Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-01-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

l. the Mexican throne :. . What has becom
n Of your Phoenir, brother Maynard? Tn
d fabulous bird has been very inconstant il
: visiting us Of late. .. The Upton Adrertise
y reports heavy losses by the late severe wealth
er. One farmer lost 500 sheep out Of a flocl
u of 400, and another rs out Of 100. Ou
farmers must learn to provide good shelter
for their stock 10 winter. -. Gov. Stone ha.
! appointed George J. North, of Marion CO.
his Military Secretary. r, G. Orwig, Of Des
Moines, his Private Secretary. Teachers
salaries, in Dubuque, range from $50 to sac
per month. They had an extraordinary
snow storm in the east, blockading railroads
etc. We trust our turn won't come again
this year. Edmund Kirke" is tho nom de
plume Of j. r. Gilmore. Thackeray's f,l-
neral took place on the SO.h ult. Dickens
was among the mournors. :. The Washing
ton Chronicle (Col. Forney's paper i. out for
Lincoln for President. :. Ice dissolved in
small pieces in the mouth, is stated as an in
fallble cure for diptheria if resorted to in
time The total number Of deaths in New
York city last year was 25,197.. The to-
tai number Of troops furnished to the Federal
service by Tennessee, thus far during the
war, is estimated by a Nashville paper, at
33,36o. Wilkes offers wager of $50 600
that Hscnan can whip King-the contest to
be made rs III international one, and fought
on neutral ground. 49,. The Republican State
Convention of Connecticut, is called to meet
on the 10th of February. .. John Morgan
had an ovation at Richmond, the 7th inst,
and told his friends how he escaped from
prison. Lie had no outside help in any way.
III seems that King in the recent fight
with Heenan, was stimulated to success by
the eye of beauty. II successful, King was
to have the consent of retired pugilist to
the hand Of his fair daughter in marriage
go. Andrew johnson, Of Tennessee, is the
most popular candidate now spoken of, for
Vice-President. Live toads are an article
Of commerce in the London market. They
sell at from so to 81 so per dozen, and are
used by gardeners to destroy insects. 80.
Gen. Baker has been continued in the Office
of Adjutant- General Of this State by Gov.
Stone. Personal friends Of Governor Stone,
few evenings since, presented him with
fine gold watch. :. About twenty copper
heads got together recently and passed
resolution declaring that the army and navy
ought to be paid in gold. A dodge for CAPT
tall Kirby Smiths rebel force in Texas is
estimated at 15,O00.. The Dubuque Times
says that thieves are getting very bold in
their operations in that city,. . The Chica
go, Iowa and Nebraska railroad has track
laid across the Mississippi river on the ice,
over which loaded cars are rum. .. The Mus
tering officer Of Iowa has been authorized to
accept all colored men who may wish to en-
/ list, and forward them to Benton Barracks.
Col. d. S. Wilson, Dubuquer, is in
command at Sioux City,. The estimated
cost Of the Ship Canal around Niagara Falls
/ is $500, 900. :. Gen. Butler is hopeful of
being able to release the Union prisoners at
Richmond within month, and that without
receding from the ground heretofore taken
by our Government. An officer in Gen.
Banks Department says that before the first
of June next, the whole country west Of the
Mississippi, will be cleared of rebels in arms
ia merciless CONSUMPTION is being en-
forced by the rebel authorities in Mississippi,
but the conscripts desert as fast as they are
! collected. General Meade having leave of
absence, the Army Of the Potomac IS under
the temporary command Of Gen. Sedgwick.
Three blockade runners were recently
captured off Wilmington. Five hundred
Of the rebel prisoners at Rock Island have
enlisted in the U. s. Navy. The Mississippi
& Missouri Railroad has five hundred labor
ers at work constructing road between Grin,
nell and Newton, in this State. =. In letter
to Minister Adams Secretary Seward says
that the United State will hold the British
Government responsible for the depredations
committed on orr commerce by the pirate
Alabama. The Secretary Of War has or.
dered the disconlinuance of the two dollars
premium bounty to recruits. Gen. Rose
Grams has been placed in command of the
Department of Missouri, with headquarters
at ST. Louis A line Of first class packets
is advertised to run between Chicago and
Liverpool, commencing in April next.
Gen. Schofield has been ordered to relieve
/ in
Brough, of Ohio, was presented with hand
some national flag, with which to decorate
his office, by the ladies Of Day ton. .. . The
Finance Committee of the U. S. Senate have
under consideration the subject of legislating
10 prevent speculation in gold. -. A great
revival is in progress throughout the entire
State of New Hampshire :. Raw cotton and
castor oil will save frost bitten limbs, where
amputation is usually thought necessary.
Major Ii. Ii. Heath, of the 7th Iowa Cavalry,
has been appointed chief of cavalry and in.
spector general Of the district of Kansas. :.
The West Union Record is down on those
who wish to run the coming Presidential
campaign on partisan issues So are we....
A State Sorghum Convention is to be held
at Madison, Wis, on the Sd, 4th and 9th of
February next. The National Union Com
mittee appointed by the Chicago Convention
meet in Washington on the 22nd Of Febru-
sry... Seven thousand copper pennies were
recently sold at Chesterfield, Va, at SAT per
hundred The total cost of the monitors
built and being built will reach $22, 10000.
-. A State Convention has been called in
Florida for the purpose Of remodcling the