The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.

The Cabinet Organ, manufactured by
Mason s. Hamlin, IS an improvement up
on instruments of the melodeon and har.
way to extensive circulation. To some ex.'
tent II seems 10 combine the capabilities 81
the piano, and Of previous reed instru-
1 ments; for while it has almost the quick
ness OF action and capacity for rapid, live
" music Of the one, It adds also the better
ladaptednesa to sacred and home music OF
the Others Those who have become accus-
toned to melodeons and harmonious, will
be charmed with the considerable improve
ments which have been attained in the Cab.
met Organ-with its better quality and vol
ume of tone, and greatly increased power
Of expression:-Nsc York Examiner.
! Lincoln's official majority in Marion Co.,
Indiana. Indianapolis and vicinity,) is
I 1886.
The alleged Fenian conspirators at To-
ronto have been acquitted, there being no
proof that any plot existed.
In the north Of England a laborer recent
~ rescued Il drowning child from the water
ard his boss charged him for the time be
had lost. 8aas7 aei B
J.W. Marshall, tie discoverer OF gold in
California. still lives u Coloma, q poor but
respectable citizen.
The Government is determined to thor.
oughly investigate the alleged frauds in
New York soldiers votes. New reveia-
tons have been lately made, and orders
have been given for u number Of arrests
both in and out of the army. The trial Of
Col. North, the New York State agent is
going on at Washington, and with every
prospect of conviction. ~
/ John Putnam, for forty years Judge in
the United States District Court, for the
| District OF Rhode Island, was found dead
in his beti on Thursday morning. He was
on the bench the day previous, but in
very feeble condition. He age was 50 years.
A COOP DEFINITIoN.-At school for
lccntraband children in northern Alabama,
the teacher used the phrase common
sense and asked what 1t meant. The re-
ply was prompt and decisive from a boy Of
ten: mot to steal, to behave yourself,
and not to cuss and swear"
! A Madrid paper talks confidently Of q
project for q million lrishmen going to
Spain and settling there.
The receipts Of -four, wheat and tbrn at
Buffalo, n. Y, from January lst to Nov.
est, were: 500 $50 barrels Of -four, l5,oiO,-
li6 bushels OF wheat, and lO,e25, $50 BUSH
els of corn, against 2,3iS,707 barrels of
-four, Il, 555, 363 bushels OF wheat, and TO-
lisss. = - : ~ '1s e"e '''1e -
On the S;h three furloughed soldiers met
a gang of IrisL,nen at u hotel about ten
miles from ST. Paul, Minnesota. One of
the lrishmen cheered for Mcclellan and
the soldiers responded by cheering for Lin
coin. The Irish tell upon them, beat one
severely, and pursued another three quar-
ters OF a mile, when they overlook him and
deliberately murdered him. The ring
| leaders have been arrested.
! OF the business troubles and financial
panic in England, letter there says:-The
cause is not altogether, or even chiefly, to
be found IN the cotton speculatiOns, disas-
trOus as those have been. The capitalists
OF England have yeniured TO renew the
old methods of diffusing their means, and
with repetition OF the old experience
England is wealthy, but long lines of
Spanish railroad, Egyptian irrigatian on a
generation are too much a, one time for the
heaviest purse.
Lieut.. Gushing, the man who blew up
| the rebel ram Albemarie, was at Syracuse,
n. Y, Saturday night, aud had . reception
aud serenade.
| The banner town in Vermont is appro-
p-iately named Lincoln. It voted Abra-
ham Lincoln 200; Mcclellan none.
| A picture in Punch entitled +" Too Clever
by Half depicts a scene in nursery. A
crowd OF ladies surround an infant = little
sister exciaims: ION, Aunty, baby mouth
is SO tUnny-it's Just like yours before you
| get out on bed. No. not one TOOTH"
| creased BY degrees from the size of pea TO
the demsnsions OF . four pound dumb bell,
and the area OF soup plate. Now they are
to be square: yes. square. Next month
they will exhibit toe shape of rhomboid.
| The district of western kentucky has
| given q majority for Lincoln. The changes
| in public opinion are greater there than IN
any other part of the Union.
| A Memphis paper of the 10th says that
| Memphis gave loUi votes for Lincoln, and
26s3 for Mcclellan. Detachments of Mis-
souri,, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa apd Wis
corsin troops at Memphis give lXsSe Linz
coin inajorities. The 9th TENNESSEE cavalry
| gives unanimous vote Of 500 for Lincoln.
| Two febel congressman had fight at
| the SpOttsylvania House, Richmond, on
| sunday, growing out of the negro CUES
tion. One argued that the negro should be
armed, and the other contra.
| The Russian and Belgian Ministers at
Washington have been Instructed 20 pro-
coed to Mexico, and congratulate Iaximil-
| ian. personally on his accession TO the
throne OF that country. This was hardly
expected of Russia.
! An elegant breakfast was given to Prof
Gc.aw.n Smith CT England, Saturday
morning. at the rooms of the Union League
Cub in New York. Gen. Butler, Bishcp
Peter, Rev. Henry Ward Bescher, and 9th.
er distinguished uotabilties were present
tJohn Jay made al address Of welcome.
ald Professor Smith handsomely res
pended.
III Texas the circulating medium is gold
/ and silver. Confederate paper carrency is
not current there. The Texas crop OF cot
ton has been destroyed by the worms, but
corn abounds.
A fellow is coming from Calcutta to Eng
land who beats the Dayenports and every
body Of that ilk. Tie him up as tightly as
you please and he unties his hands and
walks about while fast asleep.
James Dolan, who avowed himself a Sc
| CoSSinniSf and tn rQafonod that tho houso cf