Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-08-20


home lectures during this winter.
The Scott county authorities have
put the inmates of their Jail to break.
tng stone.
Mrs. Hannah Weeks, of Worthing
ton hung herself last week. Cause
Insanity.
They have solitary velocipedcs,
trian in burlington, proving that al
IF the fools are not dead yet.
A hoop snake was killed in Madi'
son county few days ago, measuring
six feet seven inches ina length.
The Burlington ArgWs has now two
editorial head; some one has sent to
the office n cabbage head.-Dubuquc
Times.
Silas Chapman, while coupling
cars at Dubuque, on the eth inst,
fell, and was run over by the train
and instantly killed.
A burlington man found man
closcted with his wife. He banged
away with a revolver. but did not
hit the interloper.
Lawrence Mccormick of Dubuque,
has been sent to the penitentiary for
five years for placing distractions
spon n railroad track.
In Washington county, the other
day, there was q shower Of gravel,
the pebbles varying from the size of
pigeon shot to hens eggs.
On Saturday evening, the 1st inst,
twelve car loads of new converts to
normonism passed over the n. w.
r. r.. cnroute for Salt Lake City.
The first newspaper printed in
Davenport was "The Iowa Sun and
Davenport and Rock Island News
Being little paper, it was ambitious
to have big name. The first num-
was issued August 4th, 1888.
Thomas ARDEN was arrested upon
complaint of Il woman who claims
to be his lawful wife. whom he left
in England some 20 or more years
ago, from whence she has recently
arrived. Mr.. ARDEN has been twice
married in this country, his first
American wife having died. e. CLINTON
Hcr0ld.
Only $500 out of $500 subscribed
by Keokuk for the state fair grounds
have been paid, and the secretary of
the society is after the delinquents
with a sharp stick. He says the
board of directors have advanced
their own money and credit, on the
faith of these subscriptions, to place
the grounds in n suitable condition
for the state fair.n
The correspondent does not say
but we suppose that the man though
hung did not have his wind entirely
shut OF.
Collector Belknap has seized fifty
boxes of tobacco at KeOkull, bearing
counterfeit stamps. The stamps
were photograph limitations of the
genuine, and represented in value
about six dollars to the box.
The Des Moines correspondent of
q Chicago paper states that one Chas. |
Brandon, of Marion county, who
was taken from his home last Sep
TENDER by vigilance committee and |
hanged, for the purpose of forcing
BIN to divulge what he was supposed
to know about some horse thieves,
and afterwards had the parties ar
rested and tried, suing for $4,000
damages, has recently obtained
verdict for $800.-Erchonge.
On Washington Prairie, Winnie
sheik county, on the 3oth inst,
Robert Clark, ten years old, was Bit
ten by n rattle snake, one of the
large yellow kind, half way between
he ankle and knee of the right leg.
The boy lived n week, and though
the most active remedies were APP
piled, he finally died from the effects
of the poison. The DEBORAH Repub-
lican adds, Among the sad features
of the disease were the characterize.
les Of the snake evinced by the pa
tient. The Kissing sound, darting
the tongue, the green glary eyes,
swapping of the teeth, and contor-
tons Of the body"
Mr.. John Smyser died suddenly at
Independence on the 10th il slant.
From the Bullet3a we gather the fol-
lowing particulars of his death;
The supposition at first was that
the cause Of his death was ap0plexy.
as he was of corpulent habit, but q
post norton examination by Doctors
Warne, House and Hunt established
wv law th's hS dISa Vi allSullSlll III
the pulmonary artery, or the artery /,
leading from the heart to the lungs.
An aneurism is defined by Webster /
to be "a soft pulsating tumor arising ,
from the preternatural dilation or
rupture of the coats of an artery" (
The bursting of this tumOr was the
cause of Mr.. Smyser's
death.
Mr.. Smyser has been resident OF
Buchanan county II years, during .
which time he has borne the reputa-
ton of an honest, up right man and
IA good citizen. Besides large fami-
ly of sons and daughters his death
will I've sincerely mourned by nearly
every member of the community.
Mr.. Charles Aldrich, in retiring
from the Mashalltown Times, says
many sensible things, and among
them says this: "In this connection d
se have word to say to our business {
men in regard to Job Printing. Do
not send your " ork off to Chicago, OF l
elsewhere, but get it done at home,
even if it cost a very small per cent. Z
more. That's the very life Of a local c
publishers business, and the 'sinews !
IF wal" upon which lie sustains his
aaper. If you cut him down there,
you injure the efficiency of bis paper E,
more than you can know. You do 9
lot expect him, if he buys an article |
IF you to hIggle and haggle about +
your own small profits. Be equally ,