The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-04-08

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The Observer says large number o. 6ne
buildings will be erected in De Witt during
the coming summer.
g. NJ. Hewlett has been appointed post
master Of Cedar Rapids. IS
At Independence the other day buiid-
ing occupied by widow lady named Red
field took IRE, and while 1t was being ex-
tinguished some miserable thief stole $50
in money, watch and . lot ~ clothing
from her. She gains livelihood by school
teaching, and so.anscted was she because
Of the losa that hswas thrown into a ,yio-
lent it Of sickness. So says tbs Guardian.
!. The North Skunk 10 on q hiel--cannot
be crossed. The Des Moines 10 falling
everybody says we are. going, 70 haye
rainy season. II we lived bn the tDes
Moines as Our Ottumwa and Eddyviile
friends do, we would advocate bQilaiog an
ark skoloOsa Herald, Goth,
THE Coal OF MALAYSIA COUNTY We
set around our coal 6res and speculate on
soil will in the future surely develop, but
have nothing Like Just conception Of the
mineral wealth Of the county, Of the exten.
sive coal fields, which have been ages
and which will take centuries to
exhaust. We know that in four solid feet
OF coal there are two thousand pounds In
connection with this fact, let ID remember
that coal underlies almost the whole coun-
~; the veins averaging four feet in thick
ness, we will then have very faint idea
Of the extent Of the coal fields Of Mahaska
county. Lot 10 not forget in our calcula-
tion, that It ie always in great demand. and
always commands good price, and We
idea Of how much wealth there ID In it. In
proof Of the fact that We are already dsriv-
ing much benefit from our coal mines, we
need but say. there are or have been, dur
ing the winter, fifteen banks in successful
operation, all within two miles or Oska-
loosa, out Of which there has been taken,
not less than 8, 642 tons OF coal, . great
amount of which has been shipped. Ours
is the best quality Of bituminous coal, be-
Ing less impregnated with sulphuret Of
iron than any other in marke;.--OskaIoosa
Herald.
Lieut.. Col. III. McKap, Of the 18th Ohio,
and son OF L. D. McKap of Oskaioosa, fell
MORALLY wounded at Kingston, n. g., on
the 9th inst. The Herald speaks very
n'gniy OF MIN. ~ a.s4 ~ t'armag
The Herald announces the disco 7sry of
petroleum nine miles northwest OF that
city on Bluff Creek.
The grand wolf hunt short time since
in Muscatine county, resulted in the death
of..but one wolf The Journal says I've
broke through the ring and escaped before
the circle closed.
The publishers of the Council Hluis Nom
parcil are about to issue directory of that
city. to which will be appended short
history of The city, table Of distances from
that point to Bannock City, I. LIST Ct camp
ing places on the route, and a genera, guide
book for emigrsnts. : $3.50 *
The Montezuma Republicans says on Sum
DAY night las; an attempt was made TO rob
the county safe in the Trsasurer's Office in
Montezuma. The office door was forced
open, and from the appearance OF the safe
and the room, . long and desperate effort
was made to get held of the money, which
amounted to $s5, GOO, but without success.
Powder was used 70 blow the safe open and
the force Of the explosion was 80 great that
il had broken out Ill the sockets into which
the bolts slide, but the door nsvsftheless
continued firmly closed. ~. S!.5
The Pella Blade says the iron has been
purchased and will SOON be lAid down to
extend the Dss n 4 r, r. eight miles west
ward from that city,. sig,il pt93
81 The old bullet and shell torn dsE of the
18th Iowa, was Displayed sts davenport
last Monday. Among thefiags ahrown to
the breeze there, II was the lion OF the day.
The Harrison County Union Gays it now
pays SO Is for bundle Of paper, which
COS: only es,or q thrseos four yaars ago.
BY the Winterset Ftagwe, learn the boy.
George Steel and VIM. Keyier, who burned
. ,school-house in South TownihlH Madi-
con county, broke jsils The othsf night at
Fontsnelle, aud ars now q large.oE
Anttls son Of A. Mct.w1r,ssalosia,. OF Cla-
rinda, had his leg crushsd IN Na4ea,inery
connected with . wagon-shnp % taat place
l..t t-,.,.,st - fi.9s sEti1aki N
49, -. .- --..----:c-1. issia-
ARRANGEMENT o. Mrs. MARY Hams,
Yesterday Mi0 Mary narfis, " DO .
charged with the murder ~. Mr.. Az Bur-
roughs. by shooting him, ID mn Treasury
esn'snsa IN We c., l'h sa os Or jadss
The prisoner was br6ught fiSaa Tho jail
IN hack By Mr.. Robert SBeal4. sshe War.
den, and 0f. 0bofEe.a. FaymAn, one Of
the guArds. Shp ~ aoo0fnpA aie4by Mrs..
IFale,, Who has besn rihrsiditatn q her at-
% - IS Cur nh as.b ssl pr
on4r was met ~ Joseph b. Bradley, Esq,
one Of her counsel, and ssonrtsdi BY bin %
the CLERKS oface. Judge Charls1 Mason,