Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-09-10

Final preparations are being made
for the State Fair Ceremonies at Keo'
kuk.
At Ottumwa Father KecEle has
broken ground for one Of the largest
converts i'm Ike West
The Lyons tIowa) Mirror suggests
that hereafter dogs and cats be eXhi-
Lited at the State Fairs.
The next session of the Deaf and
Dumb school at Iowa City, com
mences on the 18th of September
The 6rm of Crum & Atherton, of
the Usage Press, is dissolved. The
Press is continued by Mr.. Anterior.
The Iowa Homestead wants the
Keokuk hotel-keepers to announce
now what will be their rates during
the State Fair.
The equalized valuation of the |
State of Iowa, as decided by the Cen
sus Board, is S2o5, 10, I1l-enough |
for State so young and so new.
A man in a neighboring town in |
the last stages of consumption was,
Inst week, baptised by immersion,
andthinks his health was thereby
improved.
TT. L. Stout of Dubuque, lumber
dealer, returns his income for 1868 as
S42, 100, being next to that of b. F.
Alien, of Des Moines, the largest in
the State. . So. .....
A young lady, assisting her father
in securing his gram, near Lansing,
was thrown from q load of wheat
and instantly killed by the wagon
wheels passing over her body.
A young man at Dewitt was dam
gerously hurt by thresher while en-
deav0ring to remove a bag which had
been wrapped around the tumbling
rod by mischievions boys.
Samuel Davis, farmer of Lewis,
Cass county, was killed 10y lightning
on the evening of the 9th ult. He
came West from Madison county,
n. Y, and leaves q wife and seven
children.
The Elkader Journal estimates the
loss in Clayton county, by destruc-
ton of bridges during the late storm,
cannot be less than 100000. This be-
sides great loss to farmers in the de-
struction of crops.
A Linn county threshing machine
man lost fine purp last week under
narrowing circumstances, The play
full little brat was jumping the straw
piles and made clean dive into the |
cylinder and came out hash in less
than wink.
While returning to Marengo from |
camp meeting, during a thunder
storm on the night of the 9th ult.,
Mrs, Wood was struck by lightning.
Her clothes were completely burned
off, and she is not expected to recov-
er.
The editors of the Page County
South. West are informed by Mr..
Churchill, residing in Washington
township, that he raised, this season,
twelve bushels of onions, full meas
ure, upon piece of ground four rods
square.
A rattlesnake paid visit to the
house of Mrs. Shultz, near Lansing,
few days ago, and took quiet pos
session of the, lower rounds of two
chairs and went to sleep. Mrs. S.
escaped from the house with her
child, and her husband soon killed
the intruder.
Thirteen plans for n new State ,
House were submitted to the Census ,
BoaLd of Iowa, varying i'm price of
from So, 200, 900 to 81 900,
600. The four leading plans are those }
of BoyingtOn, Eochrane and TiIleys, n
oil of Chicago, and Farrens, of Des 81
MOines. The decision of the Board "
will probably not be made for a week. L
The name of the McGregor and b
Sioux City railroad, of which the eI
and st. Paul company
.ook possession q short time since,
'as been changed into the Yankton p
livisien Of the Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad. This we take il, IT
means that The road will have its
erminus at Yankton instead of ,,
sioux City. The Dubuque road will "
DON be finished through to Sioux "
lily, i"
Az New Hampton, Chickasaw
ounty, the other day, two red-hot to
overs OF the same grit, concluded to al
ettle the question by regular mill. eli
retired place was chosen, twenty so
hree rounds were fought, and con- Ia
iderable claret flowed. They finally ra
ot tired and quit, by shaking hands. ol
lie Courier says the girl has not al
aid which is which yet. Probably W
he wants man of more muscle than al
ither. ~
The Charles City Mtelligencer says,
II Friday evening fiendish attempt
7as made to throw the Eastern-bound tn
xpress train off the track on the
owa Division of the Milwaukee and st
It. Paul railroad. When a few rods Tn
rom Girard Station, six miles from al
he river, the engineer observed a IA
nan throw the switch and run into vi
he woods, the engineer Immediately it'
CLOWN breaksn and re- w
ersed his engine, but not before the GO
ngine and baggage-car were thrown I'd
fl the track. No one was injured. 81
AN Iowa "IDA LEWIS. 1.-The fol-
owing from the Davenport Demo a.
rat shows that Iowa is not devoid of 10
heroic women on water": -"Two ~
Dung gentlemen took an old skiff v
rom the foot of Warren street and W
ommenced pulling towards Maple VI
sland. When between that spot 20
nd Willow Island, the boat, which =
vas old and leaky, rapidly filled, and 80