The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-04-15
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWKEYE

at Davenport collapsed Monday morning
by which several men were scalded.
The State Register states that the fall
wheat in Jasper county and some parts Of
Polk county looks remarkably we'll.
Hiram Kilborn, OF Waterloo, has, after
nearly six years and half of patient la
Dor, perfected steam pillow and spading
machine, with which, using four spades
and an engine Of l5-horse power, he claims
to be able to break, seed and roll eight
acres Of prairie or sixteen Of old groundi in
one day. The Waterloo Courier, from
which We CLEAN the above, says:
It is 50 constructed that any horse power
agricultural implement, mower, reaper,
pillow or wagon can b readily attached.
He proposes to attach seed drill or broad
cast sower, and IL the ground requires 1t, q
roller, 20 that. IN one single operation, the
soil may be broken or stirred, the grain
deposited and ground rolled.
The Oskaloosa Herald states that Madi-
son township in that county has . popula-
ton Of eos; 90 dwellings, 90 dogs, l4l hives
Of bses, and 5,ll7 acres Of land enclosed.
It produced 1856 pounds Of tobacco last
year, and 6,2o2 pounds Of wool. Total val
40 Of manufactures ~, $50. Cedar town
ship has apopulation Of es7, and produced
q, $50 pounds Of wool. Dogs abound with
in IT. precincts 70 the number Of $50, and
they destroyed - head Of shsep Last year.
Tho Herald Gays Oskalooss II crowded
with people svsry day and that large
amoant Of business = being done there. Il
rsrnarks: fe e Y
Farmers surround ths agricultural
.housee, and buv imple@Snt6 with which
70 tickle the sides OF 4othor Earth that
she mey laugh and grow fat BY harvest
time"
The Ledger States that Mr.. David Eck.
hart had his hand crushed while coupling
cars at Fairfield, . few dass ago. 8 ,
C1rY ELEcr1oN.-Ths election for city Of.
6cers on Monday last resulted in the tri.
umph Of the Republican ticket BY . large
majority. The Officers elected are: Nay
or, George Acheo0n; Trusteeq, =. i. Crajne,
w. D. Clapp, w. w. Junkin; Recorder,
James Edmi1ton; Assessor. A. +. Wells.-
Fairfield Ledger.
The Southern refugees who arrived at
Dubuque last fall in such great destitution,
and have been supported by charity ever
since, have returned to Arkansas, to their
old homes.
BURNED 10 DEATH.-A shocking occur
renee took place in Walnut Township on
the afternoon Of Saturday last. John Hire
and his wife, who are residents ON tho farm
Of e. r. Clapp in that township, were tenn
porsrily absent, leaving their two little
girls 1t home, one of whom was four
years of age and the other younger. The
mother. who bad gone to the residence Of
. neiRhbor short distance away, returned
first. She wac inexpressibly shocked to
find the elder child lying on the ground in
front Of the house, with her clothes burned
OF and her body burned to crisp! Even
her little stockings were consumed by the
fire down TO her shoes, and the shoes them.
SELVES were partly consumed. The little
sufferer was still living, and her means
wero heart-rending. She died about two
hours after the accident occurred. For .
long time it has not bean our duty % q
journalist to record On instance which has
% painfully excited our sympathies. The
mother says she Was not absent from her
homo moro than fifteen minutes. The
above particulars w learn from Mr.. Clapp.
-Nkafl Re0iskAr