The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1864-05-28

passed over a portion OF Davis cOuntv o. =.
Monday, the 9th inst. The hail il Aaia :. !.
have been four or five inches deep. on ~.
level, and where the ground was plouuhaJ
and undulating, the whole surface ws.
washed Oft by the torrents Of water that feiI
Bottom lands along the streams ws,.
flooded, bridges and fences carried ava
and all kinds of vegetation severely ininr.
ed. Corn and oats, much of which was II
ready up, was literally washed out of tn.
ground. Hr s
Muscatine sends the first full commas.
under the new call, into camp at Dxvs:.
port. A1tF
Two companies left Dubuque yesterd.,
and to- day one hundred men from Rnti.,,
county, one hundred men from Waterice
and Independence and another full coS.'
pany made up along the line or the Dn.
buque Il Sioux City Railroad, will arrivs
at Dubuque, en- route for Davenport.
One company from Clinton county A.
rived in camp on Tuesday evening". :..
cattne Journal.
Lieut.. Conner, Of the 33d Iowa Infapt,,
who was killed at the battle Of Saline Riv,
er, was from Monroe township, in Mah,..
ka county. The Herald says he wss IN mn.
right man and his loss will be felt not o.l,
by his family and comrades in arns bn,
by the citizens Of the county. It NAV \.
said of him truly that good man has NJ.
len. 2aY s.H
The Lansing Union says during the la.t
four or five weeks Lansing has bssn -.
tremely lively. Business was never bett.,
and many new and valuable improve.
ments are going on.
The TURF.-Thet trot on the fair ground.
yesterday afternoon, by the three year IA
colt "Old Abe" drew quite q crowd. Ths
bet of $l5 was that the colt could NOT mais
the mile inside of $3.50. He did 1t In 3:M-
MNscGtisse Journal. aT
The vinton Eagle says that several wi.
liable farms were sold in Benton county to
cash purchasers, the sales amounting in tn
aggregate to 126,75.
SALE OF A SPLENDID FARn.-We nm.
derstand that Mr.. VIM. Cline has sold IL
model farm, eight miles from this place. =
Mr.. Harrison Berry for 81, 1000, cash down.
So much for judicious advertising, by
hand-biils and Otherwise Vintos Eagle.
SUICIDE.-Hiram E. Lampson. Of Ma.
Greg0r, committed suicide at Prairie a
Chen, by shooting himself through -
heart, on Monday night last. We were ac.
quainted with this gentleman and it pain
Us much to make this announcement.-
Lansing onion.
The Keosauqua Repsblicun contains
notice Of the conduct OF lady In that
place who attended worship at the N. Z
Church sabbath before last. The minister
prayed for the President aud for the cue.
cess of our arms, which 30 wounded u
feelings Of thisshe Copperhead, that shs
left the church. "Shs told . person aiser.
ward" says the Republican, "and seemed
to derive some consolation for the d.
grace, that while the preacher was prayine
for Lincoln she was paying with oil h9
might for JED. Davis" She must b. veg
ignorant of the teachings Of the Bibls. e.
ought to know by this time, that tie prar
ers OF the wicked avsileth nothing, a.
that Copperheads will never zee hsavsa.-
81. X. Love was elected President Of u
First National Bank at Keokuk. in plau
Of VIM. 8. Mcgavie, deceased. and Robe6
B. Foote, Cashier.
The West Union Record, In noticing q
offer to give nice present to any one vh
will show us Copperhead paper in thi
State which anconditionally denouncss II
massacre Of the colored troops 1t FM
Pillow, says:
You are perfectly safe in making tha
offer. You might as well look for a.
perhead editor in Heaven or y needle III
haymow When cops have a word Of =
nunciatiOn for the murderous scoundslb
who do the fighting for Jeff. Davis, VI
may look to see peaches bloom il JanusU,
and rats die Of eating cheese. No, cir, r.
our soldiers till the last rebel is hum q
even then they will sneer at Federal unt
forms and sing peans Of praise over ID
rebels!
Jacob Rich, Esq, Of ihe Independsss =
Guardian, has been appointed Psyma11
in the United States volunteer servjceI b
the President, and the appointmSot -
been confirmed by the Senate.-Dsbsps /
Times. bap
That means ourselG, We suppose, and
II does, all we have to say, 10 that tks POI
eion was unasked for by us, comes u1sG.
pected!y, and, - at present advised, i -
desired. independence Guardian.
The McGregor Times says the wheat 4
that vicinity is up and looking AaelL- [
promising we'll for good yield.
Corn r. nearly all planted, and hrnsR
thanks to their noble wives and dsu1h- 4
ters, have used the pleasant welfh9 4
the last three weeks to excellent advat
aga fnt.fus+ fs .e..f.r ..f.f5sp NIL
The Indianola Bomner records tii dssA =
Of Samuel Wright, jr., Of Liberystssf
ship. Warren county. He was, . ssnun
for the 3sth Iowa, aad was 1 msd1sw =
our Old company, tD,) and ~, p ySand
age. We sympathizs With tie pessns :
the loss Of their brave boy and oalytn
On Thursday Of Last week there avss
train Of fourteen wagons with m aG
Of 36 horses and mules, passed threSCAo
place for Oregon. There seemsto bent
exhaustihle fountain Of meu, .Wage1D g
horses somewhere east Of q, - IL G1ao
has been . constant one lo1 the ~ 4
weeks, and u still nowing.-Ltss5 0as
Pntri0t. ~ 3 4s VI
The McGregor News, In speaking ofD
women of Iowa, who have taken IL p1eo