The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-10
OUR STATE.

PICKER, the Mt. Pleasant Home Journ0
, learns the 4th Cavalry, or rather that par
of the regiment which was IN pursuit O
Price. is now in st. Louis. They wi!lproba
bly, remain there about three weeks, be ri.
Oft, and the non-veterans mustered cut
Nearly all their horses were killed durin;
the expedition, and they will be re-nount
ed, when it is understood the regiment vii
: go to Nashville, joining the part of the reg
iment now at Memphis at Louisville or OF
their way. Sextin, Yoakum and Allen, O
Company D, were slightly wounded in on,
of the tights, but continued on the field I'm
til the battle was over.
They have pork, house 100 by Of fee.
and three stories high, in Eidyvilie. Tbs
Stnr says it contains a.! tie modern i'm.
prove,nents.
The Star mentions two pigs wkicL Cha
ney i McGav;c OF that place gaTe S.O2 Il
for.
Tie Kecsawqua RepaJliccn states i. IS
! proposed to bridge the Des Moines river 1t
that place and warmly :avc.s the project.
The Republican says good mary farms
have changed lands in Van Buren, courty
within the past saw months. There are few
better counties IN The State. It abounds in
elements Of wealth, has a.r;ch soil, and is
comparatively well supplied with timber
The Des Moines river affords excellent ia
cilifies for milling and manufacturing pur.
poses.
A new paper mil. has Just gone into ore-
ration at Des Mo;nes, as we learn by the
Register.
PORK TRADE.-We learn that the price
OF pork is keeping up remarkably we'll,
Notwithstanding the recent sO!.uess Of the
weather. Prices on the foot range from
TO cents per pound. The season will show
an unusual mum Der or hogs slaughtered IN
this place.-Regisser. LIST.
MILITARY lrEMS.-The report Of the
number OF disrosabie men AT Camp Nc.
Cieilan yesterday was: white, drafted aud
substitutes 1903; coiored, Is: volunteers, 81.
Four recruits, eight conyaiescen.s and
three deseriers were sent 10 the field ves-
,erday. Ddc. Gu.., 81.
little gir! five years of age was scaided
to death in Dubuque few days since. It
was washing day, and the child, in trying
TO pull herself up, took bold OF the edge Of
a boiler OF hot water standing on the acOr.
turning its contents over her, and sca,Giug
her in u horrible manner. TIE mother
submerged the child IN cold water, which
had counter esecs, and FASTENED her
death.
Tae 3a and ID Iowa regiments have been
With the new recruits and |
drafted men, the consolidated regiment is |
now a. the maximum.
Among the new patents recently issued /
10 inventors by the Patent Office a, WASH
Inyson. aye the following 10 gentlemen il
iowa:
Corn Plan,er-Wo d. S.odiard, OF
Feed Manser-C. L. S;eiie-, OF Mc1/ag-
or, Iowa.
Oscillating Engine-M. c. ki.gore and
William Eberoard, os Whishiu xtOn. iowa.
Device for measuring cloth IN the piece
Dr. roll-Wn. Beaton. Grinnel,, Iowa.
Seed Planter--Aaron Crisman and Nj
.hael Whitman, o! Sugar Creek, Iowa.
ANOTHER FArALrrY.-The Des Mo;nes
Salesman of the 9Th u,,., announces tie
OF it, daily issus til next
'pring. 1t says every issue OF the paper
las been a loss to the proprietor. Publish
ng coppeshead newspapers is an uphill
business in Iowa.
The McGregor Ne'rs says collision oc- ;
'urred Oh tie McGregor Western Railway
N Sunday last, about four miles tuis side
Il Monoaa, resulting in the smashing up
}. two locomotives and some ctner losses |
0 the Company. No persons were injured
1.-The passengers only being little Jared
nd the hands on the engines saved them
elves by jumping OF before the collision
ook place.
Decatur county was visited by thirty-five !
Missouri miiitiamen few days ago, who
la;med to have requisit!on tor the guer.
i!as arrested there some time ago. Very
for Union men during their
,ay they stole a horse or two, when the :
militia OF Decatur turned out aud arrested
hens However they were properly vouched
or and released. The Meas says Ave or /,
TX armed guerrillas were discovered in the !
rush sos long ago in Woodland township,
'ut when toe military authorities made
earch tor them they had Disappeared.
TIE bloomfield Clarion is dead. and the
,udrd remarks:
L1ED.-Ou the Odd ult;mo, the Cidriox,
Il genera. debility ard constitutional
weakness. For the past twelve months this
!isistrious shee; has only breathed 10 keep
rom mourning ordinary fune.a. expenses. +.
there has been no inquest held over lis
isetess CARCASS, neita-v has iaere been
'ost mortem examination, bu. every one
Inows .swhat allied it,. Specifically sta
ed it died OF Smut on the brain, too much
;arion on the stomach, and a very bad
breath.
Since the Clarion is dead, we extend to !,
he hardened old sinners who were it, pat
one. the privilege OF subscribing for the
CGston Guard and promise. them the full !;
Worth of their money AMI hope to convince
hem Of their folly, and convert them over /,
o the Lords side.
Col. Culbertson has resigned his position {
3 Assistant Adjutant General Of Iowa. and
We see by the Davenport Gazette, that f. .