highest bicder cash,
the south 6fsp.si- and oae.ouy feet Of Lot No. nine
hundred and nc. vty-too b., tS2sB) in Burlington,
Des Moires County iowa. fro nting J6 feet Seventh
Street. said city, running the south Line
Of said lot the inc of the same. with the srPur-
tenances satify pay the said and Interest
may 9l-waw r. ". NEWMAN, lr.,...
LYMAN COOK,
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The Burdell Marriage Investigation, in New
York. does not promise so favorably for Mrs
Cunningham, after the developments of the past
week, as it did the week before. Testimony
has been produced to prove almost beyond 8
doubt that it was next to impossible for the
Doctor to be in New York and to be married
on the 2Sth of October. Farther testimony is
still expected, even to the extent that subse
quent to the 28h October, Mrs. Cunningham
was engaged to he married to person named
hyde, in California. ..... .--
THE FIRE IN THE Woops AT BRAsHERs FALLS
The fire in the woods in St. Lawrence Co., n.
Y, was more disastrous III its results than was
at first supposed particularly at the Brashcr
Falls Iron Works:
In one hour, forty-three buildings, and from
500, 900 to 100000 worth of property were re-
duced to ashes, and forty families made house
less and homeless, without food or clothing
Women who were washing in their yards were
compelled to fly for their lives. A large num-
Der of mechanics and laborers were thrown out
of employment by this sad catastrophe about
500 men were employed about the Iron Works
of Mr. Skinner, whose loss was nearly $4,000
In addition to the forge and work shop he had
large store-house filled with finished work,
which now presents the appearance of a huge
mass of iron some ten feet high:
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

WORKING FOR A LIv1NG.-Thc following ex-
cellent article in the Offering, edited by the
factory girls Of Lowell, breathes the right
spirit: 10.
"Whence originated the idea that it was de :
rogatory to lady's dignity, or blot upon fc-
male character, to labor? And who was the
first to say sneeringly, COB, she works for a
living" Surely such ideas and expressions
ought not to grow on republican soil! The
time has been, when ladies Of the first rank
were accustomed to busy themselves in domes-
tic employment Hover tells us of Princesses,
who used to draw water from the springs, and
wash with their own hands the finest linens of
their respective families The famous Lucretia
used to spin in the midst of her attendants; and
the wife of Ulysses after the seigc of Troy, en-
ployed herself wedding until her husband re
turned from Ithaca" .....
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

LrsBEm.--Is II estimated that the amount
of lumber nov on the Mississippi and lis srib.
ussries above the Pals of ST. Anthony, is about
50,ooo,ooo feet in logs, which is now being
secured by the various booias. The lumbes.
ing business this season is likely to prove sue
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

A Coon SPECULATION Episcopal fund
of the Diocese Ct lows, some 81 600 was invest
ed in lands couple Of years or so ago-the
lands thus purchased are estimated TO be now
worth about &3s. 600.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

The Government of the United States have
determined to make q thorough survey of the
Isthnlus of Darien to ascertain the practicabity
of ship canal company panelling has been Or
dered to detail sufficient number of officers aud
men to follow out the recent partial surveys
near the line OF the Panama Railroad, and the
President Of the Railroad Company has instruc-
ted the Chief Engineer to facilitate the survey
by such gratUitous transportation Of men and
women as may be necessary to the works. .
Secretary Toucy has also ordered two vessels,
one on either side, 10 the terminus of the Atrato
and Imando route, and while the proper officers
examine the har5ors and take soundngs COM
pany Of thirty men including Engineers from
the War Department. will trace the land route.
Mr.. Kennish, the Engineer who made the pri-
vate survey, will accompany the expedition, the
whole to be commanded by Lieut Craven, al
ready celebrated III connection with our Coast
Survey. The last named expedition is under
taken at the instance of F. N. Kelley, Esq, who
procured the private survey, and has been, for
several years much interested in the project.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

