Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-04-13

Is SalO, $1,000 IOur 10 one against UOugl0S,
though previously deemed in his favor.
A resolution Of inquiry into the Govern.
ment expeditions at the time of sending the
army to Utah has been adoped by the House
of Representatives, and is quito likely to re-
veal another spectacle Of official squandering
or something worse.
The President is preparing message on
our relations with Mexico, which he intends
sending to Congress soon.
A project is on foot for the establishment
Of an Art Gallery in New York.
The total number of miles Of Railroad
ccntering in Chicago is 4,7s6.
Baron Rothschild, of Paris, one Of the
rich Jews upon whom the Kings of Europe
are dependent, has arrived in Philadelphia.
The Oregon papers are filled with accounts
Of gold discoveries in that State. Thirty five
thousand dollars has been found in ton OF
quartz.
The States which have increased the most
in population from 1910 to 1850, are Wis
consin, Iowa, Arkansas, Michigan, and ILL.,
nois. Those that have progressed least in
that time are Vermont, New Hampshire,
South Carolina, North Carolina and Virgin
ia.
Mrs. Jamison, the authoress, is dead.
Florence Nightingale was seriously i'll.
Prayers were offered for her in the various
garrison chapels in England.
The Mediterranean telegraph will be COM
pleted in two months, when London will be
in direct communication with Calcutta.
Brigham Young has furnished clergy
man Of Medford, Mass, the following facts
concerning his personal history:
I" I was born in Nottingham, Windham
county, Vermont, June LIST, 1901, have
living four brothers, John, Phineas, H., and
Joseph, older than myself, and Lorenzo d.,
younger, and sister named Nancy-all of
whom live in the Great Salt Lake City. My
fathers name was John. He was born in
Hopkinton, Middlesex county, Mass.
The population Of Baltimore is about $780,
600 that of Boston about 229. 000- ---s--s-,--'
The Paris Patri states that $4,000 men are
about to be raised in Tuscany, and 81, 900 in
the Amelian provences, thereby increasing
the Sandman army to 800, 900 men.
The St. Louis Agricultural and Mechani-
cal Association offers $4,000 in premiums
for the next fair.
Bayard Taylor has lectured 142 times in
the last six months, and George Sumner Ito.
1t is stated that the value Of property sub
jected to taxation in California is over $780,
OOO, 900. II is assessed Mt $l32, 900, 900.
Considering the age of this young member of
the confederacy, it must be acknowledged she
is in fair way to become wealthy.
A fire at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, destroyed
the livery stable of Higley Brothers, with
four horses and large amount of grain, and
Mr.. Hager's marble factory. Mcssrs Hig-
ley's loss is about $4,000; Hager's $500.
The Halley Times says. that none of the pro-
perry was insured.
A German named Shultz was killed on the
9Th, at independence, Iowa, by being buried
in well which he was digging.
A fire at Washington, Pennsylvania, on
the 18th, was the most destructive that ever
occurred in that place. The loss will reach
$40, 900.
The General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church North will be held at Buff
falo in May next. The questions, the Sinful
ness of Slavery, and Lay Representations,
will be prominent topics of interest and ex-
element
In the list of patents issued for the week
ending March 9th, fifteen were for Western
men, and -four of them belong to Iowa.
George w. Hunt, Of Muscatine, Iowa, for
improvement on plows.
j. T. Shuffenccker, Of Keokuk, Iowa, for
improvement in brickmolds.
A. S. Notestein, of Salem, Iowa, assignor
to himself and L. I. Rogers, of said Salem,
for improvement in seeding machines.
T. F. Allen, of Dyersville, Iowa, for i'm
provement in brackets for railrod car trucks.
Leading men in the oyster trade of Balti-
more, assert upon their knowledge derived
from actual examination, that there are more
oysters in Chesapeake Bay at present, than
there were twenty years ago, not withstand
ing millions and millions of bushels have
been removed They say that dredging oys-
ters in deep water scaters the beds over a
greater extent, and is the only way by which
the quantity in the long term can be increas-
ed. Taking up oysters with the tongs is
more economical, in that it destroys fewer
oysters, but it does not spread out the sup
ply, and ultimately exhausts the stock.
Hon. j. B. Grinnell has recently visited
New York City and while there advertised
for shoemakers to accompany him to the
town Of Grinnell, where there is good demand
for labor, and where leather, tanned in the
neighborhood, calls for manufacturers.
The attempt ofthe Missouri Democrats to
pass the bill over the Governors veto to re-
duce all free colored people of that State to
slavery that did notleave the State, has been
defeated.
A Bill passed the lower House Of the New
York Legislature, abolishing the punishment
Of death for murder and other crimes, and
substituting confinement in the State Prison
for life.
The Secretary Of War has notified the
Chairman Of the House Committee of Mill
tary Affairs that he is now ready to recon-
mend the raising Of volunteer troops for Tex
as.
The Republicans Of Cleveland achieved a
brilliant victory at the Charter election, car
ring the city by the decisive majority Of 72o.
The numker Of persons driven out Of the
South as sslspects upon the negro question,
since the John Brown affair, is over 500.
The Pacific Railroad COMMITTEES is vacilat-
ing as to the bill to be reported.
A warrant had been issued against Hee-
nan and Saycrs, to compel them to keep the
peace.
There is = company ofgentlemen in Wash