The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-09-21

XII On Tu1o1aY 1ofonoOn, the wife Of Mr.. u
! | Geeddard, of Bfookline, Mass, having violen
! | headache. took dose Of morphine IN the hop'
or obtaining relief She soon became asar,
that she had taken AZ overdose, but she feared
( no serious III elfscss, md medical aid was 10
called in until II was i. no avail. She gradual
| I.ly sank and died 10 tho evening.
J PIsrcL Ssooriss--A CnALLrxsE.--Ca Captain
: Travis, OF this city, through Porseys Spirit q
} The Times, challenges any man in the Uaicn "a
sboot with him with pistols at the distance Of
fifteen PAGES for wager Of from III 600 20
: $1,000. His competitor to shoo4 the ordinary
way Of firing Mt a mark, aud the Captain 10
shoot back wards, holding the pistol upside
down between his legs; each to fire twenty
shots, string measure, from center TO center,
At will The Captain viii pay $500 if the match
comes on here, or require 5000 if shot in any
other place in the United States except Caiifor-
nia.-Louisville Journal.
Az EXAMPLE 1oR BoYs--We have carrier
connected with this Office. who Is between the
ages OF IL aud IA, who occupies seat in the
highest class in our public schools, has the
geography Of the country Ut his fingers ends,
and who can cipher round bevy Of school
masters; and in two and half years more
(which will make him sixteen), he will probably
read cjsero, and Homer to boot. But III addi-
ton 70 requirements at school, he has three
| II
i've per cent. interest, and il daily adding
therto, all gathered together by selling news
| papers between school hours.-Trenton True
American.
Among the passengers on the Asia was Mrs
Quincy, widow Of the late Joseph John Gurne :,
one of the most genial and earnest OF the Qua
ker philanthropsss of England. Mrs. Quincy
will remain permanently in this country, the
land Of her birth.
An Illinois paper says !" there has been an
immense rise of whiskey since the commence
ment of the Douglas campaign" There may
have been riae of the price, but We guess
there has been going down Of the article il.
self.-Prentice.
The arrival OF Aaron Jones, a celebrated
English trainer is announced. He comes to
put the Benicia Boy in condition to whip Nor
rissey, next month. Jones's first directions
were that the said boy should let up till Mon
day, in order that he might pick up four or FIVE
| pounds OF flesh which he wished to use in bring
Ing forward some neglected mnsccs"
/ The most rheumatic of all rheumatic cases 10
that OF poor Mr.. Possen, of Shelby, n Y, who
| tor twenty three years has not had the comfort
able use OF joint in his whole body. During
oil the years of his life he has lain on his back
entirely helpless. As SAKE would say, an atti-
tude, perhaps, but not beatitude
! On the late passage Of the ship Sea Lion from
Antwerp to Boston, she saw a large pyramid of
| ice on the 22d ult, in latitude 40 A. longitude
~ 20. Ii was about 300 feet high above the
water, from 400 to 500 feet long, and about 200
feet wide. Capt. Coburn also reports having
seen several Islands OF ice near the same place
The steam frigate building at New York. by
WIN. Il. Webb, Tor the Russian government, is
5000 TONS and il is estimated will cost 81. go
/ ne is fri1
800 feet, breadth of beam So feet, and depth
OF hold "a feet. Her armament will consist or
- s-nch shell guns 600 pounders) on the main
deck, and Is long 80 Founders, and about
ball dozen Of Dahgreens s.iDch sqns on the |
spar deck.
A French music teacher in New York sup |
posed he had made an arrangement 20 clone |
with one Of his lady pupils on THURSDAY even
ing, but she knew him to be married man.
and was cohtriving punishment for him
Wheh he arrived at the place agreed upon with |
carriage, he was seized by several friends Of
the ychng lady, and severely cowhided The
gallant Frencbman was superintendent of the
Sunday School children who were present al the
laying oil the corner stone OF st. Patricks Ca
thedrl short time since.
1t is not generally known how ephen A.
Douglas received the sobriguct Of Little Giant
He is indebted to Joe Smith, the Mormon
Prophet, for first applying it TO him. It was
elected during an exciting discussion in the II
lnols Legislature upon the Mormon difficulties,
IN which Douglas cut conspicuous figure in
the defence OF the Saints, when their great
leader, IN giving vent to his unbounded admi-
ration for Douglas, called him the Latte
Giant
Az CNBIDDES MfssENGER.-On Sunday even
ing, while Rev. MIR. Nray was expatiating on
the divine message which had been entrust cd 10
the pulpit, little winged messenger, in black,
winged his way into The church and was very
restless and UNEASY listener TO the discourse,
which evidently was not quite TO his taste. The
story IS told in the following lines which
friend has furnished:
A pious ba1, on Sunday night
In seeking further gospel light,
Put on his sahlest coat of hairs
And came to Trinity to prayers;
Where, dazzled bs the lights around
lie deemed that he had surely found
The glorious sun OF heavenly day;
Alas! twas but single IFrau
Newark (o) American.
ANOTHER HEAD IN THE CHARGEE-The
v ashington Union of the Sd inst announces
the appointment of p. B. Sheppard to the Of {
lco OF Postmaster at Decatur, H., in place of I
:. I. Posi-, removed. Sheppard is tie Buchan-
m nominee for Representative from the coun.
Mason,
Post was the Douglas candidate for nomination
% Congress in the Seventh District, but was
beaten by Robinson. r
We zee that ex.President Pierce. dg,i,o his 4
eeent tour from Lisbon to Marseilles. was +
much honored 1t should be remembered that "
nc honors were rendered where the peopIe U
iont know what sort OF President Pierce b
Journal.
lady, writing from Texas speaks of having
FAXED up one morning and found herself in bed q
WITH serpent. great many ladies have found Z
hemse'es ~ the same predicament--and some II
Journal. W
The Paris correspondent Of the New York CT
INES, under date of August lllh, SAYS :-"Mr. IN
ulnner, you will be glad to hear, though still ii
nder the terrible treatment to which he has
cen ooiised 70 submit l. well enough TO move
bout quietly, and left this morning for trip :,
few days to Chartres and the vicinity" !,
1t is observable that dogs always turn roups Il,
nd round several times before they lie down TO "
eep. We judge from certain symptoms that
ne Buchanan Administration is getting sleepy
Lou. Journal.
Henry Abram announces himself in the Rich. Il,
'ona papers as an anti-slavery candidate for h,
osernor OF Virginia. HIS plan il to accept a IA
INJURED million acres OF public lands from the re
enerai government, and devote the proceeds to ca
le purchase OF young slaves and their removal n,
Africa tie atirms that he shall receive a ia
ole which vii! astonish everybody but himself. bE
NJ. Poteyin, the intrepid eronaut whose ex- o.
itsions on horseback caused so much excite
ent in London has met the fate of several az
g predecessors. lie fell into the sea. near Ma. Of
g. when descending with his balloon, and W.
AZ drowned. &c
Madeline Smith, who year ago was tried for co
'isoning her lover, at Edinburgh, Scotland, is or
aklng pleasure tour in this country. pi
EBy Atlantic telegraph We
ne lord Mayor Of Dublin 10 TIE Lord Nauor
Defrot, =. ). Cad miita a ytaitaa, How
any voters does We wantg m
PATRICK ofLANIGAS, Lord Mayor OF Dublin. Dt
Belgian, who drank seven pints of Gin 10
'on wager in England, felt somewhat IN TO
easantly after performing his task, and soon lo
ed.
An eiopement took place from Falmouth. Kv. ~
lev days ago, which resulted TO the adyantaec W