The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-01

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F.W. Palmer Of the Dubuque Times, Stat
Printer, has suspended his connection with tha
paper. 1t will be managed by Hessrs Uphan
An inquest was held At Dubuque on Wsdnes
day on the body of VIM. Scandling, an Irishman
He arrived there from St. Louis, went out OF
Wednesday morning to look for lodgings, fel
into the slough, and was drowned.
~ One Of the Upton Guards died suddenly
last Sunday, and the Advertiser says it was I
case of deliberate and willful suicide, by drink
ing strychnine whisky, and adds that this vii
not be the last warning unless some seen in the
streets should stop short in their career.
eB- An effort is on foot to have the counties
Of Cedar, Jackson, Clinton and Scott unite in
having Union Fair.
eB The Dewitt Standard calls upon the far.
mers to hold mass meeting in reference to the
currency, which it designates far more dan
serous enemy than any that will appear on their
borders.
eB A memento of the tornado last June.
A few days, since deed that had been carried
away from the wreck of Mr.. G. Dwire's house,
in Clinton county, was sent back from Polo, Ill.
a distance of eighty miles. 1t was soiled but
not materially injured by its long fight.
eB The Rock Island bridge, that part of it
at least, from Rock Island to the Illinois shore,
is to be covered in as a protection against the
weather.
eT The Davenport merchants have resolved
neither to receive nor pay out the deprecated
currency Of Illinois and Wisconsin. At the
same place wheat fell, on Saturday, five cents,
and corn three, but gold was paid for it. ss
3 eB- A new ferry boat has just commenced to
ran at Omaha. The Telegraph gives humorous
account of her voyage from Wellsville, Ohio, to
her destination. At several points she was de-
tanned for search, at Cincinnati she was pursued
by the Oh umpion, at Cairo she was so much IL
'ked that it was contemplated to detain her, but
she managed to slip off and Is now peacefully en-
ployed.
W The Council Bluffs Guards have been ac-
cepted as part Of the srd Iowa Regiment.
WRONG SoMEwHERE.-The Davenport Gazette
of the 25th says that Sergeant Foster, of the
City Guards, was accidentally left behind when
bis company departed; that he applied to Capt.
Afford, Of the Northerner, which was ready to
start soon AFTER and was positively and rudely
refused passage unless he paid his full fare
The soldier had not dollar, but Capt. Cox, of
the Lyon Guards, hearing Of it, said he should
60, and made himself responsible for the
amount. The feeling Capt. Afford has aroused
will not render him welcome there again.
az At Charlton, the other day, while the
volunteers were on parade, a man expressed
himself in favor of secession and was compelled
to carry the "stars and stripes" for the rest of
the day. g
W fugitive from justice was lately arrest
ed at Omaha. The officers there suspecting
something wrong, watched. and found that his
letters were addressed under fictitious name
1t appears that he was guilty of numbering
man by the name of Kirk, at Chillicothe, Mo.
CY- Storrs steam mill, Page County, has
been blown to atoms, involving the loss of
s., 900 and one life, besides several seriously
wounded The explosion was caused by the &C.
cumulation of mud in the boilers
s1 A Des Moines merchant advertses that
he has engaged large number Of hens to lay
eggs expressly for his establishments"
sB A car shop is being built at Clinton
When finished it will give employment to so
or 7b men.