Weekly Hawk-Eye and Telegraph Burlington, Des Moines co. Iowa February 23, 1861 We learn that Mr. Wm. Glass has taken the Needham House at Oskaloosa. We are assured by a friend who knows, that he has all the qualifications and experience necessary, and that the Needham under his management will be a No. 1 house! Iowa State Bank. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the last [illegible] was held at Iowa City on Wednesday last. the following branches were represented - Des Moines, council Bluffs, Iowa City, Fort Madison, Burlington, Mt. Pleasant, Oskaloosa, Washington, McGregor's, Lyons and Davenport. The Directors on the part of the State, Messrs. R. Bronson, E.T. Edgington and R. Noble, were also present. We undersigned that the affairs of the State Bank are in a highly prosperous condition. The old officers were unanimously elected, as follows: H. Price, president, E. Clark, Vice President, E. Baker, Secretary, B.F. --key, Geo. C. Stone, Executive Committee. The branches at Muscatine and Keokuk were not represented. We learn from Mr. Galbraith, of this place that an old gentleman by the name of Wilkins or Wilkinson, of Greene county, and a boy 16 years of age, by the name of Spro---, were terribly frozen [illegible] two weeks since in Carroll County. It seems that they were on their way home from Pike's Peak, and were traveling afoot. They became bewildered in one of those blinding snow-storms for which this prairie country is famous, and lost their way. During the first night of this fearful adventure, they lay down in the snow, and rested with comparative comfort. The next morning they started again with benumbed limbs and flagging courage, and all day they struggled with snow-drifts and the petilous tempest. A night of hopeless agony passed, during which they were compelled to keep their muscles in active play to prevent them from sinking into the sleep of death. The following morning the boy could proceed no farther. Hunger, cold and fatigue had done their work, and he sank hopelessly into the snow. The old man with little animation left, continued on his way, although his legs from the knees down were frozen into insensibility. Within a mile or two of Carrollson, Carroll county, he was discovered by some men in a sleigh. The boy was hunted up, and the two victims of the snow were speedily driven into Carrollton. The old man lingered in agony some days and died. The boy was so badly frozen that it was deemed impossible for him to get well without the amputation of both legs. His home is at Athens, on the Des Moines river. He has relatives living in this place. -- Des Moines Register. Mr. R.L. Hanks, of Knoxville, has just returned from a trip to Kansas, where he has been for the last month. He reports the snow about as deep in Kansas as here, and in Northern Missouri much deeper, and the roads through the timber greatly obstructed by fallen timber, which was broken down by the heavy, wet snow. On Monday night the 4th inst. a dispute arose between Joseph Brannon and W.B. Bass, at Red Rock, in this county, in which Bass called Brannon a d--d liar, upon which Brannon "let go his right' at Bass, when both clinched, and had a rough and tumble" which ended without bloodshed. As they parted Bass drew a revolver and fired three shots at Brannon, one of which took effect in his tigh, causing a sserious but not fatal wound. No arrest has been made. -- Knoxville Republican. Married. On the 14th inst., by Judge Wightman, Mr. Alexander McAllinten to Miss Mary Cornick. Also on the same day by the same, Mr. Franklin Moyers to Miss Barbara Dren. Died. In this city, Sunday morning, 17th inst. of Croup, Curtis H., son of David and Hannah Carm, aged 18 months. In this city, on the 14th inst. Mary Jane, daughter of James Woods of Consumption, aged 20 years, a native of Manchester, England. ----- Lime Springs Sun Lime Springs, Howard co. Iowa Thursday, February 23, 1905 Of Interest in Iowa - A Diary of Noteworthy Happenings The Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the lower court, which sent ex-Deputy United States Marshal W.A. richards to the penitentiary for eighteen years, for complicity in the holdup of Peter Sullivan and wife at Hamilton, two years ago. Richards will be taken to Fort madison at once. Masked men broke into the Sullivan house one night in January, 1903, and, after torturing the woman by holding lighted candles under her feet, compelled her to produce a sum of money which she had that day drawn from the bank. In making their escape Frank Baird, a noted crook, was shot through the body, the robbers having overlooked a shotgun standing behind the door. He was arrested and convicted, and, after a short time in the penitentiary, named Richards as the one who planned the robbery. Richards fled to Mexico, but afterward gave himself up. Elmer Pilkington, a farmer near Sigourney, died of blood poisoning caused by chapped lips. Pilkington had been aiding in clearing a snow blockade, and the cold wind chapped his lips badly. His face became badly swollen, and it was discovered that blood poisoning had set in. He died a few hours later. Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Wire of Grinnell have just celebrated the fifty-eighth anniversary of their wedding. Mrs. Mary Dempsey, who fell on a sidewalk in Dubuque and broke her leg, has filed suit for $10,000 damages. A large wolf, that had been causing much trouble among the farmers was killed near Williamsburg the other day. W.C. Bogard, an engineer on a switch engine in the Oskaloosa yards of the Iowa Central, was badly injured by the explosion of the injector. N. and J. Friedman, clothiers at Mason City, have filed a petition in bankruptcy. The liabilities are placed at $10,000 and the assets at $10,000. Hand in hand, thwo brothers will leave Polk county for the penitentiary, one for three years and the other for one year. Their names are Charles and Arthur Martin. Des Moines is in the throes of a grip epidemic and an epidemic of appendicitis exists at Davenport. An enourmous wolf has been slain near Council Bluffs. Miss Mary Kucker of Tripoli has lost a hand in a corn sheller. Tom Lazenby of Hillsboro fell from a load of hay and broke both arms. William Wendt of Audubon was kicked by a horse and suffered a broken leg. The home of Mrs. Eliza Pillow, a poor colored lady at Newton, was completely destroyed by fire. John Hanson, living near Joice, has died from the effect of injuries received by being accidentally shot. Mrs. Inman of Keokuk attempted suicide by taking poison. Her life was saved because of the [illegible] of the dose. Mrs. Jochin Ingwersen of Clinton and her 6 year-old child died of black diphtheria. Six other children are seriously ill. Smiley Darbey, an old man living near Unionville, was found dead in bed, frozen stiff. Foul play is suspected and an investigation is being conducted. Paul Stnukee and F.W. Harding, employees of the Clinton Bridge and Iron Works, were overcome by gas while at work and narrowly escaped asphyxiation. Charles Weitz's Sons of Des Moines have been awarded the contract for the building of the inebriate asylum building at Knoxville. The contract price is $66,367. The explosion of a kitchen range at the home of F.V. Hopkins at Fort Madison, due to freezing water pipes, caused great damage, but resulted in the injury of no one. The Kirschimum family of Ottumwa will get the bulk of the estate of Mrs. Lucy Crandall, a pioneer Denver woman, who has just died leaving property to the value of $1,000,000. Transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/