The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-04-02
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There will he convention Of the wool
:rovers of Southeastern. Iowa, at Mt.
Pleasant, ON Thursday, April 7th, to take
into consideration the subject of wool grow.
ING in this State, and petition Congress to
levy . sufficient duty on imported wool.
The Ladies' Festival held at Pleasan1
HUI, High Henry" was complete sue
Geo. So says the Journal. fastss i..... +,
The editor of the Fort Madison Plain
deslsr givss notice to the scoundrels who
attempted TO are his Office, that they had
better get their lives insured before they
make another attempt to destroy his prop.
srtv. 3aal1"s "as t.4H .4i. )"0 seni1u.
PRrrTy GooD.-The West Union Record
says . ''clairvoyant" addressed audiences
In McGregor, last week, and asks: "Won-
der il she could see the McGregor termi-
nus Of the Mineral Point Railway . elds
A SOUND CONVERSION "A Copperhead
up North, after days and nights OF great
mental tribulation, got religion: The hrst
thing he did as an evidence OF the souno-
ness of his conversion, was to order ols-
continuance Of the Dubuque Herdtd. ne
then paid for q load Of wood which WAS de-
posted in front Of . house occupied oy 2
soldiers family. After which, he was met
by Butternut with whom he had been on
Intimate terms. and informed that he was
"a id abolition scoundrel!' In less than
two seeonds and half the author of the
abusive language was 30 thoroughly
thrashed BY the young convert that he
bawled for mercy! That was sound con-
version !-Sz0te Register. 54.... ,....
The Lansing Journal is whining pitifully
because Hutchins and Mahoney are out Of
the Herald office. He i afraid Robb Is not
meaner than the meanest devil In the low
est hell, be could not get dorm to the dirty
level Of the growing cur who wildly banks
from week to week and from weak
to weak through the columns Of that moot
contemplate Of oil miserable apologies for
. newspaper. the Lansing JournoL- West
Uaioa Record.
The Eddyviue Star learns that Judge
Hendershott h in favor of VIM. Lloyd Gar
rison - tirst choice on the Democratic tick
ct for the Vice Presidency.
The citizens Of Indianapolis, Mahaska
county, have voted tax Of fifteen hundred
do!laEs to build new school house in that
village. The Herald says, "happily for
the people Of that rich and beautiful Sec
ton OF our county, matters are getting in
to . better shape" The old fogies of the
Copperhead persuasion, who think educa-
ton humbug, are about played in that
locality.
The fairfield Ledger says the Cops
didn't run . ticket at the school election
there, nor did any one Of their number
vote, and asks-"Ain't we several links
ahead?'', No. you are just even with Us.
Now keep your end Of the double-tree up.
Mr.. John Baker. of Mahaska County,
sold his farm, 264 acres, to Col. Bussey, Of
Davis County. for $4,000.
The Oskaloosa Times saga that one of the
former editors and publishers of that paper,
has recently fell heir, through the death Of
his Wife's brother. to an estate valued at
one and . half million Of dollars. This val
liable estate lies in Nevada, and consists OF
rich silver claims, said to he among the
cfcbest In the territory. tp
The Oskaloosians give q supper Friday
evening next, to members Of Company II.
sth Infantry, and to the members Of Com
pauy c. 18th Iowa.
Ths house Of p. &. Mayne, Jackson tp.,
Van Buren, county, was consumed by 6re
O week ago. The Republicans says the
building was totally consumed, with all
its contents Of furniture, beds, clothing,
&C., with the exception of very few arti-
Giles, from garret TO cellar. Loss about
$500. }sN
The small pox has broken out in Ger
man tp., Keokuk County. The Neps says
two or three persons have died with this
disease, and several others are lying dan
ger0usly i'll with it. .ss.fla. ....5.. H.
Thssteam Touring in Webster town
ship, Keokuk county, owned BY Daniel r.
Brant, was totally destroyed W fire, Sun
day night, the 2Oth. The News thinks 1t
was the, work Of an incendiAry, Is there
s,ad been no Are In The mill orseveral days.
Dr.. Tibbitts has cut-stick. vamoosed,
played out, cheated the printer, tried to cut
on his, whisksy bill: but fiz.!ed on this
60 Idaho. The society of this place has lost
nothing but . blackleg, and the citizens but
what few dollars they have invested in him.
Kf some person will catch and pound s.
worth out of him. they will greatly oblige
CHS institution. We Shou1d be- highly
pleased to publish the Dr. . obituary notice
next.week and charge the account to profit
and loss.-Eddyviils Ssar.l !f.5Is s9s3#
Calvin Cole. private and new recruit
for the 3sth Iowa, died p few days ago, nj
Decorxh. A few nomenta before his death,
says the Repa1hc. he gave three cheers for
the union '''',, 80: ,'1i 40. 5oi 81.
BAAvo!-A few cowardly, lousy, nasty,
dlthH Copperheads, who stay and drink
rot-gut whisky in Jones township, Union
County, pulled down the stable of . Mrs.
LafavTe, whose husband IL In the army!--
We CLEAN from the Western Home. Fl
Tho Keosauqua Repsbsicax comes down
on tie citizens Of that village in the follow
ing beautiful Style: ~ ta.sii.s9 -
PB4TY-Go0D-SocIEr Y-6cHoor.-H HOUSES
AND CHuRCHEs.-There are some very
pious towns in this State, Judging from
sOUno If OuP 0Ychanuos onA .~s1na v,toro