The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

suit TO me. JOHN g. Fo0rE,
| s Chm County Military Committee.
ssd4 OUR STATE.
There is an encan pinsnt Of one hundred.
Indians near M,iscatine. @
The ferry boat 'sDecaiicn,"' was sunk
Saturday at Muscatine by the floating ice.
Aaron Melick, Esq, the wide-awake ed
itor Of the Eddyvii1e ,stay, contemplates
removing to Wapello TO engage In business
there, as We notice ty the Republican. The
Star, under Mr.. MS administration is one
of our most spicy exchanges, and if the
people of Eddyville wish TO study their
own interests they will manage to retain
him in his present POSITION Nothing helps
town 90 much as iive paper. Il
The floor Of a building in Davenport
wherein wheat was stored gave away, and
about thousand bushels OF grain were.
precipitated into the cellar.
The Davenport Gazette tells about a hog
just slaughtered in that city that weighed
$50 pounds. The sum paid for it was S93, 80.
| The ID Iowa Cavalry have been in pur.
suit Of Forrest, and the following are tie
casualties for the month OF Novemher:
KILLED--Hora,io Parks, CO b; .epseph
Moon, co. D. 49, 8aE9 III -tph 4
| WouNDED-Sergean; WIN. II. Husa, co.
F, Left on the field; David Anderson, CO. B;
Charles w. Clark, CO. +; James III. Fisk,
co. F; Solomon Knows, co. Il; Isaac Myers.
CO. H; Jesse James, co. /; Chas. w. Morse,
CO. Il John Barcher, co. X; John Wilson,
CO. X; Edward Fiiby, CO. l., left on field;
Sergeant n. e. Cavanaugh, co. L. .s...
The Messenger says while Chas. Hebirg,
of Lewis, Cass county, was on his way to
the woods last Saturday his sleigh ran
against 9 q. stump, by which accident an
axe was thrown against his leg, the blade
entering just above the knee infic.ing
dangerous wound.
The printers Of Dubuque are to have
celebration on Franklin's birthday.
The Lyons Mirror states that daughter
Of Horace Anthony Of that place was n
stantly killed By tie accidental discharge
of gun in the hands Of her brother, . lad
ten years Of age. The ball passed through
her heart.
BY the same paper we see that burglars
are atwork at Lyons. They Attempted to
break into the First National Bank, and
Owens dry goods store on Thursday night,
but did not succeed in either instance
They then went to Clinton, broke into the
liquor store Of Mr.. Hollingworth, and
blowing open his safe secured about $50.
The Bloomheld Guard says that DR.. D.
G. Greenleaf, OF that place, has been pro-
NOTED from Assistant Surgeon Of the 4th
Iowa Infantry, to Surgeon Of that regi-
ment, dating from Nov. II, 1854.
George Jacobs informs the Fort Dodge
North West ths: he voted the Lincoln tick
ct in Palo Alto county. How 10 1t, then,
that Palo Alto Is unanimously for McClel-
Ian a. the returns from that county show /?
Did the Copperhead officers in that be-
nighted region suppress Republican ball
lots7 1t looks like ii.
Dubuque is now the headquarters of
Gen. Sully. The General and staff are in
that city.
Much snow has fallen ia the northern
part Of the State, blockading railroads and
very much with the calcula-
tons Of hog drovers. The Dubuque Times
mentions over one thousand live hogs sold
BY drovers because the snow prevented
their transmission East.
The benevolent ladies Of Davenport have
been giving tableaux exhibitions for the
benefit Of the Iowa Home ofthe Friendless
They RECENTLY forwarded to the TREASURER
Of that institution $3.50 II rs tie fruits Of
their efforts.
Tho Davenport Gazettc mentions q most
distressing accident which occurred ct
Shields Wooden Factory in that city on
Monday Last. A young man named Clouds.
while engaged about the machinery was
caught In some manner by q belt and car
ried round wheel, and before he could be
rescued Life was extinct.
Winterbotham & Jones have sold ont
their business at the State Penitentiary TO
Hale, Davis 4 Co. y.
The citizens Of Muscatine davepermitted
soldier to lie sick, without care, In va J
cant room Of the American House In that
city, for the past four weeks, and the. poor
fellow for want Of attention now lies at the
point Of deathl Shame on such treatment
Of soldier; it il mean-itis Infamous.
The Marengo Review, of Iowa county,
comes to US with the valedictory Of Mr..
6erren, the late editor, and the salutatory
Of Mr.. Foreman, his successor. The Rcgiese-.
Il spicy, wide-awake paper.