Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-08

BILE explosion of boiler OH che Fair
grounds at indianapolis occurred on
the 1st inst, killing twenty~seven
persons and wounding many others
500, coo was stolen from the Nor
wolk Conn, Bank last week-The
receipts of the Wisconsin State Fair
were S., 500-Expeditions from New
York for Cuba have reached the
Florida coast-The papers say Mr..
and Mrs. A. T. Stewart are making
great preparations for opening their
new fifteen thousand dollar house
Geo. w. Curtis declines the nominal
ton of the New York Republicans
for Secretary of State-There seems
TO be some controversy as 10 where
hell gate is. There seems to be no
doubt Of its being Wall street New
York, since the late gold gambling
trial-The Tennessee Legislature is in
session. An informal count shows
Andrew Johnson ahead for the U. s.
Senate--It isreported that not enough
wheat will be raised this year in
Great Britain by 100000 bushels
for home consumption. A chance
for IOwa-Affairs about Cuba begin
to look warlike-A Republican in
surrection is probable in Spain-The
boilers of the Republican ticket are
going to win in Chicago-Ex-Presi-
dent Pierce is very ill-Four men
were precipitated one hundred and
eighty feet down coal shaft at
Gardner, Ills. last week-The Thomp-
son and Parkhurst troupe have dis
banded-The Cedar Falls and Mime
sofa Railroad is completed to Usage
A young blood seven years old was
arrested the other day in st. Louis
for drunkenness. Young America
for you that-Peter Cooper whose
oh eolx would huy oil tho charrints in
Gotham, rides down to his office
every day in an old fashioned one
horse shay-In London Canada, last
week so, 900 persons assembled to
greet Prince Arthur-The State Reg
lister intimates quite strongly that
Anna Dickinson's lecture in Des
Moines on de De Profundus was q
laundering poor thing-Keatly of
the NonparieI has had his meer-
schaum stolen. A clever joke on
the Cola silly fellow recently
gave a West Point Belle 5000 bo-
uuet-A man in Wintersett lost his
horse on bet and got him back on
replevin The gallant Harry
O'Connor is making some grand
campaign speeches this seasou-Col.
II. NJ. Atherton of the Usage Press
has been nominated for Representa-
tive in his distriet-A colOred wo-
man in Galway county, Kentucky
last week gave birth to six children
at one birth. We DON'T believe it
A farmer at Charlottesville lost
some valuable hogs by feeding them
plum stones-There were twenty
seven editors in attendance at the
State editorial convention. Big turn
out that. The address of Frank
Palmer and the poem of J. L. Me-
Creary were pronounced excellent
productions-Geo. w. FishbaCk of
the st. Louis Democrat has gone to
Europe for his health. 1t is hoped
that he will survive to bring Fish
back Anna Dickinson for the eleven
hundredth and ninety ninth time is
announced to be engaged to be mar
ried-New York papers are quarrel
ing as to whether 60 or so" Straight
drinks make a gallon of whisky
The Chicago Sorosis is said to be
breaking up by marriages-Inde-
pendence has raised the license on
beer from SIS to $2OO-The devil of
the Mt. Pleasant Journal saw Henry
Clay Dean slip off the street the 9TH
day and ran to the office Immediate
ly and reported another land slide"
An easier feeling prevails in the
money market. We judge by that
that the gamblers have made their
pile-A disastrous flood has visited
Philadelphia-The Iowa State Uni
versity of Iowa City has 122 pupils
Mexico has population of 1867, 900
The yield of wheat i'm Northern
Iowa will sum about eighteen busels
to the acre.
The Muscatine journal says, 1.-the
Henry County Board of Supervisors
levied a ten mill tax to pay off