Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-04-17

For !Sale.-CALvrN BRADLEY, Esq, offer.
for sale his very desirable suburban residence
Mr.. B. since he has been on the place has Ia
ken great pains to bcautify, adorn, and i'm
prove it, intending to make Of il aperman, n
residence. But circumstances have arisen
which induces him to offer the place for sale
The property is in every way desirable d
will be readily inferred by reading Mr.. BRAD
LEy's advertisement in another column.
The Flag Still Waoes.--PuLLAN, of the
Banner Store, is now receiving his stock Of
Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, etc. His
new store, which we thought to be very com.
modious, has already the appearance of DO.
ing crowded. We expected when his stock
arrived to see mammoth one, but we confess
we had little idea ever seeing so large stock
Of this kind Of goods in Cedar Falls-even
at PULLAN's. A new advertisement appears
this new arrival to the world.
Promoted.-Licut. STUNNING, Of Co. d,
Thirty first Iowa, having been promoted to
Major o: the Regiment, Lieut.. TOWNSEND
succeeds him as first Lieut., in Co. B; and
we are glad to hear that JOHN GILMAN has
been chosen to succeed Lieut.. TOWNSEND as
second Lieut.. john has served thus far as
a private, and has proved himself a good
sOldier-as we all knew him to he q good
in full merit of this promotion.
Precocious.-A rough bore Of fellow who
was cleaning out the cistcrn of one Of our
citizens a few days since, annoyed little
four.year old boy Of the household very much
by continually threatening to put his dog in
to the cistern, and finally got a rope as il
about to execute his threats, when the little
fellow became much excited and exclaimed :
" You think cause you can 60 down EVER
lod can do down." The precociousness of
The child was too much for the cistern. cleaner
Scrub Racing.-Some scrub racing took
place on Wednesday afternoon last out on
he prairie across the river. TIE run.
ling horses, we are unacquainteI with /;
'nc was sorrel gelding called "Old Sway
Back" and the other stallion so far rs we
1now not dignified with name. The for
ner was the winning horse. The bet was
en- dollars, We believe. Side bets were nu
ncrous. The sffair occasioncd halc.day's
employment for all the loafers in town and a
NO OF. three days subject for "sweet con-
,ersc."
The Child Month.-April, so provcrLia
or shedding rainy tears, has been chi d
huS Far of disposition remarkably sweet a, d
pleasant. Tho her temper has been ruffled
low and then and the wind raised consider.
lbly, still her extraordinary good conduct is
hardly prccedented and with all very con
The Month is ut it's meridian,
md none Of those rainy tears have yet fallen
Farmers are well advanced in their Springs
work. and wouldn't mind now m occasions,
rying spell from the baby. In fact the bal y
'ught to cry.
Dastardly Nean.--Last week some person
II persons entered the house of Mrs. SMITH
nd sawed up into small pieces loom. Mrs.
SMITH is widow lady Of some 70 years of
ge, and depended for her Lying entirely up,
N the earnings Of the property destroyed.
Those acquainted with the lady say that she
$ Of the most exemplary character, mild and
loffensive in her department towards all
whom she comes in contact. Depravcl and
'eartless indeed must be the parties who
ouid wantonly d p vc ills aged and firm
Id woman Of the only means she had e
arning her daily bread. Persons who
ond thus act arc more to be piticd than de.
pissed, for while they must be by nature
'w-lived and mean, education and associa-
ions have but added to their predominating
We understand that stems
re beng taken to provide Mrs. SMITH with
new loom.
7uo Hundred and .sersnty fire Dollars in
'rtcnbncks Sold for the Eulue Of an old b.
eau.-The household furniture of Mr.. j, II.
was sold at public auction on Sat.
rday afternoon last. Mr.. G. received the
rocceds # the sale at the close of the day,
nd on going to put the money away, sud-
emily bethought himself thata small drawer
n a bureau that had been sold had not been
Invested Of its contents prior to going upon
he block. Mr.. G.'s nervous system was at
nee much dcranged and he started off (ru-
nor says hatless) in search of the auction.
er PATTERSON. On finding him Mr.. G.
earned that the bureau had been sold to one
ONES. The residence Of JONES was sought,
ut JONES wasn't at home. Mr.. G discover
d the bureau, and asked for the key to the
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