The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-22

ON BuRoLARIEs.-rhe house Of Mr.. Putnam. Q,
to Fourth Street. wac entered early in the night
no Monday last, when none Of the inmates. saw,
90 Ars. r. were at home. She had retired, whe,
%; sne heard the opening Of the door of her room
ana saw person enter. Supposing it to b,
~ some OF the females Of the family, she spoke
~ repeatedly, but received no reply; whereupor
oe she gave an alarm but before any assistance
81 came, the intruder had made his escape.
On Monday night an attempt was made to en-
OF ter the house Of A. W. Carpenter, ESQ.,, on
!. = Sixth Street. The burglar took ladder which
ye vas standing in the yard, placed it against the
Of mouse, and, climbing up, entered a window in
'e the second story. neighbor, Mr.. Chubb, hap
= pening to 60 to the window Of room where be
was nursing sick child, saw the fellow ascend
ing the ladder. He immediately went to Mr..
It Carpenters front door, and rang the bell. The
o rogue being alarmed BY this, emerged from the
+ window, descended the ladder and escaped.
= The entrance Of Mr.. s. B. Wright's house,
: nearly opposite Mr.. Carpenters, took place 90
9 soon after the escape of the burglar from Mr..
C.s house, that it is supposed to have been per.
, petrated BY the same person. He effected an
{ entrance through the window of room where
some females we're sleeping, being obliged to
! crawl over the bed in which they were sleeping.
, One OF them, being aroused, went quietly, as
soon as opportunity offered, to the room of Mr..
wright, and aroused him. Mr.. w. started in
pursuit OF the burglar, and would have caught
and disabled him, had he not fallen Just - he
was within reach of him.
Yesterday morning, Mr.. w. communicated
these facts to Marshal Wiuton, together with
such description Of the person 40 he was able
to give. The Marshal Immediately arrested Two
men, James Mccormick and Charles Higgins,
one of whom, Mr.. Wright is confident, is the |
man who entered bis house. The Marshal and |
Mayor White, being satisfied that such was the |
fact but having no indubitable proof, sent the
men out Of town without delay.
1t is to be regretted that these villains were
not caught; as so fortunate an escape will
| make other thieves bolder.
THEFr.-An officer from Fl. Madison came
into town yesterday, in pursuit of person who
had stolen mule at that place. He tracked the
person to the Steamboat Saloon, on Water st.,
where the thief, seeing the officer, ran through
into the alley and escaped. The mule was
| subsequently found in q vacant lot back of J.
S. Dayid's store.
eB- Gustave Rheinhart was tipsy and disor-
derIy on Valley street.-The Deputy Marshal
requested him to preserve better order when
Gustave assailed the Deputy. After many jerk
ings and much inconvenience to the Deputy and
the prisoner, and to the great delight of the at.
tsndant boys, Collier succeeded in bringing the ,
belligerent Teuton into Justice Temples Office
There he was fined for his misdoings, and, hav- |
ing refused to pay, went up.
H Marshal Winton,, made a descent, on /
Tuesday evening, on house of ill.fame in the
northern portion Of the City, and elected the
business portion Of the household, besides de-
tecting several young bucks, among whom, we Il
are sorry to say, we're some who consider them l
selves elite. 8
1t is reported that last Thursday there we're 4
no less than one hundred teams and wagons, o
bound for Pixies Peak, camped alongside of the Il
road about twenty miles west of Iowa City, ! q
waiting for the roads to dry that they may /,
pass on. Many of the teams are already nearly
exhausted, and in poor condition to make the n
long trip yet before them. a
PACIFIC RAILRoAD-A pamphlet has been W
published by Platt Smith, of Dubuque on the Ii
subject of Central route for Railroad to the c.
Pacific. His theory is that the most feasible tt
route is from Sioux City via. Fort Laramie to c,
Pugets Sound, making total distance of 1850 in
miles between the two points. Fiction yet n
maintains its hold upon Platt-[Council Bluffs W
Nonparie G,
correspondent of the Concord IN. H. Pa.
triot is informed by correspondent that no. =, y,
torious burglar, VIM. Warburton, better known ~ :,
as bristol Bill, escaped from the State Prison ~
at Windsor, VT, on the lst but was pursued by +.
the officers, who, his resisting them, fred ~ =.
in return, and killed him dead on the spot. ~
A Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, at n,
Logansport, Ind, few days since, took um- A
bragg at something said by learned counsel,
whereupon he came down from the bench and D
thrashed the lawyer. tn
1t is said that the friends of Senator Hunter,
in Richmond, Va, are raising funds to start =, =,
there to advocate his nomination for -
the Presidency. III
Four men, who are to be hanged at Baltimore in
on the 18th inst, have sent in petition to the OF
Sheriff that they may not be compelled to wear
ehrouds on that occasion. at
Ten Brock and another turfite sailed in the "
City OF Manchester for Liverpool, taking with "
them several "thorough-breds" for the English or
among them the horses Stark and &C
Jack Rossiter. The former cost 81 500.
Of the large stock purchased by Mr.. Barrett, ~,
Of Henderson. KY, in England, at a cost Of -
more than $40 900, only one COW was alive on
the arrival of the ship at New York. One after p.
another sickened and died; among them was a =.
bull which cost about IS, 900, and a COW for u p
which 81, 500 was paid. Is
Maple sugar is selling in Michigan at six to n,
eight cents per pound. This is the most favor he
able season for the manufacture Of sugar known to
for many years. w,
The Peoria Transcript says a man, whose sh
name is not given, who was from Pennsylvania to
and on bis way to Iowa, over and killed wi
by freight train at the Bureau Junction on
Thursday last, while attempting to Jump on in
board while the train was in motion. pa
caesar, what's become OBJ dat darkey who to
stole de taller?" OF
He has been taken upon an affadavy, and eo
carried up to de sperm court to have it fried"
''On an affadayy, C@sar?" y,
ayes, seed de handle OBJ it myself" ge
Some one blamed Dr.. Marsh for changing his WI
mind. 'Well," said be, ''that's the difference \
between man and jackass: the jackass can't pc
change his mind, and the man can-it's hu. ty
man privilege" un
The Richmond Enquirer advocates the nomi- W W
nation of Henry A. Wise by the Charleston ~ -;
Convention in 1860. III
a
The Earl Of Devon has prayed the Divorce br
Court for judicial separation from his wife, fla
whom he accuses of "cruelty" to him. ag
Mr.. Spurgeon, thinking he can quite as pro- 81 sa
itably occupy himself in London, has aban- H' s'
loned the idea Of journey to America. ln'
un
A man by the name Of Twitchell died at du
Ohio, few days since, who weighed it