The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-22

New STYLE OF DEAD HEADING.-The Boston
Ledger states that conductor on the Eastern
Railroad, day or two since, disc Overed, when
the train arrived at Newburypert, young man
under a lady's hoops. 1t appeared that he had
attempted it in that way, and had succeeded so
far as to ride all the way from the Portland tc
Newburyport under the cover Of the volumn-
Gus crinoIine Of his lady friend.
GREAT NEws.-Her Majesty Queen Victoria
is grandmother The Princess Frederick Will
is, according TO the telegraph, rejoicing" in
Prussia. and Satisfaction" in England. 1t is
within the limits OF possibility for the new baby
to become heir to the thrones of both nations
He is the heir to that Of Prussia, but his English
grandmother has too large a supply of boys at
home for his chances for the English crown to
be considered brilliant.
The Amherst (Mass.) Express says tina, viii
lain entered the bed room of a Miss Stowell, OF
Shutesbury-a handsome girl of l9-gave her
chlorofcrl then cut her on the forehead from
her hair to her eyebrows, also upon her chin,
cut cash in her breast Of three inches, and
probably committed further outrages. The
miscreant then destroy ed her rings, and stole all
her clothing and letters. Nothing save what
belonged to her was disturbed Miss Stowell
came to consciousness about day light
John II. Davis, a heavy packer Of Cincinnati,
died suddenly on Saturday last. local paper
says.-"Iie highly esteemed as a man of
beneyolence and enterprise, and was good
judge OF pork"
The a. Y Evening Post has curious story
about the famous Mrs Cunningham Burdell, the
upshot of which that she recently applied at
the matrimonial office in New York in search of
husband, and was introduced to e. +. Fitzger-
aid, of st. Louis, who was after wife, but they
did rot make an arrangement
LARGE DEER.-The st. Paul Pioneer says
there has been on exhibition nj meat shop in
that city OF the largest buck ever shot in the
Northwest. Its extreme length is fifteen feet,
and weighed when killed GA pounds. 1t was
shot at Moose Lake, Wisconsin.
In Davenport, on Tuesday last, the lottery for
the distribution Of X. L. Aliens stock of stall
lions, horses, &c, was drawn. The drawing
took place at the German Theatre. There were
eight prizes, but only one was drawn; the other
seven remain unsold in the possession of the
proprietor. The prize drawn was a jackass, and
fell to the lot OF prominent citizen Of Daven-
port. So says the News Of the 18th.
CouLDN'r Pass MusTKR.-At the last quar-
terry examination at the West Point Military
Academy, fourteen Of the new cadets failed to
stand the fire Of the examination, and were sent
home. This must be as humiatng to their
manhood as 1t is indicative Of their deficient
mental capacity.
CRossiSG THE MIssIssIPPI.-The ice is not less
than two feet thick oil the way across the river,
aud so perfectly secure, that the State Bank,
on Saturday, had its immense safe, weighing
some 10000 los. brought over on runners
Dubuque Express and Herald, 18th.
BURGLARS FoILED.-At Metamora, ILL.,. on
Friday, two burglars in attempting to carry off
q bag Of coin, we're discovered by young man
whom they knocked down. In their haste to
escape, they grasped the bag BY the wrong end,
and the string giving way the contents were
scattered 10 every direction. They had not
time 10 pick up single piece.
Doring the intensely cold Monday night Of
January 10th, . Mrs. Aidrich, Of Haverhill,
Mass, who he'd two or three days before pre-
sented her spouse with pair Of twins, left her
bed 10 delirious state, and with no covering
but her night Clothes went to the neighboring
woods. where she was found nearly two hours
Afterwards, actively walking In . circular path
which was beaten hard BY her bare feet