The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-18

lot of shavings round him In circle. AMI
stationing one OF their number near I,
hand with horn, set the combustiblesan
fire. Waking from his drunken slumberl
the astonished nan ex aiaimed-.4Just q. (
expected! dead and in h-lw--,,sn catch .
ing the deep sound Of the horn ana see;n.
no one stirring but himself, he added.
'.I'm either olarsted early, on. the last on
up" lca3 atse< I..'rs.
Police CoURT.-Harrison Duvall and
Geo. II. Chalmers were brought before
Justice Wilcox Saturday q. m. for fght.
ing. but Duvall was proven the aggressor
and had to pay fine Of IS and costs-Slso0
in all. We believe the disturbance grew
out OF the recen: arrest of idesefters st On.
wallis house, on ansisland above this city.
with which Chalmers, who is q discharged
soldier, had something to do. o.
In the afternoon Duval was arrested
again for drunkenness and raising dis.
turbarce in Gunnell's barber shop, and
fined SO and costs by the same court. The
days sport left him in the aggregate al tribe
over Us out of pocket. y gesf ~.
Toward night another Duvall, brother Of
the above chap, endeavored to get upa
row on Main street, near Phil. Leicht's'oad
saloon, where he probably got his whisky,
but an officer took him in charge, and b
had narrow escape from going to jail
Upon promising he would get into his VI.
gon and drive home he was released. Il
these fellows cannot he civil they had bet.
ter keep away from Burlington, for they
are spotted" and if they give any further
trouble, they will not got OF as well as they
did Saturday. aea
RIVER News. The river is full Of float.
ingice but the influence Of the mid westh-
er since Saturday p. NJ, will cause i soon
to disappear. There have been no boatsup
since the Hawk-Eye State Tuesday morn
ing. The Davenport was advertised 10
leave st. Loris Thursday p. NJ, but has
probably been detained below the rapids
by ice. The ferry boat President seems
to pay but little attention to the ice. She
makes her trips regularly, and passengers,
mails and freight are crossed promptly.
The Dubuque Times Of the 10th inst, says
the ice at that point is solid from the chan.
mel at the foot Of Third street as far north
as the eye can reach. and probably TO-
st. Paul. just below the elevator chan.
mel has opened from shore to shore. The
running arrangement Of the boats Of the
Northern Line Packet Company, il O. fol.
lows: The Sucker State, Hawk-Eye State,
Burlington, Mnscatine and Davenport will
form tri.weekly line from st. Louis to
St. Paul the Canada, Pembina, Petrol,
Savannah and Bill Henderson viii run on
opposite days, from. st. Louis to Dubuque,
thus making q daily line of through boats
from st. Louis to Dubuque the New Bos.
ton and City Of Kiethsburg win form I dali
y line, Sundays excepted, from Rock u.
Land to Fort Madison. and Ke0kuk.; he
James Means and Charley Cheever viii
form daily line, Sundays excepted, from
Rock Island to Dubuque. 3fiT
The Constitution says the river is falling
at Keokuk. Also that there are four feet
three inches of water on the rapids, and
six and half feet Ut st. Louis. A dis
patch from st. Paul says the snow 10 three
feet deep in the Upper Mississippi pineriss.
It is estimated that one hundred million
feet Of lumber will be doated down from
there this spring. One million bushels Of
grain will come down the Minnesots river
to this place, there is plenty on the head.
waters Of this river to insure high water.
ITEMs.-E. Hoefer was elected Deputy
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