The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-02

The REvIvAL-Meetings continue to be helt
day and night at several of the churches and th,
interest appears to be undated in all of them
There have been about ECO accessions to tn,
| several churches since the commencement o.
the meetings
At the NJ E. Church, H. Waring, Pastor
assisted by Rev. D. Mark and the local preachers
the house continues to be crowded to its Mt
most capacity, and the meetings are kept ny
night and day with unusual interest Some A
persons were forward for prayers on Wednesda,
night, and PIE have already united with thu
church.
At the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, =
Rev. j. Lowrance, Pastor,-the meetings are III
so kept up day and night with growing interest
There have been some 20 acccessions to the
membership and about IS conversions
At the Baptist Church Elder J. F. Childs,
Pastor,-six persons were baptized on Sunday
evening, and the meetings continue day and
night There have been IL to Ii hopeful CONVEX.
sons,ss and the attendance on public worship ID
growing better and better.
Meetings day and night are also kept up at the
Congregational Church,-Rev. Thos E. Roberts,
Pastor, aided by Rev. ]. II Buser, Of the Ger
man Reformed Church, the attendance growing
better and the interest on the increase. Quite q
number Of conversions have cheered the hearts
of tile worshipers. and many more are seeking
the pearl of great prics.-fOskaloosa Herald.
REvIvAL.-During the past two weeks, a revi.
val Of religion has been in progress at the Meth
odst Church in this place. Some twenty six
accessions have been made to the Church and
about sixteen conversions have taken place.
Meeting have been held day and night, and an
extraordinary interest felt in them by all our
citizens. At the evening meetings the Church
has been crowded to its utmost capacity, and on
Sunday evening many were unable to gain id
mittsnce at all.-(Keokuk County News.
FATAL ACADEMIA German named Robert
vendiger, who was employed on the farm Of Mr..
Brookway, in Orono township, in this county,
was pitching hay from stack last FRIDAY even
ing, when he let the fork slide down the side OF
the stack, and, loosng his footing, slipped down
upon it, causing the handle mot the tines) to
enter his abdomen. The wound was 80 large
that some of the intestines protruded. The un-
fortunate man fingered till o'clock next morn
ing, when he died. He was about % years of
age, a coach.maker ny trade, and sober, intelli-
gent and .killful workman. He was employed
about three years with Ament & McMurry, in
this city.-[Muscatine Journal.
p NEW REPUBLICAN PAPER.-We have received
the first number Of apaper mailing from Mason
City, cerro Gordo county, called the "Cerro
Gordo Republican, J. II. Aylsworth editor 1t
makes handsome appearance end promises to
be an able and spirited journal.
A CuRloslrY-Mr. w. L. True, of this town
has emphatically ''been and done it." He has
invented chair, which for beauty, utility du-
rabilty and every thing else We can think of in
connection with piece of furniture, is unsur-
passed BY simple combination of its parts,
it can be made into common chair, an arm
chair, sofa, an ottoman, common stool. bed,
q buggy cushion, or life preserver. Another
advantage is, the little space occupied when
folded, can be put in a box two feet square and
eight inches high.-Linn County Register.
Aman from Knox county, Ill.,, who had been
bitten on the hand by mad horse, came all the
way to Linn county, last week, to try the virtue
of the mad stone belonging to Mr.. Evans, of
Paris. The stone would take no effect on him
and it was therefore considered that he was out
of danger.-Linn County Register
PURGING THE TEMPLE.-Mercury has suspend
cd his patronage Of public thieves, and justice
reaches them. Floyd has been brought to reck-
oning; Russell is placed upon his defense and,
lastly, De Groot has had final adjudication Of
his iniquitous and swindling claims at the hands
of the Senate. Mr.. Bragg, from the appropri-
ate Committee. yesterday, reported resolution
repeating the joint resolution authorizing the
Secretary of War to settle the demands Of that
most subtle of sub-contractors, and most skill
full Of lobby intriguers, and happily for the fame
of the country, the resolution was at once adopt
ed 1t will, without doubt, pass with equal flu
ency through the House, where the business is
even better understood than at the other end OF
the Capitol.
Thus step by step, in the absence of the mem
bers from the Southernmost States, the Govern.
ment il purified, and . healthier atmosphere
created about the halls OF legislation and the
Executive Departments. Should the pertinaci
ty of the seceders furnish = long enough vaca
ton, We may even hope to see the entire labor
of purgation consummated and the reconstrnc
ted government started on a career of honesty
and prosperity, suggestive Of an almost forgot
ten period of our political history. By all meant
hurry up the Augean labor.-[N. Y. Times.