The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-06-03

THE Fort Dodge Northwest Is out In I
Hong article favoring tho renomlnation Q
Gov Stone.
T.. +. Colmer aud S +. Foltz, bogus ey'
doctors, and sWindlers generally, have beer
Operating in Mahaska. Their last opera
ton was the swind|ing Of soldiers wifi
out of $50.
sette Of Friday last fer the following: Thu
lsheep Shearing Festival at Grinnell, OF
\ Wednesday, was q complete success, af
tording abundant evidence that IOWA car
land does excel any State in the Union q,
a sheep-raising and wool-growing State.
A correspondent in the Council Bluff
Nonpareil suggests the names Of Gems. G.
NJ. Dodge and M. M. Croker for the Gov.
censorship.
SAD CAsUAnrY.-JohnG Gam by. of Smith
land, late Ut Marietta, OHIO. who recently
bought Abel Smiths farm. While bunting
liz the woods On the Sd inst, carrying bis
gun on lis shoulder with ths hreech back
| and hia hand ON the nUzSle, the lock caught
on . bush, and drawing the gun back SO as
! to Bring The ,nu22ie III contact with his
head, discharged il, and edged the con
tents in the bach Of his neck, killing him
instantly it is supposed M. Gamta leaves
q wife AMI three children to mourn bis un-
| tim ely sosa.--C ,rowG Gazette.
Last Friday VIM Mcncr,ef, Of North Nc
}reeo~, accidentally fell from the high
9n.nt near the railroad depot. il perrendic
uiar distance Of come Is fest and then roli-
| "a down the eteep slore come 70 feet fur
tAer. He had one leg broken and was 9th
erwise injured. Neus, 26tA.
| SERIOUS ACCIDENT Last Saturday Noon
! q son Of Mr.. John Norton OF this town was
! very seriously injured IN Stockwells mill
| by having his leg tern by a circular saw,
| the wound extending from little above,
| to some incAes below the knee, the bone Of
the leg being badly injured. The work.
dollars and presented to the boys mother.
Lyons Mirror
y Iowa REGIMENTS IN TIKI REVIEW
The following Iowa regiments took part in
the grand review in Washington: 4th,
9th, 18TH, 20th. 3lst and 35th, all "a the 4th
| brigade Commanded by Col. George A.
Stone, of the 18th, of the LIST division the
18th in the Lat brigade Of the % division ;
the I'd ana 7th IN the Let brigade (com-
manded by Brig. Gen. Elliott W. Rice
formerly Of the 7sh) Of the 4th division:
division was commanded ny Brevet Major
General John M. Core, formerly o! the 9th
regiment. These regiments are all in the
10th army corps snd army of tho Tennes-
see. The lst brigade. 4th division. 18th
corps, same army, is composed Of the 9Th,
l3tb, 18th and 10th. which have been brig.
AIDED together since before the battle OF Shi-
lob. They we're c0mC;andedby Brig. Gen.
w. W. Belknap, formerly of the 18th
State Register
SHsEp T'A1a AT GRe1sNnL1.--We learn
from MIR. Wm. English Of Oekaloosa that
the sheep fair at Gri1uell yesterday was u
most coxn plete success. ec.ipslng the New
York State Fair and Oil other Fairs held
this season. The largest clip Of wool
sEeared NAs twenty-five pounds. Hon.
j. b. Grinneil was among the shearers,
coming cut q little less than first best! The
quickest time made IN shearing two sheep
was by our informant, wi no sheared two in
tw-enty-fcu minutes. A lamb one year
old weighing forty five pounds clipped ten
poun<IS aedn Uoot. We shall have full
report next week.-Nsa ton Banner. 18th.
At a recent wolf hu Mt IN Poweehiek coua.
ty Ave young wolves were captured and
killed.
The Monteyuma Republican epeaks we'll
Of the growing crops in that region.
4 man uss sentenced to jail a. L4eoa FOR
shooting at a aeighbor, but it appearing
he was insane was discharged on = writ Of
ha1e,,s CORPUS, but the next day his father
brought him back aud had him incarcera-
ted, as be had sollndly tkrashed MS moth
or, ana could not be governed.
Peter Fox, 81 esteemed citizen Of Gut:.-
RE and = drafted man. died recently while
with his regiment.
While launching new barge at La
Glare, nea-, Davenport last Wednesday,
the braces supporting 1t gave way and two
ronderous weight that fell upon Them.
The humiliation Of "bul enake'
eight feet in lengta Is cnronicled in the
Hamilton Feer,on.
The Freer.a1 regards the expedition
that il being fitted out at Sioux City against
the Indians Is Ct 40 account. It thinks
the organization OF 1t is mere waste OF
time and treasure.
drove Of 800 work oxen yaiced ut tso.-
eco has started westward from Webster
Wy. lAoY WA % u Ken I'D " z .tlOX OUT ?"
points and sold to parties about crossing
the plais.e.
MI. rieasact hns "a publ:c school build
ing las.. enough 10 accommodate Loo
pupils.
The jane term Of tie District Court for
Henry county is to to emitted.
Wii.iazu A.-isol., arrested ten years ago
IN Muse attire for double n, rider commit
ted vita torpedo in Cincinnati, has Just
been discharged frosa the Ohio Penitentia-
~, after having served the full term of his
sentence. We CLEAN from tho Muscatine
Journal.
The 2o,h regiment has paid its first in
stallment In the Orphans Home amount
ing to $3,055.
The estimated debt of Davenport is $4O0,-
600 drawing ten per cent. interest,
The Nase Register says there are 80 child.
en- at present in the Orphans Home.