The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-28
OUR STATE.

ALBANIA, W cere they have erected tents t1s
winter quarters.
INFORMATION WAETED-Aioert uo,-
lenes, twelve years OF age, son Of Abraham
Hollenes, Of the 18th Iowa infantry, lert
his mother in Trenton, Henry county, tho
last Of last September, to 60 to his sister IL
Buchanan county. IEe mas been traced 10
Iowa City, bat further nothing il known.
Any information o: HIM sent to the Iowa
City RGpat!:c0n, or 10 his father via Cairo,
will relieve many anZ;etics.
The DaYerpot; Gazette says Adju.an.
General Baker returned on Saturday morr-
ing ftoLl his visi. . Columbus, Ohio
whether he had gone 20 attend q convex
ton ocAdjutant Generals from the variou.
States. Ten States were represented III
person. while mum Der Of others were rer-
resented by letter. Tho official report 0.
tie pr ,ceed.ngs WI pc published in d..
time.
The Cedar Falls 1s.c..c chronicles u.o
les.-u c.ion by FIRE & few nights since ofthe
house Of Mr. T1:,le, q returned soldier, r.
siding n Mt. Vernon township, in that
county. re had barely time TO arouse Lls
family and save ID z from the burning
element.
Rev. WIN. Bagley, q. Upton, has been
Chaplain OF .he 10Th Iowa, ~
place Of Rev. l.. w. Evans, resigned.
john Garrison, one Of the FIRST settlers o.
Cedar Falls, and once tho principa! owner
Of the original town ste, died at that place
on the 18th inst, 9: the advanced age oil ~
years and ten months. He had been q
mem Der o; the 4. r. and X. NJ. since ISL,
and was the founder g. .i.e Lodge az cedo.
Falls.
Dr.. r.ngan showe.. az at his office yes
terday q pig preserved in liquor. which J.
indeed q curiosity. Tho Doctor obtainei
it Of . farmer near De Witt, whose name
he had forgotten. The head and shoulder,
are after the manner Of pigs; bu. imyne-
diately back Of the shoulders the spina.
column separates, and The hinder parts arr
as two distinct po-ksrs-four hind legs, two
tails. etc. Dr.. l.angaa says the animal j.,
healthfully formed, and he knows no req
son Why il should TO; have lived, if il ha.!
been afforded The ?ror.nni.y.-I,c V.t
CoS.rVer.
The aGsstte says at aged lady residing
i, Davenport nsnei arnbert, caught he
foo. IA he end o. !. carpet not long sincs
and falling, broke he wrist.
The PennsyIvanians Of Davenport. ba,
2 rnagn.acen. ses.iya' last Wednesday, eve
ming.
We earn from Tie Clinton Herald thai
an in .lnc.. las hean served on the Boar.
o. Supervisors for Clinton county. restrai,
ing any further acton in The way Of pay
ing boan.ies 10 volunteers.
John w. Murphy. foreman OF the Oska-
,oosa Rerold Office. has gone and doneit.
Don't you think he v-es married last weel
We pity him.
A correspondent. ID ne, Fairfield Ledge
suggests the publishing Of the names Of
the stockholders from The draft in Jefiersa:
county. The idea ;s {. good one.
The Davenport GG..t.c says, while TIE
Rev. w. Z. McCorpli3 was filing an az
pointnlert last Sabbath at the Burr Oas
school House, some rascal took the La,-
ness "a very old one from his horse, ana
replaced i by silver plated harness worth
having. The Reverend gentleman IL
Jui,es CT the editor whether there is AK
vs.iress.
RoRA.scE ~ RI - en.-In the ear.
stages Of the rebellion !! patriotic citizen
Of MenGon township enlisted and Wen
South TO fight rebels and uphold the ao-
thority Of the dear OIL Tag, leaving behind
HIM a young and weeping wife. Gallant
" he fought, bled and-was taken prisoner
and hurried OF into tho interior Of JET
dom. Days, weeks, months, and even
years passed away, and no tidings came
from him 70 the waiting and longing wife,
except such as tended 20 confirm her fea-r
all hope Of his return, and welded anotI-
er, and, as the seqne, proved q less lovel
husband. A few days ago the soldier ha.-
ing been released from durance vile L,
prison. returned TO his home anil found hp
wife married 20 and living with anothe,
husband. Matters were explained, ant
husband No. !, like gallant soldier, lett
the lady 10 choose which husband sh.
would live with in tbe future. True 10 hs,
Iirs. love she replied, Il will live with
you.o Husband No. . found his occup..-
SION gone, picked up his traps and iva
moosea the rancho Long lie and hapr
ness 10 the soldie, anG his eons,au: VIII
1McGre.!1r Ner3.
MAD Doc AND TEE MAD SroNE.--A cor
OF the Cedar Valley Tis...
says: "A few days since the Rev. X. &.
Hawn and his little son, living at Sulnm-T
Hill, Jackson county, Iowa, were serious
ly bitten by .abid dog. They immeii-
ately started for this place, where the IL
Their of the Reverend gentleman lives.
from here they went 70 Marion and Paris,
in search Of the celebrated "mad stone.
belonging 10 ,nan ny the rame of Turner
Evans. When they arrived there, the boy
began 70 show premonitory symptoms d.
hydrorhobia. His eyes, ard in fact, he
whole system, seenea atfected-more 500
yrea: deal .ham the father. For twelve o.
thirteen hours The stone adhered to tho
wound, drawing out = greeniSh substanc.
Il each filling. II also worked 10 charm
on the father, and to-day they are consi,.-
cred cut Of dapge-. ] have been 10 So
them, and the stone, which is said 70 bay.
saved nearly four hundred persons froca
death ly hydrophobia. II is very small
not larger than hickory rutland Of !.
;oroEs character. 7 confess that my pre-
conceived notion, that the mad stone was:.
workable humbug, IS very much shattered,
and don't wonder mach that DIR. Gnnn,
in hio rauy .Sn,p,oot;n IDbr, ;oio