The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-04

RAILROAD sACOID1NE.&.A freight rain
going west, and passenger train coming
east collided, on Saturday morning, on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad,
between Bushnell and Bardolph stations,
killing the engineer Of the passenger train,
iniuring both locomotives, and partially
demolishing ono OF the oompaay's new
rost-oface cars. TIE train was delayed
I've hours BY the accident.
A-:In ths midnight repor. Of Monday
from Washington, to the Western Press,
we lind the following:
Mr.. Burrows, q CLERK IN tue currency
bureau, Treasury Department., was shot
dead this afternoon, in the Treasury build
ing, by = woman named Mary Harris, FROM
Chicago. Tho woman allcdges that Bur-
rows seduced her under promise Of mar
riage, and afterwards married another
woman. The affair creates considerable
sensation here.
The parties wcre we,, kncwr II tbs
city.
SODA fellow living in this city, oy
sundry artihces got q lad. the cor Of q Wild
ow reading In u neighboring township,
half bewitched to enlist AZ substitute,
and his mothsr, fearful tsymisht iclandss-
iaelys lsaye IL she eppcaed his wiAhes.
ESaiiy yielded @ his md che tenacious
brokers' opportunities. Tho boy passed
an examination here, thres hundred dol
lars were paid hia mother, aud the youth
forwarded to Davenport. But at that place
/ be did not pass muster. and Of course re-
: turned home. Now the chop fallen broke-
wants his three hundred dollars back, but
the lady says he pursued her son day and
night until he got Linn away, that ale - net
responsible for bis non acceptance a2d
that she shall not return the funds.
8 D>Mary Harris, the young wonaaa who
shot and killed ~. burroughs il. Wash.
ington on Monday last. = report Ct whick
appeared in our tclcgraphic columns, was .
native Of this city. but went to chicago to
reside about twosyeara ago She Lad for
many years boon acquainted with Bur-
roughe. who was for long time i citizen
OF Burlington. and it was supposed by the
friends Of tho parties that promises Of mar
riage had passed between them. Finally
Burroughs married . Lady in Washington,
up to which time hs IL aaid to have carried
Scn q correspondence with Miss Harris. and
the latter upon learning the fact, vowed
she would take bis Life. She has but tee
faithfully kept her word. Her parents re-
aide here, and abe has two hrothers n the
army. TT
- According to grounding logic We
sars to have an early spring. The second
day 81, February Is the day aet apart ior
every veil regulated ground hog to unbur-
rough himself and walk forth In search o.
] his shadow, and provided 10 "can'tsse IL, .
hs remains above ground the remainder Of
the winter. Yesterday no hog Jaw hia
shadow. Therefore. according to rule,''
the remainder OF the winter viii be mild
and IN early spring will follow.
2 4GSeveral Of the Wards Of this city
have been putting In volunteers lately, and
{ IL case Of another draft will have q SUE.
!. Gent number to Ill their quotas, should
no more than three hundred thousand:
men be called for We learn the Third
Ward Is twenty -one men ahead Of all calls,
and has . draft fund remaining on hand G.
several hundred dollars. Tho lattAr ;s RI