Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-04-20
Sc;ssored and Scrubbed.


Scissored and Scrubbed.
Hon. lis. r. Paulding, Secretary Of the
Navy ,ndr resident Tyler, died at his res
idency 4 Hy Park, April, 9th, at twelve
o'clock.
The master and seven Of the crew of che
whaling barque Roscoe, were drowned, on
Cape Horn, April, 9Th, by the boat being
smashed by whale.
NJ. Julien, the eminent musician, in
whose behalf subscription was being col
lected in England, is no more. He died on
the 10th, ult in lunatic asylum in Paris.
The Pacific r. r. Committee has finally
determined on one Road, adopting the basis
of the Curtis bill, with clause that the rout
shall touch at Salt Lake City.
The Governments of Japan have commenced
stamping Mexican dollars, making them
legal currency in that country This obviates
one of the principal difficulties in prescott
ing trade with foreigners.
Mr.. j. H. Brown, who supports fifty-two
young Baptist theological students at Ho-
ward College, in Alabama at an annual cost
of $4,000, has recently endowed theologi-
cal chair in that College by contribution Of
sos 900. 1 @
The managers of one of the thcaters in
London lately offered Tom Sayers larger
sum of money than was ever paid to any act
er, or actress, or vocalist, if he would APP
pear one night at his theater in fighting cos
tune with his belt and cups; but Sayers re-
fused because his hackers and friends think
he might be arrested by the police.
VIM. Penn Clark, chairman Of the Iowa
delegation to the Republican National Con-
vention, has secured suit Of rooms at the
fremont House for the delegation.
and 1900 Cinnamon were engaged in min
ing at Frazer. Mining accounts arc encour-
aging, and new diggngs have been discover
ed in various places.
Several horses have been stolen recently
in Washington and KcolSuk counties, Iowa,
and all search for them has proved futile. It
is thought that there is an organized band of
horse thieves somewhere in that region.
A medal was recently presented to George
Suaicar, the man who jumped overheard
from the Royal Charter, endeavoring to es-
tablish a communication with the shore.
Messers. O'Reilly and Speed propose to
construct a line of telegraph from st. Paul,
Minnesota, to Puget sound, within two years
without any other aid from the Government
than the right ofway.
|. Lieutenant Governor Rusch has been ap-
pointed Immigrant Commissioner for this
State.
The Washington Douglas organ dcnounces
Col Forney as +" traitor and trader in pol
tics and gives people to understand that
its Presidential candidate and that gentle
man have parted company.
Judge fancy is again i'll, and win hardly
resume his seat on the bench the present
term.
A dispatch from Fayetteville, N. c., says
the Rev. Daniel North has been found guilty
OF circulating Helpers Impending Crisis"
and sentenced to Imprisonment for one year.
A letter from Cassius NJ. Clay, dated the
10th, of April, says: (" Our troubles with
the November Committee are, trust ended
forever. We are left to the enjoyment of our
Constitutional rights. a
They have some queer Justics of Peace in
Canada, according to all accounts. AT St.
GATHERINGS, for instance, one of these impor-
tant dictionaries recently committed man
w SoiitStipt VI COuIt lOI WiuhlIlS aI Hill
while sitting on the Bench, and Offered to
bet the drinks all around that he was justiti-
ed by law in so doing.
Gerrit Smith continues to improve in
health. All the OLD vigor of mind has re-
turned. He cannot, however, bear much
excitement or fatigue, as his physical system
is weak A few months will doubtless find
him perfectly well, and if the dyspepia, which
was mainly the cause Of his temporary IN
sanity, is permanently cured, he may even en-
joy better health than for many years past.
So much for strong constitution, well
guarded by life OF strict temperance.
Rev. DIR. Duff writes to George H. Stuart,
Esq, that meetings for prayer in Calcutta,
were crowded, in which were signal indica-
tons of a glorious revival.
A Canadian paper suggests to the New
York Herald that it take the Prince of Wales
for its candidate for the Presiednt of the Uni
ted States.
Parties in Troy, N Y, on wednesday,
purchased the Albany and Vermont Railroad
The road runs from Albany to Eagle Bridge,
Washington county. The amount paid was
$307 900. 1t cost S2,0O0,O0O. A new
Board of Directors was chosen. ~ ss
Mr.. Green Russell, of RusselIs Diggings,
Pixies Peak, with force of so men, has been
employed by the Council of this city to sur
vey an airline road to Denver City, cia tn G
Fort Riley and Smoky Hill route, which is
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