Chicago Mechanics inst!t.tn g.
CASH TERMS i'9'.-f"r improved Reap.r
a e ana Mower, f149 90
TINE Trns. 1ss ror Improved Mower, 100 %
So,s "ai i0noHs; co down, and ba.ance In
cent, ns, Dee st, 1851, with interes. At per
TINE Terms 1857
follows. A.. ..--Por Improved Mower, sl35 00-as
Dec H.. ~ 10 down, and balance In note payable
sxy ,l538, With interest at Per ce mt. per
Or. rurehasers to pay freight ia all cases.
M 'ers should be sent in early to prevent dsappont.
eht. Address H. Z. BARTLETT x CO.,
may z'-wom. Sole Agents for Southern Iowa.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

A farmer named John Arnot met with nor
rible death at Chinguscousy, c. W., last week
He was engaged in taking out stun,ps, and after
one had been raised he went underneath for me
purpose of removing portion OF the clay al.
herring to it. and while there the chain shipped
OIL, and the wEoie weight fell upon him, killing
him Instantly. s .sr 81 .-.I-.f .sz
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

sS~In the State of Kentucky the barbarous
practice Of selling paupers into slavery still ex'
lists, and man named Hough was recently sold
for four months, at Covington because he could
not sunnort himself
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

FRATRIcIrE.-A case Of deliberate, prcmedi
tated murder of brother, occurred near Ply
mouth, in McDonoush county, near the line
of McDonough and Hancock counties, last
Thursday Two brothers, By the name Of
Wade, holding conflicting claims to a piece Of
ground, one OF them commenced planting corn
upon it. The other wena into the field and or
Gered him TO deSst, ana 20 leave the premises.
This demand producing no effect, he went back
to the fence and took up his gun, which it seems
he had left there as he had entered the field,
and deliberately shot his brother down at his
work. The shot proved fata. in a very short
time The murderer f., to the woods, and has
not been heard of since. Its supposed that he
got upon the evening t.ain of ears to Chicago,
before news Of the crime had spread, or any
measures been taken for his arrest.-Galesburg
Free Democrat. = L
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17


Hon. Jens MCLEAN see by q teiegraphic
dispatch of yesterday, that Gen. Walker and
suit were approaching the city Of New Orleans
on a steamboat from Nicaragua.
In the early part of 1887 and fore part of
1888, because sympathised with the patriots
of Canada, in their struggle to sever their con.
neetion with England and annex TO the United
States, you thought it an offence SO gross in its
character as to require special charge to the
grand jury-and yoI even filed, with your own
hand, precept for writ to be served on me
o. violating our laws of neutrality.
Fer this l have no fault to fnd-but l an,
looking with somewhat curious eye to see
whether you viii pursue those engaged IN an
nexing stare territory, with the zeai you did
those engaged in trying to annex free territory
to the Union--or whether, as in the case OF
raising troops in Cincinnati, to goto Texas, they
can leave the United States, organized for war
with the flag of foreign nation flying above
them-provided they go to aid slave propagan.
dists. Most respectfully,
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

u" AFTER liGM.-It is stated that the free
booter Walker dare not go to Washington, as a
writawaits him from the United States Circuit
Court Of New York, at the auit of CON- VAN
derbilt, for plundcring the Transit Company.
GsB Grasshoppers said to be making their
appearance in great numbers on the Upper Mis-
sissippi. Last summer they were SO plenty as
to destroy the potatoe and cat crops in that
section entirely and already they are said to
be cutting down the young wheat as it makes
its appearance above ground.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

