Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-11-30
UNITED STATES NEWS.

A great conflagration at Selma, Ala
ALBANIA, Sunday night, destroyed stores
and other property to the amount of
100000. a'
The West Sidcrs of Chicago are having
first class mystery-a haunted house,
i'll which there are wonderful d0ings.
1t is quite evident that ii is the work
OF some n!ischevous person in the
house, 1ad" o. @..."l"' '."i'8
The Fenians at New York, Washing
ton ,rand elsewhere, are significantly
active, anda important movement in
some direction is expecsed soonril, .tnIi
Stephens, the head of the Fenians,
has left New York for parts unknown.
II is supposed be, has gone to where he
will be Of service. Z" . .'.." ..' u.
A <ca3flagratton at O,wcyo, New
YORK, Friday morning, destroyed eight
stores. An oilrefinery atOilCity, Penn
sylvania, was destroyed. b. ..a-
Horace Greeley is ont i'm the New
York Tribune Tuesday with an elaborate
editorial, in favor of universal amnesty
and universal suffrage. Horace, how
ewes, pretends to speak for no one but
himself. ...N'ri5 .!uie.r
The city of Hartford, Conn, which
last spring gave Democratic s,najority
elected Republican Mayor and other
officers at the recent election, by major
tiles ranging from 81 to 200.
There was a. hitch in tile Oregon Leg
is'ature, as to the ratification of the
Constitutional Amendment; but the
thing has now been amicably arranged,
MI hn of lac,
passed.
Navigation on the Upper Mississippi
river has about ended for the season,
1t is now closed at Hastings. some dis
lance below st. Paul, by an ice5:s:;ocge:
and the boats between Davenport and
Dubuque have ceased RAINING, for the
! season. .. .r.Hs-afa. b. q sa#
There has been Meeting Of promi
nent radicals, ut Philadelphia, at which
articles Of impeachment, were. framed
against the President, obc Submitted to
The Republican Congressional caucus
just previous to the opetin,; of the
I session. al 9af H. ~. - g..a.fr E.....,t- 81
! o The President has given notice to the
swarm ofpolitic;!l cormoraits who are
| in waiting around the Mhic House, beg
Sing i0r Office, that he cannot see any
OF them unit! after Congress shall have
assembled. He Wants time to finiSi,
his message. ... j. .s.
! The Retrenchmcnt Committee In
the Chicago JOtsrnuiit reads" iitrenciI-
meat committce!'l of Congress, which,
/ IS now i'll session, to devise means by
which to ecOnomiso the ex penscs of tn Z
/ Governments are discovering astounding
/ fraHGs that have been colnn.itted by
| Government cotton agents atthe south.
A bill has been prepared, which re-
celyes The cordial approvial of Mr.. Nc
/ Cultoch, for the thorough re-organiza-
! ton ofthc Treasury Department. It's
effect wouldhe it is alleged, to prevent
the use of the Department for partisan
ends, and greatly to promote its Elf,
| clancy.
e. The great tunnel, for supplying Oh i.
cACo with fresh water from far out in the
lake, is nearly completed. There are
now only thirteen inches of earth to be
eXcavated, and in less than week thi.
will be done. The success OF this grea
work will boone cfthe Marked,riumph
ofthe age. .@a'..
The remaining thirteen inches Of
the great tunnel at Chicago was to b,
broken through this J wcel
in the presence OF the Board of Publ,
! Works; the masonry will the be finish
ed, and Oh Saturday the tunnel will b,
formally opened in the presence of the
Mayor, Common Council and news,
paper reporters. .a .
\ leading member of Corgrass is re
ported to have prepared bin to be pre-
scented III the approaching session, to
the effect that al officer on trial unde
impeachment shall be suspended from
i the exercise Of his official duties whil
The trial is pending. This is supposed
to have reference to the contemplated
impeachment of the President.
1t Is reported from st. Louis tina
prominent leaders of the radicals O
that state have inauguratcd q move
ment for the rejection by the Lagis!a
ture of the constitutional amendment
and in favor of so amending the Stat,
Constitution as to abrogate the articl,
DISTINGUISHING the eX-rebeis, and sub
shutting in its stead negro suffrage.
! Another lake steamboat disaster, tn
result of a collision, occurred above De
/ tgoit Friday evening. The Lake Su
pcrior steamer Lac La Belle colidet
with the Detroit and Milwaukee, Rail
way Company's steamer milwaukee,
in the st. Glare river. The Lac LII
Belle was set on fire, but sank befor
/ the flames made much Roadway. For
tunateiy only two lives were lost. TN
I li-fated steamer was valued at Sl2O, OOO
I insured for $4,000. She had i heav,
cargo Of ore, merchandise, etc.