The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-27
OuR STATE.

QUIZ STATE.
rmr exchanges are occupied by delin-
nnent fax lists, to the exclusion Of every
thin~ ease. Our gleanings must necessari-
" b very meagre.
Rev. Dr. Jocslyn, Of Mt. Pleasant, has
beea elected President Of Albion College,
st Albion, Michigan, has accepted the po-
sition and viii remove to his new field OF
labor in two or three weeks. Dr.. Jocelyn
II . gsatleman Of fine talents and excel
lent attainmenta, whose removal to Tanoth-
or State win b. sloss to the Iowa Confer
encs, and win he1sgrsttsd BY large CIR
ole u Warm lfieels and admirers outside
Of the Methodist church.
The body. of thelats Rev. I. /. Stewart,
Chaplain st the Hospital at Keokuk, ar
rived here On Wednesday, and was met at
thgoass bya military company and . large
concourse of citizens, BY whom it was es-
depcsiged betade his late vile. The news
Of his death came upon his many friends
here with deep sorrow.r-Honse Journal.
whsn Jon hear oopperhead denounce
tho war and clamor for settlement Of the
issues, just ask them to name . feasible,
yet better plan than the one Mr.. Lincoln h
now operating on. That will stop their
bluster. Any one can blow and cry at the
manner in which the war 10 prosecuted,
but none Of them from the big peace ora
tors down to the grog shop debaters, have
. reasonable and honorable solution for
JsG Davis win stop lighting At tho mo-
ment when secession i recognized, OF
whipped out. That ID his ultimatum, and
he does mot thank the free. sneals up this
way for proposing to FIX mp this thing fol-
him on any other plan.-IcGre0or Nescs.
HArPY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rampant
disciple Of Jen. Davis, the editor or the
Metropolitan Record, in his letter TO the Du.
buqQe PeAoe-sneAk Convention, tails the
Copperheads Of Iowa to ''be ofgood heart y
cause "tho co0ocription will NIL recruit
in9 has failed FeaDenden cannot get the
sinewp OF war; and this accursed and fiend-
ish invasion or the South must end for the
want If means 70 carry it on"
These are the reasons assigned for cheer
fnlaees among the Democrats" Wehave
known III TIA 1or some time; but it il moi
every Copperhead who 10 frank enough tc
acknowledee that his countTy's disaaterl
are his best reasens for rejoicing. The let.
tar ffo0 which No have quoted ID paraded
It the bad eta column, and under display
headlines, by our neighbor, the Herald.
That valiant journal has suCcumbed com.
Pletely = TIE radical psace party. In nsh'
covered Tat It Wa using the wrong kind
Of Bates, and has accordingly made IN en-
tire chAnCo.-DNbvQxe 1Ssses. me
H1Avr RoDnxRY.-A farmer living nea,
Pin Oak Post Once, in this county, Wa
robbed Of Z, 100 in greenbacks on Thurs.
day d 1a0t Woek. The money was ina bu.
re0n 61avof, wrapped up In piece Of
cloth, and the thief entered the house
through window, while the farmer and
his Amily weEO ut work In the fields,
opened tho drawer and made on with the
money without being seen.-l6.
TIE BLIND Asr1un.-on the LIST inst.
The Trustees Of the Blind Asylum At Win.
ton elected N entire new set Of officers Of
tho institution, - follows; superintend-
snt, Mr.. Wflkinson; First Teacher, Mrs.
Wnkinson Second, Miss Butler; Stew
ard, Sherman Tracy; Matron, Mrs. n. +.
Merton, (latsly Of lfuscatine.)
sArs or BANK Bur1D1xo.-The splen-
did marble ffont bank building erected in
1855 BY Asssrs. Cook 4 Sargent, and after
wards occupied BY the Merchants Branch
Of the STATE Bank, and now by the First
National Bank, Of Davenport Was pur-
chased yesterday by the last named cofpo-
ration, Of Mr.. Anne Parker, Of Boston,
through her agents, Mesero. Kent 4 Golds.
bury, Of this city, for the sum Of Us, 900.
cash. The building cost about o6e, 600 when
built, = eminently adapted for the pur.
real bargain to the fortunate purchasers.-
Davenport Gdsette.
We regret to learn that our fellow citizen
Capt. John Pumroy, Of the eth Iowa Cav
airy, = lying very low ct his residence in
this city. His complaint il chronic diar-
TAeA-OttwnsOo C0HsisT.
The vinton Eagle Is offered for sale.
AsKY BLuE-The girl We LEFT behind %
wore blue dress. This II the color or the
Federal uniform-it = represested on the
4Tanded hue. We 60 our al on . pair Of
blue eyes, blue uniform, . blue nag with
Some red and white In it, and then We Ike
TO hear the old song Of ''the blue-tail hy:''
Alba Union.
The Dubuque papers say there was frost
Wednesday and Thursday mornings in that
latitude ssvsfe enough to destroy tender
vegetables. Damage not severe.
SAD DRATH OF = SoLDIER.-Edward Y.
4inkler, private Of Co. +, 9th Iowa In
1hntry, wO killed near Coh6n's Grove. Del.
aware county, day before yesterday, by the
accidental discharge Of . gun. He had
been hunting and had placed his ron in s
wason-seat, just before Starting home. As
he turned 70 pick mp some game the gun
1el across the wagon box, and went an.
aending its contents into hie back and
through his stomach. He died in half a
hour. He was home on . sick leave of alb
sence. He leaves . wife and two children.
who live q COINS Grove.-Ds6. Times.
The competitors in the Dubuque Time,
once have carpeted and furnished the ed
1torial sanctum with . new rig, probably
becoming ashamed Of the appearance Of the
ssdan."
The editor Of the vinton Eagle suggests
m Iowa Editon' and Publishers' Conven-
ton 70 N scale Of prices. It 10 useless.
Every puhnsher win fix his own scale a
any rate.