The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-28

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4 below zero The e-bridge appears to
be perfectly safe at this point yet, but by
our exchanges we learn that teams FREE
quentiy break through above and below
Us. The weather in the Crescent City is
described as ''soul-subduing. spirit sink
ing, body dissolving, temper trying, reek-
ing, dripping, dropping, soaking, wishy-
washy, slippery. sloppy, dilutent, damp,
dark, muggy, misty, mostly, Emphatic
and rheumatic" The roof OF the build
ing occupied by DR.. Wundt, on Washing
ton street, took fire yesterday, but the
danes were discovered and extinguished
before much damage was DONE. A fellow
whose face was perfect map of poor whis-
key, bad digestion, and surliness, quar-
relied with a hack driver yesterday and re-
ceived sound drubbing for his trouble.
49,. Two brothers named Geiger assaulted
Z. A. Goodrich yesterday, for which they
paid 81 each and costs, at the suggestion Of
Justice Wilcox.
lTEMs.-Whiie hewing stick of timber
Saturday. a German, whose name we did
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his leg, severing an artery "A lady re-
siding on the South Hill, was teasing pet
squirrel the other day. when it became en-
ragged, and sprinying from her hand into
her face, bit her completely through .henose,
and the vicious creature had to be choked
nearly to death before it would relinQuish
its hold ..... Kentucky has about Is, 900 me-
gro troops in the field. and about Is 900
subject 10 draft -. 1t is said that the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue has been
asked to give an opinion touching the sub
joined question 'Are not babies quos,
marriage certificates: Ii SO, will it not be
necessary to have ten cent stamp affi xed
to them :"..... Gossip-mongers say mat.
rimonial alliance is Imminent between Mrs
Douglas and Speaker Colfax notcri.
Gus courtezan named Melvina Hill, who
is no stranger in our police courts, and
who has been several times an inmate ol
the Jail, was arrested not long ago while
roaming about the streets, but was released
upon her promise to leave the city, never
again to return The receipts of the New
York Tribune Last year were $747 SOL
and the expenses S735,75l, leaving ne
proht Of only Sll,75O. The expenses fol
white paper alone were $426. O0O... Brown
has received the Tribune Almanac Or
Saturday night considerable snow fell, Gu
40. enough to make sleighing, but fully
enough to ruin the skating. Mercury yes.
terday stood at 20 degrees above zero.
IrEMs.-A soldier was swindiad out OF s
hundred dollars at a low doggery Wednes
dag night. He would have been robbed o
his watch al4, bu. for the interference Of {
citizen. sun yesterday flooded th.
earth with golden'giory from morning til
night, but mercury was persistent and re-
NAMED near zero az through the day..
Sinco the cleaning out Of the den OF thieves
across the river, there has been a marked
falling OF N the business OF the police
court. There have been but two or three
cases up for adjustment in as many weeks
.......E go.iSm is mere burning of person
al incense, in which the egotist is altar
priest. censor and divinity. .........Since Mr.
Lincoin's Inauguration IN ISL there has
been I've changes n his Cabinet: Stanton
for Cameron, Cpsher for Smith, Fessender
for Chase. Dennison for Blair, and Speed
for Bates. ....... We learn the tableaux pre
pared for the entertainment at Union Hall
tonight, have been gotten up with great
care, and will add much to the interest o
the occasion.
RAILROAD Observation-Disclosures