The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-19

rnle, ESQ, twenty-five dollars ~ con-
.rbation to the late Fair for the benefit Of
tAe soldiers.
- Eight hundred dollars, cash, was
Il for : substitnte in this city yesterday.
nrone year. Substitutes can be had at the
- lbr about ave hundred dollars, We
Lpc6cs by the papers.
- A certain Cop in town through a
30 in1brms as that We have not done him
iusicA Very likely not. And what makesI
i wclss We probably never shall, as We
se opposed to hanging.
awe noticed yesterday piled upon the
lkes alarge number Of pork and Lard bar
A. which are to be shipped to Muscatine.
IL understand our coopers have sent ma
4 hundreds to that city this fall, and have
|rgs contracts Ito fill yet. It is said that
+ htter barrels are manufactured here than
|saay other point in the country. ------.
- 1t Col. David Remick, lately Com.
sissary OF the lth Corps, has been trans
kfed 70 the Department Of the Tennessee
: chief Commiasary Of Subsistence of that
Impairment, and = now with Major Gene
a HoWard. There are but few more ca
ahls add efficient officers in the service.
ca. Howard, who formerly commanded
u lth Corps, knows the worth OF Colonel
aemick, and requested his transfer to the
)AEny Of the Tennessee.
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- The most dismal thing in the short
! houm Of tho night is the striking Of the
cock in the tower Of the Baptist Church
|upoa the cracked bell which still remains
khere. tits not harmonious sound that
i given out, nor one to suggest pleasant
houghtsa - happy .drsams. In sslf defanae'
u suggest thst Z subscription be started to,
Wy ! nv one. Ta l
Tar SroRx.-The stoxm that swept over
)hh region the sat1y part Of tho week was
/ Ait beyond ~ bounds OF civilization
North, ahd extended some distance South
memphis. Throughout this vast breadth
4 territory It was very severe, at. some
nin6 assuming the character ofe tempest.
Nuf exchanges from AL quarters speak Of
To- the most violent storm that the coun-
~ be- felt for years.
- The Davenport Gazette Of tho l4t6'
au tho Adjutant General shipped on Sat-
fday, BY the steamer City Of Keifhsburg,
no new Austrian rifles and accoutre-
asats, and 81. 900 rounds Of ammupition, to
biz city, % b stored here. The shipment
~ made At the present time to avoid the
1tn cost Of transportation by rail during
yae winter in case there should be occasion
1aun them in southern part OF the State
Ter The close Of navigation on the river
n Uns, &C., were conaigned to Hon. J.
"a Foote, Of the County militia committee.
IL. Col. Abefcrombie is at home IN bad
Aalth. He has not resigned, - has been
aertsd. He amply left theservics at the
alof his term Of enlistment, because his
haltA and the condition Of his family did
MwaFrant his remaining longer In the
vany. No Iowa officer has made better
rsrdor stands higher with men and
Hacsn be has come In conts with. He
~ In ths army during the N ican war
nQoadsd to the first call AMI |erved ~ q
asaantin the forever to be Imembered
yad honored lst Iowa, was q rwafds ape
dahd Major Of the llth ID and has
~ ngularly promoted 70 Aeritorious
|nadnct until he became bel OF his
ISsiusnt which position b when he
Isrrned home at the ex Jun OF his
ian of service.
YELtow SPRIN0s AND DRNaARK.-At
'slais Southern Iowa Sanitary Fair, the
Monument contributed By Messrs. Dona-i
Ias 4 lcCosh, to be given to the township
mixing the largest contribution in propor-
Saeto population, was awarded to Yellow
peags township, Des Moines county.
~ raised s. $50; population 800, or q 10
*ash inhabitant. The principal contest
aN wss Denmarktownship, in Lee county;
nspopulation Of 500 they contributed
~. q Il 80 per head. At he election on
kaeed1y Yellow Springs cast 13t votes for
|Aaeela and % for Little Mac, being o. per
I"nt n favor Of the Union. Denmark gave
4Assa III, Chicago Platform IL, or 50 per
eass - u side OF the country. 1t is hard
@ascaaaazy to add that these two patriot
s.oSnships have always furnished their
Iqeotas Of soldiers without . draft, and
=! neither Of them have any soldiers
miles requiring aid.
MvER lrENs.-The river has been slow
srslng Tor some days past owing to the
qs rain. The Dubuque Herald, Of the
y: says: THE rive il rising rapidly.
- ns'ls Of the bar in front Of the levee is
- Above water. The deck hands. OF. the
.mef Milwaukee, have had their wages
~ nom SIS to 800 per month"; BY
N'oson Herald We learn 1.-THE super
Assure for the first span Of the railroad
suse On the Little Hock Island side, u
~ being placed in position and it is
Isiked the steamboat men NAV as well
aao'aw their opposition, for If the North
~sefn Railroad Company is allowed
Ito get their bridge across the river. all |
steamboat interests on the Upper Mis-
'pp viii not be able to remove it,
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