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

for killing csrerpillnrs and inssc;s-iero
sana oil1tha, ,,e has lost q lot OF kerosene
oil and forty Young fruit trees by the ope
ration. He feels quite bad about 1t, ano
warns others from trying the experiment
We opine that the aforesaid Correspondent
, did not use the remedy properly. W.
have tried it with beneficial results. aho
can recommend its use. Take soft rag o.
any description and saturate II tlorouSnly
) with oil, then take the rag and rub TIC
limbs and branches where the insects col
lect, and they will not trouble the trees
very coon again. A half pint of Oil would
y be great benefit TO forty trees, but inc
same amount might Kill two or three
Pinton Eagle.
The Upton Advertiser says that there is
q man living near Rochester in Cedar
county who s'has three sons named res
pectiyely, Beauregard, JEFF: Davis and
Booth" and that. mo doubt, that man
would deem it an insult to be called = trail
tor." Those boys ought, when they arc
old enough to understand the motives
which were exercised in giving them their
| names, disown them and also The worse
than traitorous wretca That named them.
SUBTITLE steamer Julia, from ST.
LOUIS, was sunk ffc; miles bel"w sioux
City, on her return from Fort Randall, On
saturday last. This ~ the sacond time size
mas sunk this spring. - council Blulfa Hoa-
pGrest.
BIC HAUL OF VAaMISrs.-Our County
Treasurer Mr.. J. Williams, accompanied
by our "etoer brother" and Some others,
have lately been making u raid on ii den
of wolves, OF which they captured Six
''purps" The old ones did not happen to
| be in the "hosill," otherwise the captors
would have made quite "spee" at the
present rates Of bounty offered for scaips.
The purps exhibited much OF the DISPOSE.
ton Of their 'parients," swapping. growl-
ing, &C., hut it's all over with them now.
LET wolves delight. &C."
A RICH ScENE.-We are informed that
the wives Of q couple of men Of this city,
whose names we will not now mention, re-
| Gently undertook to cure their husbands
of the vice Of drinking inordinate quanti-
tiee Of whisky. Learning that their lieRe
! lords had taken quarters at n certain e..
tablishment on the river side of the upper
part OF Commercial street on certain
evening, they proceeded to the said place
at about nine o. clock aud there found and
the husbands thought it wac time to 60
! home, but their spouses thought otherwise
| and plainly animated thar they proposed
ITO make an evening of it aud nave
Notification. The gallant chords" could
not retreat but ever aud auon had to treat
and With good grace submit to be treated.
Thus the hours wore on until midnight,
the husbands anxious 20 depart, the wives
determined TO renlain and show their lord.
ly protectors low wives could have "a
time" One O'Clock came, and still the
uneasy Benedicts remained aud cuzzted
with their better halves, Dcr were they re-
leased until the minute hand had again
1 fHt., le6 Nc Niot Nor and
th ibid tbs gentle women consent to go
hoN with their husbands.
We have not learned whether any "Dsn-
try rencontres' took place after the fairs
reached their homes G. not, nor do we
know whether the lessons taught by the
wives had iss desired effect, but we should
think that the punishment inflicted was
sufficiently severe to he remembered for Il
time.-Ckdar Tattsy Times
GRAPE CULruRE.-We last week made
brief reference in this natter. Since that
time we have given the matter some atten-
ton and gathered Mcre facts. Mr.. w. II.
Taylor has planted, On his farm, mile and
halt south OF town, IL ,0cO vines covering
II acres. Il. Earher q Cs., north Of town
have 500 on five acres. Col A BERGMAN
has about the Same nuaber out on his farm
just south Of town. P Bird s. Co. have GU,
5000 vines on their nursery farm. Henry
Amber ESQ, and + Nillpatrich have also
printed extensively, tut we have not the
figures. Besides these good many per-
sons have planted quite largely and we
consider it fair estimate 70 say that there
are 5000 grape vines now growing III this
vicinity. These embrace nearly every Va
riety, but chiefly the Delaware, which is
considered by those who have given their
attention to the subject. the best grape for
our soil and climate. The culture Of the
grape bids fair sOon to be q very important
M 20 III ST
Journal.
Another school building will be erected
ia this CITY during the summer, NJ cost of
5000. We already have the largest and
finest school house in Western Iowa, but
the growing wants OF the city delnsnd ed.
ucatioDal accommodStions.-Cou BinDS
NonpareiI.
Three boys OF C!arksville. near Cedar
Falls, named respectively Gcodhue, Pam
ley and Van Dorm. nave been arrested for
series OF petty thefts extending through
the past twelve months. The proof against
them is conclusive. On one occasion they
stole $500. Their ages are from fifteen 70
eighteen years.
The Cedar Fails Gazette remarks that The
potato bugs. which last gear worked such
havoc, have appeared thus early in thesea-
son in lively numbers. and commenced
their work of destruction.
A stone weighing l24 pounds the otter
day fell several feet from the top of wall
upon the the head of Mr.. Ovemar, Of Cedar
Fails, but strange to say he was no. in the
least injured by the uishap. Anordinary
man would have been killed,
Or. San ford Of keok ak was severely in.
iiured last week in attempting to stop his
horse while endeavor;ng to run away. Tho
cote CITY says his hand was badly cut.
They have a theater in full blast at Keo.
kuk which the Constitution says is crowded
nightly.
Many farmers hereaway had to replant
their corn. on account Of the cold. vet
weather that followed the arst planting
Fruit has been considerably injured by
frost. but there will be tolerable crop vet
il nothing interferee Internationally WIT