The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-31

csrfiae Fight with . Rattle Snake
We have hitherto supposed the day long
iecS passed for chronicling . big snake
Int il the vicinity Of the Central City, but
nsB it appears 10 mot the case. from scene
which recently transpired within short
lfive from the Court House. Some OF the
,ldcr residents will remember building
shieh formerly stood ON Prospect Hill,
lhoht ak milee distant from Peoria, and
Ehich Was destroyed some seven or eight
reafs since. During the past season another
,ouae was erected near the same location, |
md all that has remained % relics Of the |
I'D hotel, was partially filed excavation
'or cellar, and two well preserved brick |
.isterns. which have been kept covered W. i
Lest week, the proprietor Of the place, while |
busy with his wife in preparing heir aummer |
aower garden. found himself In the want OF |
4 few bricks for the edge Of the walks.-
the cisterns, he uncovered
one Of then, and finding it dry at the bottom,
and only about six feet in depth, be jumped
in, and commenced throwing cut some OF the
best bricks he could pick from the wallis
Il seems, there was piece Of plank with one
end partially imbedded in the earth that
incommoded him, 90 seisiDg it, with some
exertion he pulled it out and threw it to the
ton. What was his horror and surprise at
the next moment, t. find that he had nn-
esrthed an enormous rattle snake, and hiin
selfwithout a weapon in his hand As the
cistern was round, and only about five feet
in diameter. he could not jump out, and the
snake bIistling with anger and rafting de-
fiance. was ready for battle His screams
brought his wife to the scene, but she was
90 overcome with fright that she became
powerless to render any assistance. The
snake, in the mean time, had commenced
the fight, making rapid springs at him, but
fortunately he managed on each occasion to
hit him upon the head with his boot, without
receiving bite the snake all the time be-
coming more defiant and enraged. During
the whole scene, which lasted several min
utes, the man did not lose his presence of
mind, but watching his chance, made several
frantic efforts to jump bodily from this SEEM
ing pit Of obstruction. At the last trial, he
fortunately grasped brick, which gave way,
| with him, and remained in his hand, as be
again stood fronting his Kissing enemy. Al
ter q few moro kicks, and watching his ops
portunity, he fred it making probably one
| of the best shots on record, for it struck the
snake on the head, and between the one sent
and the wall, he became pretty well used
up sarpint" Weak and exhausted, our hero,
by the assistance Of his vile, was enabled to
climb from tn. pit, and when once more
upon the earth, he tainted away, and 1t was
some time before he could be recovered. -
For several succeeding days he was quite
unwell owing probably to the poisonous
efluyia inhaled while his desperate exer-
ceses in the encounter rendered him ex-
| ceedinyly lame The snake was afterwards
taken from the cistern, when it was found
| to measure seven feet in length. and con-
tanned thirteen rattles The latter have been
preserved, and are placed in Shoaff's Mu-
scum for exhibition. Peoria Transcript
Eminent Babies.
There are at present three distinguished
infants in Europe-the Anglo Prussian baby,
offspring of Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa
Princess Royal of England, and Frederick
William, grandson Of the King of Prussia
the Spanish baby, offspring of Her Mos,
Catholic, but somewhat immoral, Majesty oil
Spain, and, presumptively, Of her husband
Nhilom Duke of Cadiz and the French ba~
BY, presented some three years ago by the
pretty and fdgety Empress Eugene to hel
spouse Napoleon ILL., Rumor limited some
time ago that her amiabe majesty the Queen
of Great Britain was about to make another
small contrib .tion to the regal census, but
as nothing has been said upon the subject
; of late, we suspect there was no solid found
alton for the report Even if true, the I'D
vent of another little royal responsibility il
country where it has been raining roya
highnesses Of both sexes ever since 1910
could scarcely be deemed noteworthy
event
The Anglo Prussian baby, which is We
in long clothes, is a very fine sample of
sucking prince. There can be NJ doub
upon that subject, because when his rnya
highness showed the boy to his household
they were unanimous on that point. and the,
could not all be mistaken. Even the Kim
of Prussia, though laboring under an aber
alton Of mind, superinduced by over dose
OF an effervescent medicine known as c'iquo
reused himself Efficiently to pronounce hi
grandson dusty fellow"
The Spanish infant is also described b
: the jou mails Of Madrid as nonpareil of
e prince Queen Isabel is fond OF taking hi,
out in an open carriage and showing him til
soldiers and the people, who Of C urse shot
"hooray' in Spanish, as in duty bound.
Among the ilustrious babies of Europe,
? petit Napoleon is, so to speak, cock OF I'll
e walk" He is over three years old, and yer
7 fond of wooden soldiers and make -belieA
: artillery. No pains has been spared to i'm
e press his infant mind with the idea that h
$ is the grand nephew Of his grand uncl
b Napoleon lie Grand There are some peopl
t wicked enough to suspect that he is tn
t grandson of the great Bonaparte; but this
). scandal His grandmother, Queen Hortens
I revered the emperor nothing more. 1t
' plain that ambition already begins to swe
3 in the little breast OF the 'chiId of France.
. lie sometimes rides his rocking-horse fur
{ iously, with his right hand extended toward
Italy, telling his attendants in baby French
t that he is crossing the Alps. He occasion
, ally charges, flag in hand, through the cor
ridor into which the imperial nursery open.
! AN. exploit supposed to refer to the passag
: of the bridge of Lodi. Strange to say h
never mentions Neutrality-suspicious. he ba
. never been told Of that bit of skirmish-
q If his father should die q natural death, il b
e himself should escape from the measle
q Group, DC, and if France should abstai
e from revolutions until he is out OF his mno
J. ity, togethcr with other IFS too numerous
. mention, the boy may possibly wear crow
! but it is quite as likely that ABOUT the tim
9 heshould put it on he may have no head /
. put in it.
t 1t ia he opinion of some hopeful Peep
n that by the time the above named Grad
: princes are big enough to sit OH thrones, the1
e will he no thrones for them to sit on W
are not SO sanguine.--[N. Y. Sunda
= Times
Prof Tischendorf, who had been sent o,
by the Russian Government on u journey
scientific exploration, in letter from Cair
: dated the 18th of March. states to the Mini
: ter Of Saxony herr Won Falkenstsein, that b
8 E has succeeded in making some valuab
discoveries relative to the Bible. The mo
. important of these discoveries is MANI
!. scrint of the Holy Scriptsres from the four,
!. century consequently, as old as the famo,
manuscript OF the Vetican, which hithert
in all commentaries, maintained the fir
! rank This it will have to share in futu
with the newly discovered manuscript,
Herr Tischendorf be not mistaken In "a
beautiful.y-fne parchment leaves Of sue
= !; size that only two can have been cut out
= one skin, it contains the greatest part of Il