The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-10-19

axlaafy grievance, ssserts that il does not
"sappose I nan coeld legally kiss BIZ we inf
New York, If hi aelghbor should apply 70 m
iniunoticf upon him"
AN OLD Jokr vElsIsirD The Boston Post
.'does' tie following joke into rhyme: )
Old Paserfamilias called 10 his side
| Lstle Tommy. his wonderful son,
And enqaired, tIiow differs hen with ,wo wings
| Frsm hen who possesses but one!"
Then Tommy replied, for tho lad to the field
or Wit held extensive dominion,
aThe distinction Ia small for there but to be
A eight difference, sir, of a pinion."
SCccEssTuL SrEAx WAGON goR THE CoMnoH
| KoAD.-A steam wagon, or traction road To-
como,iye, is used in Marysvile, Cal, and draws
trains Of heavily laden wagons on common
roads With the greatest ease, turning corners I
wish entire facility. 1t moves through loose
sand as well as on hard roads, and without in
creAse Of power. 600
Mrs. Edgerly, 1o7 years old, died At East
Corinth, Me-, on Saturday last. She was the
oldss; person in the State.
Two hundred thousand pounds weight Of
womens hair is annually sold in France, and |
| the price paid for it is usually six cents an |
| ounce
THE Memphis Bulletin says President Buch-
anan owns $4,000 Of the stock Of tie Plant |
| er's Bank Of Tennessee.
Charles Francis Adams, son of John Quincy |
Adams, and who in 1913 was candidate for |
Vice President, has been nominated for Con- |
gress by the Republicans in his district in Mas |
| sachusetls. |
A maiden lady named Edgerly, died at Ban
COR, Me-, on Sunday, at the great age Of III. |
Celibacy does not seem to have shortened her |
life.
The New England Genealogical Society has
appointed committee to inquire into the rea-
sons for the apparent marked degeneracy. in
teliectual or moral, or both, in the descendants
Of families Of iiiustriSus and excellent progen-
tiers.
The wife Of New York State Prison In.pec-
tor Rhodes, while out hunting one day last
| week, in Clinton county, in tina. State had the
good luck 10 shoot three deer
The city Of St. Joseph, Mo-, with 10000 in.
hseitants, has not ore public school, nor any
place to hold one.
A brilliant wedding came Off at Trinity
church, Boston, on Wednesday, at which ths |
| three bridesmaids were dressed IN deep scarlet.
The Washington correspondent of the New
| ork Tribune, states that Douglas and Buchan. |
giants departure from Washington, and that
BUCHANAN violated one of the articles Of the |
agre' Inent, and so Douglas pronounced at Chi
cago, accordingly.
7. J. Bowen, who is ecturng Oh Africa in |
New York, Gays that provisions are so plentiful |
there that two cents day is sufficient tor a la
borcr's support.
The remains Of fossil lizard frenl Austria
liza, lately deposited in the British Museum,
show that the animal must have been not less |
than twenty feet in length.
Iowa CRY Court House. BuRNED-Yester-
day morning. about ST O'clock, while the Judge
and Clerks were counting the ballots III the old |
Court House at Iowa City, fire broke out un- |
DER the noor and IN short time the building |
was in flames. 1t burned down in spite of the |
efforts made to save it. Whether it accidentally
caught on fire, set on fire Intentionally, |
Is not known. Court had not been helt, in this |
building tor some time The house is not much |
OF a loss, and the new Court House will soon |
be comPleted.-lOwa City Republican.
The gold mines Of Guiana South America,
believed to be the veriable Ell DoraG 0, SO fruit
lessly sought Tor by Sir Walter Raleigh, have |
been recently visited by correspondent of |
the New YORK Tribune, who says that compa- |
MES well organized, and with the requisite ma |
chinery to work the gold quartz, and drain the
pools at the various cascades will, undoubtedly, |
realize vast fortunes.
1t is proposed to erect a colossal equestrian |
monument TO Washington, i'll the centre Of |
Washington Square, Philadelphia, at a cost of |
$4,000. This monument il TO he made OF |
bronze, upon massive granite pedestal, stand !
Ing In miniature lake, SIX feet deep, fed by |
fountain jets and surrounded BY a m tssive iron I
railing.
A young lady, about nineteen years Of age, |
named Julia Broderck, residing at No. 90, Sand |
street, committed suicide ON Thurs lay night |
last, by throwing herself into the cistern. The |
body OF Miss Broderck was found on Friday |
morning, abou: eight o'clock. Cause unknown.
N. Y. Post.
A BIG PILE OF MoNEY-If all the money |
spent by Buchanans administration in one year |
for extras" was in silver and put in wagons |
| in 1000 po.nds to the wagon, it world make |
string stretching across an entire cuHnty. and |
the amount OF it would be more than all tie /
money received for all the wheat, ryc, oats and I
corn produced in Indiana and Illinois in four
years. Such is a true picture OF the enormities |
OF the extra expenditures OF tie Federal !
Administration. Farmers, mechanics aud la |
boring men should think of this.
COULDN'T HELP Ir.-After marriage cere. |
mony had been performed in one of the church. |
ing the congratulations OF her friend, shed |
tears, according to the established ridiculous |
custom; al the sight of wch the groom fol- |
lowed suit with copiou> flow OF the brny fluid. |
Alter his friends succeeded in calming him, he |
said he couldn't help it, for he felt as bad about
il as she did.
1t is reported that the Litehfeld Bank, of |
Connecticut, went into Il receivers hands yes
erday.
George D. Prentice is announced to lecture |
at Peoria some time during the coming month |
OF November.
The bills of the Tioga Bank Of Pennsylvania |
are thrown out in Philadelphia
We see it stated that the New York & Erie |
Railroad Company have resolved to Use coal on |
all their locomotives.
The Paraguay Expedition will be composed |
OF sixteen vessels, POS guns, and land and |
naval force Of $500 men and officers
A correspondent of the Picayune prophesies |
an immense sugar crop in Louis,a ana this season |
say 100000 hhds.
The whole number of deaths in Galveston. |
from yellow fever, during the month ending |
October 4, was III.
Done AND UNDoNs-Forney made Buchap- |
an. The result in Pennsylvania shows that he |
is now unmaking him. He has been his mos, |
efficient friend-he il now his mos, powerful |
foe.
REMARKABLE SURGICAL FEAr.-The operation |
called Legation OF the Primitive lilac Artery |
was yesterday, 10th inst) performed py DR.. |
Stephen Smith, in the amphlhesire OF Bellevue
Hospital. This artery has rarely, if ever before
been tied in this city. The audience was com.
posed chiefly Of old practitioners. among whom
was the venerable Dir Mott uhO h., -.
many years the great master Of such operations.
IN. Y. Post.
YOU'VE LADY's DESCRIPTION OF A Srorx AT
SEA.-The sun went down like n ball Of dull |
fire, in the midst OF smearing clouds II red cur
rant jam. The wind began 70 whistle worse
than any OF the lowest orders of society in the
six-penny gallery OF a theatre. Every wave was