THE FIRE IN THE FIELps AND Woops IN Non
TnKRN New YoRs.-The Malone (Franklin Co.
Palladium has the following additional particu-
lars relative to he fires that have for some tim,
been prevailing in the Northern part of tn,
State of New York: 49, - .sa -.
We suspect that we have not given even :
faint idea of the extent Of the ravages by fir,
| lust week. 1t would hardly be possible for one
to do so without having been in its midst
We saw Mr.. Hardy from Westrlie yesterda
and the account he gives is appalling. His los
i'll buildings, grains and farming tools is over
81 900. Every farming utensil he had was burn
ed-his fences, lis crops, and everything except
his house, which was saved only by the greatest
exerlicn. He lost about 800 bushels of grain
corn, oats, &c. a..- ..... -
His whole nei ,hborhood is in ruins-houses
barns, sheds, mills, fences, forests, crops-every
thing is burned up. Over 25 buildings OF al
kinds are destroyed on less than mile sQuar.
his, we believe, the only house left. The III,
was perfectly lutid with flames, and chairs aut
furniture carried into the fields and set down
separately away from ANY other combustible ma
terias, were ba ned.
Marshal and Theron Headly are stripped o
everything but their land One OF these is
Justice Oh IhS L eace, anu nau some VaiuGDlt
books and papogs, and about one hundred dol
lars in money Which he hastily buried in the
earth to save, bat strange to say, his books and
papers and all lis money, except & 500 golc
piece, were burned.
1t was Impossible to get from house to house
in the neighboThood, to help one another, ant
Mr.. Hardy. who was absent from home, whei
the fire came upon them, run a very marrow
chance for his lie in getting home. \ schoo
| had just been dismissed aAd it was feared, tina
his children with others, were burned, but the.
were all safe, yet badly frightened. Mr.. Hard
was with his team, and finding that be could no
get it home Ivy the road, turned it about, am
gave it in change of a man with him, telling hir
to nick up ali The children and run the horse a
fast us ne could, till out of danger Mr. Hard
had nine acres of corn just coming up, en'ires
destroyed.
The FIRE spread over a territory fully tw
miles in hrcalth hv at least four in length, !
this i.amedia;e neighhorhood, destroying every
.hing. ---- -a7
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| "a.
SrUYvEsANr PEAR TREE.-Last year we thou gilt
that the venerable Stuyvesant pear tree, now
upwards Of two centuries DID, on Sd Avenue.
corner of East 18th street, New York, would
probably outive most of the present generation
who reside in its vicinity. But the last winter
has left its marks upon It's limbs as well as on
those of other old people of our acquaintance.
Paralysis has seized on several Of it's branches
and though in full bloom, that is all that remains
Of it, its head is spoiled Of many of its recent
gay and rich adornments Newark Advert
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as. from the Davenport Gazette.
High Zines at INSTRUMENTATION a.is tE---
Narrosr Escape trcss, Esss!ls inS.

NarrosT Escape rvo.s, Esss.l glms,.
We are indebted to friend for the following
extract from letter dated Florence, Nebraska
May 26, and Written by Mr.. 7. McGarvran, for
merely resident of Davenport:
ave have had a very exciting time mere TO-
day. Some six or seven men were arrested Tor
claim jumping. One o'clock this evening was
the time appointed for the trial, and the whole
town was present. The prisoners were brought
up tied together, tried by the club association,
and condemned. Death was the penalty
Ropes were procured, and l thought for some
time they were sure to be hung according to
sentence, and now | think had it not been tor
an old gray headed father pleading for his
son and sons-in-law, and the tears OF their wives
and sisters they would have been hung
4 number OF speeches were made in favor Of
death, but the final result was, three were set
free on condition that they would do right and
be honest in future, contessing their ta"st and
releasing their right of claim. The other tour
we're; sent across the river accompanied by
about $50 men, with resolution that il they
ever set foot again on Nebraska soil they would
be hung. F-se 'a+'-# '.- ..-
THE PL6G UGIIEs.-The Washington Star
says that the "brass swivel taken by the ,darines
from the Plug Uglies, and which the sympathi
GERS Of the latter have persstenty insisted was
City Hall, by direction of the City Police. 1t
was composed of eight pavement stones, large
number of rifle balls, buck shot, swan shot, &c,
weighing altogether between ten and twelve
pounds. 49, .a- ,...s. ..-- t... .s..
The lntelllgencer adds the following:
In evidence OF the degree of humanity and
deccncy possessed by the thirty '.Plus Ug-
lies, who so precipitately decamped by the 3
O'Clock train on Monday afternoon, it may be
stated that on their passage in the cars to Bal
tlniore they expended the contents OF their re-
volycrs, originally intended for the citizens Of
Washington, upon the bodies OF the cows and
horses that were grazing in the fields along the
read. There must have been several hundred
shots fred. When they arrived at The fork of
the road on the suburbs OF Baltimore, the thirty
plug Ugiies" got ont, undoubtedly Tor the p"r-
pose of avoiding the risk OF an arrest at tie de-
pot. The other passengers must hive ieIt
themselves especially fortunate and agreeable
in such company. The testimony on which we
make this statement is unimpeachab!e. Is not
the Railroad Company responsible TO any injury
done to property in this way"
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

