The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-04

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early morning preceding his execution. q,
| his own request, had . photographic like
ness taken of himself.
OUR STATE.
DR.. J. Tarbell we'll known resident O
! Keokuk recently died in Nevada Terri.
tory.
Two young men, whose names are Dea
con and Ralph, were arrested at Bentons
port on Friday, upon the charge OF com
hitting robbery at Keosanqua. They con-
TESS, the Cute Ctty says, to having com
United the deed.
r. Buckingham's residence, at Keokuk
was entered Saturday and property car.
RED If to the value of $500. So says the
Gsse City.
Z Tie ladies' Of the Sola;ers' Aid Society Of
Muscatine recently gave an entertainment!
the receipts Of which we're 1915 Is.
The Oceola Sentinel makes mention Of
an extensive revival of religion now going
on in Smyrna, Clark Co. Twenty were
baptized in one day, and many others have
joined the Church.
The citizens Of Upton are becoming agi-
tated over the subject of Railroads, and we
see by the Advertiser that the Company
that will put Railroad in operation to
that place shall receive the sum of 81, 600.
jeremiah McMenomy, an old citizen OF
Muscatine, who has been for several years
living in unlawful intimacy with woman
named Nesselbush, was shot in the abdo-
men Friday morning last, while issuing
from her house, aud died in about nine
hours afterwvrd. He stated that son OF
Mrs. Nesselbush did the deed. The Jour-
nal says McMenomy was man Of consid-
cradle property, and had wife living.
Snow fell in Allamakee county last week
to the depth Of fifteen inches.
The Dubuque Times says over two hun.
dred and sixty thousand bushels Of oats
are awaiting shipment at Dunleith.
A young man named james Spaulding,
of ..Anamcsa, Jones county, recently ran
away from home to Illinois and enlisting
there pocketed $500 bounty. Soon after
his father received notice that he had been
appointed a cadet to the West Point Mill
.ary Academy, and succeeded after short
search IN finding his boy who was on the
point Of starting south. The War Depart.
mentwas ;elegraphed and the boy muster
ed out. He kept his $500 and is going to
West Point. So says the EtsehG.
While sone drovers were driving drove
of fat cattle across the Mississippi at Nc
Gregor last week, the ice gave way and
some 40 head went down. One was who'll
" lost, two killed, but the rest were res
cusd. sosays the DEBORAH Republic.
r The ladies' OF Anamcsa gave an enter
tainment not long ago for the benefit Of
the Christian Commission, from which
they realized s1es %.
The ice in the Des Moines commenced
moving out on Wednesday morning last,
and to-day, Friday, the river is not entire.
II free from floating ice. The river is
higher than II has been in a year.-Eddy-
ellie .SsGs, 25,h.
The Sta, says Mr.. c. Walton, who re-.
sides dear Eddyvil;e, has discovered petro-
leum on his premises.
Mr.. Eerj. Adamson Of !Appanoose coun-
~, has lost many sheep by wolves, and he
offers bounty through the Cen;erviile
CftiSen Of $40 from his OVID pocket for ev-
cry wolf killed in that county.
The Register says large portion of the
bridge across Coon river, at Dee Moines.
was swept away last Wednesday morning
by the ice. Also that the dead body OF q
man was seen floating IN the river few
days since on cake 81 ice.
Companies are forming in Davis county
to bore for salt and ".le.'' So We learn from
the Bloomfield Guard.
Jacob Witter killed large wild cat last
week near Leon, Decatur County. Two
horses we're stolen from the stable of Thorn.
as Harriet, five miles from Leon.
The partner Of Mr.. Dawson. q butcher at
Knoxville, the other day took load of
hides to Eddyville, sold them and hasn't
been heard Of since. The Republican, says
his family remains at Knoxville.
Dogs killed nineteen head Of sheep for
Mr.. Titus Woodruf, Of Marion county, last
week.
A son Of Mr.. Samuel Ridlin, residing
near Knoxville, was killed the other day
by falling from q load Of hay upon the fro.
zen ground. ,sss
While Mr.. VIM. Caster of Knoxville
was making some purchases in q store 1t |
Knoxville, some scamp mounted his horse
and rode away. 4 search was instituted |
and the animal at last found In . field near |
Attica, eight miles from that place.
The above items we. glen from the Re-
publican. tis t6 $3.50 sfs
!, The total revenue raised BY the Govern
ment from incomes IN Story county is
$3.50 Al. as
SALE OF Or LANDs.-Air. Strain Of Camp
sold day or two since to 4 COM
pany in this place, ffty acres Of his oil land
for i've thousand dollars. The property
where petroleum was discovered. State
Register. US ssf. 81 ~
One hundred guns were iredin Ottumwa