Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-05-27

butter at the next County Fair, will
receive premium of SOS In gold
The Homeopathic Physicians of
Iowa are called to meet in conven-
tion at Des Moines, Tuesday, May
3lst, to form State Society. DIR.
Guilbert, of Dubuque, issues the call.
Died, on Wednesday morning, at
half past o'clock, May 18th, Jose
phine, youngest daughter of DIR. g.,
and Janette p. Sprague, aged 5 years.
10 months, and lS days.-Stote Reg
ister.
Col. Aaron Burr, of Fayette, Is
spoken Of rs candidate for Regis
ter of the State Land Office. The
Col. is a good man, worthy and de.
serving OF the place, and we hope he
will get 1T.
--Tilton, Garrison, Julia Ward
Howe, and other old ladies', are quar-
reling rs to which are the original
Jacobs In the woman's right move
ment. Where 10 many claim the
bantling, there are reasonable doubts
Of its legitimacy.-Dacenpor Demo
crdt.
Mrs. Noah Tracy, of Fairfield,
gave birth to twin boys, on the 9Th
inst, who were joined together the
same as the Siamese twins, except
that the attachment was complete
from the middle of the body to the
breast. The children are dead
Davenport Gazette.
--"Shoo Fly" cards are the latest
agony out. When a young lady re-
ceives note from an Objectionable
lover, she simply encloses card on
which Is printed "Shoo Fly,n and
the young man Is presumed not to
"hodder" her observation-disclosures
Webster city.
A Vintonian who was SO godly
that he wouldn't let Harper's Mdga-
zinc come into his house. because il
was book that didn't tend direct
ly to the glory of God" has skcdad-
died, leaving three years subscription
to his home paper unpaid.
The Council Bluffs Ncnpariel
mentions the arrival i'm that place of
three families who went out with the
Meeker Colony to Colorado. They
pronounce the whole affair big
swindle, and say that all the deluded
victims who can raise the means will
leave there and settle in iowa.
The Dubuque Times says: "a
young lady residing near EarIville,
married man by the name of Dust,
against the wishes of her parents.
After short time they lived unhap-
PLY together and she returned to her
fathers house, but he refused to re.
ceive her, saying, Dust thou art,
and unto Dust thou shalt return
and she got up and 'dusted.'"
A remarkable series of Affections
has overtaken a family named Pero,
living in Baden, Keokuk county,
Iowa. Three children died with
scarlet fever, and rs the grief strick-
ell father and mother were returning
from the funeral of the last one, the
"fS Sttuth dhu hilt~
Ell by lightning. The mother subse-
quently became insane under this
appalling succession of calamities,
and thus an entire household has
been broken up I'm strangely pair
ful manner.--Burtington HaVkeye.
The Iowa City Press extends an
invitation to the editsrs of the State
to visit there during the University
commencement in the last week of
June, and tenders the hospitalities of
the city to all who may come. The
same paper states that an elephants
tooth, weighing six pounds, perfect
and well preserved, was found near
that city by parties, while deepening
the excavation on the railroad.
Gov. Merrill speaks very en-
couragingly in relation to the Wis
consin Ship Cenal. He says that
this improvement is regarded more
favorably now than 1t has ever been
before. That the work Ii looked up
on rs not only feasible, but necessary;
and that If the present Congress does
not give the assistance ask ed for, it is
no reason why the friends of the inn.
provement should be dish eartened.
The next Congress will be prepared
to act more intelligeatly upon it. He
is, however, confident that an appro.
priation will be made by the present
Congress.-McGre9or Ne,Os.
Our readers well recollect that
n0f fall "a
wandered away from his home I'm
West Mitchell and got lost. We
learn from the st. Ansgar Gazette that
his remains have been found on the
prairie west of Deer creek some 16
miles from Mitchell. The body was
laying upon the back, with arms ex-
tended, one hand still holding his
cane. The face and hands, we are
informed, has been deprived of the
flesh by birds, but otherwise the re.
mains were unmolested, and In a
good state of preservation. The
body was delivered to his relatives.
and buried in the cemetery east OF
the town. Usage Press.
An appalling accident occurred
near Dewitt the other day, causing
the instant death of boy named
John Cider. He had been plowinp
; i'm the field not far from the house
! and at about ll:30 stopped work to &c
, to dinner. 1t is supposed that in get
, ting on the mule he became entangled
s4in the harness and was thrown off
a all events, the mule came dashInp
upstO the stable, dragging the boy by
, one fnot, which was fast I'm the coils
, of tdg. He was alive then, but bis
skull was broken i'm three places, {
portion OF the scalp gone, his necl
broken, and terribly mutilated ans
bruised in several other places upor
: his person. He died immeciatel,
: when released from the mule. -Er
AN affray, the precise cause o
which Is not fully apparent, occur
red on the 10th inst, at the Law
renee house, in Burlington, between
: Aquilla Lawrence, son of the pro
prietor, and Denton Bomback
} watchman at the hotel. Bonn bael
, was knocked down and kicked
out of the door, and Will,
lying PROSTATE upon the side
walk, stamped upon and kicket
so that he expired shortly after
Young Lawrence, after learning tn,
fatal result, fed and up to a lat,
hour has escaped arrest. A rewart
Of 81 500 is offered for his capture.
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! The Louisville C0urier-J JouY7aa
gets off the following "goak !" "a
. short time ann the body of ID 4,