The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-06-10
OUR STATE.


Richard Stanley of Muscatine county
was recently bitten by rattle. snake I'M.
der the following circumstances: His dos
barking violently in the night he rose Ia
put him out of doors, when he experiences
q sharp pain in the foot and soon dlscov.
cred he had been bitten 20 stated. 80 aav.
the Muscatine Journal.
Z Mad dogs and burglars have been alarm.
ing the good people Of Muscatine lady.
The new three cent pieces are circula.in.
ct Dubuque.
The Bullet. says the spotted fever =,
walls at Fl. Madison, and IL proving ~,
to children.
The Charlton Patrioe says the bug, y,
destroying the potato crop in that county.
A rain is much needed in this yicin,t,
just now. Unless it soon comes. uardav
vegetables and strawberries viii nns
amount to much. Late planted corn World
be much benefited by it. Mount P,easo.f
Journal.
The Keosauqu Republican says the pota.
to bug is about the size Of an ordinary ha.
Eel nut, and of a copper color.
Some one in the Star calls Eddyville thu
"mud turtles heaven" Slightly ironical.
A Lone PULL.-A man named Charles
Randall was yesterday fined SIS and COST
by Justice Blood. for having pulled the
whiskers of Mr.. M. T. Close for at least
half an hour. The pulling scrape occurred
in Winfield township. Randall, having
q good hold of Closes whiskers, uncerc.
moniousiy led that gentleman around tie
public highway for that length Of time
Difficulty about the payment Of debt was
the cause Of the whisker pulling. Daves.
port Gazette.
1SDIANs.-Hundreds Of Indians of the
MusQuaka tribe are ON their way from
Kansas to join their aboriginal brethren n
Tama County under Johnny Green. Two
hundred and thirty Of them camped fev
days since over in Jasper County.-Stas
Register.
The Supreme Court Of Iowa met yeeter.
day morning. It viii remain in session
two weeks.
The citizens Of Des Moines are getting up
. monster Fourth Of July celebration.
A report is in circulation that Gsorg,
Lawrence, supposed to have bssu an @.
complete with McComb in the murder Of
Miss Harvey in Wapello County, Il now in
jail in St Louis.
A gentleman informs the State Register
that tar 10 safe and speedy remedy to Up.
ply to trees infested with worms. It i
moro mild in its nature than csal oil.
The following are the Iowa Regiments.
all infantry, which will be discharged,
viz: 18th, 18th, from LIST District; 10Th,
from Scott and Linn Counties; 2lst from
the Sd District; 22d, from the 4th District,
principally ffom johnson County; "a
from the 5th District and Jasper and Mar.
shall Counties oath mostly from the "a
District; 18th, from the LIT District; 18th
District, and 35th from Muscatins and CO.
dar Counties.-Register.
Five hundred and eighty Canadian po-
mics, destined to take part II the great In.
dian expedition from Sioux City, passed
through Fort Dodge the other day. So
says the Northyest.
Mr.. G. g. Pratt, deputy tax collector
Of Benton county, recently died very sud.
denly, and it il supposed he was acciden-
tally poisoned. So says the vinton l0gie.
Mr.. John Connolly, Of Tama county, was
arrested last week for the alleged murder
Of his wife six years ago.
The Iowa City Press tells somewhat
tragic story Of . Miss Alena Shultz, Of
county, because her father In.
sisted that she should marrya besotted
man named John Hellmire, while her heart
to another. The "cruel parisnt'
10 represented to have said "she vas only
foolin',' till he found the poison had done
its fatal work. The story Is dshy.-Aus-
catine Journal.
Two men were arrested ct Cedar Rapids
last week for counterfeiting Treasury notes
and postal currency. T