Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-07-20
STATE NEWS.

Track laying Is soon to be commenced
on the Cedar Rapids and st. Paul Rail-
road, as we learn from the Vinton Ed-
gle.
The Gazette il the name of new pa
per at Blairstown, Benton County. 1t
! Is neatly printed, and very lively in its
first numbers.
The citizens of Cedar Rapids are MAX
ing efforts to raise funds for the pur-
chase of steam fire engine.
The Des Moines Valley Railroad was
opened to Woodville, sixteen miles
from Des Moines, on Monday last.
Mrs. Bowers, at Knoxville, admins
tered morphine to her infant to quiet its
fretftilness . few days ago, from the eff
fects Of which the child was seized with
spasms and soon died.
Grading on the Iowa Central Rail-
road is going on from the State line to
Abba, and Is to be finished August 1st,
1867. Stock has been secured sufficient
to carry the road nearly through Appa-
moose and Monroe counties.
The Vinton Eagle is authorized to
state that arrangements for furnishing
the iron for the Cedar Rapids & st. Paul
Railway from Cedar Rapids to Vinton,
are nearly perfected. The grading Of
the road bed is nearly completed.
The proprietors of the Wooden Facto-
ry at West Mitchell, have SO far COM
pleted the building, that they are now
prepared to receive wool for the manu-
facture Of cloth or the carding of rolls
for customers.
A lad named Edgar Perry, about
twelve years old, was drowned in the
Cedar river, about five miles below
Charles City, on Sunday last. He with
several other boys We're bathing, and
being unable to swim, he got into a
deep hole while the rest were at a dis
lance. He was promising boy, and
much loved in the neighborhood. See
the Intelliyenccr.
The mortgages on the Mississippi and
Missouri railroad have at length been
foreclOsed, and last week the road was
sold in sections. 1t is now proposed to
push it OH to Des AIoines within six
months.
The entcrprisiDg farmers of Cerro
Gordo County, have got their cheese
factory at Mason City in running order.
Mr.. Palmeter, the superintendent offers
$40 to Sis per head for the use of aver
age cows from the present time until
the Goth of October, and ten cents per
gallon for milk delivered ut the factory.
Both Dubuque and Davenport are ag-
itating the subject of street railroads,
with view to their adoption. A COM
pany has been organized at Dubuque,
with Il capital stock Of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, in shares of one
hundred dollars each, and the city coun-
Gil has been petitioned for the privilege
of laying tracks on various streets, with
q conveyance of rights and franchises
for the term of fifty years.
The Hamilton Freeman says that the
roads between Fort Dodge and Iowa
Falls are to be placed in good order i'm
The d. & S. G. II. r. have
agreed to fix the road between Iowa
Falls and Hawley the road supervisor
to fix it between Webster City and
Hawley; and the stage company be-
tween Webster City and Fort Dodge.
This will serve as an inducement to
shippers to ship by this line of railroad,
and avoid the Boone river hills which
are bad far a prairie country.
AS the steamer Lansing was coming
up the river short distance above Sa-
vanah, one of the deck hands, Michael
Fleming, met with a fatal accident. He
was handling lumber, and having u
piece in hand carelessly allowed one end
of it to be caught in the current of the
river, when he was instantly knocked
overheard. The body was not seen af-
ter 1t fell into the river. The drowned
man leaves wife and several children
in Dubuque. He was about forty-five
years Of age.