The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-11

was arrested in Pella last week for the se-
duc;ion Of Miss PARKS of that place, but the
Blade says managed TO make his escape
from tho officer who had him in Charge
He was agent for the Fire and Tornado In
suraEce Co., of Illidois.
The Eddyville Star says much interest is
manifested in the religious meetings now
being held at the various chuI ches in that
place. Many who have not been inside OF
q church for years are becoming awak ened,
and attend regularly. The StGr notes a
great improvement in the morals Of the
community in consequence.
Rev. Mr.. Whiting, pastor Of the CongYe-
ga.ional Church at Dubuque, was severely
injured by the late railroad accident near
Cherry Valley.
SENTENCED TO BE SHoT.-A notorious
bounty-jumper named John Davis, has
been sentenced to be shot by . military
commission appointed to try him and sew
eral others of the same ik. The sentence
has been approved by the authorities at
Washington, and will be carried out ON the
18th inst. He is now incarcerated at Camp
Mcclellan. Until within q few days he
has been boisterous and defiant, .;diculipg
\
since no hes learned that the proceedings
in the case have been approved at Wash
ington, and that he is. about to receive his
just deserts, his prowess has greatly di-
minished. This will be- the first military
execution in the State of Iowa. We un-
derstand that several other notorious
bounty jumpers, also imprisoned at Camp
Mcclellan, are likely to share the same
fate.--Dau. Gds.
Aet hn 5O<yD ~ J, a
ty, composed of the citizens of Pella, made
a raid upon 8 INDUSTRIOUS dry elm tree, sup
posing it to be bee tree, /" and after fell
ing it to the earth, which cost them infinite
trouble, instead Of finding vast quantity
Of honey, discovered that they had only de-
stroyed the home Of pole cat. Upon the
appearance of the, latter the whole party
fed.
The Dos Moines Valley Railroad Engin-
eeriag party. uuder Col. Otley,. have re-
turned. They have r,.n the line Of the
railroad to Des Moines City. The projected
route will be about forty miles. Hon. B.
F. Roberts. agent Of the Company gives US
these parliculars.-RetIG Blade.
Burglars are at work in Marengo, ac-
cording to the Review.
umns that we rejoiced in the hope that the
Jail at this point would soon be full Of
scamps who have been infesting this sec.
ton Of country. The authorities were on
their trail, and they have now succeeded in
ferreting out the nest, and it duplicates in
dividuals whom we have always esteemed
AZ worthy citizens. The following persons
are known to be connected with this gang:
Clarke Taylor {alias c. a. Murphy, Thos.
II. Haukie, James Belts Thomas Weston,
and George Weston, all Of whom except
George Weston are in the 6heriff's charge
or under bonds. Taylor il known to be
guilty Of . combination Of crimes, among
which are forgery, desertion from the ar
States evidence and disclosed some inn
portant facts. Thomas Weston has been
cried before Justice McNell and bound
over in the sum of $500 to appear at the
next term Of Court. His father gave bal,
and the young man Is now at large. AS
we write Belts il being tried, and but little
seems to DO proven against him. George
Weston left few days ago for parts gener-
ally unk nown, but Deputy Sheriff Wicks
is after him, and we doubt not will bring
this hayward youth to sense OF bis trans
gressions. This IL doubtless the gang that
mas been house breakiDg and stealing to
the most daring and successful member Of
tho band appears to be George Weston.
We prefer to make no further statement Of
the matter at present, but shall lay other
facts before our readers as soon as they are
made public
Since the above was placed in type, Tav-
lor, Haukie and Belts have been tried be.
fore Justice Mcneil, and bound over to ap-
pear at the next torn Of the District Court,