The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-04

j Capt. j. Drummond, of CO. K, 9TH Ia.
cavalry, after three years faithful ser,i..
in the army. has again resumed civiliis
and returned to his home in Mt. Pleas.,.
His onion sentiments were, however. e.
! the least affected by his return to civil n.
IS shown by his taking to himself ! .h.t'
ter half Immediately after his arrival. q
/ w. Mclaughlin, of Co. d, "a Iowa infa,.
try. remained in General Hospital, at M
ton Head. S. c., February 10th, 1856. B
/ The Chicago Tribune, which pliers rn i,
matter from other papers and publishes !,
~ its own, recently stole leading ecito,;.,
from the Davenport Gazette and renro
duced it as an original article. The 1S;0...
upon being reminded of the matter indn,.
lged in few lines Of low billipgsgste and
called the Gazette editor a 'liar.D 7h.rs
are some dirty puppies in that 74;S.ns
concern, and the Gazette folks have %,
them in tight place.
The Abba Union says that last Mona.,
Martin Sullivan at 1conium in Appancoss
county, killed his mother by striking h.
with an axe. The young man IL about
twenty-four years Of age. and was Prob.
bly, insane, as he has since shown an al.
den;ly total arrangement.
X correspondent of the Ohio S.c.e 1o...
Faol writing from Sherman's army. speal,
as follows Of worthy Iowa officer: '.Ths
successor OF Gen. Rouen in command d
the brigade, is Colonel Viewer, Of the nh
Iowa, whose manly dignity and plucky
courage in heroically defending Rssac,
noticed at the time in your columns. II
Colonel has just arrived from Iowa, where
he was spending brief fur,ough for II.
benefit Of his impaired health. He hm
been twice recommended fo1 promotion bv
Gen. Sherman. A star would sit gracefully
on his shoulders 8gi 81
Hallet Kilboarn, formerly resident Of
Davenport, has been appointed BY the gov.
eminent purchasing agent at Fernandina
Florida, which port is designated as plac
for the purchase Of products Of insurrecL
tiona-y States on Government account
SO says the Davenport Gazette.
The city OF Cedar Falls was laid out in
1854. Il has been growing with wondrous
rapiGity ever since. The first white child
born in BlacE Hawk county is now living
| At Cedar Falls. His name il Henry Ad.
ans. We CLEAN from the Cedar Falls Ca
Sette. 80
The editor Of the Abba Union has had
set Of breakfast dishes stolen. His clothes
line was robbed not long ago.
We learn from very reliable source that
the Superintendent and the engineer oftke
=. d NJ. r. Railroad are now locating The
bridge across the Des Moines river 1t o..
tufnwa, on the route to Abba. The indica.
tons are quite favorable for the completion
OF this road to this place during the coming
summer.-AtbiG Union, 23d. i ~
Thos. Dodds, q prominent citizen of Mt.
Pleasant. died in that place on Tuesday
last, OF laryngitis.
A son Of Mr.. jacob Mccoy was severely
If not fatally injured day or two ago BY
being thrown from horse, and dragged
considerable distance in consequence ofhis
foo: remaining in the stirrup.
A burgler robbed John p. Gran.nam, of
Mt. Pleasant, OF $50 last week. He en-
tered me house in the night and ahstracted
the money from the latter's pantaloons
while be was asleep. Other houses were
entered the some night.
Mrs. Winitred Bowen, an aged lady Of
New London. Henry county, died On the
18th instant, al the residence OF her son.in-
law, Charles Nugen. She was N the Goth
year her age, and for the past sixty years
has been worthy member Of The Baptist
Church. She was the mother OF twenty
two children. The above items we CLEAN
from the Mt. Pleasant Journal.
The l,saez thinks that about 3l50,OO0
worth Of buildings will be erected in
Eoonsboro the ensuing summer. A 49,
GOO Court House viii probably SO up.
The town Of Roonesboro wishes to be in
corporated and steps are being taken to ef-
feet that result.
The Clinton Herald says Mr.. S. Sisco, Of
that piece, recently fell from q ladder,
breaking his wrist, knee-pan and jaw.
TIE Iowa Banner, q German paper Of the
Copperhead persuasion published at Lyons,
has been compelled to reduce it, dimen-
sions because its politics are not apprecia-
ted in the locality where It is issued. Pub
lie opinion will choke its breath CT alto
gether one Of these days. t
The Iowa river is nowat a high stageand
is rising fast. The ferry boat, the Repsbli-
can says, continues her trips uninterrupt-
edly at Wapello. s
We observe by the Muscatine Jowrsa.
that the boy Nessslbush, who is supposed
to have shot Jeremiah McMenomy . few
days ago, has been examined snd held to
bail in the sum Of 81, 600 for appearance 1t
the next term Of the District Court. The
boy denies that be shot NcMenomy.
Keokuk is infested With burglars. The
Gate city says e If we were ut oil Hiber.
man we would advise our citizens to sleep