The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-08-11
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II WIN. Cline, w. II. Tced and A. g. HowlaI
! were recently arrested IN Jasper county for CT
stealing. Howhnd was held 70 bail in thc y
Of 81 .OOO. the others discharged for want
!, I evidence. aslsas
The Wapello Intelligcncer has been absorb
by thc Republican, and its separate rnblicat;'
| ifscontinhed. 90
The Keokuk papers say the population of th
town according to the cencus i 9,soo-of q
township, 1900.
The people OF Oskaloosa are organizing cor
| pany - the purpose Of building Railroad
/ Eddyviile to give them Communication VII
Keoksk and Burlington. This il move II u
right direction, and the road should be builf, pr
vidsd is does NOT cost too much. But year I
TIVE sisss, our frienda in Mahaska, IL We mistAl
not wcrs very much opposed % braaches, pr,
lssring no railroad at al rather than be upo
anything but > grand traak d
The enterprising citizens Of Kirkville and Vi
einity have procured >, new bell for the y. l
Church At that place. II weighs $50 pounds
can be heard three miles distant.
The Winterset Nadisonian gives good &C
count Of the progress Of Republican principles i
that county. Several Lincoln clubs are actiyel,
at work, and the prospects are that the count,
viii give . handsome Republican majority.
Mr. Jno Moore sold farm Of 100 acres lying
in Jefferson township, Mahaska Co, last week 4
N. Patton, recently from Californis, for 81, 900
This is favorable time to buy land in Iowa
Farms, as well as mimproved land, can be had
at low fgurea. There 10 not, so far as We know,
any better county in the State than this The
soil is rich and deep There il an abundance oi
water, timber, coal and building stone. The
prairies for the most part are rolling and splen-
didly located. The people are entcrprising, in
telligcnt, and social, and warmly in favor Of
schools, churches, Sunday schools, agricultural
societies, etc; etc. Its first rate county to set
tie in, you can depcnp on that
Sheep are on the increase in Mahaska County.
We learn that d. R. Carnahan, Of Springcreck
township has now 500 on the way from Ohio
r. Gilmore Of Harrison township, is bringing
500 from the same State. They have both been
engaged in sheep-r4ising in that county, and
their present movement, here noted, is the best
evidence that heyhave found the business profit
able. We hope other farmers will follow their
example.
The National Democrats Of Des Moines held a
meeting on the oath ult. to ratify the nomination
Of Breckidridge and Lane. The following gentle
we're appointed delegates to attetd the Dreckin-
ridge Stttc Convention which meets at Daven-
port on the 18th inst: Capt J. 4. West T. II
Napir,C. G. Graves, Wesley Redhcad, J. L.
Kemp, p. NJ. CaHslsly, David Norris, C. w. Keys
Dr.. H. II. Taylor, Isaac Cooper, Samuel Kell and
9. G. Mann.
On Friday last tall strong and rather good
looking woman tcall:ng herself the editor Of the
Lone S,ar,") with black hair and prominent
features, aud strongly attached TO curly dog,
and lager beer, announced ter intention to give
. lecturs that evening ':under Crum's printing Of
ice;' but any one who said it was to be lecture
IN WOmen's Rights, was a coward and liar
She preferred to address gentlemen exclusively;
md at the close Of the lecture would examine
Ome OF their heads, aud tell them 'how they eat
,abbage," &0 Admission 25 cents She post
ID the bills hers in the principal streets OF the
,ity, at mid day, in very determined style. A
'ich treat was expected, and number OF sly old
Ogies made their appearance at the appointed
lour, to the great entertainment Of the boys,
Eho gave each hearty cheer as he paid his fee
lnd passed in. The lady was her own doorkeep-
r., and though an eager crowd gathered thick
round her, nine o'clock arrived and no effort
o commence was made. The hot suffocating air
If the low, small room now forced some to make
heir exit through the windows for relief, while
miserable conviction that they we're about to
,e sold caused the remainder to ciamor loudly for
he lecture to begin At last an attempt was
nade-the lady still standing beside the half
,pen door to obtain air and take money. Some
reference was made to the condition Of women
n India and her utter subsection in all things to
lie will and pleasure Of man; but rude jokes snd
Oud laughter soon put an end to all order. The
,as was pnt ont, windows broken, the woman
ostled into the street the whole crowd following
n swift pursuit. where's my money" cried one
Give us the lecture out here bawled another
and the bowling and yelling sounded as If all be-
Ow was let loose. The hunted woman repeated
y turned and stopped like deer at bay, and it
vas not till policeman McElwaine appeared that
he peace and dignity Of Iowa City was vindcca-
ed. He escorted her to the Crummery House,
where she remained in safety till Saturday after
ioon when, having had enough of Iowa City and
owa CITY having had enough Of her. she started
or Davenport.-Iowx City Reporter.
VERDANcy.-Knox went down to the court
louse yesterday, to raise some money by mortgag-
ng his property. In response to an. inquiry wheth
here was any mortgage on his property, he said
10; but upon referring to the books, it was found
hat mortgage was entered on all his imple-
nents.
"For de Lord, Misser Brodbeck, neber put
em dar."
''But how comes your name to be signed to
he instrument!
"Wcll duzzent know nuffen bout it, only
en- Misser Call one hunnred dollars two years
lgo, and he made me sine dat ar paper to secure
What he owed me-
And this il apparently the case. Knox lent
nan hundred dollars, and then executed
mortgage on his own property to secure the debt.
food for knox-he can boast Of another color
,esides black, now, and that is-green.-[ Du
,uque Herald.
FIRE,-Yesterday morning the large frame
building on the Dubuque road known rs the Six
md occupied by Mr.. Piepcr. The fire was dis
covered about three o'clock, and SO much head
way had it made that the inmates of the house
barely escaped with their lives, saving but little
,lothing. The furniture was entirely destroyed
The fire was first discovered in the back part Of
lie house, and was evidently the work of an in
.endiary. There was an insurance on the house
or S2, 900, aud on the furniture for 5000, in the
London aud Liverpool Insurance Co., Of which
Mr.. Altman is agent, which win about half cover
Inc loss.-( Davenport Gazette.
DEsrRUcrlvE FIRE AT WLroN.-Tuesday night
/ very destructive FIRE occurred at Wilton june
lion. The fine large hotel known as the Penn
sylvania House was totally destroyed together
with small building adjoining. The fire origi-
mated in the small building owned BY DR.. Miller,
and soon spread to the hotel, owned BY Jesse
Knewse, which was valued at 5000. Moet Of
the furniture in the hotel was saved. The build
ing was insured for q, Acknowledgements Dem.
SoLD AGAlx.--Thc Douglas men here got up
club Of dczcn or so for the Pennsylvania, and
now it has come out for Breckinridse -[Tipton
Advertiser.
THEr ARR COMING BACK-Durlng the past two
years great many people left northwestern Iowa
for Missouri, Kansas and Pixies Peak. But great
numbers of them are now returning to their de-
serted homes, glad 70 get back. Our old friend
Elder Saxby OF Clear Lake, CerrO GOrdO Co.