The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-04-23

OUR STATE.
U. S. District Court, Hon. j. NJ. Love.
Chief Justice for the district OF Iowa.
commences its next session at Dubuque.
on Tuesday next, the 10th inst. A strange
coincidence is manifest, on examining the
the twenty-five, twenty are prominent and
virulent Observation-Disclosures Times.
The contested city election case between
Viele, Republican, and Funck, Democrat.
for the Mayorality, at Muscatine, has been
decided In favor Of viele by five votes.-
Funck has appealed the suit. and Viele has
applied for . writ Of mandamus to compel
Funck to vacate the Office and deliver to
him the seal Of the city as Mayor.
The Marion Linn county, Ratrsot of the
l4th inst. says:
"The largest sale Of fat cattle ever made
in Linn county, was made q few DAYS ago
by our tOwnsman, d. T. McAfee, Esq. He
sold to Kelly Baker Its head for little
The body Of man was found in a well
belonging to the stable Of the Union Hotel.
at Corydon, on Tuesday Of last week.
The Monitor says: "After considerable
trouble the body was raised to the surface.
1t was recognized by many present as be-
ing the body of man by the name of
James 81. Williams, formerly living in the
south part Of this county, who had recent
" enlisted in the service, and had come
here on Monday, the 18th ult., for the pur.
pose Of going to the rendezvous at Des
Moines, but had from that evening about
4 o'clock been unaccountably missing"
The body was in the we'll nine days be-
fore it was discovered. It il supposed he
accidentally fell into the we'll while in fit.
GOOD CAUSE FOR THANKPULNEss.-
Like the Pharisee of old, we can be heart
lily thankful that We are not a. other men
are, married.-Lec0l Of the Muscatine
Journal.
Perhaps "a lady is as heartily thank
full a. you are. (Joke.)
NJ. d NJ. RAILRoAD.-We learn that q
force Of upward i've hundred men is at
work on the line Of the Mississippi Il Mis-
souri, Railroad between North skunk Riv-
er and Grinnell. The question Is to the
exact route west of the North Skunk-or
| in other words, whether Newton will be
directly on the line Of the Roads not vet
settled. Our neighbors of Newton are
l Cts
fully so.-St0te Register.
In our opinion there is no state in the
west whose newspapers will compare ia
vorabiy with those of Iowa. Editors have
learned the wisdom and beauty Of con-
densing, consequently the two-column
leaders OF o few years ago, are almost en-
| tirely unknown, and for one we are heart
lily glad it. AS a general thing the pa
pers are we'll printed, and well patronized,
especially. where sufficient attention is
i given to localizing. This feature is the
be highly gratified to notice more general
attention Eddyp,lle Star.
DIED.-While on furlough at Charleston,
ILL.,, on the 18th inst, s. T. Shepherd, aged
II years and 10 months. He enlisted in
Company G, 18th Iowa Infantry, Oct, 1861;
re-eniisted Jan. 1864.
His widowed mother who resides here
has many sympathizing friends to share in
her deep affiction.. Her only remaining sou
lost his right arm while lighting for his
country.-Indiansla Banner.
The State Register thus speaks OF Mr.
Rich, chief clerk Of the late House Of Rep.
resentatives, which we endorse up to the
handle -
The people of Buchanan county have
reason TO be proud Of the law making del.
egation which they sent down here. aud il
ID right for US to add, what the Gu0rdi0N
might truthfully say, that Mr.. Rich proved
himself in his administration Of the Chic
Clerkship one Of the best officers who has
ever filed that position, and was deserved.
" popular with the entire House. He was
Systematic and always al his post, q good
reader an excellent writer aud withal Z
magnificent fellow generally.
The Lyons Mirror is informed that thu
winter wheat in that whole region Of coun.
try is killed out.
The citizens of Leon are taking steps fol
the suppression OF, drunkenness and inn
morality in that place.
Owing to the lightness of the air, "mics
: in the water" lfor the understanding @
, during the sultry, sunny season, the scare
ity Of cake and the high price Of putty,
We have made up our mind that we CAM
, "put i'm marriage notices, unless tht
mated mortals have 1.-TWO hearts that bea'
~ one'' dollar for the benefit Of the printer
ought to make em beat. That's what's tht
, matter. Council Bt@Os Nonporest.
It seems that the 4th Iowa cavalry arr
earning for themselves an unenviable rep
utation. They got into muss here on theil
way up to Davenport, with the clerk Of the
Jennie Whipple. And it seems that they
had further trouble on their why to Daven
port, and at Davenport. Soldiers, simply
because they are soldiers, have no more
} privileges than belong to other people; and
good soldier knows this fact and governs
himself accordingly. We deprecate the bad
} conduct OF these soldiers, for they have LEFT
. name behind them that will tarnish the
lustre of their many heroic deeds, we'll.
earned on the bloody-fisld Of strife.
/ The citizens Of Benton county gave . re-
lception dinner to the returned veterans Of
that county last week Wednesday, ct the
fremont House, in vinton. But during
the day, the Eagle says, . deplorable acci'
dent occurred through the premature dis.
; charge Of cannon, that was being fred
for the occasion, by which it IL thought
that one Of tho victims, Alexander Shields
~a1l lr.> hia Avoa and nr0hahlv hia lifA.-