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

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IMPRovEMENT-Work are engaged
In taking down the front of the tail brick
building occupied by Raab & Co., which is
to be rebuilt from the first story up. It
] had settled SO much that large assures ap-
! peared in the wall. rendering il in danger
Of falling. A safe aud beautiful front will
speedily take the place Of the old one.
BEwARE.--Lawless boys and others who
do not scruple to steal into their neighbors'
orchards and gardens, and appropriate
whatever they can find, should know that
they viqlalA )he following law:-
"If any person wilfully commit any
trespass by entering upon the garden,
orchard, for improved land Of another with
intent totake, carry away, destroy or in-
jufaythe trees, shrubs, grain, grass, hay,
fruk, or vegetables there being, he shall be
punished by tine not exceeding one hum
county Jail not more than thirty days."
The application Of this law to some of
the more persistent Of thssodenders here
aboufs woald have wboiSssome effect.
@-T. ]. Smith 4 O., CJ. Smith, and
Putnam, Dlmsted q co., NE erecting .
building on Main street, south of Valley,
80 by 12o feet, 5 stories, shove the foundA-
tom vita . basement 9 feet dep, to be oc-
cup!ed - Flour ANA Feed store, connect
ed with the Orchard City Mills. 1t being
the inteutien Of the proprietors to deal in
the staple products of the country, machi-
merry for elevating grain will BE- placed in
the rear part of the building, driven by
shafting from the Orchard City Mills. The
building will have storage capacity for
10. 600 to 5000 Bushels OF grain. Grain will
be received on the alley, elevated to the bins,
and discharged into tight box wagons,
thus doing away with the use of bags. The
structure will be complete in all its APP
pointments, and ready for occupancy by
~ LIST Of January next.
DIED-In this city, on Monday evening,
DAVID NJ. KILLoUoH, aged 81 years.
Mr.. Killough had been a compositor in
this Office for fifteen years up to the time
Of his decease. His record has ever been
that Of faithful, industrious, upright
man. Inoffensive, quiet, unobtrusive, his
friends were many, and all will bear testi-
mony to his kindness of heart, and excel
lence Of disposition. But he has passed
away. We shall miss him. All will miss
him. He leaves wife and child to mourn
his loss. May the turf rest lightly on his
grave. fs
&-Snakes are becoming so common in
Burlington that the destruction of them
seems hardly worth recording. Another,
of the regular rattle snake species was
killed on the public square yesterday.
POLICE IrEAs.-r4ydia chinworth was
arrested last Tuesdaysand taken before
Justice Pierce on, the charge Of stealing
clothing. She was fined S.. 8 30
- VIM. Kreen, keeper of the saloon corner
OF Main and Jefferson streets, was fined g
and costs-S6 in abby the same Court.
for assaulting John Holland. sss Il
ErCapt. Rutlsdgs Informs US that this
District has surplus of forty.eight men
over alrcalls, including the last call for
500, 1000; and at the present rate Of enlist
ments he thinks before the fifth Of Septem-
her the number Will be increased to nearly
one hundred. There being deficiency in,
many townships it is not known but in
such the draft VIII be enforced. However,
Capt. r. has addressed the authorities at
Washington relative to the matter, and We
hope soon to be able to report that no draft
viii occur anywhere in the ist DistrictIl
u. The river continues to fall, and the
gray sand bars are everywhere protruding
their sandy backs above the surface OF the
water. We are informed by old river men
that the Mississippi is lower now than it
has been before for years. Still the pack
ets continue their trips and manage to get
along BY maintaining vigilant lookout
for the channel and avoiding the sandbars.
The Dubuque Herald says the up-river pa
persreport that the boats have frequently
to blow their whistles to drive the cattle
ont Of the channel and adds further, that
the oldest inhabitant, always reliable, does
not remember season when the WATERWAYS
% low.