The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-01-28
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r.l The Davenport Gazette Of the nth states IL,
,e snit has been commenced in the District Cour
! o. Scott county, in which the plaintiff seeks {
y recover about four hundred dollars n mone
N paid = usury on loan Of about twelve hun.ire;
e. dollars Il il claimed, that under the Law. IL
,e lender OF money has no right to receive usr,-y
and II ne does receive il, it Is a. 90 much none,
= nad ana received to the use Of the person payini
u, and can be recovered again, especially wkcf
paid 70 relieve real estate from incum
i BOONE COUSTE--The BoOnsboso News eayl
That on Saturday last Mr. Wesley Williams y
that county wss driving down rather steep Mill
: ms horses took Alright, and he IN attempting "a
: jump from the load, fell 90 that the wagon ran
: over llls leg, crushing the bone 70 atoms, anl
! rendering amputatiOn necessary. Mr Williams
mas large family depending upon his labor for
support. sss
JOHNSON CouxrY-Thc railroad bridge across
the Iowa River at Iowa City, Is completed, and
the cars are running six miles west Of that place
rne road Is to be completed to Narcngo, Iowa
County, next Nay,
forND DHAD.-A man by the name Of Joseph
Ham was found dead few miles east of this CITY
on Thursday last He was an old resident and
wen known IN the country Glenwood Times
Mr. &. E. Edwards has taken charge of the
Charlton lucas county, Patriot, during the ab-
sence Of its editor, John Edwards, at Des
Hoines.
Mt. J. N. Harkee, of Muscatine county, fat
tened twenty-three hogs this season, from
which he realized the sum of &478 few DAYS
ago. eE
Another failure is announced in Davenport.
that of AessrS Carman 1 Bro, dealers in dry
goods.
B Mr.. James Noifsinger is about to start a
new Republican paper at Albia in Monroe county,
to be called the Jefferaonian Blade.
Mr. Malone was doubtless agreeably surprised
on returning home, on Tuesday last, to find an
addition to his family of a pair Of girls weighing
" and lbs Such occurrences are becoming
common in this section Of countrv.-lChariton
Patriot. T
Two brothers by the name of Evans. from near
| Galesburg. ILL.,, are feeding l5O head Of cattle in
TINS county for the spring market-[Ch
Patriot.
The Diploma Of the Iowa State Agricultural
Society Is now ready for distribution among
those to whom it has been awarded The en-.
craving is from the establishment Of Capewell
Kimmell, New York, from design by H. W.
Petit, Esq, Of Jasper county, in this State,
whose drawing, it will be remembered, was se-
ieetcd from quite number presented The cost
OF the design and engraving was about $780,
A careful description Of the design has been pub
lished in this paper The Society now has 4 tli
ploma which will compare favorably with that |
OF any now presented by similar organizations,
M h0t vnrslI 1.c Al
pleasure by those who are no fortunate az to |
receive it.-[ [Muscatine Journal
CoRREcrIoN.-We are requested to correct our |
statement in yesterdays paper that full exhib- |
it would be made Of Cook & Sargent's affairs
upon the "opening Of navigation" We are as
surcd that no such promise has been made, and |
that no manifest" may be expected before the /
moving of next years crop" We make this I
anaeaste more in sorrow than i'm anger" This |
people deserves to be posted up, for their pa
tence and long suffering has been stupendoua-I
Davenport Dem.
SU1cIDE-We have received somewhat con-
fused but reliable account of a case of suicide /
recently committed near Wapello Louisa county,
nndcr circumstances peculiarly distressing A
woman, whose husband, it appears, became in
volved in . lawsuit, few days since, while under
severe depression of spirits in consequence,
leaped into the well on their premises and was
drowned before she could be rescued. Her
shrieks attracted several persons to the spot
among them her husband, who had Just returned
from hearing of his ease before a Justice but
too late to save the woman from the sad conse-
queaces Of her rash act Muscatine Journal
PLow MANUrAcroRY.-Om Our enterprising towns
men, Messrs. Chambera;ns l. Herrold have Just
commenced to make Plows, at their old stand,
north of the Public Square. This is a branch Of
mechanism perhaps more needed than any other
in our County, and now that these gentlemen
have engaged in the business we hope the citi-
zens Of Page County viii patronize them instead
OF sending their money out Of the country to
purchase agricultural implements Of foreign man.
utacture.-[Pagc County Herald
Nor WANrEp.--A prominent Democrat of this
county, and who was candidate last fall, we
learn, lately wrote to friend in Missouri to as
certain what the prospects were for getting into
business there, and in reply was told that
MOI thern men were not wanted in that part of
the country" His Democracy wouldn't protect
him there.-[Wapello Repub.
Another dog fight has occurred in Davenport,
as we learn from the Democrat
Rev. L. Taylor, pastor of the M. E. Church at
Maquoketa, has resigned his charge on account
Of i'll health
The Steamboat Company at Maquoketa have I
expended $4,000 in removing distractions to ..
in the Maquoketa river As much ,
more is required and will be expended this spring
in widening the channel, etc.
The Clayton County Journal says that man
by the name of Hennigen, Of Garnayillo, Ger
man, left his wife and child and started for parts
Gov lnV r;u So
destitute circumstances
The Usage Iowan says the County Judge of
Mitchell County has isued Railroad Bonds to the
amount of 1000 for the construction Of the
railroad in the Cedar Valley
Stutsman's Mills, in Pottawatomie County
was the scene Of . murder on the 10th inst A
Mr.. Bachelor, Of Council Bluffs, got into a diff
Guilty with young man of the former place, and
shot him through the head, Instantly killing him.
Bachelor is in custody at Council Bluffs I
The Independence Guardian says that the Ame- ,
ricsn Eagle, heretofore published in that village
has been discontinued, and the publishers intend
issuing shortly another paper, to be called the
Rising Sun, to be devoted mainly to the inter- ,
ests Of Spiritualism. s.-
Some of the citizens Of Cedar Rapids have
been trying their hands at rioting The Times, ,
Of that town, Of the 10th, in giving an account
Of the affair." says that on Thursday previous, as
the Bohemians were enioying themselves in so.
cial dance, at the house Of Francis Ripka, sever
al Of the town boys repaired to the scene Of mer
rilnent, and began making themselves conspicu-
Gus in various ways. Bohemians resented their .
conduct, and matters soon lipencd into general
row, which resulted in severe injuries to Mr.
Ripka and his wife, and lesser cuts and bruises
on the persons originating the trouble. The
house also sustained serious injury, the doors and
windows being smashed in badly. Three of the ..
rioters were arrested ON Monday, and examined !,
before Justice Mount. One proved an abb, and !.
was discharged; the other two were held TO an
swer in the sum of $50 each.