On Wednesday last the steamer Sucker State . . .

. . . had bad luck in getting through the draw of the Rock Island Bridge, and was damaged $1,000 worth.

– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 10, 1862

The Rock Island bridge burning case . . .

. . . in the United States Supreme Court at Washington, has been put over another year; meanwhile Col. Bissell, the alleged incendiary, is winning laurels in the field – now at Island No. 10.

– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 10, 1862