The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-11
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ent, or at anything near sucH press 90.
II day passes but we hear Of lar ,;,, ANU
h. people from abroad are becoming ac-
quainted with The fact that the Des "a ones
valley presents superior advantages over
most other portions Of the State; hence The
great rush. Well, there is room Tor more
vet, especially farmers and mechanics
Eddyvt1s Scr. .g5
The Washington Press states that Mr..
Geo. Farrier, an old and respected citizen
residing near that place, committed suicide
lost week by hanging himself. ssn j
AFFRAT. AT ANDREw.-On Friday iast,
. couple Of men got into political discus,
sion, in . blacksmith shop ct Andrew. anu
becoming eOmewhat excited, one % Snei
picked up piece Of iron and struck ny
adversary on the head, eEeeking nus sxaa
man u not expected TO nve.-Aoa" '1' *sess
Ezcelsior.
: VIM. n. White, . worthy citi2en Of Nj.
Pleasaak died IA that place On Tussday
last, ansr short illness. His age was =
years. .sansea . ). .slm I'd q ss,x9 e,ses,,t
VIM. Rolph and Fhomls Dersa AZ now
lyiSg IN tho jail 1t Ksosauqua, charged
With tho crime Of robbery. = -
HEAVY TENTS. +. Davis Offers i've
dollars reward inihe Sioux City Joasr.sct,
for information that viii lead to the detec-
tion Of the persons who stole Isg house
from hig hrm. -.
The Sioux City Jos.y,sal thus describes
the costume and appearance Of the cmahA
Chief, stabding HwA who Nsent111pass-
ed through that place in company with q
number Of other Chiefs, on his way to
Washington: -sa'si
.ssWe regarded Standing Hawk AZ the
best dressed man in the collection. He II
q man Of large dimensions, and when he
had on all Of hie good clothes he was really
an attractive object: upon nis neeo ne
man. eprmonnted by mass 81 Feathers, all
colorodto sait the t&ste, and the whole top
ned Oh with . plume made OF the wing
feathers of ne esgle. which, IN Indian. de-
notes bravery. This head dress surmount-
ing . face painted expressly for ihe ooca-
sion, in the highest style Of e5t, composed
mass about the sise Of . buAhel .ba1ket.-
BY some means or other hei had come into
poeeeS6ion 81 AJoeeph's Coat ofmany col
ors,'' which had been remodelled and
vero NM two or three dozen thimbles 60
arranged that when walking, their music
resembles the tinkling Of bells. The body
oftbe cont WA Of otters 5uf, but Ire ricp
lpstfpus tint Of the otter IL too tame for hs
ideas Of dfce, and vat3ous patches aad OF.
upuno ~ groundwork. 6uspended from
his- 1eck. we're three silver medals, some
three inches in diAQetef, NJ euchased With
VARIOUS 0oqiena. while shout The neck he
wprn & ,hdxe. nockl1ce composed Of bears
cfaWo-Ax 9ftiolA highly ornamental, view
in9 from - Ineap stand point; but e
16nid whits man5 Altogether more inus'
Several. citizens Of Davis county hAvs
sid tAsif ARMS, and ars psspafing X
maks 1 aoStney across Ne plai1s = Cah
1ornie the coming summon. 2.s-ssss.u
Tho 1loom6sld Gs6s1sa1s jacob Am.ey
sold. 6fty, head Of cattle u 'h;s own fesdini
aast1sok lor Is per head
g "A cannon sthatrvas being fred q, Coda
Rapids last Wednesday evening burst, bu
Fortunately no one was hurt. ,sses
tsaWhils A. slBelt ard Col. Preston wer
crossing . stream near vinton that ha
become very. Aush ss&oalSd;sysa the rains
they drove into deep water and canever
near drowning. Their homes were lost.
SO says the Cedar. vsaley Times. 90
Aas TIE Centrevills csti.en says Of 1'Youn
america, Of that place: I'VE viii put Ii
boys fsofn six to, fiftsen years old, Of Ger
tt669vife, against thoes fanny town of twic
: IL sise, s6r .devilty, uaslssspess and loa'
! ing" s. siss.s.. i sss.-salr .
r q ThsFort Dodge North West states thu
the recent rains have raised thsstreams =
through Ihs northsrn part qf tho State, d.
laying The malta and sweeping many Drii
gee away The stages on the west side .
lie TivsfhaScShsenl stopped most of II
-weeh-Ay-%hs- water. g.. .s.fsa
a choice lot 81 sheep, the onawa Gaset
says, wsrs brought down into Monor
county recently, for which,Sl per head ",
!, paid. Fsr eleven choice head u anoth'
dock $50 was declined. We should q
that very choice. @
~ ASsesuSssng alI liabilities, Frankl
county has 1900 in IL treasury.
OTIS Briggs has been appointed postma
~ IS NOvada; vics John Blick, 1esigpsd.
Major vsrplanok Van Antwerp has b,
confirmed b. the ssnate % Brevet Brigdi
Gxn1tsa. ost& <sIJ e1sa
The Dubuque Herald says Mis- Eli
Hatch, who isin prison there for infan
eide, refuses totake any 5ood, having sas
only about three ounces Of nonzishmsnt
three day..
'sa The recent heavy rains and attends
surpius 81 surface water, has ont mp
!, sorts u capetD In this neiehborho0d
Bridges have been carried away, stre0l
swollen, and the "0ld harry, r1ted gen,
ally. The ice in broken up in the stroar
Y IN many cases tho banks Of the small
styeamS are insufficient to contain the 7
~ Ter, and the result IL, the adjacent count
q gets lts face. washed gratis. The ms
AZ 6een detained on account Of lack Of ia,
tiles for navigation, and there is "
~ good prospect OF our people soon havl
al attack Of high waier on the brain
Several attempts to meet and bring in
~ mails, proved failures, and to all int
and purposes, We haye been pretty effec
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