Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-10-21

The speaker then went on 10 speak Ol tn
: war debt. and other topics OF national inter
. est, but we have not the space to follow hi,
fur,herin his convincing and wpll considerc,
remarks. He was cheered loudly ass,e tool
his seat. EI q
After music ny the band, the glee cluI
d sang the John Brown song. the audirnc
joining in the chorus. .-.
Senator Hart. of independents. WAS the,
introduced and made most thrilling and ci
4 fec,ive speech he did himself great crrai
and delighted his audience, We would Hk
toSnote few olthe telling thints astlfsMe'
his remarks ahounded, bat the crowded con
d,ion or our columns forbid.
Upon Mr. Hart taking his, seat, Jude
Hubbard was loudly called for and respond
q ed in short speech. From speaking II
The open air in the afternoon The Judge wa.
tq,iite hoarsp, and in few remarks excnSct
himself from making an extended speech.
John r Burke. Esq. of Waverlr. candi
date for District Attorney in the leah Judi
csl District. followed Mr.. Hubbard in :
short speech. His remarks were appropri
ate. pertinent. and well delivered. -.-, ,.-.....
Rev. A. G. Eberha,t was vocifarhusly
called for. He arose and stated that he tho'l
the audience had got shout as much as they
could digest in month, and he should no,
cndravor to cram anything more into their
thinking faculties The Elder is always pre-
pared to speak with credit to himself. and Ia
the satisfaction Of his hearers, and dill 81
upon this occasion. Before taking his sea,
the Elder took the old flag and waved j, TO
and FRO while the Glce Club sang Rally
Round the Flag. Boys" The audience 'roke
to their feet. and struck in with the chorus,
The effect was. grand and hart stirring
After three cheers for the soldiers in the
firla, three for Lincoln and Johnson. and
three mrre for the speakers of the day, the
meeting adjourned. -,s.3t.r
We regret tha, Messrs Krkwood, Cole.
and Allison were unable to be present. as
they had promised to be The first rec ivrd
an unexpected call to Drs MoincS on official
husiresS the second roull not leave on &C
count OF the suprm" court being in session
INT Davenport. whore his prrsrnc" on o."
bench was imperitivclr necessary, and Mr
Allison could not come on account Of other
appointments made for him by the State
Central Committee Though we would al
liked to have had the pleasure of hearing
these gentlemen, still We think that no ono
will say that we lacked COOL and effective
sp akers for the occasion. f.. ....,......, s..
Delegations w"r" present from Buchanan.
Bntlcr. Brcmer and Frsnklin counties Wa
t"rloo turned ont nobly. The fremcn from
that place. in full uniform, attracted a,ten
ton. and added materially to the interest OF
the day The Governors Guards, ,or this
place. were ont. and their proficiency in drill
was tho subject Of general remark The In,
dies Aid Society, at Horticultural. HI had
m abundant supply of eatables, and We ara
, gl.d to know that their tales were w,l
raironized. The dinnri they served up was
a splendid onc,--evcrything in excsllca,
taste. we'll prepared. and in pr"rusc variety
The Society Melted 81 o5; their gross receip's
were moi far from $40 Our friend ID. J
Coleman, Clerk Of the District Court for thi,
county, paid the dinners Of the Wa,erl"c
iiremen, costing him $3.50 The fircme'
then took up collection among themselves
amounting to ahont 81, which the foreman
4, of tue company handed over to the Soc ETY.
accompanied with few appropriate remarks
approving Of the auaab'e object Of the ladies'
\ and Of the pleasure his company felt in be
ing able to contribute to the patriotic fund
OF course the. ladies received the offering
and will long remember with gratitude tn
generous action Of the Waterloo firsmcn, u
the evening several stores and ulaces of bias
mess were illuminated. We regret tina
more did not do the sare thing .4. T..
We woe glad to meet on thar day sevs
raj brothers Of the quill. Th.rs was B.lnu
the keen, spicy local Of the dialogue Times
Burnside Of the Manchester Union, Hartman
| Of the Waterloo Courier, and then there xa,
Rich. who though not a newspaper man jus
at present hss been one Of the hest in th'
! State, and whom we shall always cnnsiael
out of his proper element until he again put
on The editorial harness. ...r.a ss.i
We think that our people. aud all thos'
who attended, have every reason to feel grat
, flied with our Grand Union Rally. Though
the day was bleak and chilly. and this tn
season when every one is busy, the attend
ance was large. Everything pass, off with
out accident, and all the arrangements ~er'
complete, and so far as We can learn salts
factory This is mainly owing TO the inae
| falisabls labors Of the committee of ar
rangcmrn,>, which left nothing updone OF
their part which might add to the interest o
/ the occasion. Where all done So much an'
so well it may perhaps seem. invi ious TO sin
! gle out single person, but we think that al
will acknowledge that Mr.. Melcndy was tn
leading spirit. He i, was that first breach
ed the idea, and from the hour in which
was frs. decided to hold the meeting up Il
| the time of i,s adjournment. he gave it rear
| " all his time aud attention. lie was sec
onded ably and well. though 4 is 10 be- 'e
GREETED tina, there were those who Shoul
, have taken lively in,crrs, IN The affair. tina
did little or nothing. Blu, so IA, as our cX
pericnce goes, the work attendant upon Ties
large public gatherings always falls upon
I few, We cannot close without returning III
thanks Of all to the Brass Band and Gle
Club for their services that day. Both az
Quilted themselves nobly, savemore than sal
isfacrion. and aided greatly to the interest {
the occasion.
Az OUTRAGE Last Saturday night stag
driver and saloon keeper got on spree .
Bradford. and went to the house Of a wa
widow and attempted TO outrage her person
She resisted the sconnhrcls, and succe de