Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-05-17

THE GAZETTE,
CEDAR FALLS. IOWA.
FRIDAY MORNING, May ~, 1867.
gofal department.
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NEW SToRE.-The new store of the
Cedar Falls Wooden Mills is completed
Hon. Schuyler Colfax, the man we
hope to see next President, lectured in
Dubuque last evening.
COURT. District Court commences
in Waterloo next Monday, the 10th
inst.
MEAT MARKET.-C. f. Cummings
& Co, have purchased the Elkhorn
Meat Market of Royce & Co. Their
advertisement will appear next week.
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WAR.-Cedar Falls is assuming act
i've war measures. Four fights occurred
in our city last week--none killed
however, but several were badly shot
In the neck and others badly sleaced.
ENLARGED.--Nol. III, No. /, of the
Franklin Reporter comes to us thi.
week enlarged. 1t is now very neal
seven column sheet and is we'll filled
with attractive reading matter.
REMovED.-A. Taggart & Bro, gro
GERS, are occupying the old stand of I
Kempner, one door north of Plummer,,
while their building is undergoing re-
pairs. af'@tsS3t sa3t1 fa3is@t1
PERsoNAI.-We were favored with 6
call this week from Cicero Close, ESQ
Mr.. Close is one Of the substantial far
mers Of the Cedar Valley and has for 3
number of terms represented this Dis.
trict ia the State Legislature.
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WEsTwARD.-E F. Sawyer and
Johnny Fort left on the Western train
last Tuesday for Montana Territory
They are two young men much respec.
ted in this community. Success tc
them and safe return some day with
lots of gold as their reward.
GRoCERIEs.-The firm of A. L. Mich,
ols, No. IL Main Street, is too wei
known to need any commentator
from us, still we desire to say to al
who wish to buy good groceries thai
Mr.. N. keeps them constantly on hand
Read his new advertisement this week.
NEWSPAPER CHANGEs.-John W.
Blake, of Baraboo, Wis, haas purchased
q halfinterest in the Buchanan County
Bulletin. Mr.. Blake is practical print.
er and his association with Mr.. Loomis
a live, practical editor, bespeaks for the
n career of more extended use.
fulness to the ,people'of Buchanan Co.
New FIRM.-We call the attention
Of our readers to the new Law firm Of
Powers g. Hemenway, whose card viii
be found i'm another column of this pa.
per. They are both gentleman gener.
ally and favorably known to the people
IN this part of the State, and the co
partnership betokens success, such a.
they shall righteously merit by theil
of doing business.
A MIsTAKE.-The Cedar Valley Time,
\ few weeks since got off "phunny''
puff on the Cedar Falls Starch Compa.
ny, as we presume the editor of that
paper called, and the Lyons Mirror, in
quoting, credits it to the Cedar Falls
GAZETTE, which is q mistake. Will
he Mirror please make the corrections
and be more careful in future. We dc
not use our columns for such senseless
slang.
PIGEONS. Farmers in many locali
ties are complaining that the pigeons
pe doing great damage to their wheat
IN some places whole fields having
been destroyed by them. We have
heard of no trouble from them in this
locality. A gentleman re.
Gently informed us that in the craw OF
!. pigeon there was found over SOC
grains of wheat. At that rate one can
EASILY figure how long it, would take O
arge flock to destroy a field of wheat.
THE STATE REGIsTER.--The daily
md weekly of this paper have both
ately been enlarged. The latter to a
iorty column paper and may now very
appropriately be called a weekly histo
y of. the State. Not only is it decided
y the best paper in the State, but we
believe there is not a city of the size OF
Des Moines in the United States that
IAN give as good showing in newspa-
per enterprise as is now exhibited i'm
he Register.
RETURNED.-Our townsman, Peter
returned last Tuesday from a
rip through the State on business con-
lected with the final arrangements of
he State Fair, also to attend an impor-