Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-04-27

Falls Horticultural Society for the en-
suing year. .... ..
s.H PACKARD, secy.
Stone Qud,,y.--Messrs. J. NJ. Benja-
min and e. Townsend have bought the
Taylor Stone Quarry, located just at the
outskirts of the city, south of Dry Run.
The amount of land purchased is four
acres. This is by all odds the best quar-
ry in this part of Iowa, the rock being
OF the limestone order, but harder and
firmer than any other in this vicinity.
The quarry has never been properly
worked; but now, having fallen into
good hands, will be rendered available
to our citizens, and, we dare say, profit
able to its proprietors. Quite force of
men is now at work there, removing
the earth from about half an acre, which
extends to the depth of eight or ten feet,
preparatory to getting out stone for the
Starch Factory building.
Il Servant Girl Who Absconds and
Takes 7hings.-A servant girl by name
OF Kitty Caldwell entered upon the per-
Torrance of household duties in the
family of Mr.. H. A. Perkins OH Mon
day morning of last week. On Friday
she went to Waterloo to get her ward
robe, promising to return on the after
noon train of that day. Mrs. Perkins
and her children were spending the
day with friend, having left home in
the morning before the girls departure.
Kitty failed to return at the appointed
time, and as yet has failed to present
her sweet countenance at the door of
the trustful servant of.Uncle Samuel
This may be owing to the fact that Mrs.
Perkins, on Saturday morning, discov-
cred that her pocketbook, a cloak, a
pair of rubbers, and other articles of less
value were mysteriously out of the way.
Il Wrong Idea.--There are a good
many women in Cedar Falls who seem
possessed of the mistaken idea that the
sidewalks about town were made for
their special benefit, and that man
found on them has no rights which they
are bound. to respect. We have, in a
way of our own, tried several times to
disabuse certain ones of this wrong idea.
Once our subjects were of such good
muscle that we went off into the mud,
to the destruction Of our temper and a
dollars worth of groceries. Now, it's
not lady-like for two crinoline- enscons-
ed individuals to go sailing along side
walk without ever showing disposition
to undouble file when they meet man
coming from the opposite direction, nor
needing the poor cuss no more than if
he We're a dog. It's not adylike, we
are pretty sure.
Death Of John Matthews. arc in
formed that Lieut.. Matthews, son of
Mrs. DIR. Lathrop, who enlisted from
this place in Capt. Frank Dales Com
pany, Twenty first Iowa Infantry, and
afterwards took Lieutenant's commits
sion in colored regiment, was recent
ly shot near New Orleans by personal
enemy. As We hear it, John had re-
Gently been very sick with a fever,
which prevented his return home, and
was but just beginning to get about,
when he was assassinated. A short
distance from his quarters he was met
by man, called 1.-THE Marshall" who
discharged revolver five times at him.
What the nature of the personal difficu,-
ty was, we are not informed but we
dare say the blame was not OH the aide
of Lieut.. Matthews, who was good SOL
der and an inoffensive gentleman.
The Ctolerd.-The Common Council,
understanding that the scourge of chol-
era is in all probability going to make
devastating march through the United
States the coming Summer, have called
upon our citizens to put our little city
In thorough state of cleanliness, as the
most that can be done by them to ward
Oft the dread monster. AS yet we see
no Indication of any purificative effort
being made. An allotted time is given
to our citizens to attend to this matter;
when that time has expired we suppose
the Street Commissioner will be author
lied to take hold of the work, and the
property holders be made to pay the
bills. While it is unnecessary to be-
come frightened in consequence of the
arrival of cholera to our shores, yet it is
the part of wisdom to promptly adopt
all possible precautionary measures to
prevent its spread and devastation.
4 Couple Of Scaneps.-We regret that
we last week disregarded our Judgment
of human nature, and introduced to the |
attention of our readers couple of fell
lows, who CHANGED along, under the
name of II. Fl. & o. II. Baily, PEN
Sketchers. They have proved them
selves to be, as we were more than half
inclined to believe the first time they
showed their shaggy heads inside our
office door, pair of vagabond scamps.
While in this city they put up at the
Imam House, and when they came to
leave, they distracted from the house
whatever belonged to them land how
much more deponent sayeth mott, lock-
ed the door Of their room, stole the key,
got away on the cars unbeknown to the
landlord, and in his debt about sixteen
dollars. We would caution people,
wherever the scamps may go, not to
hsrbcr or trust them on any account.
State F1r.-The Thirteenth Annual
Exhibition of the Iowa State Agricul-
tural Society will be held at Burlington
on the Is, -, 20 and Fl of September.
Among the officers, Black Hawk Co. is
represented by Peter Melendy,t Presi-
dent; and Jeremy Bradley, Assistant
Marshal. This County is represented
on the Committees as follows: Zimri
Streeter, on Flows and Flowing Match;
A. ID. Barnum, Chairman Of Committee
on Implements and Machinery; VIM.
E. circuit, on Cabinet Work and Uphol-
stery; Geo. D. Perkins, on Printers,