The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-16

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RoAns.--On Aoadag .reek 4 yoang g,rl name.
Earlxine. whose fa1esg essdes on s.sh Sree, q g
Il Hill, u Marshall county committed snsc'dea 2!
hanging. The cause Of this carrying onf Of !
desperate resolve il disappointment IN love-
Il She Obtained permission 20 60 20 clearing pea
her fathers hoaae to gather bark for kindlinl
i weod. and Va Observed to take rope With her
Il She remained out longer than Was her custom
i and search being Instituted, the unioflnnats
i girl was found suspended 10 the iipabs Of tree
! ifeleea. Mss Earlwine was about 4 8 years o
i age. The superssiiious people OF the neighbor
4 hood would not allow her TO BE- buried IN tht
i church yard, and her remains we're appropriate
| II Inferred At the Cross Roads In accordance
| with heathenish custom and an obsolete Law
Richmond South Aug. y.
/ INTERESTING TO DENrIsrs.-Dr. J. B. Francis
| of Philadelphia, has invented what he calls
galvanic forceps, which is intended g relei
| to the pain Of extracting teeth. Il is comoi
| nation Of the ordinary forceps, with gaivanit
I arrangement attached, whereby the nerve o.
1 the tooth NAV be charged with galsanic in
| fiuence, aad its sensibility b ssspended. IL
| this condition the extractien will be without
| the pain usually accompanying the drawing OF
tooth in high state Of ihilAmation.-- Evening
Pesti
tN- Mosquitoes Rave been 20 thick on Long
Island that the workmen on the Brooklyn water
works were compelled 10 quit their work and
dee to their houses. Horses and cows that run
m the field are almost killed by them.
SAD CAsuALrY.-Martin Gill, Of Alpine, near
Agency, on the Desmoine Kver,--a much re-
spected citizen, thrown from his buggy
and killed, few days since.
An EPIDEMIC or CRlME.-Our exchanges con-
tain an unusual number Of suicides; cases of in
fancitide; affrays; shooting, &C.; also, burgla.
ries, robberies and garrOtting. There seems to
be an epidemic Of wickedness and violence in
some parts Of the land.
TIE UTAH ExPEDITIoN.--An Army order is-
sued from the War Department on the Sd inst.
requires Gen. Harney to dispatch six companes
Of dragons TO escort the civil officers of Utah
on the mission, numbering $50 men. To this
figure has the great expedition to Utah dwindled
down-a mere escort Of Gov Cumming.
The far-famed Kit Carson was at Sante Fe,
New Mexico, July 80. He is represented as .
mild, pleasant man, very refined and polite. No
stranger would suspect him Of having led the
life Of daring and adventure which distinguish
him. He 10 said to be tayorite with all class
es, including lndiansj
RArTLE-SNAKE KILLED IN MACHINE SHoP
The Detroit Tribune states that, day or two
since, a large rattle-snake, with seven rattles,
was killed in Ke'loggs foundry, in tina. city.
For week or more previous, the worknen in
passing heap Of old iron and castings that had
accumulated in one corner, had heard rafting
noise, but paid no attention TO it. On the day
in question, workman was poking about in
the heap for a piece Of old iron, having q
broomstick in his hand, when his snakeshp
came out, much to the astonishment OF ali, and
was speedily dispatched. Where he came
from, or how long he had been there, il not
known.
NIcE SUNDAY WoRK.-Yesterday morning a
prize fight came off at Petty's Island, near Phil
adephia, between a man named Hughes, and
an Englishman, name not known. 1t is said
that they fought So rounds, which occupied one
hour and fifty minutes. The Englishman was
badly beatcn.-Phil. Ledger, Monday morning
/ DuBuQuE.--Julien township including Dubu-
que, contains l2,823; according to the latest
census The whole population OF the county is
%, 900. The Naturalized voters exceed the native
born; the former numbering ALL; the latter
2,069
A Methodist minister at Burlington, n. j.,
named Sutherland has been discovered as the
seducer IF daughter, aged only l5 years, Of
one Of his parishioners, and has fed to escape
the wrath Of the outraged father and his equal
" indignant neighbors. II seems that Suther-
land got the girl into his library, one day not
long since, TO help him arrange his books, and
while there committed the horrid crime; the
poor girl left the house just as Mrs. Sutherland
was entering il, and evaded her questions to
why she was crying, &C., by Fastening home to
tell her mother of her wrongs. The affair was
soon announced, and great public indignation
vas aroused. The father Of the girl started ou,
| to pursue the minister and take vengeance on
| him, but the latter was forewarned and escaped
| by leaping the fence Of his own back yard, and
| running for life. Sutherland is about 80 years
Of age, and this act, it is now found, il not the
first Of which he has been guilty.
New AND DANGEROUS CoUNrERFEir.-Ou
bankers are deeply stuck with new counter
| felt on the Lumberman's Bank, Wisconsin, o.
the denomination of $l0. Iii exceedingly wei
/ executed, and has defed the best judges in oul
principal banks. Indeed, so well is it executed
that after il was suspicioned and subjected 70
an examination Of a microscope, no d,iterenc'
| could be detected. There is however more thar
one eighth Of an inch difference in the length
the genuine being the shortest. The best wa,
is to refuse all SlO bills Of this bank.-Chicag'
Democrat.
BUCHANAN co.-This is one Of the Countie
| redeemed from the rule Of the Sham Democrac.
Mt the late election. The new Republican Of
icers have been installed, and their friends fee
much encouraged to persevere TO the attain
/ ment Of new honors under the Republican ban
| ner. The nominations OF the Republican Stat
| Convention meet with much favor there, ana 30
majority is promised in October.
Two horse e.thieves, Willie and Gurarar, wh'
had escaped, have been recaptured, and ar
threatened with Lynch law.
In 1854 the county poled 400 votes. AT tn
late election 1900 were polled.
i John Thomas wished to know why the Obi
Life and Trust Company is like the Atlanti
Telegraph Cable? Because it became embal
rassed in 'paying out" and broke!
i J. T. was Immediately carried out and place
under shower bath.
$50 said Mr.. H--uhe celebrated color
ed minister Of Vermont,) to clerical frient
"you are writing book?'
Il am" was the somewhat selt-complacel
reply.
.'Well, brother, you have just as good rigl
to make book as those who know how.
"Cali that kind mans' said an actor. viii
speaking Of an absent acquaintance; "a ma
/ who is away from his family, and never sent
!, them farthing. Call that kindness:
, "Unremitting Kindness chackled Jerrold.
The semi. Weekly Mail.
Congress at its last session authorised the e.
: tablishment OF three mail lines from the Missi
sippi river to the Pacific coast. The Prcsidel
and the Post Master General were to decide y
on the bids, and make the contract. And VII
:. have they dOnes
! We learn by the last mail from New io'
. that bids. have been accepted Tor one sem
Q weekly NAL from Memphis and s.. Louis to >
Francisco. Il commences at Memphis, u
branch TO St. Louis being merely sop TO ke'