The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-19


class. Glad Of it. Our citizens can now
feel easy in relation to any draft that may
come, for certainly the citizens Of q second
class city are not liable to = draft made
from persons Of the first class. Do you
see it?'
District Court 'ssets'' at Mt. Pleasant to-
day,-Monday.
The fall wheat is badly killed out in
Henry and Lee counties, in this State.
An Irishman was put in Jail one day this
week for the offence of biting off the ear of
another Irishman last winter. As the ear
did not grow out again, he will undoubt-
eddy be held for damages.-M. Pleasant
Journal. ta
:, HEAVY SALES OF REAL EsrATE.-The
fine residence of Hon. Hiram Price was
sold yesterday TO q wealthy gentleman
named John II. Berryhill, from Harris
burg, Pa, who intends to locate in our
midst this spring. The price paid is Sic, 900.
We understand that it is Mr.. Prices inten-
ton to erect himself another residence in
the suburbs of the city.
Mr.. w. G. Wadsworth,- yesterday, also
purchased the residence formerly known
AS the John Davie property, located on
Perry street. above Ninth street, and lately
owned and occupied by Mr.. j. Thompson,
of the firm of Hill and Thompston. The
price paid is 5000. Mr.. Thompson bought
this property about eighteen months ago
able money in repairing and embellishing
the place.-DavenpOrt Gazette.
SINGULAR CAsE.-Asa Smith, Sc years OF
age, father OF Aaron Smith. Of Julien town
ship, has become SO old and decrepid that
his blood has refused to circulate longer in
his extremities, and a few days since NOR
tification set in at his toes but the physi-
clan has succeeded in arresting it. Mr..
Smith is one of those reliable citizens who
have always voted the democratic ticket,
he has done now steadily for
over fifty years.-Hcrald.
Not at all singular. We know Of hun
tlreds Of men who have not voted tue DEM
ocratic ticket half so long as that, who have
become so completely mortified on account
of it as to make up their minds that they
will never do itany more.-DubuQue Times.
Hon. E. Cook and family. Of Davenport,
were on the train that collided at Bellair,
Ohio, on Thursday night. They Fortunate
ly escaped unhurt, but lost their baggage
by the burning of the baggage car. We
CLEAN from the Gazette.
The McGregor News says, AT no time
since the settlement of McGregor, has there
been so many applications for houses to
rent, as at the present time,' in that VII
lage.
"compositor on the Linn county Patri.
OF, who is bachelor, got q hint the other
evening. which. if he don't take, he ought
to be kicked, sare' He was at a social gath
ering, and the conversation happened to
turn on sewing machines, their cost, &C.,
when a rosy-cheeked damsel, looking up|
timidly into his face, said: PA has two
ssWtng machines to oirc away
The Union Guard thinks that the vete-
ran Home Guards of Bloomfield, have been
while all other veterans have
been feasted and taosted, and adds
Have they not marched and counter
through dust, and double quick
ed over dog fennel knee high? Have they
not stood guard and waited and watched
for the enemy, when there was no enemy
to be SEEM And can they not now be re-
membered for the good they might have
done
Even dinner of "hard tack and sow
belly" would be appreciated under all the
Where is the Executive
Two men by the names Of Parker and
Haywood, got into muss short time ago
in Monroe county, over school matters
Parker knitted Haywood. the knife entering
the cavity above the heart, from the effects
Of which he died on Monday OF last week. |
See Eddyville Star.
The Irishman who we, last week, stated
had run of with another girl has turned
out to be ThOs. Hays, who has shantie. q
wife aud nine small children and one at
the breast, like John Rogers of old, short
istance below the depot. He was arrested
and tried before Esq. Boyd, for seduction,
for the purpose of prostitution. The evil
tence deemed sufficient he was bound over
10 court. This gay deceiyer il about IS or
s. years Of age, and 10 Irish all over. Miss
Carson IL an lr'ahrsGn, also, 50 we UNDER
stand. -HtidyUilie Star. ~
A reception supper was given the vet
Grams Of the 4th iowa Infantry, at Des
Moines, by the ladies Of that city, at the
Savery House. The ladies of Des Moines
have won an imperishable name among
[owas heroes.
IN TIME.-The Iowa City Council has
purchased land near that city for q new
- .,0e
The Iowa City Repa5,,can thinks it will
not be long until that city will have "jail
hat will be impregnable.'' Which way
: impregnabler in " or "out? tro
The Copperheads at Muscatine are about
TO cheat the Union men out or their Mayer.
Mr.. viele. They are a pretty set Of scoun-
arels, to talk about submitting to the will
Of the people! 4sa
A lady in Fayette county was acciden-
tally shot by her son-in-law, who was
revolver, when it was suddenly
When will people learn to be
careful with the use Of firearms?
RATHER HARD.-A young man living
some two miles from De Witt, made al
call on Davenport to make necessary ar
preparatory to his wedding
the following day, but while there the
Sheriff caught him and puthim the jury
box. The Gazette condoles with him and
says it's s'too bad! but such are the vicissi-
tiides of life Wolf Ss,;o;..:4,as,, .