GREAT ARRIVAL OF EMGRANTs.--The Chica-
go Press says. no less than fifteen hundred
Scandinavians arrived in this city by a single
train over the Michigan Central Railroad. They
were destined to various points in Wisconsin,
Iowa and Minnesota.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17

AMERICAN LISsEEp 0II.-The American ar
ticle is fast supplanting The use of the foreign,
and but few importers will have the hardiAood
to ship extensively OF an article which costs
them more in the london Market than they
can get for it here. Under these circum-
stances we would advise manufacturers here to
improve the condition Of their Oh, for between
themselves and dealers. admxtures of crude
cotton seed and other oils are presented to the
consumer, which cour.e, if persisted in, will
sooner or later be reput'!ated by the majority of
consumers. Let crusticrS therefore cndeavor to
keep up the character of this oil, as they may
be compelled to fight again for the position they
have now obtained in establishing the produc-
ton Of the article! Al the same time if con-
sumers will t.kea little Iroablc, by having their
oil chemically tested, they can readily detect
those who impose upon, them.- n. \. Tribune.
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We're half the I,ose bat Glls the world With
terror, Fa
Were hall thc wealth bestowed on camps and
courts, ~ -
Given to redeem the human n,hndfrom error,
There were 10 need of arsenais nor fortx
The warriors name would be name abhorred!
And every nation, that should lift again
Its hand against brother, on its forehead
Would wear foresermore the curse Of Cain.
no-vr the dark future, through long generations,
The echoing sounds grow fainter and then
cease,
And like bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations,
! hear once more the voice Of Christ say,
Peace
Peace. and no longer from It's brazen portals
The blast OF Mars great organ shakes the
skies
But beautiful as eoags of the immortais,
The holy melodies OF love arise.
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The Difference BETWEEN FiLLfBusTERisa is
1881 AND ls67.-The following letter, which
has just appeared in the Summit (ohio) Beacon,
explains itself:
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DECIDEDLY New DonGE.-A novel mode Of
obtaining liquor without paving for it has just
been discovered, which reflects considerable in
gently on the inventor. Peter J. Lyons, q
coored man, harinS access to lage number Of
casks containing liquor upon pier No North
River, hit upon a plan 10 obtain as much liquor
for bis private use or otherwise as he desired
In q coarse heavy coat which he wore, he caused
| to be inserted several capacious pockets, and
then had some tin cans made to fit the pockets
so nicely that they could not be observed. Thus
provided, Lyons would station himself at the
end of long row Of wine casks, the bungs of
which had been opened by the gaugers, and
with small siphon ill his tin cans without being
observed. While helping himself thus to the
pure juice of the grape yesterday morning, he
was discovered and arrested by Officer Barry Of
the First Ward, and taken before Justice Con.
molly, who committed him for examination.-
When arrested, Lyons had about three gallons
of wine in the tin cans in his pocket. His ac-
| complete escaped.-fribune. ,.
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Artificial limbs are now made of willow, CO.
vered with parchment, painted flesh color, and
beautifully enamelled. The knee joint, being
successful invention of the ball and socket,
avoids the defcrnity that the ordinary tendon
and morticc Joint exposes upon the bending the
limb. The ankle and toe:joints are also in,ita-
ted, and cords, operated by springs, cams and
eccentrics, give great certainty to the move
ments Of the continuance.