Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-06-19

AN OH. Coon ,TRArPED.-The
common saflage that "you can't
catch an old bird with chaff" has
met with a fiat contradiction at last
by little incident which occurred in
this neigl4borhood few siaysshce
and while we have the privilege d
giving the facts we withhold the
name.
Anaged gent living q few miles
from town, whose locks had become
gray and whose long beard had
grown white in the service of three
score years, became enamored and
loved mot wisely but too well'' a
neighbor's daughter of about fifteen
summers. Wishing to meet the
youngslady at ascertsin designated
spot he sent word by her little
brother to her, naming the time,
place, &c. But the bearer of dis
patches unfortunately failed to carry
the desired intelligence to his sister
and the old gent was compelled,
much TO his sorrow, togwait for hours
10 vain, mt the designated spot. Tile
next day the boy was sharply repri-
manded and promptly provided with
sealed proposals, but unfortunately
again for the subject Of our notice,
the bearer of dispatches was this
time captured and the plans were full
ly revealed to young man In the
same neighborhood, who Immediate
~ set 10 work with b fewsof his assA.
ciates to catch the old gent In a trap,
Procuring women's clothes, the young
man repaired to the place of meet.
ing at the hour appointed and was
soon in his presence. Our reporter
was unable here to obtain fiji. re-
port, but the closing scene will suffice.
AT given signal the old gent was
promptly seized and amid the cries
of bloody murder, his beard was cut
off, and the hair off of one side of his
head. No arrests were made. The
victim of "man's inhumanity to
man" being a reader Of scripture, has
gone to Jericho to reside until his
hair and whiskers are again grown
out.
ALMosri FIRr. -Cur city Of
Thursday night of last week was the
scene of one of those mysterious DC.
currences experienced frequently in
every town or neighborhood and
which are not traceable to amy cause
About IL o'clock fire was discovered
in box of rags in the back part Of
the furniture ware rooms Of Martin
White & Co. Parties sleeping above
the store and next door were waken.
ed and appraised OF danger in some
direction by the smell which the
burning of the rags caused and NC
time was lost in ascertaining
where the fire was. Charley Wise
who was the first to make the discov.
cry, bursted open the back door oi
the store aud extinguished the burn.
ing rags in time to save another
great loss 10 our cify Fifteen min.
utes longer would have been too late
perhaps, to save the building. The
room was well filed with, furniture
and stock TINT would have burned
rapidly had the flames got fully un
derway.
The cause Of the fire cannot b.
traced to any definite source. The
rags were put In the box during the
forenoon of the same day. 1t ]:
thought that match. may have beer
among the rags and become ignltet
in some way. Messrs. White & Co
had between six and seven thous
and dollars worth of furniture in tn,
sture at the tipfe with only an insur
ance of 81, 800. The drug store o
Wise & Bryant being next door, 1t i
more than probable that all woult
have been destroyed In the block, hat
not the fire been discovered in time
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.--The Sc
we're thunder storm which was seer
towering around us on the west las
Friday, did not spend its fury anti
it reached this city, about II o'clocl
i'm the evening.
The Post Office building on Mail