The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-09

Mrs. James Baker, widow Of O..
Baker, late Of the I'd Iowa Tnfantrv 49,
at the Dubuque Fair valuable prf1s ~
sisting Of an elegantly chased silver ~ -.
Of Ave pieces. The set was donated ~
Fair by General Heron and his e..
Staff " or 3a .#ss11;
They are taking the initiatory NJ.
Muscatine to hold Fair, to be caus5 :.
Iowa Central Sanitary Fair. s. o. Bps,.
has been elected as its Presidsnt a
John b. D0ugherty, Treasurer, and -
| O'Conner, Corresponding Secretary =
says the Joxvnat OF the 9Th.
ARREsTs.-Omcer Sanford arresatsn.
Smith and Dave Russ, two well ~.
characters Of this city, last Mon6sr y
charge Of shooting man on the othet -
Of the river year or two since. w m
derstand that Smith escaped. Ruae = d
Jail at Rock Island.-Ib.
WoLvEs.-S. L. Lawrence, ESQ. inS,,,.
US that two wolves were killed LAT ~
in the Cedar bottom, near Overman'a -
nv. by q party of hunters. The wolvei ~
lately appeared in that locality, haSinS :
litter Of young, and were making nm3n,'
nal depredations on hen-roosts ara re-
styes. It il supposed there are m0s e
them still lurking in the vicinity.-Ih
Receipts Of produce we're light w..
day. The following prices wen. "a.
Wheel, $50; Corn. 800; Potatoes n q;
In Dubuque, on the 4th, q little son M
Horace Tuttle was badly burned y0s,.
cidental explosion Of . half pound Of bow.
der with which he was playing. 81 i
BArrLE-FLAo OF THE 2Isr IowA--A.
Flag which has been borne by thsa2lS
Iowa Infantry in all their engaeo.en1s
with the rebels, arrived in this city yestes.
day-its noble defenders having intended
il TO reach here in time for exhibitiSn q
torn and bullet-pierced, and does not jook
at all like the beautiful banner it was VIM
the zlst left Dubuque two years ago.
Times, 6sh. teel .-gs.g
The Anamosa Eureka says, Young maa
named Alexander Prentice, travelling VIII
Bailey & Co.'s Circus, was arrested and
fined $50 and costs, for gambling. HehaA
q show case full Of jewelry, from . ~
gold watch down to two cent brass ring
and few dice, by few throws Of which
greenhorns were induced to throw away
their money in vain expectation of draw.
ing a. tig prize. There were three others
but they skedaddled, just in time, and
saved their fifty dollars each. ~a,
RAIN.-Since our last issue we have had
some glorious rains, and the earth is aoun.
dainty satisfied. No danger Of drouth for
month to come.-Ib, 1st. 49, 4As
The s.h Iowa Cavalry is still on The
move in Georgia, undes its iHdomitable
leader, Col. Dorr. We are happy to Learn
that the men are in fine spirits, aud having
been tried nineteen times before the enc
my and never turned their backs to them,
they think they cannot be whipped, May
victory ever be the reward of their ,valor.
The Mails County Opinion Of the % says
the dwelling Of Judge Nelson, Of Glen
wood, was struck by lightning on the aoth
and Mrs. Nelson was severely shocked.
We understand that young man BY tho
name Of Clark, who started for Idaho, with
Mr.. Townsend's train, Of this place, . few
days ago. and while encamped on Salt
creek, . lew miles west Of Plattsmoutl,
was struck by lightning and instantly
to his parents, few miles from this place,
for burial. Mr.. Townsend lost yoke o1
cattle by the same stofm.-16.
The weather for the past week has been
hotter than ever before experienced by
s'the oldest hhabitant' In this part Of the
country. The thermometer has been
ranging from 50 TO 1852 above O.-Ib.
Prof. King. Of slight OF hand notoriety,
''skuygled'' eur citizens out OF their spare
change, on hst Friday evening" Served
them right. they had no business to be
.'skuygled."-It. hE s Sal-
Thank God and take courage. We have
been blessed during the past week with
several fine growing showers. 4 gladden..
and done wonders TO improve the appear.
ance II veGetstion; and was appreciated
by the farmersa!most a. much % . shower
OF greenhacks-it undoubtedly win result
in the latter.-ib.
WooI.-The Zip in this county, We pre-
sumo, has been considerably larger than
ever before, ard q large shsre Of it ha1
already been sold at IS up to SOC, with 9
constant advance in price. ThiA result viii
tend, ~ II ought to still further encourage
wool growing in our county WGsAi10t0a
Press, 6th.
CRoPs.-DurirS the past fortnight, this
section Of county has been visited with
seasonable and nuch-needed showers, and
the general appearance Of the growing
crops has been thereby much improved
Corn and oats Will probably make fair
average crop. Wheat, in many localities,
is being almost to,ally ruined BY the chinch
bug: From present appearances, there can
hardly be half an average crop OF wheat
harvested ir the county. We hope, how
ever. the harvest may improve.-Ib. 9th.
We have stated that Colonel tr) Swine
ford OF this place hss been nominated by
the Cops as candidate for Presidential cleo.
tor for this Congressional district. It ia
expected that after tae Chicago convention
he will be able to tel what Els principles
are. Until then mum is the word. There
is one trouble with The Colonel. He can't
get "wotesa enough ID elect him.-Iipton
Advertiser. at sa71l
The editor afthe Feokuk Cbnsfitxtion,
publishes S:ilson Hstchins or Dubuque,
the leader e tbs 1mocratic party in
Northern iowa, as ether s'insane. a fool,
or knave." s@* -
FATAL AccrpEST.-On Monday. the 4th.
as Mr.. Cakes, who resides on johnson
street, above the brewery, was gettingfin-
to his wagon, 70 width was attached q
span of mules, he mt with an accident
which resaltedin his DEATH, II appears
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