The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-31

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fracturing the Uranium, aud forcing 9 large
piece of the bone into the brain. DR.. Buck,
assisted by Dr.. Birdsail performed the OPP
GRAFTON of trepan1inG aud removed the de-
tachsd piece OF bone. The prospect at
present is favorable for the boy s recovery.
| -EddyUille Star.
| TO PELLA- BY RAIL-THE Excursion
TRIP.-Our readers were promised an ac-
count Of the excursion trip to Pe.la, and
ceedings and resolutions Of the excursion
lists, which viii, BIZ found in orr columns,
we may be pardOned q few words of gratu.
lation and "reminiscences over the occasion.
The excursion was all the most sanguine
imagination can picture. It was party
given by the lessees of the railroad, and on
their part everything was done to make
their guests comfortable, and to promote
their enjoyment. The cars and the road
| were in excellent condition, and the COLA
| ton on the train was choice and ample,
| while the dinner, which was got up at the
Pella Depot, by our old.t;me and very
widely celebrated friend Harvey, was all
that heart or stomach could desire.
The trip up. to Pella, one hundred and
sixteen miles, was made in FIVE hours, in
Guiding stoppages., And we recalled to
recollection the frequent trips wehad made
1
In heat in rain and in sunshine, on horace
back and ia wagons, bugg!es and carria-
ges, and we remembered the days Of dis
comfort then encountered In making the
trip, and contrasted II With the pleasant
Ave hours ride in the coach by good dra.
and with plenty 70 eat and drink, while
making thirty miles an hour. We confess
our natural weakness to the new style of
llocomotion. 4.8. s&# fk sts*s.
There were other. not less striking con-
trasts in oaS memory and our present ex.
perience. Though hardly included amongst
The old settlers in Iowa, We ,remember to
have Travelled over the greater portion of
the route when Ottumwa, Eddyville, -Os-
kaloosa and Peila had no existence Ia fact,
| or in anticipation; before farm houses or
fences or wh!se settlers were known in that
section when the Indians were lords of
prairie and grove, and their Villages and
Wikeeups were scattered along the Des
Moines river from Iowavilie to Red Rock.
Then having Witnessed the great change
! from the naked barbarism Of the red men
to the fruitful farms and fourishing towns,
with all the appliances OF civilization, what
may we not anticipate il the way Of I'M
provement during the next quarter ola
century? We boldly predict, and hope to
1--we to verify the prediction, that the next
twenty-five years will transcend the an
ticipatiOns Ct the most sanguine in the de-
velOpment. and Improvement Of the Des
MOines valley as far as the last twenty-five
has done. And the Des Mcices Valley
railroad will have more to do il promoting
that development than any other single in
strumental!ty.-GcseC CITY.
4 The ladies' Of the North Presbyterian
Church of Iowa City held a festival last
week, from which EQ9 was realized. The
proceeds Of this Fair added to the two pre-
vious ones make about 1920, which they
: row have on hand for furnishing their
-, u. IL TT A.
mate as sufficient for that purpose.
! Col. James Vance left in, our office, not
long since stalk of corn, measuring from
the root to the ears. of which it contained
.r-o, each 10 inches long, thesUb,irne alti-
) tuda Of nine feet and eleven inches and a
half ddySit1e Star.
! Tie Corydon Democrat and Arpanoose
Democrat have both '.gore dead,v blinked
, out. finished their course. The late Union
!. victories are more than they can stand.
! COMEDY or EaRoRs.-Ths other night
some gentlemen who were cut rather late
thought they discovered something which
adii not look altogether right about the
state Bank, (nos being aware that q watch
| nan had been lately put there 10 guard the
place,) and the particulars OF the late bur-
;lasy being fresh upon their minds, they
very naturally thought from what they
. say that another attempt was being made
upon the vaults. First TIE light would
!. bum brightly, then it would go down, and
.uen flare UP again. This was repeated
several times, our friends being witnesses
Of the whole proceeding. They sent for
and obtained reinforcement from ourofice
in the shape Of one Of our coIposisors.-
The three marched wildly e., 70 the door,
determined to solve the mystery. Mean
while tie Waterman had discovered two
Z men standing on the corner opposite the
Bank, who acted, as he thought, very sus-
tpioously, and was fully confirmed in his
suspicious when he saw another one arrive
ana the three make fer he Bank. Sat-
is.ied that an attempt was to be made
- enter, he determined to give
them warm reception. so get
ting his blunderbuss ready, he lay down
! ~ she door, prepared to 10 o. die, mot
for His country, but for the Bank.) Our
three friends advanced ir the meantime,
in good order, until they arrived at the
door. when, Just as once them had lis en-
. ger on the latch, bang, vert the blunder-
. buss, the ball whizEing close by TIE head
OF our colnpositor, who, happening 10 re-
collec. that there was g large amount OF tele-
: gra.n 10 set Up, left il haste for the Office.
. The last that was seen OF cur other two
s-ie-lds was Part OF their Goa. tails fast
disappearing around the corner in the di.
rection of Font street, while the watch
mar vas to be seen bareheaded. making
his syay down Second street, leaving the
bank solitary and alone. inquiring the
hour IF the night, making altogether quite
comedy OF errors, which might, however,
easily have been converted Into . bloody
tragedy.-Nuscotine Journal
Patrick Hughes was very badly fro7ea in
Dubuque county few days since. He is
hardly expected to recover.
n TIE people Of Marion raised a find en-
Thanksgiving Day, with which they pur-
chased r. ri1...a Of who'd land FIR tha rlnati-
NJ tute families IN that Township. &
i Pat. Mammalian, of Cedar Rapids, was ar
Il rested and tried On the charge Of robbery,