The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-06-11

ACCIDENTAL little child of G. J. Evo,.
of this city, while playing with a broL.
mug, on Friday evening, severed the II
dial artery at its wrist. It nearly bled !.
death. The artery was taken up by n =
II. Rawson, and the henlorrhage checL.SS
State Register.
ARMY CONTRACTs.-MajorH II. +. Mav,.
der, of the regular army, who arriycd 4
town couple Of days since. contrac.!u!
with Mr.. George Beaubien, yesterday -
a large number OF cavalry saddles and ~
dies. Also with Mr.. Robert Connollv -
wagons to be used in the emigrant nrc,..l
ing service on the plains.-Ur5"Ss.
Times.
The Upton Advertiser is decidedly i, !
vor of Dress Reform. We clip the folo-
ing paragraph
We heartily endorse all reasonable en-.
in that direction and hope they will -
lions Of dOllOrs yearly. We think 49,
another mode in which dress reform ~.
be profitably carried out. AS drv ~
are now, we think 1t very extrayaoscs n
make street sweepers Of all our nm.
CalicOes cost too much to be worn I'M q
the sidewalks and dragged in the NINA
We admire the good sense Of those lsS..
whose dresses are not trailing on h.
ground. There is no necessity Tor -.
ing to the BlOOmer style. There ia assis
en- mean in this as well a. ali ~.
things.
The practicability Of lightning rods h..
been proven in the case of "wednesday.
shower While Mr.. Vance and familv-H
enjoying the much needed rain. under -
protection Of lightning shielded ~
there came a clap of thunder and shass
fire, harmlessly conveyed, by the rod :
the ground, and did no damage. Other:
than distiguring the yard EddyvilLe r.,
The Muscatine Journal gives an acon,,
Of sick man, whose name is supposed \
be Conklin, who was landed there On 4.
l4th Of last month, in care OF maa nv ~
name Of James Harris, of Kansas n,
sick man was suffering from large tuma,|
On the back Of his head. Harris stated ~.
Conklin had two brothers living ct Soln
johnson county, in this State, named D..
mas and Charles Conklin, and broth.
in-law, named Thomas Palmer. He
for one Of them to come to his relief IL
after waiting several days, left, as be ~
to lay Conklin's case before his frienh|
himself. After Harris departure ConkIh
who appeared to suffer intense agony. i.
sisted on having the tumor dressed, q u
bandage had not been removed for -
days. Mr.. Gillett, fearful Of the com
quences, would not consent to it till ph,.
sicians had been called. Physicians ws,|
called in, bandage removed, when the D.
NOR burst, exposing the arteries, and casI
sing the patient to bleed to death in verI
short time. The tumor would have weisa
ed Is lbs. The Journal further states ths
the day after the body was buried
Palmer arrived from Scion, and seemsi
much agitated on learning the facts. 81
expressed profound gratitude to Mr.. Gille
for his kindness to his brother-in.law, al
promised in few days to send the necu
sary means to defray the necessary expes
ses. Since then May 2Oth) nothing n
been heard from either Of the pafties-
Their conduct is strange, to say the least d
it. Certain rumors concerning them n:
may have occasion to refer to hereafter.
A law passed at the last session Of VI
State Legislature provides that Ill snyps-
son throw, or cause to be thrown, auyded'
animal into any river, well, spring, eistefnl
reservoir, stream or pond, he shall = pun
ished by imprisonment in the County III
not less than ten, nor more than thirtytg
or by fine not less than five or moNtna
one hundred dollars
Tho farmers in Adair county, are
want Of rain. The Register of May n
says:
The farmers are having few days n
after the hurrying time of putting !
spring crops. The weather is very al
and crops are a little SLOW about comn
up. Rain is very much needed in ord
to bring up the corn and give other crpp
start.
Daniel Roar, from Mahaska couut
while on his way to Washington Territa
and whilst encamped on east Nodass
river week before last, had one yoke q
cattle stolen. The Register says il o.
man would give the thief dose or tve
lead pills, he would receive the thanh
the emigrants and the community at IN
About the time we resumed connec6
with this paper, an old and steadfast D.
Ocratic friend, who was not apprizedn
we had washed our eyes in the river u
dan, come in and forked over two dol1
with the injunction: "R-R-RAgust
w-want you to g-g-give the Abs. h-h-h-a
Of course, We cleverly nodded assent to-
suffering friend Mac. A few days ~
revisited us, and casting his large. NO.
ing, penetrating, saucer-like eyes full p
US, exclaimed: "W-W-When Id
g-g-get the w-w-wool pulled ov1f ~
eyes," We explained matters " ~
could, laughed heartily at the diaconn69
of Mac, and reconciled him to the "neM
pensashuu.'-Afton National.
The Alton National says there y ~
an unusual amount OF sickness in Or
county at this time, principly among
children. The diseases are measels,
sipelas and spinal disorder. Several ca
rem are lying dangerously i'll. sas
The Buchanan County Guardian, 81
81, contains the valedictory Of Nj. ). y
who has been conducting the papers
1856. Mr.. S. B. Goodenow succeeds %
There is constant succession o.
grant teams passing through our tows
their way westward. Some are goiAg
| Idaho aud Colorado. but great many