The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-09

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The Iowa STATE bulletin, printed ct Fl.
Madison, has the following dreadful item:
A ssloyal'' mani in Wanbeck, Dunn Coun.
iaaple shade trees standing in front Of his
house. To make his s'loyalty'' moro pa
tent, he stuck upon each Of them picture
Of Old Abe. A few days afterwards, both
Of the trees were struck by lightning and
killed. II this an omen, or isn't it3
Il That IL the question. s9a TIL fs
]. Accordingly tho Council Blum Noxpar-
i 81, last Monday was unprecsdentsdly hot
In that city. The thermometer stood 1t 100
I at II o'clock, lo4 q noon, loe It 1o'clock,
! 1os At o'clock, lilo ct q o'clock, l07 At
o'clock, los ct o'clock and 100 ats o'clock.
3 Two persons were drowned At McGray
on last week, while bathing. p>@4aa
AccrDExr.-The last evenings train
nom Chicago ran over . little girl shout
half q mile above Moline. II seems that
several little girls returning from picnic.
were crossing the railroad tract at the
curve, whom the locomotive struck and in.
1ured one Of them severely. perhaps fatally.
She was alive when the train left, but there
was little hopes Of her recovery.-Daven-
port Gazette.
Senator Roberts Of Madison county, re-
Gently sold 1850 pounds Of wool to q firm
in this place. The price was 70 cents per
pound. That makes very pretty sum Of
money, amounting to nearly four thou
sand dollars!-Nate Register.
WEATHER AND CRoPs.-Ws clip the fol-
lowing weather and crop items from our
exchanges:
GLoRY!-It rains this morning. answer.
Ing the prayers of thousands of people in
thls regton--how long It will continue or
how much will fall il matter of connect.
ure.-LaHsixg Union. f4'A'
The crops in this county-wheat. oats.
corn, etc., are 10 Z nourishing condition.
Comparatively speaking, this portion OF
Iowa has been highly favored with rains.
We have no floods, neither any excess. but
all the while . sufnciency Of rain to Keep
the crops moving along. Winter wheat e
good harvest. Corn Is from two to three
3ees high, and the tendency II decidedly
upward. Travellers from the eastern mart
ct the State inform ~ that crops here are
mr. In advance Of crops thete.-Aftom Ma
tiomak. 9aai - We ~ -,
RAIN.-What Z strange creature man n.
Only two weeks ago the whole country
was crying for rain. It wss said that crors
would prove failure, and ruin and STAR
vation must ensue. For I'm days past We
have been visited BY frequent and ccpious
showers, cooling and moistening the
parched earth, revivine vegetation and
Frightening the prospect Of farmers and
the whole community. But already we
begin to hear murmufinss and complain
tngs shout the mud, gloomy weather, etc.
How will you please such . world - this /?
-Ldas Qbw.ty RutySot. aea8
i
During an excursion into the country
the other day. going outon one road and
returning on smother. We noticed every.
fields Of wheat and rye. on the bluffs BE-.
low the city forten mills, and ii the val.
ley adjacent to the river there will be, we
: Judge, q harvest Of four or six fold com.
pared with that Of last year. The corn q.
% looks ssoll. Though not very far adj
vanced, 4 hos the appearance Of . vigorous
grcwth. The grounds IRE generally 70 fine
order, and there b fair prospect Of It
4 least an average crop.-Fx Madison Plain
dealer. F6l
There VIM not be les than 500 reapers
and mowers cold It thu place this spring
and summer. Most q them are sold for
cash in hand. We hope the farmer who
reads this Item VIII rot be 20 careless -
many Of them are, aad leave their new
1oapers standing where they were last used
without Z proper shelter to protect them
e% me rs g all. IL ". wsy s:c %dns
stroyed, - TO leave Them In fence corner
where rank weeds keep them completely
MID nom the sun and suffered TO rot
through areleBnea.-E ddyvsNe STAR.
HAavEs7 Co,9MlNcxD.-Mr. Z. 8. Black
acres Of winter wheat yesterday, on his
1Axm 1ew miles below the city. The grain
= Of the variety Known - May Wheat, !"
and will yield, NJ. B. thinks, fully forty
oushels to the acze. During several years
experience IN rasing grain in lows, Mr..
BlAckman has never seen 90 i1ne devel.
0pment 0f strawand wheat. IS
The editor ofehe Lansing Union of,srs
one Of Putnsms Clothes Wringers for
sale. Who wants 1T
0oNv 10 rnv Sorplrns.-Mrs. Morris.
The Agent Of IL Sanitary Commission.
hAs dhippsds ON hundred and filty-nine
pac141. mogtly boxea and barrels. Of
8auiiafy at1ic2eg from the Northern Iowa
Sanitary Fair, . the General Distributine
i Agency q Chicago. Fifty Of these pack.
4Ses coatained dlothing.
Tho number q packages sent 70 Chicago
placed 10 its credit, hes reached between
4ftoon and dG11oe0 hundred. ~3ta
We were Aerteadly surprised few days
go % hear tha1 some Of our leading "Dim-
ocraticP' ffien66 had subscribed for the
Burlington Daly Hdsck-x1s. Gentlemen
We are happy b eco you take = clip In the
right direction Continue on, and remem-
Der, a $40 ~ * Ha slsks 55
Long q tAo lamp holds out . burn,
hAv1loetdnnee may return" #
i Capt Knoxis ruralixing, for . brief Pc
xiod, 1t his id home IN Warren county.
II here b might have something to say to
the following from the last Alton National;
:, Some few tears ago, Capt. Knox, asseci-
ate editor Of the Heck Ie, while suffer-
ing from * attack Of the whooping cough,
sought AMI found the ''pearl Of great
price," Bat looking over tho ''locar' Of
sas Aa~kNe, over which he presides