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

peerce the gen nerl that kant be precedent
il very smawl pur.a,oes..
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The Bedford cypress complains tina. lie
sidewalks in .ha. place are BADLY mu.ils-
ted" by having holes whitfield in them. It
advises discontiuuance Of the practice:
A. Lexington, in Taylor county, two chill
dren were recently turned out Of the public
schools for having black skins. Their
fathers are Union soldiers, and have been
fighting the battles Of their country, &c We
learn by the Express.
Tho early potatoes in The vicinity OF Va
pello are threa tened with destruction by q
new species Of bug tina: has jus: made l:s
appearance there. The new plants are fac.
Siss ppearing before it's vorscity.
Horse thieves and robbers are operating
ID Page co2nty. Last week three houses
were broken open, and span Of horses
stalen.
The house OF Mrs. Groves, q widow lady,
reyiding near Clarinda, was burned to TIE
ground last week. A quantity Of meat,
and sixty bushels Of wheat were consumed.
So Gays the Observer.
a correspondent Of the Glenwood Op:I-
ION states that friend of his has ruined
tine young orchard by applying kerosene
oil 10 the trees in order to destroy cater
pillars. He cites other instances 70 the
same effect that have come under his OBJ
servation.
A Mr.. Walker, Of Black Hawk ooan-
~, died recently from the effects Of swal-
lowing needle. We CLEAN from the Wa
terloo Courier.
The head of navigation on the Missouri
river is nearly $500 miles aboye Council
Bluffs.
The Oskaloosa Herald is Informed tina:
boy was recently run over by the cars resS
pella and both Of his legs cut OFF.
The Same paper states that Dick Hen
derson and John D. Gibson, Co. II, Sd Iowa
were recently murdered in Georgia by .te
guerrillss. ~ s@
The Sigourney Neaos one G. our nogt
sprightly, and nes:es.. exchanges, says:
1--WE presume it would be hard to 6nd
anyw here more moral, upright. temper
ate. honorable, religious quiet iocalityt than
Sigourney. 1t is empbatically town OF
sobriety and steady habitsg The waves at
excitement and passion and vice and inn
morality seldom ripple upon its peaceful
bosom, or disturb the purity of its placid
waters. These truths are too true to make
the publication OF u newspaper an easy 3.
interesting nlatter.' i
a large number Of dwellings and bagj-
ness houses are DO: ne erected in Knoxville.
The Republican says: Knoxville 10 GEL
ting ont OF the Gust and putting on her
beautiful garments
The bug il destroying the potato plants
in Marion county. Potatoes in Knoxville
are s. per bushel.
The Chicago Journal of the 9th says A..
"A gentleman just gone with consump-
ton, over in Iowa, on being applied to for
e sanitary donation, remarked, at LAST that
he did not know ~ he had anything 10
give, but on a moments reflection he cor
rected himself, saying, Yes, have,
can die better without my watch than fcr
the suffering soldier to so uuprovided for,
and he handed over his nice gold watch,
which reached here this morning, and will
be for sale at the Iowa department Suon
q gift ought to bring q rousing price,"
BEGINNING AND THE ESD.--Genersi
Frank ]. Heron, who organized ana ieo
one of the first companies in lows, unuef
the first call Of President Lincoln Tor 70.
coo men, WAS, with General Candy, an Oh
fetal participant IN the conference VINCE
resulted in the surrender of General hlr-
by Smith. He was in the light wnen re
Rebellion began to show its teetn, anu ne
was in at the last whom the aiofeea!d teeIn
were knocked down tho throat OF the aaN.
en- Confederacy.-StGte Register.
The Ledger says the First National Bank
of Fairfield will be opened on or before the
LIST Of July. The stock already commands
a premium. One Of the stockholders sold
$500 Of his stock at premium Of 10 per
cent.
Tho chinch bug has already made us ap-
pearance in various parts of the State.
1t is stated by Washington correspond
ent Of the Rochester Democrat ma! MAA'
who has been with Je6. Davis. omclai lsu
lily for the past four years, has teetlneu AZ
the secret session of the Court now LYLE
the assassins Of President Lincoln. tnat NJ
has seen . letter from Jefferson Mvs ~
George N. Sanders, advising, q we Isl
resork tho assassination OF Ykeoo0ent An,
coin and his whole Cabinet Genera
Grant, the correspondent adds, waS IN tno
Court roop when this testimony va 9vsas