The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-03

THE CITY.
Tr.arARY.-The boot and shoe store of
=. KLEIN on Third street was entered =
- nights ago. and all work mdde up, and
-. enfire stock Of leather stolen. Our bus
- men viii do well to b on the look.
- for tho gang Of thieves that now infest
4. clty. and stand ready to ann1hilats them
~hensver they attempt to invade their
.rauaises. Powder and lead will correct
- evil II efsctually applied. -
PrssoxAr.-By private letter We learn
~ Lieut.. Sam. w. Snow 10 Acting Assis.
- Adjutant General for tho Department
= ~ Tennessee, on Gen. Howard's staff,
~ i stationed ct Louisville, KY. He has
nsas,y recovered from his wound.
m,The amount collected ct Old Zion
|. church on Thanksgiving day for the bone
A Il the poor Of the city, was seventy-fiye
ldlars. The sum will be divided among
,.edy families in common, and not be de-
I'D exclusively to the relief of the fami-
y Of soldiers, o. was enormously sup
psed BY many.
|. 80 We have no positive information,
8 circumstances indicate that one Of the
roats agents upon the Keokuk road IL Ell
ar nsglecting his duty or keeping back
or PAPER for the benefit Of Keokuk. II
!, tAere u . mail agent on the cars who neg
10 his duty, everybody II interested In
sssting clear Of him. Will our friends on
he route inform Us g to the factss
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON l. QUINCY RAIL-
soAn.-Hereafter tho trains on this Road
known ~ the Galena 4 Quincy Accommo-
dstion will be discontinued this side OF
Nsodota. Passengers for stations west Of
Mendoza, will be taken on the Express
tain which leaves At Y o'clock. midnight.
PoIIcE IrENs.--John Ward, who, 1t viii
be remembered with one Scotch and Z
eoWdy named Parr, made . most unpro-
voked and brutal assault upon Mr.. Bosch
on The 9th inst. and who has managed ever
aimee to elude the vigilance of the officers,
VS. arrested Monday and had an exanlin-
alton before Justice Wilcox yesterday. He
was required to give bail in the sum Of
200, but failing 10 produce surities wa
mt to Jail. The worthy trio are now Sc
ately Gagged, awaiting trial at the next
tsm of the District Court.
ITEMS IN BR1EF.-A few days ago q
hundred and ten rat skins were sent from
dis city to . larm in Chicago that Is acting
los > European kid glove house.-Said q
tarrkeepef scross the way The other, eve.
ming to customer who was about leaving
without paying his reckoning, -...Recollect,
Or, il you Ice your puras you didn't pull
it out here. The reason Of the little
'brush" on the levee yesterday was this
one b-hoy said to another. With whom he
had been having : rather animated discus.
sion, "Yoa'rs . TOOL. . III ain't, am very
aear one" was the reply, and 1t it they
vent-The mesnest man In Burlington
Is Quilr. He remarked the other evening
while speaking OF dansels In general, thai
soon after his marriage he found ''they
we're daus-sells, indeea.'s We kicked him
sut Of the eface.-It is thought by the
moving onss that "copper": stecls'' will
liver recover from the awful AN they ex-
prienced on the th.-A friend of ours
whose knowledge Of the Bible is profound
and tAdispntahlsv AFTER much research, in
forms " that the shortest man referred 70
By the eacted volume Is '.Knee.high.
niAh, !" with one single exception, namely,
'.Aldad the hos-hiGht.,' --A fellow whose
nae has stolen the roses from his vifva
cheeks, laid down On the side walk on Main
street. sunday night, despite the protesta.
toos Of his drunken comrades, whereupou
they picked him up and carried him home.
-IrEMs.-We notice that the city authori-
ties have concluded to improve jefferson
Street, and put 1t In q passable condition
for loaded teams. "Better late than never y
although the work should have been dope
long ago.-The Fire Engines Of the city
are to b oyerhauled and put In . working
condition. In case Of ire they would be o.
but little service as they now are, and a
the time for confiagrations il upon u, it ID
Ito b prepared for emergencies, and
hsvsour firs apparatus In prime order
Yesterday while the Wind was ut its height
two boys in skif showed out from the
Lore opposite the gas works, for . ride
upon the river, but gust of wind capsized
ta1lr boat and they got backsto terra fisms
IT, best way they could, thoroughly wet,
and 20 chilled they could scarcely stand up
right.
6w1xN,xG THE R1vER.-On Friday
evening "Bone,r for q long time past an 1T
tthe Of the Express Office, and one of the
largest and most intelligent dogs to be
1dend any where, having been accidentally
h9e the other side Of the river forthwith
Hanged in and SWAN across to the city,
Nadsr ordinary circumstances the feat ol
swimming the Mississippi would be con-
s1Gfed very creditable even for dog but
w. 40 tolro iy,fr> anoo,, ~ Aho xn..~~.~x,..