The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-03

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empted, nearly all of them for manifest
physical disabiNty.-O skdlo0s0 Herald,
25tA. ~ IN
The Herald says there arc 3166 men In
mahaska county subject to military duty.
In Oskaloosa township there are 6o6. On
der the last call for troops Mahaska county
will be required to furnish l46 men. Two
jefferson and Prairie, have an
excess Of four men each, leaving 1873 To be
drafted, unless otherwise furuished.
We had very grateful rain on Tuesday
morning, which settled the dust and pun.
ned the atmosphere in . very agreeable
manner. TWAS The first rain for seven
weeks es&msca Courier, 26th.
The quota Of this district (0th} In the
draft, under the so, 600 call, il $50. The
quotas Of the counties have not been as
signed, but Ill BE- In few days. When
We obtain the number We will publish
them.-Hdmilton %. FFeewGS. gs
One day this week Mr.. Thomas Will
Hams, while riding . young horse, VAS
injured severely. perhaps mostaily. the
on Mr.. Williams, who was caught oy the
saddle. across the abdomen. It Is feared
that he was ruptured inside somewhere
Ibid. -----------
IDAHol-The train which started for Ida
no from this place last Spring. reached its
destination on the Sd day Of July, al safe
and sound. We presume that amer brief
|exnloratjon. tho party win turn their faces
Eastward, and never stop until they reach
their homes In Iowa.-6tate Register.
Henry Clay Dean, jim recent letter to
Fort Lafayette Jones, Of Dubuque, calls
himself the highest type Of humanity -
This il the first intimation we have had
that the highest type Of humanity is = con-
gl0meratton Of s0ap-gHease and treason -
Ibid ~
Charles Underwood, aged II, was killed
. few days since by the accident Of q colli-
sion, in Muscatine county. between his
wagon and q railroad train. He was an
attaehe of the Telegraph Office at Musca-
tine.
The Goth Iowa Infantry is said to be in
front of Mobile.
Z The Keokuk papers claim that the coun-
~ Is liable on the dran for deficiency of
only 1o7 men.
A Mass Union Conyention will be held
Ut OoFydon, Wayne county, on the Sd Of
September. The gallant Colonel Glasgow
Of the I'D regiment viii be one Of the speak
ers. 4s
The Seventh Annual Fair Of the, Marshall
county Agricultural Society will be held at
the Fair grounds near Marshalltown on
Wednesday and Thursday, Oct, 9Th and
eth, 1884. The Society has recognized and
purchased Fair grounds and is now max
ing the most ample preparations for the
coming Fair.
Still IAPRovrNo.-Wea are well pleased
to see our little town improving so fast
We soon expect to zee brick block rear.
ing its head on the west side of the square.
Won't that be some! Boonsboro with a
brick block mit!-Boonsooro Tribune, 25th.
I'm the name Of the prophet cki,,ch
bugs! they swarm everywhere-the fleas
and lice of Egypt are all they can be COM
pared to in numbers. Where they come
from il 2 mystery, We only know they
certain, if they increase next year in the
same ratio, the wheat crop will 70 up.-
some OF our papers are recommending to
farmers to vary their crops and try winter
wheat or rye. If they connot or will not
do that, they must pray for miniature
food. We are informed by gentleman
long resident in Missouri, that some years
ago, when that State was afflicted in the
same way, only more SO, heavy rains en-
ttrely destroyed them.-fo. @s
The Knoxville fepab,.ean advertises for
a couple Of young ladies to learn the ar. of
type setting.
Notwithstanding the ravages of the cat
srpillar, Wild raums are quite plenty this
season. People are bringing them In by
the bucket full. This Wild fruit in great
measure supplies the place of the tame.
and we hardly know what people would
do in the absence of tame fruit were it no.
for this supply. In q few years tame fruit
Will Be plenty, a. there ia growing inter.
est IN the fruit culture in this county. Pa
John Wright and Jake johnson, two
thieves, made their escape from Black
Hawk county Jail q few evenings since.-
They kaeeked thelsspss-down, and then
made thsir exit over his PROSTATE body
So says the Cedar Falls Gazette.
The deficiency At Decatur county under
the late call is 60 men.
Peaches are offered, bat at exorbitant
prices, in Davenport. The Gazette says
they are small and without much favor.
SALMON FIsHINo.-This delightful fab
10 now running in the Mississipni. and ca,.
be caught early in the morning or between
sunset ana dark, along the shore in the
rapid current A noted angler in this citv
esught one night .befsrel ast weiehinrs Is
pounds. Now il the time for pIscatoria1
spot1-O0CeMp0rt Gazette. 26th.
Tried 10 EscAPE.-We were informed
yesterday by Lieut.. Col. "A. J. Caraher
that day before yesterday several rebel
Rr1soners partially escaped from the Rock
.eiand prison barracks, but Col. Caraher
having promptly apprehended them. made
tnem strippd in the guard house, relieyine
them Of several suits or clothes which theiS
IcSe.peTt AID Rock Island CbpperNscd
tnssssas naa given them. This clothing had
0een SAINT into camp by Southern svmna-
tnisen, previous to thelate order issued "a
reafd to pri:onen' clothing. These men