The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-28

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A heass In Wapsllo vas struck " lightningon
Sunday evening last Damage eight.
tAcrsos Cosxrr.-Oa ~ "wednesday week
one Casper Trees escapcd from to lookup IN
Bellevues II Sheriff oasaa reward e so for
his capture A 4s
fi,e editor u the Bellevue Courier has seen
catfish, caught few days since ii thc MISSISSIPPI
pi, which weighed forty two poundA
Horse thieves are making trouble in Washing.
ton county
Lamb and Griffin, tried 1t tho late term Of the
District Court Of Delaware county, for breaking
into store at Nottingham last fall have been
sentenced to the Pcnitentiary--Lamb for threc
years and six months, and Griffin for three years.
On Wednesday Of Last week the stable Of
James Kenworthy, near Newton, was burned,
and valuable pair Of horses, cali, harness and
. quantity Of corn were consumed in the fire.
Loss $780, #
According to the sentence delivered BY Judge
Wilson, johnson, the murderer, il to be hung at
the town Of Delhi, on the 18th Of May, between
the hours Of 10 A. N. and 3 r. N.
Frank Curtis, Of Burr Oak Township, Mitchell
county, while blowing in the field a few DAYS
since, found root he took to be spikenard and
ate it; Uecoming thirsty, he went to the house
and drank quantity Of water, and died within
two hours after eating the root, which proved to
be wild parsnip.
We learn that the dwelling f.ouse DC Charles r.
Ackley, in Union Township, this county. was
burned on Thursday Of last v eek It il supposed
that sparks of fire from the stove pine caught in
the straw or hay scattered about the horse and
thus fire was communicated to the house. list
Charles Intelligencer.
I. .. DIscOSrINuED.--We are informed that
the Postoffice at Glasnevin. in Dubuaue county.
has been discontinued by or der Of the Post ilas-
ter GeneraL Nail matter for that place should
in future, bs addressed to Pine Oak. !,
A Mr.. Cation passed through here YESTERDAY.
en- ronte for Chicago, having in his possession
gold dust to the s:no ant Of $4,000. He made
" AL az fiEes feak by buying up quartz and
separating the dust at halves. lie will return as
sooD az he can ges some additional machinery
dubuque Herald. af
On Wednesday Of week before last, fire ran
through the tirnber, skirting the Missouri river,
directly west of Council Bluffs. The wind was
blowing mall hurricane at the time, and the
flames iept along at almost lightning speed. Be
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1t burnt up u large amount of wood and destroy
ed some dwelling houses and out-buildings in the
vicinity of Sill 4 Bowen's distillery
Mr.. Talbot, one of the editors Of the Winter.
set Madisonian, has been appointed one of the
secretaries Of the Republican Congressional
Committee at Washington, d. G. So says the
Des Moines Register.
SUIcIDE.-Yesterday afternoon aboue 8 o'clock
tile body OF q German named Frederick Nebendal
was found hanging by the neck in Al, unoccuped
stable on the alley in the rear of No. les, west
side OF Main street, above Sixth. He was la
boring man, and had bs'en employed BY Messrs.
A. Steffen and f. Burrows, the latter he quit
work for last Saturday. He lived in frame
house on the alley, short distance north Of the
stable in which he was found. He was from Hol-
stein, and was aged about forty-fiye wears, and
had been in this country abont three years. He
married last fall and has three children living bv
his first wife. He left his house Yesterday morn
ing, at nine o'clock, saying that he must attend
To sick COW, and was found dead rs above sta
ted. lie had been without work most OF last
winter. He is represented as having been q
steady, industrious man. When found. his knees
were about half bent, with his feet dragging upon
the fioor He had evidently been dead some
hours when found. An inquest was held late last
evening by DIR. J. W. Baker, Coroner, and YER
dict rendered that the act was committed in fit
OF temporary insanity.-Davenport Gazette.
The scarlet fever is prevailing among the chill
dren at De Witt, Clinton county.
According to the Fort Dodge Sentinel, that
place has lost hundred Of her citizens by the
Pixies Peak fever.
Last Friday morning, woman who had be-
come insane by the drowning Of her husband.
recently, rushed into the river at Davenport; and
attempted to drown herself
The Lyons Mirror of last week reports d seri
Gus accident to a boy named Hall. employed
IN boonton's plaaing mill. The boy had both his
arms badly broken in the machinery-one of
them was literally torn to pieces.
+. A. James, Esq, leading Democrat. and
formerly Clerk OF Lee county, has renowned and
in recent Republican speech ,leaoaacek Democ-
racv. M
Samuel Coble, who shot Dr. Bissell in Marshall
county, some time ago, has been found guilty Ct
manslaughter, and sentenced to eight years i'm
the penltentiary and to pay fine Of 81 900.
SHOOTING AFrAIR.--One Michael Collins, a
saloon keeper at DEBORAH, got drunk, had row
with his "better half" and finally fired his gun ut
her. The result of this little diversion was. that
he was arrested, ami lodged in Jail, and after
wards fined $40 and costs
The Davenport papers of Monday report the
suicide OF Robert f. Campbell, banker of that
city Mr.. Campbell bore the character Of an
honest and estmable man. He was formerly
from Ravenna, o., but resided in Davenport for
four years past. He was IS years Of age, and
leaves a wife, two sons and daughter. He shot
himself IN his BANGING house about IL o'clock
Saturday morning. Pccuniary troubles are said
to have unsettled his mind. The report Of his
death states that sat the time he shot himself.
his son Augustus, who is young man, and was
engaged with his father in business, and james
fhorington, ESQ.,, Sheriff, were in the room. He
had Just paid the Sheriff a thousand dollars, and
Mr. Thorlngton was seated at a taIsae behind the
counter engaged in counting the money, facing
Mr. u, who was only few feet distant, when
the pistol was discharged. Looking up he saw
Mr. Cs hand with the pistol in it dropping slow
y from his head, and his body sinking to the
is""A' t'A'. v. was sSdifulHS up, MS race mar
turned from Mr.. Thorington, when tho pistol was
discharged. He never groaned nor made sign
of life afterwards - 5s 4#
Running Orr BY ExPREss-NEGR no IN 4 Box
NO one would think to charge the Adams Ex-
press with being concerned in the Underground
Railroad business, but from an aft dir brought 10
light at Seymour, on Saturday night, it appears
that the Express, without the Knowledge &c its
managers, messengers, or any Of its employees
was made the medium OF running on = negro,
which Game near proving successful
1t appears that on Friday evening a white man
called Mt the Adams Express Office, at Nashville,
and inquired whether he could have a b for.
warded to Cincinnati. lie was told to have il
there at o'clock in the morning, aud il would
be delivered at Cincinnati on the following morn
ing. Accordingly the box was sent to the office
at the honr named, and placed on the train.
which leaves at ten o'clock. 1t was received
here at eight o'clock on Saturday night, taken in
the express wagon to the Jefiersonvilk Railroad
Depot, aud forwarded in the 10 r. n. train. the
shipper of the box being passenger on both
trains. On the arrival of the train ut Seymour
hoY pvaS troy ~snl 81 n: nr.sEE IN.