The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-06-11

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In Wright county last Sunday three men
who had stolen horses and other property
were pursued by the citizens, when they
turned and fired upod their pursuers, kill
ing Mr.. Donaldson, of Liberty, and wound
ing Mr.. Melrose the sheriff Of the county.
one OF the williams was also shot, but was
carried Oft by his comrades, and all made
their escape.-DaU. GaS.
Emigration has again taken fresh start
the last few days we have noticed
quite number of emigrant teams on their
way to Pixies Peak and Idaho, They are
mostly on the Gee-woa-haw style.-Our
Opinion.
A NOBLE AND PATRIOTIC LITTLE GIRL.
Two little girls, about twelve years Of age,
us few evenings since, saying they lack
ed certain snm of having five dollars, and
as we were the last they were to call on,
they wished us to give enough to make
that amount. We gave them piece of cur
reDcy which exceeded the amount required
by five cents, telling them to keep the five
cents for their own use-to buy some ap-
pies or candy with it. One, of these little
Misses, with much earnestness replied
''Oh no! Let US save it all for the SOL
diers.''
This is not the only reply that this same
little girl made the same day, worthy of
mention. Calling upon one of our grocery
keepers, who is afraid to speak against the
rebels lest the Copperheads should call him
an Abolitionist, they asked him for the pit
tiful sum of FIVE cents. He refused to give
~ the re6els should come around begging
how much would you give?"
Soldiers, this little girls name is Maggie
HesS.-OceOlG Sentinel.
YOUNG AMERICA.-Some three or four
of the young bloods of this vicinity who
were forbidden by their fathers to go to the
army with our company of loo day men,
have quietly departed-they took French
leave and they are temporarily absent
in pursuit-boys are still ahead-fathers
not making good time and boys gaining
it's a rich race and long heat from here to
Davenport, but we will bet our money on
the boys ali the time-later, boys on dress
parade in full unifOrm-Later, fathers back
home jockyed off the track.-At6ia Union.
A gentleman from Jasper county brings
intelligence Of a sad accident that occurred
there recently. A man took his gun and
went out in his doOr-yard to shoot q chick
en-. He stood close by the house, little
from the corner, and just as he fired his wife
came around from the other side of the
building, and received the charge in her
side, mortally wounding her-she living
but six hours after the unfortunate occur
renee. We did not learn the name OF the
family.-Cedar Falls Gazette.
THE VERIrABLE GOLDEN GoosE.-Last
evening Mrs. M'Carty had occasion to
clean some chickeus, and among them she
came across one that contained the follow
ing items, viz: one gold dollar, q bar or
nugget of gold about One-eighth of an inch
in diameter by one and one-fourth inches
in length, aud also small scale of the
same metal. The articles were shown to
US as they appeared, ak mixed up with the
gravel. 1t is certainly rather q singular
circumstance, but by no means unreason-
able.-keOkuk Consultation.
THE DRESS REroRM.-The ladies of this
city are endeavoring to get up what is call.
ed a Dress Reform Society, in which each
ported goods. Such societies are being or
ganized all through the land, and we hope
to see our ladies successful in their EN-.
deav0rs to discourage the importation oil
foreign goods, which has gone so far that
we are in danger of becoming bankrupt
Excelsior.
The MaquOkela Excelsior complains o.
dry weather up in that section of the State
It says no rain Of any account has fallen
for four weeks, and that the grass is drying
up, and the farmers begin to feel alarmed
at the prospect of entire failure of theil
crops. On Wednesday of last week, they
had small shower of rain.
THE BIG LoDE.-The lode near the Gait
esa branch, discovered by Gimbeck anc
Tony, about which there has been SO mucl
talk among the miners, came to an abrupt
termination day before yesterday. It ex
tended into the cave only about twenty
feet, beyond which distance not o pound o
mineral could be found. All the miner.
who visited the lode thought it one of tn
finest prospects they had ever seen, for til,
cave appeared to be filled with the mineral
1t yielded only $4,000 pounds: However
1t puts 8, 900 in the pockets of its owners
paying them richly for three weeks IL
bor.-Dsbu1ue Times.
One who has tried 1t, says that grub il
the head, the disease that has been so fata
to sheep, may be cured, as soon as symp
toms appear, by pouring q table spoonful
o turpentine into the sleeps nostrils.-
Dubuque Times.
The Cops here are troubled with tn
same complaint. But theirs, however,
in the throat. They use an article know
in commercial cities, as 'Juice," extracte
from corn. They 60 through this kind Z
s'punishment'' several times during th
day. And there is no instance on record
where the attending physician had to hoi
their ''noses" to get down the medicine!-
They seem to fatten on it, and often sneez
for more. We are sorry to say, that tn
scrub nor the remedy seldom Kill Is!
Owing to low water, the Northern lin
boats Sucker State, Northerner, Hawk-Ey
State and Davenport have been hauled q
from the upper trade, and will run here
after, during the present stage Of water
between Keokuk and st. Louis. The Can
| ada, Pembina, Muscatine and Savann
will continue their trips up the river as ia
as the water will admit. We CLEAN fror
the Muscatine Journal.
| A SNAKE REPU LsE.-A few days since,
wagon load of Copperheads from Lafayett
in this county, proceeded to Vandalia, i
Jasper county. Having no reverence 70
God and their country, they began to ute
their reasonable sentiments, Capt. J. w
HORNE, himself an original Democrat hear
enough Of their disloyal language to sti
Vn-s A. I'd no 1<,1