The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-28
BURLINGTON, sATU TURDAY, JULY o. 1856

lDAY, JULY %, 1860.
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MEErlHa - McGaxaoR. - splendid Repnbl
can nsstins vas held n llcGrsgoF, On Monde
evening last, which was addressed By Msusu
Odell and Calkins
| HAN Ssonx.-On fassday night last. abea
twelve o'clock, one 81 she noss violent rain N
hail ssorns sver befors known II that vicinity
tvisissd Nc0rcgss. - rain IN n sscA ~
rsnts - % ovsraew - guitars and sewers. -
Hood very many cellars; and ~ hail stowe
/ were 30 large that they caused great destsuctioi
to window glass and garden vegetables. We d
not learn that the storm extended great dist
ancc.
Mad Docs Ar DAvESPoR1.-A mad dog wai
killed Wednesday, on the Ferryboat betweet
Davenport and Rock Island. He had made sev
eral atsemptst to bite the passengers on the Fer
~ Boat before be was killed, and would have
succeeded in one instance were II not for thick
boots worn By the person on whom the attemp,
was made.
PorrAworrAMR !Co.-HAM SroRx-A des.
tructiye hail storm passed through the north
part Of this county on the 4th inst, doing great
damage 70 tho crops. The hail stones are said
to have been the size Of hens eggs
WLrED.-The high wages paid by our far
ktvv vnst hasaA= s,nl.n kn~ -
our young men, unused to outdoor toll, 70 60 out
and try the field last week. Some Of them were
seen returning Saturday evening, Tor rather
were hanled home, singing the song, "Jorlon
am hard road to trabbel," perfectly satisfied
that labor is not fun. The last heard Of them
they were doing as well as could be expected
Davenport Gazette. ~
A Convention Of Baptists was held At West
Union, on the l4th inst to form an Assoc;a-
tion, separate from the Dubuque Association
Delegates were present from al the Baptist
churches, with one exception, Allamakce, Clay
ton Fayette and Howard Counties, and from one
church in Buchanan County. Constitution
was adopted, and an organization completed, 70
De known % the Turkey River Baptist Associa-
tion. About dozen churches, heretofore con-
nected with the Dubuque body, belong to it,
Its first meeting h to be held at Waukon in l
year from next September.
DR.. Ignatius LANCER, ofScott county, an Abo
litionist who formerly acted with the Republi-
cans, has declared his purpose to vote for Doug
las He says that the election Of Douglas Is the
only hope the Abolitionists have of keeping up
the slavery agitation, by which slavery Shall f.
nally be abolished.
gentleman who possesses some facts gath
cred from observation and the statements Of
Gn~r 80 A. a. 4
county for the present year will fall considerably
below that Of last year. The cattle crop viii Be
much larger, than last year, and of better
quality. These statements arc reliable.
MAN Losr.-Wan,icred from the residence
Of his brother, in Fremont Township, johnson
county, Iowa, on Tuesday evening, lnly ~, 1850,
an insane man, named Ferdinand King. 4p years
old, feet 10 inches high and quite thin
Had on when he left, white shirt, mixed cot
ton pants, nearly new, an old vest, an old chip
hat, no coat, has black hair, and beard; the shoe
OH one foot run over, and WHEN last seen was
carrying bride and halter in his hand.
Any information regarding his Whereabouts
eft at the Republican Office, Iowa City, will be
received; and any person seeing him
viii confer n favor by taking him IN charge and
sending information to the Republican Office, or
Daniels Cos. store in Iowa City. All nee 5
'ary expenses will be paid.
LINN Goa Mr.. zimmerman Of Marion was
ately dangerously bitten by rattlcsnake, and
mad the ''mad stone applied. The Register
states that the stone adhered twenty times be-
lore exhansting the poison, but AZ Mr. A had
mbibed huge quantities Of whiskey; it b d
louhle-headed ''pizcn' to deal with and required
onger to do its work.
kEoKux Co.--U. b Shollenbcrgrr has become
associated with the Keokuk connty Democrat
SHOOTING ScRArE.-On Wednesday afternoon
ast, Henry Kennedy and James Clark, living
lear Beana Vista, got to quarreling over jug Of
shiskey, and the latter received charge from
! y. ). muskct through his hand and thighs, |
rounding him horribly, and perhaps fatally
Kennedy was arrested yesterday and brought |
before ESQ. Davis. The examination was post
,Qned until next week. We hear that thers |
ledy coaftssed to the neighbors that be had |
lone the deed
sERiors AocIDENr.-A man named John Ash |
lad his ley badly fractured on Saturday last,
While working in Atlee's saw mill, in this city
\ plank six inches wide and about u feet long
,aught by accident on a circular saw and was
laried with great velocity some 30 feet, striking
ir. Ash on the back pmt Of his leg, producing
compound fracture OF the most serious nature.
-Ft. Madison Plaindealcr.
ACCIDENTS AT DAVENPORT Wednesday
ast man named Edward Finn was thrown from
buggy ut Davenport, by which his shoulder
vas badly broken
John Hickman, while engaged in throwing off
load Of hay on Monday last, at the same place,
Tipped from the wagon ON which he was stand
ng and fell on Que of the stakes of the rack, in
lic.ing dangerous wound on the right side Of
he neck Dr. LANCER thinks the man will recover.
FRlGRrFrL RuNAwAY.-On Tuesday morning
asst Mr.. H. D. Merritt drove to tile door Of his |
esidencc with Mrs. Jno. Shaftner, Mrs. Frank |
l. Crosby, and Mrs Merritt. in light wagon,
md having left the reins on the dash board, pro-
eeded to assist the ladies in alighting from the |
'ehicle; when Mrs. Merritt jumped out the horses
dr. N. ran and caught the leader by the head, |
,ut was unable to control them, and they finally |
'roke loose from him, and, turning North, made |
lirectly for the timber above Soldier Spr;as---
II hen Immediately oyer the prov Of the hill, the
tagon came III contact with tree, which threw
he body Of the wagon CT The ladies were |
brown with considerable violence, injuring both |
considerably, but not seriously. Mrs Crosby |
truck the tree with the side other face and head.
furnishing her considerably, and leaving one Of |
ler earrings sticking fast to the bark ofthe tree.
Strange to say, Mrs. Shaffncr's little babe less
han . year old, although thrown quite dis |
ahcs, escaped 'unharmei. Moral-Don't take |
-our wives cut riding behind unbrokcn colts |
IT. Dodge Sentinel.
The Aaquoketa Excelsior says: A young
woman was arrested in this city, yesterday, clarg
d with having caused the death Of her chill IN
Ter the following circumstances: A farmer who |
ives three or four miles south Of the city, hired
he young woman to work fer him .bous week
lso Last saturday he was coming to towa, and
lsked her ii she wished 70 como home with him.
She said she did not. Next day she told the fur
ner's wife she would have to 60 home, as she
vas quite unwell, and would not perhaps be able
% work for several days. Her statements seem
ID entirely natural, and she was brought to town
Dy the farmers SON. After she had left. child
vent 70 the privy, and coming into the halsc,
sold her mother there was noisc there, but the
noiAer being an invalid was unable TO 70 TO see
shout the matter. The farmer returned home
,ome time In the afternoon, and having been in
|ormed Of noise, went TO the privy and heard il,
md Immediately took measures to ascertain its
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