Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-08-03

unsurpassed in any town of its size in the
State. They have also to be proud of their
County paper, the Franklin Record. There
are few country papers, situated as it is, that
presents neater appearance, or that are con-
Quoted in better taste or ability. SIN. JONES,
its conductor, we shall remember with graft
tude for his attentions while we were stop
ping in his locality. The County of Frank
lin has yet but sparse population. not
probably containing over 1900 or 1000 in
habi:ants; but these figures are constantly
increasing. There is but one thing to hinder
this County from rapid settlement, and that
is the deficiency of timber. It's soil is unsur-
passed for fertility, and it is very well watered
by brooks and springs. Franklin City, in
this County, is probably the largest place
within its borders, as it occupies some three
hundred and twenty acres of land; but it has
one serious drawback, and that is that it is
situated on very low, wet piece of ground
There is not house upon the town plat, nor
one within two miles of it. We were told
that some sharper who had bought the land
without seeing it, and afterwards finding it
to be almost worthless, laid it off into town
lots, and then took trip to the east to adj
vertise and sell, cheap for cash, his magniR-
cent city property. 1t is an annual expense
Of something like a thousand dollars to the
County.
We were pleased to notice that the farmers,
pretty generally, were turning their attention
to stock raising; and seven days spent in
this County fully convinced us that with
proper management, and the right kinds Of
stock, this occupation could be made much
more profitable than that of grain raising
Mr.. ROBINSON, resident of Franklin County,
recently returned from .he East with flock
Of 500 sheep, which were to be placed upon
his farm near Chaplin, little village a few
miles from Hampton. We were told, also,
that j. B. GRlNNELL was on his way with
1000 head of sheep for his farm at Grinnell,
in the same County.
On Sunday, the 22nd, hearing that lady
was to preach in school house, about a mile
and half from Hampton, we concluded to
60 to church. It was there that we became
acquainted with the important fact that the
Daughter of Zion," spoken of in Micah Nv,
which was one chapter of the five comprising
her text, was now upon the earth in the form
of-the person addressing us; and further,
that God had appeared to her in dream
to make known to her that she was the
Daughter of Zion," and to bid her 90 forth
and cleanse His Sanctuary, preparatory to
to the second coming of Christ
On Friday, the 9th, We were to start for
home, and we looked forward to the day of
our departure with pleasure. There is GER
tain novelty in country life, but to those not
accustomed to it, that novelty soon wears
of, especially if it be mosquito time. FRI
day morning came at last, and just as we
were preparing for our departure, the follow
ing tragical item was related to us:
A gentleman, resident Of Hampton, had
been, it seems, some three years previous,
keeping company with lady residing near
the village Of Maysville, few miles from
Hampton, in the same County. After pay
ing her considerable attention for about
year, he suddenly discontinued his visits,
and for the last two years has given her no
particular attention, during which time the
lady has repeatedly threatened him with pun
ishment. On Thursday, the 26th, the gen.
tleman had occasion to visit the village of
Maysville, and at that place, while standing
in the door of the Postoffice, the lady in
question drove up, spoke to him, saying she
had returned his buggy. The buggy had
been lent by the gentleman to a person in
that neighborhood few days previous, and
the lady had taken upon herself the respon-
sibility Of returning it, without the knowl-
edge Of either borrower or lender. The gen.
tleman stepped out, evidently to assist the
lady to alight, when she Immediately drew
revolver, pointed it at his head, and pulled
the trigger. Fortunately, however, it snap
ped, for had it discharged, it would have
been certain death, the muzzle of the revolver
being within three feet of the gentlemans
head at the time. He Immediately sprung
into the Office, closed the door behind him,
and held it. The lady alighted from the
buggy, and had no sooner touched the ground
than by some means the revolver, which she
had thrust into her pocket, was discharged,
tearing her clothes to shreds, from her pocket
down to the ground, the ball just escaping
her foot as it entered the earth. The gen.
tleman, whose life she was seeking, still re-
manned in the office, firmly holding the door,
but finally, hearing nothing of her for some
time, ventured to open the door. Upon do
ing this he was At once confronted with the
six-shooter again, by the woman who stood
patiently awaiting his appearance. As she
was standing very near the door as he opened
it, he grabbed her, and took the deadly weapon
from her. The revolver was fred few mo-
ments after, and every barrel went, save the
one she had attempted to discharge when she