Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-05-04

Mr.. Berry laid down the needle for the
musket, and now that he is on the
bench again, after being for three years
on the march, his old patrons should re-
member him.
4 Big Thing at Hetand's.-Messrs.
VIM. Ireland & Co., for reasons which
their new advertisement fully explain,
have put ready-made clothing down to
% and 80 per cent. below present east
ern wholesale prices, where it will re-
main until further notice. Just think
of pair of breeches for 81 so! So long
as this state of things exists, at least,
there can be no very good excuse for
anybody going ragged or stability
dressed.
Iouu Central. The engineers of the
Iowa Central Railroad, during the past
week, have been running lines from the
end of the work south of town through
the west part of the city to the Dubuque
& Sioux City road The object of this
survey is understood to be for the pur-
pose of forming connection with a road
in contemplation up the Cedar on the
west side of the river, and also has some
thing to do with the location of the de-
pot grounds. ..
Il Strong 7edm.-Mr. L. c. Rowland,
late with A. d. Barnum, has become
with Mr.. H. G. Hunt in the
Farm Machinery business. Messrs.
Hunt & Rowland are well-known to
tbs people in connection with the sale
Of Farm Implements and Machinery in
Cedar Falls, and are both men of ener-
gy, integrity and thorough business
qualifications. They may well be call
ed strong team. We wish the new
firm that full need of success which it
so richly deserves.
May.Ddy.-The first day of May was
horribly cold and lowery. Overcoats
and blanket shawls were quite the go.
We noticed gentlemen, who time ago
made up their minds that Spring had
come, went trotting about the streets
with blue noses, hands deep down in
breeches' pockets, too spunky to bundle
up. We have not heard that any of our
people went a-Maying; but if any did,
we should like to publish their names
under the head of IA List of Fools!"
night the ground froze!
Conamercial.--We are happy to state
to our readers, and we dare say our
readers will be happy to hear, that we
are this week enabled to resume our re-
ports of the markets. Our former COM
mercial editor, having abandoned his
chair in the Board of Trade Room, va
Gated his position on our staff some
weeks ago, and we have experienced
some difficulty in properly filling his
place; but our troubles in this regard
are at an end now, as we have secured
the services of gentleman well quail
fed to prepare correct reports of prices,
and furnish readable comments upon
crops, weather, roads, and all the vari-
Gus matters naturally belonging under
the head of Commercial" We con-
slider ourself fortunate in procuring the
we have in this department.
Stockholders. The stockholders of the
Iowa Central Railroad are notified
through our advertising columns that
the third installment of fifteen per cent.
on subscribed stock in Black Hawk
county is now due. It is to be hoped
that this call will be promptly and
met. The road is progress
ing encouragingly, and all that is nee
essary now to insure the speedy compile
ton of the road is that stockholders
meet their obligations. Those
who have not yet fully paid the last as
are particularly urged to
come forward and discharge the claims
Of the Company against them. Let all
make special effort to pay the respective
due from them to the County
Agent, Mr.. G. May, within the next
thirty days at least. -
Il Vicious COU Makes u Raid.-Mr.
Shafer, residing about four
miles northwest Of Cedar Falls, recent
" sold fat COW to Messrs, Mosher &
Jennings, butchers. The purchasers
had some difficulty in getting the crea
ture to town, and on Saturday efforts to
move the wild beast resulted quite I'M
to Mr.. Shafer. He was as
sisting Mr.. Jennings, who had rope
over the cows horns and was trying to
pull her along. Mr.. Shafer went up to
the animal with short stick topper
suade her to move, when she made
sudden dive for him, and caught him on
her horns, mangling his thigh and 9TH
ar parts of his person in shocking
DR.. Bachelor, a physician in
the neighborhood, was called to care for
Mr.. Skaters wounds. We are happy
10 hear that the accident will result in
serious to the gentleman, and
that he is rapidly recovering. a r .
The Starch Factory. The work of lay
ing stone for the Starch Factory COM
nenced in earnest on Monday last. The
have now about twenty-five
men and five or six teams at work. 1t
8 the intention to push the building
'orward as fast as men and money can
10 it. The location of the Factory is on
he river bank, west side of Main-st.
The building will be 134 feet on the riv-
n, and "a feet on Main-st. The center
will be the hight of three stories, and
he wings one story less. About 1000
perch of stone will be used. Mr.. Jacob
Cole, President of the Company, started
asst week Monday to get the machinery
and fixtures. It's expected that he will
get as far as Dubuque this week on his
return. He has been heard from, and
reports everything going nicely. The
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