Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-24

041I Might before last u shout assaster before
o'clock, The cord attached IL ~ fmmenss
ssrikiug weight Of The cioni u the Baptist
Q "A Church parted, aad let the whole weight Of
- 1000 lbs, fall with ruinous force into the audi
syond fence room below. The sexton Of the church
le Sc bad the evening previous wound the weight up
pposi the very top of The tower that in its fall
part Il acquired such fearful momentum ~ to crash
State, the large safety beam which had been placed
Au- across the strong tmbcrs Of the roof catch
dill the weights 10 case an accident Of this LIND
htaon should occur, and then upon the joist of
eugh- the ceiling and broke through about 20 feet
are square of this. The resistance of the safety
does beam and the ceiling joists together partially
gro- checked the force Of the fall SO that the weight
In was stopped on the gallery floor An awful
r. o. scene OF ruin. however WAS discovered in the
nss- morning by one Of the Trustees who had occa-
mixing sisn to enter the church.
en- Of Workmen already vigorously at work re-
dish pairing the damages, and presume that IN
rpose lew days all viii be made right again. The
clock in the tower has for the past three months
that kept accurate time, and, we are informed has,
an or In all the period mentioned, varied but
here few moments from the chronometer BY which
aspect il has been regulated We presume that ii win
soon be set running again as good as ever
sB-We observe that one of the four new
,..on business houses going up opposite Office
III the ground belonging to the Cameron heirs, is
"a 10 already being occupied, although nothing is
90, done save the cellar, over which floor has
.artcd wv" 'Ao '''ef'eu iArse HUMMER VI
now SIS '''o WIS .e"a'' ""'en VIC 'aAe as
y for ~. ''A'.' % ~
d and - - '"o "A"o A'' up A"' 'pp''
run ''', -. oeeop4"oy.
con- .B-A gentleman writes US a communication
stage covering four pages the gst of which is told in
re by many lines. Catholic Priest, the other day
com in company with stone contractor, proceeded
o find to levy and collect dollar head upon his Irish
" hose aborers for the benefit of the Church. One of
after them refused TO contribute and discharged.
badly Such Is the manner according to correspon-
iption dent in which collections are forced and She
,ished Catholic church sustained. lie says he was an
verta- eyewitness OF the transaction
uho.o eY The river is again rising. The up river
~ country has been visited by heavy storms, and
=. az. the river rising at St. Paul on Monday.
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tuition cE The Packets run SO as to make
their close connection with the Kcokuk and St. Louis
tHeu "Shot', anu Suiry Pai>eHSefs tuTouSh "
ST. Louis from this city in something less than
i'd it's twentyfour hours The boats leave going South
m, of in the morning and North in the evening.
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lition. SB Mr. 'oseph Jones mas quantity OF the
make ''oNeu MANS feseueu run ''e ire so'e "eeHs
re not shee' "h'ch nave oeeh washed ana re'smokeo
It line ana WHICH are really excellent. as they
moo are already cooked and sold low there is Ger
; and tainly economy in buying of him.
on- tSs- Ezekiel Morgan, a healthy young married
In the man, scarcely above twenty years of age,
adop was put in Jail day this week for vagrancy.
to an lnemperance was at the bottom of Zeke's
II the trouble. young man OF good appearance
n few and apparently healthy and vigorous, was
with also around appealing to the charity of
Burlington ladies the present week! He was
ldver raising money to start his mother in the MILL
VIM. merry business! Ought he not to be sent up to
raj Of keep Ezekiel company for day or two?
" eB The readers attention is called to the ca.
ers talogue of choice lands and lots in our advers-
II loaf ing columns, offered for sale by w. +. Ross
1 and Co. OF Mt. Pleasant. ..-ar
VS. tFy- DR.. l. +. W. Andrews editor of the Geor.
has ga Citizen, has been sued for libel to the tune
next of $40, Ooo for publishing the name of SUBJ
IS the scrber who has moved Off without paying his
,ction subscription dues Editors please take notice.
Rather large pile of money, it strikes us, to
-. - sue one of them for.
hi'A We see in the Chicago papers, that one of the
s a' Probate Judges Of Kansas has been arrested and
lodged in Jail in that city to await trial
on at charge of passing counterfeit money. When
d her under examination he referred the fact that
sons he held commission as Probate Judge of Kan
sas, an offset to the charge, but the justice
locked him up. He is not the only Judge of
that Territory who ought to be jagged.
Pe's >-
being The correspondent of the New York Times
htsh states that the visit of the monster War Steam
Niagara to England, will be reciprocated by
rated visit Of that ievithan of the deep, the Great
days Eastern now nearly ready for launching. The
et of enormous size of this ship requires operation
Fifth for her launching quite novel her conStruc
If an tion Her immense length is such that she will
be launched diagonally, by means of an inclined
r, Plane down which she will glide gradually oc-
- Spy, cnnvinc two or three DAVIS in tho nrocsss-
z per por,and b,rhcr 10 said 70 he +bo on,v ono y;
lively 49, un;,,, g. u,;.h 49, 1905, 49,. ..--
n the ~, 400
well : r. 90 ,,. -.
engines VI ,iVU morse power, capable OF prOpe
''' ling her at speed of twenty-five miles per
A''p' hour.
them.
sY- Chicago seems full of Burglars. Every
100, mornings paper has numerous accounts of their
80. successful forays. We also that numer-
Gus other cities are infested with them and suf.
ferng by their nightly depredations.
An old colored man, residing in Princeton, n
tern j., has recent received land warrant for
), at hundred and sixty acres for services rendered
nrer in the war oflSl2.
EpITlNG.-The editor of the Times, Bad AK
Co., excuses tie want OF editorial in his paper
who because he says he is employed editing a
the corn field, potatoe patch house, lot and gar
been den
Heath
r. farmer estimates that 1000 head Of cattle
have died in Marion and Rails counties Mo-, dur
i, ing the last winter FROM the effects of the cold
and the want of food.
man named jefferson Randall who some
- Y. time ago expelled from Rockingham county Va,
for barn burning and other crimes, recently re-
~ turned, when he seized by vigilance COM
mittee OF citizens and hung on Tuesday Ran
dall's law in custody, and was to have
:, been hung Thursday.
ars to GhAssnorPEEs.-These insects have appeared
Law north OF St. Paul and west OF the Mississippi lin
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