Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-02-19
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ing from the 9th Wisconsin says zone Q
our regular camp pastimes is to sit down ant
hate coppeTheads." John b. Cough ha
been invited to address the Iowa Genera
Assembly during its present session. q. . Tn
health of the Union troops in Western Lou
isiana is remarkably good. :. Lieut.. j. G
Dawson, Go. Ii, 3lst Iowa, has resigned.
Nearly 5000 trees, shrubs and plants wer,
planted in the New York Central Park las
year. BY vote Of the Board Of Supsrvis
ors, the salaries Of the County officers O
Benton County have been raised. .. TIL,
regular income of the New York Tri5ua.
establishment is over half million dollar:
per annum which is trfie more than ours
1.-The Treasury Department has now in
Its vaults over twenty millions in gold.
Gov. Sprague is to be chairman of the Sen.
ate Committee on Manufactures BY order
Of the Government, shipment of live stock
to foreign ports is now strictly prohibited. .
Army mules are being sent to Grants De.
partment in large numbers. =. =. P. Cad Bry.
an, one of the Coppcrhead lights of Iowa,
has established himself in Little Rock. Ark
but as Arkansas is coming back TO the Union
he will probably migrate again, before long.
....On the 1O!h the stable attached to the
Executive Mansion at Washington, was des-
troyed by fire. Five valuable horses were
consumed. -. The State debt Of Missouri is
$24, 600, 900. The reporters who have
been with tho Army of the Cumberland for
some time past, have generally vacated their
posts, there being nothing to write about
Minnesota has furnished 1854 soldiers for
this war. Gov. Yates claims that Illinois
is free from draft under the Presidents last
call, as well as under all preceding ones.--
Well done, Suckers. =. All recruits for the
regular army will be credited to the States in
which they are enlisted. =. . The immigration
from Europe has already commenced, snd it
is thought it will continue in one unbroken
current for long time to come. There
have been two or three cases of hydrophobia
at Keokuk lately. The past winter has
been the mildest ever known in Lower Can.
ada. A farmer from Fayette County re-
Gently sold in McGregor load of wool for
which he received $l,4CO. That looks as
though sheep raising was almost as profitable
as dog culture. >. Tree cotton is being sue
ccssfully cultivated in California. The third
year after planting, the average yield is go
lbs per tree. e. j. Mathis, of D,,ououe,
has been appointed Sanitary agent for Iowa
at et. LOUIS. Bills nave been introduced
IN inc Legislature to change the names OF the
eo'nties bud man and Floyd, to Lincoln
and Chase. -. There are 24O patients in the
Insane Asylum at Mt. Pleasant e. . In Wis.
consn the Governors Message is printed in
eight different languages. -. C. f. Jackson.
late rebel Governor Of Missouri, died near
Little Rock, Ar, shoy. time since.
Some ono Las discovered that dptheria is the
reS"..t OF thc use Of Kerosene oil. g. Bishop
SIMPSON has gone to Chattanooga to lock ae.
Ter the interests Of the Methodist Church.
The total number of prisoners in the prs.
ons about Washington is GA . St. Louis
papers want the National Union Convention
held in that city. There ara 500 teams
connected with the Army Of the Potomac.
I'VE see it stated that cavalry and infantry
regiments are to be raised to 2,4OO men each
by consolidation. -. The amount of gold
produced throughout the world in 1868, was
S27o, 100000. -. Recently tree was cut
down in California which measured ninety
feet in circumference. There is said to be
$50 100000 of rebel counterfeit. money in
circulation. Gen. Schofeld has assumed
command Of the Department of Ohio. A
Washington correspondent says Hallocl will
resign in consequence Of Grant being made
a Lieutenant General. I. . Gen. Eandeve.
has been ordered to Davenport to re-organiz(
the Iowa veteran regiments. Ninety trains
of cars leave Chicago every day. 1t is the
opinion of many that Congress will pass s
Bankrupt Bill during its present session.
1t is understood at Washington that the
Chicago Tima is owned by prominent
Southern rebels. . A bill is before Congress
allowing all our soldiers in the field to.yote a
the next Presidential election. =. 1T is an
nounced that there is new movement or
foot which will produce the greatest conster
nation in Richmond. The population o
the two Csnadas is 2,506, 755.. .Des Moline:
is to be lighted with gas,-thc works to b.
completed in September, 1855. -. In New
York a jury returned this verdict: "Ws
agree to disagree" whereupon tho Court fin
ed them $4,000 each. Costly fun. 49,. An
other monster Sanitary Fair commences il
Cleveland on Monday next d. =. \ movement
is on foot to repeal the Homestead Law.
done it will be a terrible blow to the West
Thurlow Weed is at the head of the project
49,. The firing upon Charleston has been re
sumcd. :. Last week an armed rebel block
ade-runner was sunk in Charleston harbor
by eur blcckadins fleet 49,. Parson Brown
low is lying seriously i'll at Knoxville. :. "A
2O-inch Rodman gun, carrying ball weigh
ing 1000 pounds has been cast at Pittsburg
1t is said to be the largest gun ever cast. =.
The total receipts of the Cincinnati Sanitary
Fair were $2Gs,o00, and the total profits
$3.50, 900. Five hundred eastern famiie
are expected to settle at St. Joseph, Mo, ii
the Spring. Massachusetts, appropriate
100000 for suffering loyalists in East Ten
nessee. The population of the world il
computed at one thousand millions, speaking
1904 languages. The United States Rev
enue from Colorado, last year, was So, 600
80. AT last accounts Artemus Ward wa
lrinrx 10 r,rarau.lx- Ill Of 4xrha;A Eara. q