The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-04-23


on Saturday afternoon last. So says the
Journal.
On Monday of last week, the ''stack" or
chimney belonging to the steam saw-mill
Of Mr.. c. Lamb, at Clinton, was struck by
lightning and completely demolished
Loss near 81 900. We CLEAN from the Her.
aid.
The Cedar Rapids Times says man by
the 1ame of Hofieck came to his death by
drowning on Saturday morning last. He
was found in cistern near the house, and
it is supposed he was laboring under insan-
ity when he fell into the cistern.
"Our Opinion" is the title of paper just
started at Glenwood. one among the love-
Hest villages in all Iowa. 1t is neat and
tidy paper, and the Editors "Salutatory"
is brief and to the point, full of good sense
and Union all over. Long may it wave.
The Directors Of the Warren County Ag-
reculturai Society have concluded to hold
a County Fair ut Indianola, the coming
fall. Geo. E. Griffith, is President of the
Society, whose name is a sufficient guar
antee that the Fair will be success.
The editor of the Mt. Vernon Record, has
been giving Gharky, the chuckel-headed
editor Of the Pioneer, nice drubbing. The
Record says Gharky has the ''rickets on
the BRAIN" Rocks" if properly applied
to the brain, would cure Gharky of this
fearful malady. He wouldn't know what
hurt him.
The Board of Supervisors, Of Linn Coun-
ty, passed resolution whereby bounty
of 500 will be given to all volunteers be-
longing to this county, who have enlisted
under the last three calls Of the President,
prior to April LIST So says the vinton
Eagle.
A YOUNG MILITARY PROPHET.-Dick.
Davis, youngest son of DR.. w. p. Davis,
scarcely turned sixteen years, writes to his
father, from Athens, Alabama, under date
of April 9Th, as follows:
"You will see that we are down in Ala
bama. All is quiet on the Tennessee. Gen.
Veach's division Of New York troops pas
sed through here this morning, having q
remnant of Ellsworth's Zouaves with them.
am too young for soldier, and therefore
too young to say much about the conduct
Of the war, but if the Rebels don't give our
folks some trouble on the Mississippi, they
have not as much talent as thought they
had. What is to keep Forrest from taking
Fort Pillow and other posts now that the
veterans are off on furlough?'
The day before this letter reached here,
news came that Forrest had taken Fort Pill
low.-Stote Register.
A chap who gives his name as Peter Tay-
lor, was arrested on Monday, and taken
before Judge Brown, on a charge of drunk
enness. Not being able to pay his fine he
was lodged in jail. That's right. Now
when our young ''larks' about town get
drunk let them be served the same way
Washington Press.
opium Hollow awav out in Fremont
county, had big time on the l4th. A dim
ner was given the returned veterans by Mr.
Paul, and J. N. Cornish made the recep-
ton speech. A correspondent of the sgd.
ney Union says Mr.. N. delivered an excel.
lent address.
Six hundred and ninety six recruits have
been received and mustered in at Head.
quarters, at Davenport, since the first o.
April. So says the Gazette.
! The dwelling Of Robert Cherry, living
some three miles Northwest of the town o.
Washington, was, together with nearly al
its contents, consumed by fire on the Stt
inst. So says the Press.
y A RRNARKABLE CAsR-In this fADt ag<
Of women's rights, crinolines, &C., it is sci
dom that we poor brutes of men (althOugh
lords of creation are shown the least par.
ticie Of street etiquette by the ladies. New.
ertheless, occasionally we and two ladies
coming down street that will 20 far respect
our-blacked boots, - to give US . chanct
to pass them without endangering our lives
by dashing US into the street. Such casl
we saw yesterday, polite, genuine woman
1 to whom we reverentially took OF our hal
as she passed.-Keok~k Cbnstitxtion.
i If you had taken of your hat before you
met this lady, she would have given you
the entire walk. Your ''pate," uncovered
J; would frighten Old Scratch, let alone &
lady. Try it It will win every time, cor.
tain and sure.
i ANOTHER JoKR.-The Keokuk Constits.
ton says:
20, for an Executive Head that has the
brains to comprehend and direct the des.
tiny Of the national crisis"
Perhaps that Head" could be had 1t Keo.
kuk. We have seen it, ''ears" and heard
its "brayings." You need . little prairie
hay, sprinkled with coppsras and salt
Bots-that's tho matter!
i The Keosauqua troupe sang at Keokul
Tuesday evening. A Keokuk paper say,
their singing ''exceeded the highest hopes o.
their friends, and was received with the
most heartfelt qualification by the entire
audience. Their songs we're mainly patri
, otto and spirited, with sufficient numbe,
Of the sentimental and the humorous e
give ample and pleasing variety, and to in.
dictate the admirable taste exercised in thu
selection, ~ well - to furnish full scope t<
their powers Of execution" Can't they
give Burlington visit!
TIE PURE ARABIAN HoRsB.-Mr. 0if
ford Palgrave has lately given, before thu
I Geographical Society Of London, an &C.
count Of his travels in Oman, q kingdom
in the southeast corner Of Arabia, through
which he travelled in the guise of wan.
dering doctor. He had been absent from