The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-30

Mr.. President said member of 4
school committee, 81 rise to get up, and am
3 not backward in coming forward in tho
cause OF edleation. Had it not been for ed.
, lcation, | should have been as ignorant As
yourself, Mr.. President"
GU dom seem to know how to take me.
said q vulgar fellow to gentleman he had
iasulted.
yes do, said the gentleman takins him
by the nose.
1.-The politicians have thrown me over.
board, said disappointed politician, "Dut 1
have strength enough left to swim to the
other side >
"A helping hand to one in trouble, is often
IKE switch on railroad track-but one
inch between wreck and smooth rolling pros
perity--
married woman in Memphis, Tenn, Mrs.
Ida Agnes Helbiug, has sued an old admirer,
Philip r. Rohleu, Tor damages to the amount OF
| $4,000, fer breach OF promise. Her present
husband joins n the prosecution with very
rtvsneefai spirit.
Newark, Ohio, i. in futter of excitement
on account OF the elopement OF an elderly cit
izen with young girl Of that piace, leaving his
wife aud nine small children behind. Inei-
lure that the old scamp mad ed suddenly Oh
board Mississippi steamboat, but the report
was regarded ms a ruse. The father of ,h. girl
is on the track OF the fuai;ives, and Will take
the lite of the seducer 'at sight
A man named John Liefer engaged in wall
ing we'll near Carbondale H., lost his footing
and fell to the bottom OF the Well head tore
most, on Tuesday. He was Amos, Instantly
killed.
lNcEsT.-At a late session of the District
court IN Keokuk county, man was indicted for
cohabting with his daughter, a girl of eighteen
years ofage. From testimony, it appears that
they have been living together as man AMI wife
since she was Il teen years old, and she bears
evidence OF the relation.
Three free colored persons we're tried and
convicted last week, in the Circuit Couft far
Frederick County, Md, of the crime OF ei.t cling
slaves to run away from their masters They
were sentenced ia accordance with layv re-
Gently passed by the Legislature, % be scll out
OF The State as slaves for life, the procec Is OF
safe to DC spFrd-hrst, TO cost of pfoseea ;on
secondly, TO indemnify the masters OF ral ,pays
of their loss; and the balance, it any, % be
given 10 the families Of the convicted parties.
4 man 10 Hartford. Connecticut, receatly
sued a neighhor for damages resulting irea, the
pig Of the latter having eaten up twenty.six eggs
laid By the hens of the former. The iury ofot
in verdict OF 5l2 for the plaintiff.
Sir said rather wild gentleman to an |
acquaintance of ours, my wife had fine |
boy two nights ago but unfortunately he I
died Immediately after his birth.
don't wonder, said our joyial friend, +
that VIII he came into the world, and saw I
who his father was, he Immediately went
out of it.
A lady was taken by surprise in Missis-
sippi the other day. At least we Judge SO
from the fact that John A. Surprise was
married to Sallie A. Stock They will prob
ably have little surprises occasionally to
keep up the stock"
A story writer says: "Florabel clasped
her wide white brow with her two hands ..
i to still the thunder Of thought booming
through her brain" How her head muss
have ached with such . noise in it. Flora.
pei must DO the young lady whose eyes emit
lightning fashes.
Woman are fond Of telling 10 that thev
.ass handsome men, but you may be sufs
~ = D = Ugly aen that they say 20