The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-06-17
OUR STATE.

lis nay NOW losensible, where ne lad lain
ltweGty-four hours. He is now recovering
as we learn by the Ercels5or.
Des Moines is 70 be lighted with gas this
| week.
| A young man named Eddy had an eye
destroyed by u flash Of lightning few
days since. The misfortune occurred, the
Register says, while he was passing along
the streets of Des Moines. 4
They are boring for oil near Des Moinee
and up to date depth Of l25 feet has been
attained. The drill has reached stratum
OF soft unctuous stone, and in descending
sundry minerals have been discovered
chief among which is lead. The Registe,
states that the cost of boring is not far
from 800 per day.
The Indianola Banner ,ntimates that Col.
L. Cad Bryan voted for President Lincoln
in 1854. We are willing 70 risk small
sized bet that p. Gad voted for the hero OF
the gunbOat, George 3. Mcclellan, now
the played-out military nincompoop in
1taly.-State Register.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. A. West for several
years resident of this city has removed
east. Mr.. w. was one of our most influ.
entail and respected citizens. It is with
much regret that we record his departure.
+ Winterset Flag.
FIRE.-A fire occurred in Museatine the
first of the present week, destroying IF
teen buildings. The Journal places the
loss at about SO. 600 partly covered by in
surance.
The CRoPs.-Every kind of vegetation
that bugs and worms cannot totally de-
stroy looks well about here. Corn and
wheat are doing finely. Fruit of all kinds
will be scarce, for the early frosts and the
worms since have destroyed the few bios
SONS that did come out on the apple, cher
~ and pear. The grape vines promise an
abundant harvest. The grape is certainly
the fruit for this locality. We are glad 10
notice that the fact Is appreciated and that
many vineyards are being started in the
Herald, 18th.
VIM. Allender has been appointed post
master ofKnoxville, and has entered upon
the duties Of the Office.
The State Register says the State Repub-
lican Convention was 1.-The largest delibe-
rative body that ever convened in the
State" and was composed OF the best
looking men, physically considered, ever
seen in the Valley of the Mississippi"
We learn from the Gate city that two of
the hospitals at Keokuk have been closed.
Fif:y-three soldiers were sent to Daven-
port from Keokuk on Saturday last.
HORRIBLE MAssACREs.-Dr J. C. Ben
nett, who came in yesterday from the
West, informs us that intelligence was re-
ceived at Omaha on Sunday evening last.
H~Nt han yAnAA 49, y
hundred families was attacked ty the Indi.
ans on the day preceding at Plum Creek,
forty miles west of Kearney, and gener-
al massacre Was the result. It is strange
that no dispatch has reached Des Moines,
giving an account of the massacfe.-Etute
Register.
New post Offices have been established
in this State under tie following names:
Carr's Point, Montgomery county; Hem
dsrson's Prairie, Clayton county; Sheridan,
Van Buren, county. The post ofice Of New
town, Pottawatamie county, has been dis
continued. The name of the post office At
Fountain, Hardin county, has been chang
Cd to Ackley.
J. Ellis Gould, Bible Agent for Polk
county, writes to the State Register, that
In his canvass of the county, just complet.
ed, he fosnd 225 persons destitute Of the
Bible.
The Mississlppi House at Clinton was
destroyed by fire last ThArsday afternoon.
Loss about 5000.
Two brothers named Kennedy have been
arrested in Dubuque for stabbing and
killing saloon keeper, one Thos. Dolan.
VIM. Douglass, an aged man, who was
81 visit to his children in Scott comfy. |
Tell from q wagon the other day and was |,
killed. His home Was At Cherry Springs,
Pa. \s.t.et ,s
Lieut.. Stauber, OF the 10th Mich. .caval-
~, who assisted in the capture of JED.
Davis. 10 an Iowa boy. His home is a,
Abba, Monroe county, but having a
'cbum' in the 10th went to the PeninsularI
enlisted ~ = private in that regi-
nent. and gradually worked his way up
o Lieuienantcy.
Republican kt0te Convention.
DIES MoYNRs, June IA. 1865.
EDITOR Hawk EYE-Dedr Sir: The
Convention held here to-day was unusual
, large. About 800 delegates were pres.
mt, representing 80 counties.
a strong current Of feeling Was exhibi-
ed before the assembling Of the Conven-
ion II favor Of the nominstion or General
Jrocksr, Of this city, for Governor. His
1auae was, however, used without authori-
=; the stats Of bin health forbiddinR his I!
Of the proposed honor.
The nane Of Hon. J. w. Cattell was also
1Sed In the Same connection.
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