The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

Il oo0us year since united into oue-is repor. :
sa"ed ior $1,000 Too high living ON ,h
pAH oi TOO many propriet0rs, and general inte1
= uei arrangements too extensive for the busines
d - tne esssoilshment, are assigned ~ the chic
o causes: 10 these might be added the collapse
!. condit'on OF Chicago for the past year, whicl
mas countless had its share in the matter, Blu
! the original, prims, and legitimate csuse-an'
10 Why It could not have proved profitable eve,
nad u not failed-is. undoubtedly the oyerdoin,
. VI .ne newspaper business in that city, Bosto,
ana chicago have been particularly plagued i,
. sois respect, and in both the .consolda ation'
, plan has been tried, but with very unsatisfacto
r. results.
There are plenty Of other papers which nigh
Wen ial 90 far - paying their debts goes
4 oat as one set ofpropretors break up, they gen
e.4"y nno others green enough to take ,hei,
places, and 90 the thing goes on, until they in
!. turn share . similar fate. and are followed by
tnoee OF the same unfortunate mental idiosvn.
grasses. This 10 the history Of numerous class
an tne ranks OF city journalism, to say nothing
oI tue n0sts OF lesser note in the smaller to
ana villages. An unsuccessful ne wspaper af-
lords one OF the best known methods for the
!aPlo aud permanent investment OF big "sink
ing fund. and the rage which afflicts young
america" TOR the possession OF this discriptl, q
OF nonors, naturally leads his '.vaultng ambi-
ton" to ''o'erieap itself" and lands him on the
"osher side" of-Jordan-[Cin. Gazette.
BLOODY TRAGEDY IN DErRoIr-A SHOCKING
tragedy took place at Detroit on ThursdsV
nignt an account of which we end in the Ad.
ver'ser OF 'nat city. man named McNama-
sue"pteu 70 murder his wife and step
daughter by cutting their throats with a razcr
Inc wife was kneeling at her evening PRAYER.
celng ABOUT to retire for the night, and the
daughter was in another part Of the same roam
preparing Tor bed. Mcnamara entered ~.
room at that moment, and without the least
provocation, first assaulted bis wife, cutting her
oadiy, and then the daughter, who was also
oadiy cut. The alarm was given, neighbora
entered the house. saw the terrible spectacle of
oloou, LOOK the bleeding victims under their
care, and had the brutal murderer arrested.
The wounds are quite severe, but both are ar.
pected to recover.
| PooR OLD BUck lit is said that on the d.v
OF the Illinois election, Mr.. Buchanan read in
the presence Of his Cabinet letters from Chica-
60, assuring him that his friends in this State
would poll nifty thousand votes, and elect al
| least eight members of the Lower House and
three OF the Senate. The old gentleman was in
| high glee over the intelligence, and so cont;n-
| ued until the dispatches announced that his
correspondent had made a triang mistake Of
10000 votes Mr. Buchanan is now thorouph-
Illinois. Poor old Buck!
- Two BOYS SuFFocATED IN WELL.-The
a0'eoo D'ade learns that on Monday afternoon.
n .w1 sons OF Mr: Mckinley, residing at Nor
walk, Ohio, lost their lives under the follown,
circumstances
the well bucket having become detached |
from tie rope, the father sent down one of his |
ooys, about twelve years of age, to get it. but
oeiore ne mad got to the water he fell: when
MS brother, about ten years old, was let down |
by the rope, and he disappeared in the same
way The atmosphere of the well was then |
tested with candle, which was extinpuished |
within few feet of the top"
EXTRAORDINARY CHESS PLAYING.-Th,rsdav
afternoon, Louis Paulsen, with other members
OF the Dubuque Club, met to give another ex-
niot'on OF ms powers at blindfold playing in a |
more wonderful degree than he had ever vet |
done: The men were placed upon fifteen
ooards and antagonists appointed to each. and |
In one instance two at board when be under |
took the task of playing fifteen simultaneous
games. The playing commenced at two o'clock. |
and with the interval OF tea, continued until |
ten O'Clock. In this time some twenty moves
were made, and in every instance but one. be
had the advantage, which if the games had
been concluded, would have given him the vic
tory
We doubt if Morphy can do anything like this.
We should not be surprised if Louis Paulsen of
Dubuque should yet become the best player in
the worid.-Dubuque Times
Since Morphy has been iE Europe. up to tho
time OF the close of the Harrwitz game. he has
played one hundred and seventeen games six
teen OF which he lost, eighty eight won, and
sixteen drawn.
Quite catastrophe occurred on the Penn.
syivania Central Railroad, on Tuesday night.
some six miles from Johnstown. The entire
tram was thrown from the track by a broken
rali, the locomotive smashed to pieces and the
cars badly injured. Strange to say, no persons
were injured, although all the passengers re-
garded 1t as very narrow escape. The ground
where the affair occurred was quite level had it
been otherwise, it is probable that the loss of
life would have been serious
white yagrant named Charles Yates. who |
has been pest to the city OF Louisville several
years, was sold under the vagrant act, recently.
and brought 81 under the hammer
BRUTE, named McFarlen has been convict
ed at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, of attempting to commit
a rape on his daughter, child OF only thirteen |
years old. Three other indictments for the
same offence, and apon the same person, are
pending against him. At Cleveland, Clark D.
Whitfield, aged forty years, has just been con-
victed OF a similar offence, the little girl being
only six years old.
large and enthusiastic meeting of the dea
mutes OF Boston and vicinity was held last
The subject was that of petltoning I
the General Court for the establishment IN that
State OF an Institution for the education of the
Deaf and Dumb.
The Pennsylvania records the death of a
Physician who was an ardent admrer of Mr..
Buchanan, and approved his entire Kansas poll
cy." Such approval has been the death of
many of Mr.. Buchanan's friends lately.
AMERICAN" STATE CONVENTION IN OHIo.-A
Mass Meeting OF members of the American par
ty OF Ohio was called at Columbus on Wednes-
day last. The meeting was anything but mass v.
There was only twelve persons present. 1t was !
resolved to have "Mass Convention of the
American party" at Columbus on the 22nd of ,
Feoruary, when the twelve representatives ad-
journed sine die.
II know am perfectly bear in my manners"
said a young farmer to his sweetheart "No |
indeed you are not, John; you have never hug.
ged me yet. You are more sheep han bear" {
ARRESTED AND EscAPED.-lhe Detroit Adyer. 1
tiser says that on Thursday night last an officer
from Galesburg, ILL.,, arrived in that city and
arrested man named John johnson, charged
With the crime OF producing the death of wo-
man by an attempt TO procure abortion. The
officer stopped with his prisoner at the Western
Hotel for the night aud went to bed with him,
and getting asleep, the prisoner escaped, and
has not since been heard OF.
A vagrant woman was arrested one night last
week in one Of the streets of Cincinnati, and
ocked up in the Station house. Next morning
she was found with three babies to which she had
given birth to during her confinement"
suit for seduction under promise of mar
riage is pending 10 Cincinnati A Mrs. Miranda !
Tilson. seeks to recover the sum Of 81, 600 from
Mr.. Richard Lloyd.
Ohio sends in q batch Of melancholy fatal
accidents.
Mr.. William Edwards, an aged and highly
citizen OF Franklin, Morrow County,
was crushed to death by the falling of bank
into which be was digging.
John Reilly was killed in Franklin, Warren
County, on the 18th ult., by the cayipg in Of
we'll.
James Boiler was scalded to death on the
2lst, by falling into the mash-tgb Of the distli-
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