The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-04-09
OUR STATE.

The citizens Of Wapello aud vicinity give
IA supper, social party and ball to the SOL
diers of Louisa county, Friday evening.
April Sth. The proceeds of the ball. and
all money and other articles contributed.
to be distributed among the families of sol-
diers. Weglean from the Wapello Repub-
hcdn.
The ladies Of Usage, Mitchell county.
have organized 'home society,"" and
meet stately and apply the busy needle
in aid Of such objects Of public conve-
nience, or charity, as may be determined
by the society. We CLEAN from the STAN
dGrd.
A soldier was knocked down and rob-
bed Of $50, on last Friday evening, at Dav-
export.
PRESTO! CHANGE!-The beautiful wealth.
er OF few days past took sudden change
on Monday night, and yesterday morning
we awOke to find the ground covered with
snow and old Boreas tiercely whistlinx the
requiem Of dying winter. Verify. this
time, when "March comes in like q lamb
it goes out like q lion."-F0rt Dodge Re
publican. March 80.
We understand that q verdant Young
man was swindled out of cool fifty by
one OF those confidence men, the other day.
Both parties were foreigners-the victim
an Englishman. and the other q Creek
StoMr CITY Register.
EMI0RANTs CoMIN0.-The American
Emigrant Company are making prepare
ton for emigrants, as will be seen by the
advertisement headed "Proposals Want
a1s oit ~stso 81 l..:1
hundred houses on their lands, and
breaking thousand acres of prairie. We
learn that Monoua county gets the first in
stallment Of emigrants. Send them along.
Iowa wants fifty thousand settlers to sup
ply the places Of her soldiers in the field,
and more Emigant Companies interested
in settling up our rich lands.-Stdte Regis
ter.
BoDy FoUND.-The body Of man was
washed ashore on Muscatine Island. about
two miles below the city, yesterday after
noon. It is supposed to be the body of one
Of the men drowned at this point in
crossing the river in q skiff last fall
The Coroner went down last evening to
hold an inQ uest.-MIscatine journal.
| It appears that in the robbing of the safe
of the Treasurer of Buchanan county. at
Independence, 900 were st o,en, insetad
| Of SO, 900 as has been heretofore stated
The BOord Of Supervisors offer u reward OF
IS, 900, instead of 81 900, previously offered
| by the Sheriff. This reward will he paid
! tor the detection of the thief or thieves, and
| 81, 500 for the recovery of the money, or a
proportionate amount for any portion
thereof. Here is q good chance for detec-
! tives to exercise their wits.-Muscdeine
Jour.
The dry-goods store OF II. X. Lopez, q,
Anamosa, was entered by burglars and
some two hundred dollars worth Of goods
| taken.
Mr.. John Wallace while mapping and
reading at the LIE Claire, Davenport on
Tuesday had his pockets picked of one
hundred and two dollars. He was on his
return from Indiana to Muscatine.
EscAPxD.-The deserter Malone, confined
in the military guard house in Kearney
Ward, escaped on Sunday night last, by
Jumping from the second story Of the build
ing in which he was confined. He had
shackles on his ankles, and plunged head
| foremost out Of a window, landing on the
pavement below but before a guard could
make the road goingth length OF the build
ing and down u stairway-he had escaped
in the darkness. He has friends in .hecity
who will he ''taken in" If discovered. Ev.
cry effort has been made for his re-capture
but so far without success. -Nebrdskd City
| Press.
| STEALING GLoRY.-We are having an.
other instance OF the total lack of common
honesty or common decency in Chicago pa.
pers. In the attack on Fort De Russey nc
Illinois troops mentioned. These latter
came up afterwards. Those attacking were
all Iowa, Indiana and Missouri Regiments
and yet the first accounts we have are
through the Chicago papers, and here It il
stated that the flag Of the 5th Illinois was
the first planted on the Notifications. It is
very like . certain parsonage in Shaks.
peare. Falstaf by name, who picked uF
the dead Hotspur after the battle was over
brought him in to the King, Dragged how
he fought q long houo Thy Shrewsbury
clock T. and demanded = Dukedom for his
bravery. The curious may find the story
in Act s, scene 4, First Part OF King Hen.
Try Nv. aft ~
The Muscatine Journal in abiding t.
the probable murder Of Mr.. Bryant =,
Davenport, q short time ago, thus speaks
OF that city:
l Thu Ho1INVa,i diov,o tsh poroi GOD