The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-14

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NWi eEiy, : kty wer@ eng ed in swingin a
Ian swing tected e thS 1arpose q adl pg
> thsfa1eres16 f tho dan whl the swing BIZ
precipitating the occupants to the ground, k!nne
child, breaking mans leg, and severely inju-
ring several others We were mot able 70 learn
any names.
The North Iowan says: I'VE learn from Pri-
vate letter TO Duryea, that Gaycn Kennedy. ? Tor
mer and respected citizen Of this place. We snos
@ FlkoSa Peak, ID q contentiOus aho1t > ninisn,
and died IN fen moments aftee. He leaves .
son and three dAsghters 70 lnesEn his untimely
and melanch0lT DEATH ssss III IT III 81
A man named Bakes, living aboat four miles
north OF Davenport, Md his h0use robbed on the
4th Of July ~ wearing apparel aAd oeser articles
Of value while The famaly were absent attending
. celebration. sa sss s*ssAs +9
The Council Bluffs Nonpariel says Rev. G. w.
Watson ofthat pIace, has received andaccepteda
call from Grace Church Il Lyons Id this State and
will soon remove to his new 6eid Of labor.
The wife Of PREPAYMENT citizen Of Hopkinton,
Dubuque county, lows, poisoned herself last
Monday, by taking strychninc Various rumors
are aaoat ~ 70 the cause, prominent among
which is that Of domestic difficulties, having drit.
en- her TO the commission of the decd. ID
A NEW GKaxAn PArxR-Mr. Rotssck lately
Of Muscatine, where he published the Nuscatinc
Zeitung, having discontinued that paper and puf-
chased the remains Of the German paper former
" published ct Keoknk, has removed thither, and
issued new German paper called the Iowa Re
publicaner. m
ACCIDENTALLY DRowxED.-Last SatMday, Nj.
John r. Nicely, for a long time bookskseper ~
the Davenport Democras & News Office, Was ac-
cidentally drowned while fishing in the river IN
the lower part Of Davenport Mr.. Nicely was =
native Of Philadelphia, and nearly ~ years Of
age.
The Clinton Herald states that the G. & N.
Railroad are preparing to build powerful steam
boat on their grounds in South Clinton, for the
purpose Of conveying loaded cars across the
channel between.the Island and the Iowa shore.
B DRowxrD-A young German named John
Pinklep, was drowned in the river at Maquokesa,
while bathing, last week. He got into deep W..
ter and could not swim. He was cooper, and
very worthy young man. III.
TALL RYE-The DEBORAH Republican has
been presented with some stalks OF rye feet
inches high, and 20 stalks from single kernel
BoY DRowSED-A small lad, the son Of James
Amos. was drowned in the Des M0ines river, one
half mile ABOVE Red Rock, on Saturday, 18th
inst. Several BOYS were bathing, and this one,
having the whooping cough, became strangied and
was drowned before his comrades could get him
out-[M Marion County Republican. aa
FATAL AcciDExr-The Dubuque Herald says
boy named Lawrence Conley was killed in Bum
combe last Saturday week, BY being thrown from
a horse. 1t was during a race, and the animal,
bcstridden by young Conley, became unmanage-
able. ran away. and finally dashed him with fear
full velocity against rail fence. He was taken
up alive, but died within fifteen minutes.
MErEog,-A brilliant meteor was seen blazing
along the sky about 10 o'clock last evening. 1,
appeared to be 8 to 10 feet in length and to IL
inches in width, with head like ball Of FIRE
1t lighted up the streets for a moment ana was
gone.-ILyons Mirror, July ).
STRANGE CoNDUcT.-Therc arc some strange
men in this world, and some Of them reside in
this county D.. 4 Hufstutter and Harrison
Smith were two Of the men engaged in the ar
rest Of John Kephart. They pursued him
brought him here and confined aim in Jail Fol
this they arc entitled to all credit. These SAINT
men. however, were leaders in the mob that tool
Kephart from Jail and hung him. On Monda,
last they claimed and received their share of the
reward offered for his arrest. They certainly
possessed great deal Of assurance when they
claimed that reward, after having assisted il
breaking open the Jail and hanging the murderer
Kephart.-[Fa Fairfield Ledger. Y
A Coon USE FOR DoGs-The Country Gen
tlemen says that at Farmers Club Mr. D. D. Fisk
in speaking Of the Importance Of saving manure
especially for use on pasture lands, closed will
the following receipt for animal manure, which
he rated az taking the lead of allothers: mi.
with two loads of muck, five dogs (D one barre
| of lime, 10 bushels of unbleached ashes. Con,
post thoroughly and apply literally"
Induce the farmers of the country to practice
largely on these principles, and there will be
better prospect for profitable sheep husbandr
among US, as well as for good crops of grass
| -as X dubuque Times.