The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-14

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WHISKY, BRrrALlrr, PAUrEswx-Yesterda,
! afternoon man, who recently came Mere from
i Iowa City. went into . dogeery ON 4th e.. be
tween Johnson and Exchange, and got drunk
= ms wife went after him, when the proprietor o.
sne d0ggery threw her down six or eieht steps
ner head striking the sharp edge Of bed pos,
N she yard, and making cash three or fouI
inches long, tearing the skin and Aesh from the
forehead UNTIL II fell down over the eye, piece
tnus hanging down az large o. mans hand. an
exposing the bare, white skull. The woman Wa
, taken to Mr.. Connos's drug store, where the
, wound was dressed by Dr.. Scaton. Thence she
wss taken TO the calaboose to be taken care OF.
Inc grog shop proprietor and another man sun.
posed to be engaged in the outrage, were arrested
and taken to the calaboosc. when the husband
OF the woman was asked il he had any room to
which his wife could be taken, he commenced
crying, and said he had none; he stated that he
an his wife had been sleeping in q lumber nile
! since they came here. The woman was almost
destitute Of clothing Cate City.
LAND FOR THE LAxDLEss.--The black man "a.
per OF Georgia, the Atlanta Confederacy, de-
nounces the homestead bill Of Senator johnson
Of Tennessee as " full as effective fos abolitoni-
zing the territories rs the squAtter sovereignty
doctrine of Douglas,r and says, il this odious
measure for giving lands to the landless should
become law, there will be rush of free soilers
and free lab0rers to the territories which would
! completely and forever debar the shareholders of
the South" There is force in the objection, but
IT only demonstrates the "irrepressible conflict"
between free and slave labor. ANY measure that
Is for the interest Of the free white laborcrs of
the country is pretty certain to be opposed by the
| class whose labor is done by slaves
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CoNJrGAL AFFECTION IN OHIO.-Conu2ala ffec.
ton does not rate high in Columbus, Ohio. One
Bowers was so unfortunate as to lose the regard
and the society of his young wife-the former be-
ing transferred to an earlier lover the latter be-
slowed on her friends, to the exclusion of her
husband. Naturally indignant, he sought revenge
in the law, and brought an action against the low
er and his friend, through whose conspiracy such
an unhappy result was brought to pass Two
trials were had in the FIRST the intelligent twelve
returned verdict for the sum of 81 900. A new
trial was ordered, new evidence put in. and the
second verdict was only for 1900. What the
mitigating circumstances were, whether the love
OF the wife proved worth little or whether it
was shown that the husband had not appeared to
value it at high rate while he had it, cannot be
stated. The melancholy yet stern fact stands:
an Ohio Jury have settled that 5000 represents
the market value Of wife's affection.
A YoUNG LADY TRIES TO HANG HERSELF, AND
THEN CUTS uER THRoAT.--A most distressing
case of suicide occurred in Fairfield township,
Westmorelanj county, Pa, a few days since, SAYS
the Pittsbnrg Chronicle, the victim being an &C. |
complished young lady named Mary ]. Houston,
niece of Sheriff Houston, Of Greensburg, and |
aged about twenty years. 1t would seem that |
after spending pleasant morning with her fam- !
lily, she visited the barn. and endeavored to hang
herself with plough line; but the knot slipped, |
and not being able in this way to destroy her. I
self, she had recourse to a razor with which she |
had supplied herself, M 4 with which she cut her /
throat from ear to ear. She gave herself FIVE or |
six gashes, and hacked her throat in such way |
us to make a wound some three inches in width, |
and from the effects Of which she cannot have |
long survived The supposition here conveyed, |
is that she must have died very soon. When |
found she was resting upon her hands and knees |
with life completely extinct. The deceased was
bright and promising girl, and her terrible |
end has cast gloom over the entire communi- |
ty in which she resided
JACK SHEPARD OurDoxE-We heard the 9TH
er day of very daring escape from the Indiana
State Prison, at Jacksonville, by girl, which
pretty nearly equals the enterprise Of the adven-
turous girl in the Columbus Pententiary, Of I
which the papers gave account recently
The women's range Of cells in our Penitentiary I
is four stories in height, We believe, with grated /
windows in each story looking into the court I
yard. This girl climbed up the lowest window
as far as she could, the CRATE bars enabling her
to cling to il firmly, and when at the top, she
managed in some inexplicable way to fasten the
sheet Of her bed to the next window above, then
climbed the sheet to that window, climbed up it
to the top as she had done with the first one,
and again fastened the sheet to the window above
and thus managed to get to the roof, whence she
escaped down the ladder which is used for the
guards to mount the wall with Her escape was
not known till some time after, aud she has pro-
badly got safe Indianapolis Journal
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CowARDLY AssAuLT.-Hon. Scion Borland
and Mr.. L. d. Stickney, of the Enquirer, while
standing in front of their Office, on Shelby st.,
about IL o'clock on Tuesday night, were assault
ed by party of three men, one of whom struck
Mr. ID. severe blow in the face with, as is sup
posed, a brass knuckle telling him to the ground,
and knocking out one of his teeth, Is well as
inflicting several ugly gashes on his face and
head. Mr.. Stickney also received blow from
one of the scoundrels, who, Immediately after,
fed through neighboring alley, aud escaped
detection. Neither of the gentlemen had a
knowledge of the persons by whom they were
thus cowardly assaulted, or what was their pur-
pose in 80 doing. Some means ought to be de-
vised II possible, to exterminate the thieves and
murderers who prowl over the city at night
An example made of one or two of them might
have sa'utary influence upon the balance
Memphis Bulletin, 9Th inst
To Senator JAMES n. HAMMOND, Of South
Carolina, belongs the very considerable honor of
laying the .'mud.sill' Of the Lexington (Mass.)
Monument. With q modesty that adds merit to
the gift, he made the first contribution $3.50 to
the fund for the Monument, thereby exhibiting
that spirit of true patriotism which 10 the same,
whether in Massachusetts, or South Carolina.
These two States are representatives, respec-
lively of the two political theories that have, for
half century, struggled for predominance in
the Government; but when, in the midst Of the
stormest period Of the conflict, they can forget
where the first blood Of the Revolution was shed,
we feel that, however vehemently the North and
South may strive together, they can be brothen
STILL
Az ARMED GANS or NEGROES AT LARGE.-The
Paulding Clarion, Of "Wednesday last. says:
gentleman came all the way from Augusta to
this county few days ago to procure track dogs
for the purpose 4ef hunting band Of outlaw ne
groes, who are iniesting Perry county, Mississippi
According to the account given by this gentle
man, who is as respectable young man ~ any |
In the country, the gang number Eve or six,
armed with guns and weapons. White men are
suspected Of being in league with them, and one
man has been arrested and committed 70 Jail On
suspicion. Our informant says that An unprece-
dented excitement exists in this community sur
passing anything that has ever occurred by the
depredatioas Of the noted Wages clan, which |
operated - extensively in Perry county.
FLmrAr,oxs ov MARRIED. WoMEN. The innocent /
fiirtatiOns OF married women y OnsOf the q
bomin itions Of modern society. ESens desire
for pFomiscuous admiration ID wroOg "a > wife. |
The love ofone and his approval saod1d be ell
a. 4 IT, 1n. he nvvnp tnSV