Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-07-16

l What has become Of that grasshop-
per visit expected In Northern Iowa /?
Private dispatches inform as that the
cusses are not coming this way.
Cedar Falls. with its beautiful
groves and hastily arranged yards, 10
the handsomest town I'm Iowa--a fact
admitted by all strangers Of good
taste.
Charles Pearce reports fine pros
lpect for crops around Aplington. -
Rain has not bees 90 abundant a.
| with ~, and the wheat and corn
premise we'll. - = r.. as1.
| The Reporter says the two men In
jured by the premature discharge of
the cannon, Ut Waterloo. ON the 5th,
are recovering and will soon be O, X.
sgais.
The Reporter says the citizens of
Waterloo celebrated the anniversary
Of Orton's circus In Waterloo on the
5th. That probably accounts for the
celsbration % the niaeticfA anniyer-
sary.
Thomas Jarman has laid on our
table choice lot Of Oucumbers raised
by him, the first Of the season. Mr.,
Us. manner Of gardening Is becoming
quite notorious.
The crops are looking well In the
country. An observing farmer In
forms us that the prospects for an
abundant yield of all kinds of grain
never were better prior 10 the great
storm yesterday.
Christian Schmits, . grocer In Wa
terloo, attempted to commit suicide,
on Thursday morning Of last week,
by emitting his throat and stabbing
himself, but did not make . success
Of II and will probably recover
Troubles Of domestic character are
the only reason assigned.
Great Improvements are being made
In our streets by the leveling up and
cutting process. Cutting the streets
below the grades of lots adjoining, Is
creating some grumbling on the part
of lot owners, but the city dads claim
that Il is only question OF time and,
that It Is to the interests Of the. city
that 1t be done now. ''"'
Our suggestion on moving the May
weeds We are glad to bee Is having its
desired effect, Let the work con-
tinue.
Perhaps IL would b we'll 10 remind
our school Board again Of the i'm por-
tanoe Of slaughtering those weeds In
the public school grounds. It may
be urged as an excuse that "what il
everybody's business is nsbody's,"I
but 1t occurs TO us that It Is the bust
ness OF the Board to see that 1t IL at
tended to now, before the weeds have
gone to seed. Where 10 the school
ground committee?
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( On TRIAL FOR PASSING COUNTER
FELT MoNEY.-A man by tina name
Of III. George Gray was arrested at
Waterloo last Saturday night, by
Sheriff Brown for passing counter
felt money. The facts as shown by
the examination, which has been In
progress before u. g. Commissioner
8. II. Packard, of this city, since
Tuesday last, are substantially as
follows:
On Saturday evening boy went
to the banking Office Of 6. A. Far
we'll after banking hours, and asked
Mr.. Fsrweli TO give him change for
. SO bill. After getting the change
the boy presented = $i0Obill and en-
CURED II 1t was good. In reply to
Mr., FarFell's question he stated
that thebill belonged to his father
who had received II from man In .
horse trade. that the man was to give
his father $s6 boot, but his father
could not make the change, and that
tho man having no other money
with him, he had been sent with the
so bill to get the change In order to
complete the trade, and that the man
was then waiting for him. Il occur
red TO him that there was something
"rotten In Denmark, p and the Sher-
iff was sent for, who, with Deputy
q. w. Corwin, soon put In an ap-
psarance, and with Mr.. F. md the
boy, they started to fiud the owner
Of the 500 bili. The man was soon
met, coming in search Of the boy.
Sheriff Brown questioned him in
reference 70 the bill, and the man
stated that he had obtained IL Of q
stranger In a-hOrse trade. The Sher-
in asked him II he had any other
money, when he exhibited between
thirty and forty dollars In gold and
silver, and about the same amount
in bank bills. When asked by the
Sheriff If he had any more, he pro-
duced $l60O. from his pocket inside
his shirt, la legal tender notes. He
said that he resided 40 Cedar Falls,
was acquainted with Mr. Whine, Of
Waterloo. The party then went to
Mr.. Winne's house, TO find out what
the man knew about him. At Win
mes the man was searched by the
Sheriff. He was then taken to the
bank and further search was made,
but the 500 bill which Gray had ia
ken could not be found. They re-
turned to Winne's in search OF the
missing bill, but not finding 1t, Gray |
was informed by the Sheriff that he
must go to Jail. On Monday. morn
ing he was admitted to bail In the
sum Of $500 to appear before U. 8.
Commissioner 9. III. Packard, OF
this City. for preliminary examina-
ton an Tuesday. As the examine
ton Is still going on, we are unable
to give the result this week,