Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-01-28

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4 sAaas. bstass issaiat # perulasisa. xsaish q
inass1ls ,es31g - aIAeiss lofs sAsp saaef Co.
as y q esss!s q y! IS sn'ih e Is. June ias
!. q folIows: ssi ,sss. ~ sssEEs.,ss.., g-as
| Iee- ,-5s Dubuque, q, ga
1ass's ssl Dss Moines 0isaa
4gisvtGT s5sis.i &; 'ss IS 'sasa ltssi
Dss aoinsss satIs contains sosl s-.ellius,
and ssss families, which ii Az d~eliingsI TOO
fsH sIaF The Old pEeyfrh isBrue, which sAs :
that mo henss il large. eEpagfE forstwo ssmi-
lies-n let the carpenters ksep 10 work. The
nnsnhev of males in, the 4Gousty ,isfll ,o6Ng q
females z, 1891 being 4. preponderancs pf 'the
former iosthe anoppt OIL $40, The rnpHhsrl
Of voters is 1854, Of whom, 6s2s orr less shaiii
one.sixlh, are Of foreign birth. ssE s..
sFhsi sanbsrs0 Of votes; kowever, cast 81 the,
Augusf electlon for Congressional candidates
Vas only 1885,, showing That s44 Of our voters
failedsso exercise the elective franchise at that
ltimesg TIE number ottiyoses cast at the Pres.
identiaf election was s.s7s. The County con-
tains 10 deaf matea, a blind persons, i insane
and idiots. The nnmber Of persons reported
. owners sof land in the chief Counties is as
follows: rsag taps hah saasa 7eiflp i':a s; ~a
Marion, 2,9e4 Lee, ~ a,45l
Clayton. s,,av s,oe7 asia pubaque, s,uss
Scott g. ,,gs s,oos zero m Jackson, Ial 2,e4a
Des H HAoelnes. e. s2o2ssss asa oss,ls galutas 80
10 Desl Mqinss County is reported as having the
largest number ofeacres Of, improved land.
VIZ: 81, ,7ss y Van Baren and Scott come next,
the former having 77,loS, the ,latser ,s4e.-
Lee County issertoaeously reported. rThe fol-s
lowing are some of the sglicuitural statistics-
aofabGsheG Utfawfnsef wheat harvested: i
Van Buren, 3d. @ ai iDes, ,Aoines, lss, 27o1
lee, iii "a Htsnr.yss .yssts 74o
EOfl bushels ofsOatsios tlsgip sitdi7s,s ea |,
Lee gainUey 1926; ;2sSs i5aIYan Buren, bs7s, 1884
DesM6ines,s $50, ,sss Y Henry, si2s5, 1855
Dssis,'qzls 73,226aFN Jefferson, u s4s,ss7
Tones, a4s, ,s2ss 7s4iap ,aaa1i 7svsa Il
or Bushels Of corn rn3sfse, hls9fss aa'tfs's ssei
lee, u sl,7is,os2 Des Moines, ,45s, Adj I
dahaska, ,447 1872 .Wapello, s, 1855, 1913
Van Buren,, 1925 Henry, y,gs.ssa, 1873 ,667q
.onisa ,l2e,472 .Jl s.,sysl t5.gi3,,o5 81 .,sf.
hogs sold: u vsalussses ,.sf t4 laegs .ii,Ih
esMpine.; 4hs ss,875e6 ovalues Za sa14,l6o
Napello, ii ,7ts4, 500 q ia sssidn@ ais l7s,B54
zee, y a1iga alS,934ea q s.sses gaa slB0,6l2f
Jefferson ees 1851 aeas ..sqosa's sFlss53
.ouisa,nal aEl7sse6 30 aes,iies.a asts f5a, ,b46'
ofscattie sofd:d 9hnm isaiosefa fsta ss4 -asf'
e, e,s ,:, s,osl. Des Moines, ines 5',,4 ~ 4sol
efferson, 1876 Wapello,sa I. q, ,436
)ayis, at "A ,4SsS a.tasse,s ii aiaga lst II
The assessed syaluation Of property in the
sading Counties for 1855 is as follows:ad' apdn
,ubuque, sl4, 100000 Des Moines, s7,45e, boot,
zee, Y lsa' 1875, ,357 Scott, Z 7,252,lO4
luscatine, 5,676, ,l4o Linn, 5,25o,5fsd
ohnson, 5,OOg, 1s2 s.ss =
The number Of Distric. School Houses in the
tateis 1885,. ,inajd. - l9fe. Jos -syI
cott d as3 has, 70 nacost, es S3s,4l5sH Fl
AN tBusen sis"y; sT7s ass'as "2a4 90, s1I6.652
ackson s7 alstsa,F SO t1ii sai3s; f5attls.2l5sI
zee .Gpjt9aitkae's III 6B ~ 8sseijJ T ssH. .4s6
efferson tca"sf4as6S &c iii1s,ftoa u ,on'f sdd (
,es Moiness 8ss sae6Od fiets" s1eE %, ,O9eis,
Lenry 81 sis"&sat IS ~ !" ,osfe2 E9l0, 500 +,
All these figures show that no other iporlion
f. the State is superior to this County in. indus
y, enterprise andgeneral intelligence ~ -aEfa
according to the census, more than half the 4il
opulation Of the State residei ID the two Eastern
er Of Counties next to, the Mississippi riyer.- !.
his fact shows that goodpolicy does not at pre- b
snt demand the removal Of. the seat of gov
rnrnent to the center, of the State. Let it re.
laint at Iowa City for FIVE or ten years yet, eI