Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-11-03

In Des MoiIres county there are 40
schools, 6,937 scholars and 1870 teachers.
Governor Stone has commissioned
Capt. John l.. Young as major in the
eth Iowa cavalry.
Lewis Kinsey, Esq, for many years
a Clerk of the Supreme Court of this
State, has resigned and is going South
to try his fortune.
A company of eight Missouri outlaws
made an incursion into Davis county
on the 23d inst, shot and killed man
named VIM. Snodgrass, from Jefferson
county, and then escaped. ... ..
Five hundred and one buildings have
been erected in Des Moines during the
past season. ..ss@l
The Soldiers Orphans Home build
ings at Camp Kinsman, Davenport, are
to be finished by the 10Th of November,
and will accommodate l 200 children.
Those now ut the Home in Farming
ton, numbering 126, will be then re-
moved to the Camp Kinsmm home.
Petitions are being circulated in sew
eral counties Of the State, asking the
legislature which is to convene in jan
uary next, to regulate by law, railroad
rates for the transportation of freights.
Three hundred men will be at work in
few days grading the Burlington and
Missouri Railroad west of Ottumwa.-
The stone for a bridge across the Des
Moines river at that point, is now be-
ing quarried. ...a...
The Third Iowa Battery voted SO for
Stone and p for Benton. Majority for
Stone 80. That's good voting. - D.
Henry county is the banner county
this wear. She gives $50 majority for
Stone. There are no dram-shops allow
ed in Henry county.-NcGregor Ne'os.
A petition is being circulated in Nc
Gregor asking the Governor to demand
of the War Department. the early mus
tering-out of the 18th Iowa cavalry which
is now on duty at Fort Larimie.
Gov. Stone has commissioned Rev.
Thompson Bird to obtain all possible
information in reference to Iowa Sol
diers who died in rebel prisons in Vir-
ginia, North and South Carolina and
Georgia. Mr.. Bird will spend the win
ter in the South, with headquarters and
post Office address at Yanceyville,
North Carolina.
1t turns out that the Davenport Post
Office cmbroglio was personal matter,
and that the political faith Of the in
cumbent had nothing to do with his re-
moyai. \ letter from Mr.. Russell, the
late Postmaster, TO the Muscatine Joarn
a. explains the affair, m.. -,- ~. rf-. .
STATE BOARD OF CANYASSERs. The
State Board of Canvassers, consisting
of the Secretary ofState, Auditor, and
Treasurer. will meet at the Capitol on
the 9th dag of November. The vote on
the State ticket, except fer Governor
and 1t Governor, and the vote for Sen
atogs and Representatives in Districts
embracing more than one County, will
be canvassed. The Soldiers vote will
also be officially counted DIS Aoiaes
Register. ..sf
The Hcrald's Washington special
SAYS: 1t is now positively known here
that the trial of JEFF Davis has been de-
cided upon, and the arrangements have
been nearly completed. The trial will
be for the crime of treason, and will
take place either in this city or Rich
mond, and before the United States
Supreme Court. The counsel for the
Government have been selected by the
Attorney General, and the friends OF
! Davis have selected and retained coun-
| sci for him. Now that the Wirz trial lie
completed, 1t is supposed that that OF
DVyis will in.freAia*e}y follow.