The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-03-10
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81 County On Friday eyening the "a inst.
l dwelling Uf M 6peneef De Witt, took Gfr !
tween and 3 O'Clock Ia the evening. while
and hts wife were absrnt II Church The Hot
was burned TO me ground, md three ctilhrctl
two girlA one aged 7nins - other thrSt, and
boy aged 6sU- peFinhed III the AAnlea It
! supposed the IRE originated from the st0ye-ils
The wind was blowing furfousiy at the time asi
Une reached the house until II was enveloped
: 6ames. A voice, supposed to be that Of {
} Iolder gid, was heard once crying smeroy.n i
J en0rts 70 rescue tie nnfortuhate children We
. ffuitless. When the fire had buried down som
what, the bodieso Of the children conld be seen
the ashes Of the bed, showing that they had !
. tired, and were probably asleep. when the q
, commenced. Mr.. md Mrs. De Wilt have ,n
one child lcf, BABE. In this hcartsrending a.
overwhelming calamity, they viii have the since
sympathy Of III who hear Of their sad bereay
3 ncnt. The house was part frame, and part 10
and was rapidly consumed fOskslcosa Heral
Another 'Banking House, IN Davenport u
Soneby the b0ard--gone to sm4sh The Dem,
srAt 4 News of last Friday announces the suspel
I
That paper adds tha: s.since the sudden death
Mr. Powers, the surviving partners have been q,
deavoring 70 settle mp the business, and the
have succeeded in satisfying nearly all their cred
tora The amount of their local indebtedness
i will not reach two Thousand dollars. Mr.. III
Lean loses his entire fortune; Accumulated b
i years OF hard labor and close application &
business. Within four years past not less tha
| four Banking establishments i'll Davenport hay
failed, Three are remaining there STILL Mhicl
the Democrat thinks are saitcientfDr lhe buslnfs
! OF the town for 1--WE years to come. Tie Gazett
makes out that the failure Il bad one, resultin,
IN great loss to depositcrs. si sI
The Iowa City Reporter Of last Wedncs,iay
gives an account Of the attempted suicide Of Mr
l I'd. Anthony. echool-teacher, in the Y. Den
| mis- district, Iowa City township, who came int
| town Tuesday forenoon, about eleven O'Clock
| and went to the Crnhmey House, where he had
been accustomed to stop. complaining Of fatigue
or Illness, he asked for asSs& in sonier 10 liz
down while md resf hin1l 4 Abou. two
o'clock an alarm was raised by bis screar1s and
groans, and he was found upon his I'D IN convul-
sions from powerful dose of stryclinine Medi.
cal assistance was called, and the usual remedies
appiied--andi y il thought will succeed.
The German Luthcrans OF Iowa CITY are an.
pealing to their friends for aid in the erection of
u new church edifce. They have a lot already
secured, and desire to build a house Of worship
the present spring @
The Wittcmberg Manual Labor College j. To-
gated about four miles from Newton, in Jasper
county The FIRST term commences on the Cd
Wednesday Of May
On the 23d ult., says the Hamilton Freeman,
Nrrnn had af har, slali
tween the wheels Of the Steam FIGURING Mill in
Webster City. II first caught his coat sleeve,
and before he could extricate it drew his hands
into the cogs, mangling his fingers and the lowe !.
part of his hand and thumb.
STEAMBOAT on THE Iowa RIyER-The Iowa
City Republican is informed that the steamboat
Cedar Rapids, craft Of three hundred tons
burden, Is to ply between the mouth Of the Iowa
river and that place as soon as navigation opens.
We learn from the West Union Pioneer that
last Saturday night the Sheriff raised fifteen
volunteers, went over Turkey river and arrested
John Husband who had broken out oil, the Jurors
room, where he was confined for stealing goods
from Bell 4 Closes store.
