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

not yON call the attention OF your soldiers
Aid Societies to this matter, and send mi
some1 BY SO doing you viii confer ,
great favor ON our wounded Iowa boys
am very respectfully, so
J. TODD, State Agent.
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The Independence Guardian ststes tina
hardly bridge ofimportance II left in tn,
whole. Of Buchanan county. The pfreshe
also inflicted other serious damage. AZ
independents store was carried away
with the bridge; and ct Qussqueton. bridge
dam, saw and grist mills. A mill at We
terloo, Black Hawk county, was also seri'
ously injured.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING
Yesterday noon, a. the train for Marion
was approaching Farley, when half q mile
from tue depot, G. G. Gilman discovered q
little child ut the bottom Of pool Of water;
he jumped of the cars, while in motion
ran back, and pulled the child out. II waa
entirely insensible, but was soon brought
to by rolling 1t IN q blanket-Dxbu9ue
Times. Sta. a8
I Daniel S. Crandall an old and respectable
citizen of Pleasant Valley township, Fay
cite county, committed suicide ut the resi-
dence Of his son on the 18th nlt., by hang
ing himself The West Union Record seems
to think domestic troubls was the cause OF
the sad occurrence. sa T.
& HARD,oN GRAIN DEALKRs.-During the
last winter several Of our heavy grain
dealers contracted with Cobb, Blaisdell a
Co., IGovernment contractors, to furnish
stipulated quantities of oats for army use.
to he deliyexed to the Illinois Central at
Dun!eith. The grain dealers. purchased
the osta, and delivered them, a. per, agree
-ment. As isi well Known the Central did
not forward nearly all the grain, and 1t
still Ia Gin store out doors over the river.
Meantime cate have experienced. q heavy
decline, and now Coub, BlaiSdsll y CO.,
refused TO take those purchased for them
by our Dubuque shippers which have not
arrived at Cairo. .~5s 4tssys 49, gsssi,s sat
]. Over two hnndred thousand bushels q
these oats are thus left In the hands Of our
shippers. They cost In sacks an average
'of tseventy-hys cents per bushel-nQw they
are n9teworth moro than si1ty cents poi
i sWhesher tho effect will be the ruin Of
moot Of the shippers who suffer the loss
remains to be sesn.- Dubuque. Enses. ~
" The Register claims that Des Moinss
s"sbeat Davenport, Mnscatine. Burlington,
and Ksokuk all hollow in the extent, pun
gency and enthusiasm OF the celebration
on Monday last" sstnasl1s ri s si
. They had.a jolly time in Mt. Pleasant
dvef the news Of, the SAFEGUARDING OF the
rebel capital. The band ,paraded the
streets. everybody hurrahed, and. in the
evening bontiresl and illuminations were
the .orde: Of the "day. p nss 4.'esi ssied n 4
la;A.IJ. weldon,t who was senteneed.to tie
jaitat Leon for ninety days on the charge
of resisting an Officer, made his escape Lest
anursdA1a 80 IN s.sssfs sif ~ !,
Burglars entered the store uf, Hooker 4
Bro. of Cedar Eapids, last wednesday,
night, and stole about three hundred doi-
lars worth OF goods. ia19i 4ati,lsaG -
Cedar Rapids Illuminated over the news
OF then fall Of Richmond, So says the
Times. 50 t.Fa5ass 500 @! noiirsy % s.,.t
? The Vinton Eagle states q lad nine years
OF ase fe1 upon the railroad track. in front
OF = moving car ut Blsirssown and had .
1na c,,f Ar 1sttis9s0 aai aGsl, es9siw at -,
~ salni4i9ss sf,4f9xsrg .Rsr a.
During the jubilee last Monday night Il
Abba. Mr. HenneAssy was accidentally
wounded IN the leg WITH . pistol 50 say.
the Unton. .sE 81 nj, a.isr1 ars,f,s.s q .
The editor oflHs Abba Uaion. wants t.
trade forty acres - Of laud Tor a Washingtoi
printing press. 81 sim ., 's 81
They are going into the fruit business o.
. large scale in Monroe county everybody
10 planting trees. The Union also remark,
that the farmers are busy planting thei1
crops, and that d large amount Of grain ha,
been sowed during the past week.
a man stepped into the store Of Jackson
q Mcvessey at Muscatine a day or twy,
ago, while the clerk was In the rear o
the store room and pulling out the none,
drawer distracted $50 from it. The Jour
nal calls the robbery bold one.
J. The Blade says the capture of l,ichmont
was celebrated with great enthusiasm /,
Pella.
They had q big hail storm at Eddyyill,
on the 18th, and the Star says hail stones
fell as large as quails eggs.
Several fine droves Of cattle have nasso,
tnrons h this place in quest of a market.
strikes us that they night have brought
better price a short time a9o.-Edf11D;IJ
Star. yo's'
The Joul2la1 states that the sales OF ~
Y. ). Bonds atthe First National Bank q
Mt. Pleasant for the month Of March
amounted to $50, 600. l a.
Ih ne enteprising citizens Of Bonaparte
va van Buren, county, are about to erect
s2o COO school house. 500 ~
Inc ne hddyville Star. notices the marriag,
Of MI =. Johns. Gray, to Miss Francis Mic
o'demps, aud says Mr.. ii. was the frs
waHs person ever born ~ Monroe county
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