Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-11-17

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'TwouId prove the bliss of earth was this;
Our Home and Friends around us.
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-g5 ~ Notes from the Capital. ..er .ss.r
.,fl r.r,f,sf fDEs MoIN Es, Iowa, Nov. lst, 1855.
To fulfill my promise I drop you some
items from the center and hub of Iowa,
tho Capital. .r,. ss,...
Gov. Stone has been here the last few
days on official duties. He looks care
worn. The late canvass was thrown
entirely upon his shoulders. Ho spoke
in sixty counties, and at one hundred
different points. He was the target for
the whole fire of the enemy. With the
negro question on one shoulder and the
whisky issue on the other, he boldly
and manfully stood up to the work un-
der all the abusive falsehoods that were
hurled upon him. All this has been
hard on his constitution. Young Iowa
may well be proud of her young Gov
ernor. His majority will not be far
from l6,Tn, and was won by hard
knocks. The Governor is,in receipt of
many congratulations from high Ollie
ials in other States for his brilliant sue
cess in the canvass, and in the result.
Des Moincs has lost some of her best
men within the last two months by
death. Gen. Croeker, Judge Gray, and
Mr.. Sceley, deputy clerk of the United
States Circuit Court. Charley Nourse
has been appointed by the Governor to
fill the Vacancy in this Judicial District
caused by the death of Judge Gray. No
better man could have been selected.
The Gote R,yister is in full blast, do
ing good work for the Republican cause.
found Frank Palmer hard at work,
with his Orderly Sergeant Dixon, who
has returned to his fathers house after
rcveling with the swine and eating the
husks at Burlington. He says that when
he returned to his fathers house they
did not make Il feast and kill the fatted
calf. He says, however, that he is glad
he is back, calf or no calf, and once
more in his element.
II is to be hoped that our Legislature
in its wise judgment and careful selcc.
ton of officials, will keep Frank Palm,
in his present position, that of STATE
Printer. Frank is gentleman of high
moral worth, energetic, faithful to tht
Union cause, and the Republican party
OF Iowa should honor him With q con
tinunnce Of the position he SO ably fills
paid a visit to the state HOUSE, anc
found Secretary Wright hard at worl
with a posse of hands rcnovating tn
House and Senate Chambers, painting
and papering, and giving them a gen
cral cleaning UP. | should judge tn
rooms. were thoroughly cleansed from
! the concentrating influences of the las
Legislature. / have no doubt that il
very appearance will strengthen timiC
Republicans, and fire anew, give new
Impetus, energy and devotion to til,
cause OF sIIrman Rights and its princi
pies; and intimidate Copperlleads, ant
put them to blush for their firc-in-thc
rear opposition. .-.
I met our mutual friend Elliott, one
Of the most popular officers Iowa evel
had. He was hard at work on his re
port. A'l" 'f,'ls a' "'*' -." aA
Judge Wright, Of the Supreme Court
has bought property here, and wifi
make this city his future residence. fHc
formerly resided in Kcosaqia, Van Bu
rem County. The Judge once though,
Of moving to Cedar Falls. Judge W.
majority will be the largest on the tick.
ct. No man in the State stands higher
than he. A gentleman Of high moral
worth, of most excellent habits, and
marked ability, he is man who would
reflect glory upon any State. " e i&
Des Moines is Improving andgrowing
VERY fast, and is destined to be one OF
the finest, If not the finest, city in the
State. The improvements are good,
permanent and substantial. The city
needs d railroad moro than any other
point in the State. Provisions, coal,
wood, house rent, &C., are very high
Butter, go cts; meats, l5@25 cts; lard,
40 cts; wood, SO per cord; -four, s1l
per barrel, and everything in about the
same proportion. The people are living
in hope Of having q railroad here by the
winter Of 1867. Ground was broken a
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few days since, near the city, with APP
propriatc exercises. May the day speed
lily come when the Capital is connected
with the outer world by bands of iron,
A good deal of interest is felt in this
section Of the State i'm regard to the Iowa
Central. The Des Moines papers, and
the papers west of the Capital, are aid
ing all they can to mould public senti-
ment as to the great benefit that it will
be to the State at large. Push the work
and not let it drag. saa'
The United States Court has just ad-
journed. A large amount of civil busi-
ness was cleared from the docket. The
case Of Michael Gleason, one of the
vi tuC fIIONOoL AldISllul vi
Poweshiek county about year ago,
was continued until the May terln.--
The Mail Robbing case, Limited States
rs Henry Barker,-was also continued
until the May term. In the Decature
County conspiracy case, Ramsey, Hol-
den, otal., knights Of the Golden Circle,
the jury could not agree. Other cases
were put over until May. B. p. Poor
acted as United States Attorney for
Judge Baldwin. He watched the inter-
ests Of the United States closely and
carefully. Judge Baldwin could not.
have appointed a better man. The
Grand Jury found several bills against
partiesin United States Revenue eases,
which will be commenced at the May
term. .-3al e ~ 5 ssI &
Mr.. Woodard, United States Clerk of
.hc Circuit Court, has appointed Julius
of Des Moines, his Deputy
l good selections. Mr.. b. has just return
I'd from the wars covered with glory.
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