The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1865-05-06
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LuMHER,-A large raft containing 100000
feet Of lumber arrived at the levee Monday
evening from the Chippewa river. 1t was
owned by Pound and Halbert, who sold 1t
to Mr. Rand. 1t was nineteen days com.
ing down.
POLICE MATrERs.-Several saloon keep
ers were arrested Monday and their ex.
animation before Justice Marble continued
till yesterday, for selling liquor on Sunday.
We understand they were severally fined
five dollars and costs each.
ExECUTIvE APPolNTMENT.-The State
Register announces that Hon. John r.
Nee6ham, Of Oskaloosa, has been appoint
ed Trustee Of the Iowa Hospital for the
Insane, in place Of DR.. j. d. Eibert, de.
ceased.
s1- The Council Bluffs Bugle does no,
blame Booth for the assassination Of the
Presi dent, but charges the awful crime up.
on Deity! To what devilish, impious rea.
soning will not thorough Copperhead de.
scend in order to screen the diabolical
wretches with whom he is In sympathy,
when they outrage humanity as in the case
in question?
Ia It should be borne in mind that rev.
enue stamps do not pay the postage on let
ters; also that letters wholly unpaid are
not forwarded to their destination but sent
to the Dead Letter Office, Washington. II
would seem as if these facts would never
be learned by some people.
w. A. p. Barnum alias Geo. Brown, the
desperate who was severely wounded in
his attempt last winter to rob I. ]. Brooks
Of Henderson county, Ills, and who was
at the same time secured, effected his es-
cape on the night of the 2S,h ultimo, from
the county Jail where he has since been
confined. Another criminal, one A. B.
Conan, got out with him, and the Sheriff
offers reward of 500 for their apprehen-
sion. Barnum is about six feet high, light
complexioned, with blue eyes, smooth face,
! light hair, and has large scar on his left
breast caused by shot. He wore light
c5lored wool hat, low crown, broad brin,
dark cashmere coat, and over the wound
on his left breast was patch. Conan is a
small man, feet or inches high. spare
built, dark hair and full beard, dressed in
dark cashmere coat and had on dark
cloth cap.
+ va General Crocker is at st. Louis toe
! i'll to travel. He is however in excellen,
| spirits, and expects to be well enough in a
few days 20 go to Washington or return to
writes to the Register.
| @.Master Arthur Green, q lad of fifteen
years, who resides near the river short
distance above this city, on Tuesday last
brought down eleven ducks at two shots
without taking the gun from his face.
Pretty good for boy.
| T- Mercury ascended to S9o yesterday
] the warmest weather Of the season-but
at evening a severe thunder storm swept
over from the northwest with hail accom-
paniment, which greatly reduced the tenn
perature of the atmosphere. Stimulated
by the summer heat and the warm rains,
vegetation is coming forward rapidly.
"a 1t is stated that there were no lows
soldiers on the ill-fatcd steamer Sultana
The Henry Ames which left Vicksburg on
the Goth of April, brought up two hundred
and thirty .eight of the boys from this State
who had been poroled, and they arrived
safely at Benton Barracks, st. Louis.
| NJ The editor Of the Journal at Musca
tine, John Mahin, Esq, is the choice of tn,
citizens by large majority, for the posi-
ton OF postmaster of that city. Mr.. NJ
has filed the place for the past four yeart
very acceptably and we are pleased at th,
prospect of his continuance in Office, as NJ
better selection could be made.
REPUBLICAN, STATE CoNvENTIoN.-Il
to.day's paper we publish call for Re
publican State Convention to convene a
Des Moines on the l4th of June next, Il
place in nomination candidates for GOV
ernor, Lieut.. Governor, Judge Of the Su
preme Court aud Superintendent of Publ
instruction. The ratio Of representation 4
duly set forth In the call.
j ~ We arc informed that feminin
rebel. residing few miles from New Lon
don, declared she was ''glad that Lncoll
was dead, and hoped Booth would ge
away" whereupon . party Of indignan,
but loyal women ofthe neighborhood wen
to her house, and seizing her started for
stream in the vicinity with the intention
of giving her ducking, when she retract
ed the offensive Language and promises
never to sayianything Of the kind again.
She was then released and returned to he
domicil. Her narrow escape will be . lee
son to her, and hereafter her depravity {
soul will demonstrate itself less publicl