Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-12-01

Alarm Of Fsre,-Quite hubbub was
raised on Monday morning last by an
alarm OF fire. Smoke was oozing from
the roof of the Orphans Home, and it
was supposed the building was on fire.
Men came running from every direction
with pals, and fifteen or twenty per-
sons were soon on the roof. The smoke
came out just at the caves, on the north
side of the wing. A hole was soon made
with an ak, and it was discovered that
the smoke came from q chimney flue
which had never been finished for use,
having merely been brought to the top
of the brick wall, and then shingled
over. In ignorance of this cheat, and
by effort to use the chimney, the result
was as above. The draft of the stove
could not have been first-rate. -
The Freedmen.-On our first page may
be found circular addressed ITO the
Churches and Friends of the Freedmen
In Iowa." to which we commend atten-
ton. 1t is advised therein that collec-
tions be taken up in the churches on
Thanksgiving Day for the benefit of the
Freedmen. 1t was announced last Sab
bath by Rev. Fifield that a collection
would be taken up in his church on
Thanksgiving Day for this object, and
we trust other churches in this city will
do likewise. Rev. Norris, the excellent
agent of the Freedmen's Commission for
this portion of Iowa, in sending the
circular alluded to, writes us as follows:
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Nov. q, 1855.
Editors Gazette.
You will greatly oblige tho Freedmen's Aid
Commission by giving the inclosed circular a
this call upon the churches, and the necessities
of the Commission.
Our work, as you are aware, is the relief Of
the sick and helpless among the Freed people
Of the former Slave States, and the education
and elevation of the race, SO as to tit them for
their new relations and duties.
We hope to see Auxiliary Societies immedi-
ately organized in every town and neighbor-
hood in Iowa. The Commission relies upon its
friends to effect these organizations and give
them vitality.
By directing the attention OF your readers
and urging them to action in this matter you
will confer q favor upon the Commission, and
contribute to the successful solution of the
grandest moral and political problem of the
age,-the real freedom Of the colored people of
the S00'n' Yours truly,
A0r Am. Freedmen's Aid Com.
The Cedar Fa,ls Gazette for 1866
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