The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-29
QUE STATE.


eraiship and didn't get it.-StGtc Regster.
1t don't look regular to see sn5w and
leaves hanging together upcH tts same
trees, vet such Is the condition Of thtass To-
j day.-Nonperea 23d. ~,
j CHILD ScALDEp.-We learn freie a. 5.
i White that a sad accident hapr-sed IN
/ Douglass township on Monday Iufrning,
/ resulting IN the death OF little CT. u. son
OF Samuel Failon. The. mother hAI..laced
a pan Of hot water on the table, waen me
child reached up and pulled it ar.,ssI errpt-
ting tbs contents upon itself Ee4.a ng 1t
| In the most shocking manner, frorsf he eff
fects Of which it died in few hela-~-Fort
| Dodge Northwest. S tr4.
IL THE FIELD AaA1N.--Gen. 4's4-on is
in Southern Missouri At the kAasnnf an
| army, moving up for any place WIRE he
can find Pap. Price, Dubuque T'iD'a.
PENSION DIsBURsEMENTs.-Mr.a II yers,
Pension Agent for the State of lows, has
made the following disbursements in the
way of pensions since June LIST. 1867; For
the month Of June. go, %, SO; july, a.
4o6.4o; August, S20,3o4,el; September,
Two other agencies for the State will be
established in few weeks-One. ~ Du-
buque, and the other at Fairfield This
will reduce the disbursements - this
agency very naterially.-State REGISTER.
Hon. n. W. Isbell. Of Linn coanty, has
gone to California. hoping to oenett mis-
health by the removal.
The dispatch published in our last issue
from the Burlington Haaok- Eye, ANNOUNCE
ing the capture Of the 7th Iowa by Hood,
was Q mistake. TWAS the 18th Iowa which
fell into the hands Of the rebels. Welearn
however from Capt. Lucas, that many of
them have been paroied and are nov. in
our lines. All were offered paroles, but
some refused, because they expected soon
to be recaptured by Sherman, who was
pursuing Hood hard. The 18th WAS en-
listed in the southern part Of this Ssate.-
Nuscatine Journal, 18th.
MILITARY ITEMs.--On the 2o.h inst.
Lieut.. Col. N. b. Howard took II The ID
Iowa, POT drafted men and 10 corva.es-
cents.
On Monday. 200 drafted men, N charge
of Capt. J. $. Porter. were forwarded 70 the
18th infantry, near Atlanta, and 20 recruits.
Yesterday one drafted man for the 2lst re-
giment, near East Point, Ca, and ten draft
ed men for the 39th regiment, at Rome, ac-
companied by II convalescents and q re- ).
cruits for various regiments. Besida as these,
smaller parties of drafted men, substitutes,
volunteers and convalescents have from
time to time during the past two or three
weeks, been sent to different regiments
Davenport Gazette 18th. =
The Alba Union says, Monroe county is
sure to 60 Republican on The home vote
Men who have heretofore acted with the
Copperhead party will cast their suffases
for the Union nominee, and do every II ing
in their power to defeat the enemies Of the
country.
The Union says there is not ar empty
house in Abba, and that the town strap
idly increasing in growth and prosperity.
WooL GRowINa.-The consfar. and
enormous increase of railroad sre'1its is
another forcible argument in favor wool
growing tits already demonstrated that
there is no better country for sheep than
this. In raising wheat, corn, hay, or even
cattle and hogs, our farmers VIII End it
difficult, on account Of expensive trans
portation, to compete successfully with
those who live nearer the main markets OF
the country. We have not the least doubt
that farmers will do We. 20 turn .beif at
tentiOn still more to the business Of WOOL
growing. It ie pleasant, safe, and p-oba-
bly, more uniformly profitable than any
other sk0loosG Herald, 9th.
The FIRST snow Of the season fell on FRI
day morning, the 2lst. For al hour the
ground was white. Since then thsre ,nas
been delightful weather.-I6id. 20
Six thousand people convened at.hegseat
Union Mass Meeting al West Union. Gov
ernor Stone made one Of his happiest ad-
dresses. The northern counties 81 Iowa
are this year as they have ever been before,
true and steadfast TO the Union. They will
pile up unprecedented major;ties Tor Old
Abe and the Union.-iState REGISTER. )
Hon. w. P. Wolf has been nominated by
the Union men Of the thirty-fourth District,
as q candidate for Representative in the
L. q t1nn~
casioned by his acceptance ola commission
in the U. 6. service. So We learn from the
Upton Adcertiser.-loid.
Dennis A. Mahony, Of old Capito
Prison memory, has taken the stump in
favor of Mcclellan. A man must re tree
mendous War man whose election Msho-
ny advocates. He'll help Little Msckerel
amazingly up there among the transplant
ed New Englanders.
The editor OF the Bellevue Jackson
Coz Banner says he staid at g hotel not
long ago where he heard several r1buiue
copperheads boasting OF tho bets they lad
standing that Richmond would no. be cap
tured before next March. Tnei- sympa-
thy ofcourse goes with their money. Nice
men, those Dubuque Cops. saaf
By the Courier we learn that o...aawa il
infested with burglars. Tho residences of
Mr.. J. Fl. Merrill, Or. Taylor and Rev. M.
Lloyd were entered on Monday x fast.
The C0.rier says the country j. ialI Of
them. .f4s aat
A man was arrested rear O..lD va on
Tuesday, by officers from Miss char
eed with being one OF the DAVIS county
raiders. They took him back = r.. State
with them.
AN OLD MAN WHO HAS SEor sixty
PERsoNs.-The Cairo correspcrds.t II the
St. Louis Republican tells this story:
AT ono point on the Tennessee river there
is place that has become a error to
steamboat men, and in passing Il Icy al
ways find some place to secure themselves
until the boat passes. At this point an Did