The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-04-22

40 by 50. four stories high and il to be OK.
tended through to the alley. They have
greatly improved the front by putting in
iron columns, painting &c. The inside is
being fitted up in the best manner for q
frat class jobbing house. They will open
. retail dry goods store, when they move
into their new building, in the house they
now occupy.
~ The churches of Oskaloosa were
.draped in mourning last Sabbath because
Of the death Of Mr.. Lincoln, and from the
!. various pulpits discourses we're delivered
appropriate to tAese sorsowknl hours of =
nationS grief. Symbols Of mourning were
displayed from many private residences,
and in common with good people every
where the entire city was stricken with
grief In Mr.. Lincoln every patriot heart
feels 1t has Lost friend.
IA Copperhead of Eddyville was
whipped within an inch of his life last Sat
urday, for declaring "Lincoln had been
served Just right, and deserved death four
years ago. The castigation was admins
tered by party of loyal men, after which
the misunderstanding vagabond was ordered
to leave town.
~ Col. J. b. Flagg. who has been
Agent Of the G. B. 4 Q. Railroad at Kena-
wee, Ills, for the past eight years. has &C.
~cepted the General Western Agency Of the
b. & NJ. r. Railroad, ut Ottumwa. He has
. frst.class record as . railroad man, and
will not fail to give satisfaction in his new
position.
~ The Churches of this city we're yes
lterday filled with people, who, in the act
OF coming together evidenced their sorrow
over the event that has saddened all hearts,
aud from the different pulpits earnest,
heartfelt and appropriate discourses were
delivered. The Churches were draped in
mourning, and all was In keeping with the
great woe that has stricken end weighs
down the national heart.
u. A man calling himself William At
ton was arrested by E. G. Wilson. . soldier
of the 36th Iowa, and taken before the
Provost Marshal yesterday for using the
most bitter language against the Govern
meEt, for declaring he gl0ried in the death
of our great and excellent Chief Magistrate
and with oaths expressing his regrets that
the deed had not been accomplished long
ago. A large crowd assembled at the Pro-
I vost Marshal's office and gathered around
tae front entrance awaiting the result of the
examination, but no violence was offered
the prisoner. John Fay, Harrison Parker
end Stephen Acres were the witnesses Tor
the United States, aud after hearing their
testimony the prisoner was committed 70
jail, further investigation being postponed
Until Friday next at ten o'clock. The man
Alton is said to be Misscurian. He has
been cutting wood in the vicinity OF this
city, and If he il not . diabolical wretch
and reasonable villain, his rascally coun-
tenance most egregioasly bellies him. we
would not advise nor countenance violence
to one already In the hands OF the an
thorities and on the highway tojustice, but
ifever an occasion offered wherein a man
deserved instantaneous and summary
punishment the case of this wretch is one.
man so depraved as to glory in the death
OF Mr.. Lincoln, one Of the purest and no.
b.est men that ever lived, would get but
little sympathy from an insulted public,
no matter what might be his fate, but we
would counsel forbearance and allow the
laws CT the country to take their due
course il all cases of this kind.
GETTING OUT EARLY.-A German who
resides two or three miles below town, last
Saturday killed three rattlesnakes on his
premises, and upon digging into the bluh
close, at hand where another one disap.
Eeaxfd, he found FIVE more, all of which
wecss dispatched.
REEUdEEs.-Two or three families arriv.
Gu ny steamer at our levee yerterday in very
destitute circumstances and applied at the
Provost Narshal's Office for relief. They
were sent to the Pacific House where they
now are. They are in poor health. poorly
clad, and are deserving Of the charity Of
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