The Cedar Rapids Times of the LIST inst. an
nouaces that the telegraph is at last completed.
and was opened last Friday afternoon. Messages
are now sent through from Cedar Rapids to
Chicago and other Eastern cities without delay
The Monroe county Sentinel of the 22d, relates
that few days since young man by the name
OF Jacob Hull, was arrested in Mantua township,
in that county, on the charge Of having disturb
ed a religious meeting and was brought to Abba
for trial. The principal witness against him was
Elizabeth fyrreii, a s0lng lady to whom Jacob
had been paving some attentions. Neither nc
cused nor witness appeared to relish tile position
Of affairs, and it was thought best to consult u
lawyer. Lawyer said there was no salvation
unless Lizzie could be made an interested party.
This plan appeared to meet with little opposi i
fion, for within fifteen minutes license had
been procured, and the same Justice who twenty
minutes before sat in judgment upon the case OF
The troublesome Jacob, made Lizzie and Jacob
zone flesh" by uniting them in the bonds Of
matrinlony, SO she could not testify against him.
Ths Sentinel man thinks it was the finest way Of
getting out OF a scrape he ever saw.
The Muscatine Journal says that the name Of
.he man who was drowned in Mud Greek on
Wednesday of last week, was Fsedrick Nichols.
He was resident Of Wilton, and unmarried.
A strolling character, calling himself DR.. J.
knowlton, protesting to have been for three
rears past public lecturer on 'Y,tys;coiiqy and
nesriu,' according to his own spelling, appeared
n Muscatine last week, and after holding forth
n fremont Hall one evening, departed the next
lay tor parts unknown, leaving his hotel and
printers bills unpaid The Journal thinks that
he fact that no came there from Davenport,
nay account for his collapsed financial condition.
Welearn from the Dewitt Standard that the
ain last week on Tuesday night, raised the
Napsipincon ten feet, and carried away the
:,.%,n ..l..
progress Of the cars on the Chicago, Iowa 4 Ne 4
,raska Railroad The dam at MI. Works -four
ng mill was carried away.
BooNE CoUSrY.-The News saws: "Our read
rs will be surprised perhaps, to learn that our
little sheet, has been placed under
he ban Of the Southern empire, as an incendiary
document
BILL DEFINING DUTIES or RAILROAD CoMPANYs.
MIR. Wilson, of Jefferson, introduced into the
senate, On the 25th, a bill defining the duties Of
Rail Road Companies in the State Of Iowa. The
bill is one of much Importance, and creates some
among the Companies. We appre-
lend, however, that it will be found impossible I
% present the evasion Of its chief intent: which
s. to give the control Of Iowa Rail Roads, 10 the
people of Iowa Itmakes but little difference
% the people Of Iowa, whether the Roads are
'outIoltu Dy tAe uislrsllHenlS Oh the companies,
who reside in the State, or those who reside out
if 1t. II large majority OF the stock is held
tut Of the State-which il the case with nearly
Ill the Roads--it may fairly be questioned wileth-
IF, according 10 common notions Of Justice and
light, the stockholders should not be allowed to
'eisct whomsoevcr they please for directors
Chst il is desirable 70 have the control of the
Roads. If practicable, placed in the hands Of oar
'wn citizens-good and responsible mexican
aot and will not be questioned for a moment--
But, unfortunately, we are obliged to 20 abroad
or the means to build the Roads; and very
natural consequence il, that these Roads pess in
10 the hands Of foreign boards.
The first section Of the bill just introduced
requires that every r. 4. company that has been
,r may be organized in Iowa, shall have its prin-
,ipal business Office in the State. The stock
books shall be kept in it, open 70 Inspection "A
majority Of the directors must reside in this State
The President or Vice President and Secretary
must reside in this Sraae. Directors shall not
have power to mortgage pads, without consent
,f a majority Of the stockholders A full state
nent Of the affairs Of each Road, il 70 he made
TO the Auditor of State, III January Of each year.
Every Company in the State must fence its track
within months Of the passage OF this act; and
The fencing mnst 90 forward with the track
hereafter, under penalty IN each case, which