The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-08-17

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en- Springs, N. Y, to Greenbush and back on Sd
D. turday, for $500 a side The winning horc, Z
ID old stagcr valued 1t $40, completed the 81 mil'
ty ID the extraordinary time OF hours and
n. minutes. His competitor broke down afte
rs completing little more than half the race.
10 Hugh White Of Liberty, Bedford county, Va
le has discovered upon his estate paintbank. IL
d one Of the most extensive bodies OF decompose
is ochrous iron in the world.
d George Shetzline, acustom house officer q
!. Philadelphia, died of yellow fersr on Tuesds,
= contracted on board vessel fgom Havana, m
!. two other officers sick Of ihs same disease.
q The Lebanon tTenn.) Wing sSpe that John J
Crittenden, who is on visit t. that town, dis
. avowed all aspirations for the Presidency, an,
"a said he would not accept a noAination if ten
i dered to him.
Il Fred. Douglas made great speech Rsfore th,
J, colored people at Poughkeepsie, N. E2on Mon
d day, in which he handled the other Qgas Sc
y verely.
y There isto be pigeon shooting tournament
= at Lafayette, Indiana, on the 22d, 23d, 9th ane
. 18th days of September. As it is anticipated
that sportsmen and crack shots Of the United
States and Canada will attend, several thousand:
Of wild pigeons have been provided for the oc
I. casion. The sporting club Of Lafayette have
extended an invitation to their .brother sports.
men of the trigger" to come and enjoy their
hospitalities.
Thomas Sinclair. who escaped from Sing Sing
prison in February, 1857, has been discovered
IN Boston jail and taken back. While at large
ne was married TO respectable young lady in
Boston, who was wholly ignorant oi his char
acter.
There is goose in Hunterdon county, y. j.,
known to be So years old, which hatched out
4 two goslings last year.
VIM. Fl. Russell Of Detroit, missing mysteri-
ously since December, has turned up in San
francisco. lie went to Liverpool, thence to
Jamaica, thence to San Francisco, where he
was too i'll to wander further, and whore he fell
into good hands. Mr.. RS mind was affected BY
the death OF his little boy, and the labor OF fit
| ting up his hotel at Detroit and he wandered
away in that condition.
Miss Harriet Lane, young lady residing at
Ellenviile, n. r., went on the mountain near
that village on Thursday last, to gather whor-
tleberries, and being unacquainted with the 10
eality, she got lost, and wandered about till
near dusk on Saturday evening, when she was
discovered and conveyed home. She had not
morsel to eat during the three days.
Not long since at one OF our morning prayer
meetings at popular church, middle aged
gentleman requested the prayers of the congre-
CATION, ''as he was about choosing compan-
ion."
A farmer Of Chattooga county, Ga, warns
the public against feeding cattle with green Chi
nese sugar cane. II will kill a COW, he says, in
thirty minutes.
How THE DUBUQUE LADIES Do-A lady Of
infinite leisure few days since took up her res |
dence on Washington street, near Fourteenth,
with her paramour, which coming to the ears OF |
the matrons of that vicinity, they gathered in
dignantly, and with tin pans, hroomsticks, mops,
and other warlike weapons they stormed her |
fortress. and drove her bowling forth.-Du- |
buque Times.
A CARPET SwEEPER.-A little machine for |
sweeping carpets has been invented. It con- |
sists Of small box, in which revolses the |
sweeper, while the dust and dit are collected |
IN another apartment, allowing none to rise in
the air. The box is propelled along the carpet
by handle.
An island, about five rods square, covered /
with luxuriant vegetation, foated down Lake
Ontario few days since. The soil was sufii-
ciently firm to bear up man, and was inhabited /
by small birds.
YOUNG ANERICA.-During the old fashioned
thunder storm on Wednesday night, two chill
dren, boy and girl, aged eight and ten years.
were at play. The little girl became much
frightened, and clasped hold of the boy, who
seeing her timidity, exclaimed, Don't be afraid,
sis: ! would not be afraid if l was up there
where they touch it of.-Albany Knicker-
booker.
The Ice Cream Saloons y New York are be-
ing "shewed up" by the papers. 1t is SAID that
the amount OF licentiousness carried on between
their gilded walls would, if published, horrify
the whole community, and pull the wool from
the eyes of many devoted husbands, in high
life who dream not of the crininality with which
thei. names are connected by the intrigues
there carried on.
One night recently, while two young couples
we're promenadng in New Orleans, the party
encountered q huge alligator. also out for a pro-
menade. The monster was killed with crow
bars. though not before he had sent one Of the
young men 'sa-kiting," some dozen feet or more
by a blow from his tail.
SUCCESSFUL ExPERlNENr-Some weeks since
we stated that DR.. Parmeee, of this village, was
testing the plan of growing potatoes upon the
surface af the ground, with only slight COW
ering of tan bark; and to day we dine upon large
and luscious potatoes, of the Carter variety, |
grown beneath that bark-the experiment hay-
ing been entirely successfL. L.-Chenango IN. "
Telegraph.
Commissioner Holmes, of the New York Ex-
else has called the attention of the Board to
the fact, now well ascerta aimed, that a large
quantity of the liquors sold in low Grog shops
is dangerously aduterated with a mixture Of
strychnne. He sug .ested. the employment Of
an analytical chemist to visit these places and |
test the liquor sold.
Ida Pfeiffer, the celebrated German traveller,
has been compelled to seek the charities of an
almshouse in Hamburger. She has been the
greatest traveller of her age, and is one of the
most intelligent and interesting Of living wo-
men; yet sickness and poverty has overtaken the
poor lady, and she is the subject of public be-
ne6cence.
A celebrated preacher and cancer doctor late
iy left Alabama for parts unknown, after selling !
for large price the following curious recipe
for the cure of cancers -" Take bnrrs of |
jamestown weed a bushel; white sumack leaves
and bark, large aquantity; cancer weed, two
large handfuls; tobacco, two large sound plugs;
cut the tobacco fine, put all in big pot full Of /
water, aud boil down to salve. When cool, |
add arsenic, one ounce; mix well, spread on |
leather, and apply freely
Look OUT Foa' THEM HERE.-The 81. Louis |
Democrat is informed that q new counterfeit |
has made its appearance in that city since the |
isue of the August Detectors. 1t is a five dol |
lar bill on the National Bank, Providence, r. !. |
Wig. Mandatory, figure 5, Washington on right, |
Stale arms between signatures, red tint exceed |
ingly well done, ani likely to deceive. Han
dlers of money in this city viii do well to keep |
an eye out for them.
Foreign diplomacy is skfal in the arts Of
love, aud continues TO conquer in the field Ct |
American beauty. Miss Isabella Cass is soon to
give her hand to Mr.. Van Limburg, the minister
Of the Netherlands. Baron Gabers, Mr., Lin.
burg's immediate predecessor, not long ago re-
newed an adjourned affair OF the heart. after
ten years absence, and carried OF Miss Wright,
one of the prizes Of New Jersey.
A son Of William Sabin, Of Syracure, N. Y,
fell in Onondaga Creek on Monday. and after
about fifteen minutes was taken ont apparently
dead. He was taken home and laid out, but in
an hour afterwards there we're signs Of life, and
bv using restoratives for several hours. be was
restored, and is doing WELL This is . remarka-
bic case ~ showing the possibility Of restoration
long after apparent death by drowning.
TEXAS U. 8. SENAroR-The Louisville Jour-
nal processes to have advices from Austin, Tex
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