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PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY's
COMP. ACID PHOSPHATE OF LINE

For Composing with Cotton Seed.
fHNHIS article s manufactured at the Com
Il Panys Works under the direction and su-
porlhtendence Of DR.. Ravencl. 1t contains the
same elements OF fertility Soluble Pacific
Guano, except that it is not furnished with
Ammonia: 1t is prepared expressly for com
posting with cotton seed, which furnishes the
element of Ammonia; the object being to rem
der that side product of the plantation availa-
bic to the highest degree an clement of fer
tility. For further and particular information.
apply to the undersigned.
s45 cash. or $50 on LIST November, 1870 for
approved city acceptance or other good secur-
ity. J. n. ROBSON,
Agent for South Carolina,
and Atlantic Wharf Charleston.
Il. O'NEALE & SoN, Agents, Columbia s. C.
JOHN 5. REESE, JH., General Agent, Balti-
more. Oct 26 t3mo
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9Th Q Exchange House,
just Opened
ny PAYSINGER a, EpANYrTu

a, TRAVELLING business MEN
NJwill find at this House many ad- sS<
~ vantages over ordinary Hotels, SSA
as the best Of MEALS AND LODGINGS can be
obtained at all hours and st moderate rates.
Rtetanrant and Bar attached, where will al
1sys be kept on hand the best LIQUORS.
VINES AND SEGARS; also, Fresh OYSTERS,
GAME, FISH. &c. Nov ~ ;
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Teas and CoEees.

SELECTED by an expert Choicest Moyune
~ Hyson, Japan and English Breakfast Teas.
mocha, Old Government Java, Laguayra and
quality guaranteed GEO. SYMMERS
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Laurens Railroad---New Schedule.
66eee55fsfs MAIL Trains OIL this Road rim %
1SRsretnrn same day, to connect witS
up and down Trains on Greenville and Co,nna
bia Failroad, at Helena; leaving Laurena st z
a. A., tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdsvs.
July e BOWERS Superintendent
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THE CAROLINA HOUSE,
RICHARD BARRY, Proprieto,

FIG cessibie from Main street, being on Wash
u ington, near Sumter. The very best Of
LIQUORS always on hand. Tom and Jerry,
Flip, Hot Pnnohes, and other winter beve-
tiea. prepared ct short notice.. Nov 80
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Regulator.


purity pIthe. pIoou, nieianchoiy, or depression
OF spirits, heartburn, collie, or pains in the
bowels, pain i'll the head, fever and ague,
dropsv, boils, pain in back and limbs, asthma,
erysipelas, female affections, and bilious dis
eases generally. Price 81; by mail, S1.25.
Prepared only by j. H. ZEILIN & CO.,
Druggists. Macon, Ga.
The following highly respectable persons can
fully attest to the virtues of this medi.
cine. and to whom we most respectfully refer:
Gen: w. 8. Holt, President s. W. II. it. Com
pany; Rev: j. r. Fielder, Perry. Ga. Col. f.. X.
Sparks, Albany, Ca; Geo. j, Lunsford, Esq,
Conductor s. W. r. r.; c. Mastorson, Esq,
sheriff Bibb County; j. A. Bntts, Bainbridge,
Ga; Dykes & sparhawk, Editors Worididn,
rallahassee; Rev. ]. w. Burke, Macon, Ga.
Virgil Powers, Esq, Superintendent S. W. r.
Daniel Bullard, Billiards. Station, Macon
t:,I 4 brunswick M r. r., TwigGs County. Ga Grcn-
E. +. Easterling. p. Z. Florida Conference;
Major A. +. Wooley. Kingston, Ga; Editor
MACON Telegraph, and John ingalls,, formerly
Of Columbia, s. c.
For sale b. all drugcists. July 1s +3mo
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Dupont's Gunpowder Agency.

N grades, in Whole, Half and Quarter Kegs o.
and Canisters, for sale low to the trade and
oonsumers--also, Drop and Buck SHOT, Per-
cussioN CAPS, Gun Flints, &C., for sale low,
py j. Il T. r. AGNEW
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VNHE Proprietors take pleasure in annoupc.
Il ing this elegantly furnished Establishment
now open for the accommodation of guests.
The table will always be supplied with every
1elcacy of tho seaeon-both from the New
York and Charleston markets, and no efforts
very respect, to our patrons. FREE LUNCH
the refectory every day from IL until 12A.
May so y. Mhi Il. dHHMAHi BAbENHiop, pnorrrnroas
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R@@ta1zKsa11Gs C.

- -E6@9G&kfGHIsG
MM n THE POLLOCK HOUSE RES
&Al2HTAURAET ienoW In compie ietework-
49, ing order. OYSTgRSWilf be seryed
upin every style and in the beet manner. Fa.
mpies supplied in any quantity. 80
Alio. GAME in season; besidesf p ~
REFRESHMENTS Of every kind.
ia -RILLIARD ROOM is again In .y7fTIy7
az =. q: Il a1ssSii F6f.so5ks
ye.v~H.L oet28 Propriotnr. !,
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Exchange of Bonds
81 R Rssssaals g % s

~ R eaMes'sss 80
COLUMBIA, S. c., November 18, 1863,
INNHE stockholders OF the Charlotte and
Il south Carolina, and tho Columbia and Au!
gusta Railroad Companies in joint Convention,
July 8, 1869, having consolidated and antho,
rized tho issuance by this Company Of its First
Mortgage Seven per cent. Coupon BONDS, TO
be used for the purpose Of retiring the Bonds
of said two Companies respectively, the nm
dcrslgned hereby gives notice Of his readi-
meas to make the Exchange OF the BONDS.
The Coupon duo January /, 1870, will be at
for the purpose designated, will amount 10
$1,000, 900, which is equivalent to lien OF only
about 1000 per mile on this Company's road
OF o;n ~; miles. AS security they are regarded
either OF the two Companies named, and are
confidently commended as one Of the best in
vcstments now offered in the Southern States
Nov lS c. H. MANSON, Trea sufer. =
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta B. &.
Is 50 HSsEEEalSIZ l5.l CO R8''g1
GENERAL FREIGHT & TICKET OFFICE.
CoLuMBIA, s. c., December %, 1869. :
NNHE following Passenger Schedule will 90
Il into effect ON this Road on and after sun.
DAY next, 26th instant:
GOING NORTH.
Leave Augusta, Observation-Disclosures. 400 a. m.
" Columbia, =. c., at. t........... $40 a. m.
Winnsborc, at Ill 40 o. m.
Arrive ut Charlotte, N. C.... 420 D. m.
:. Making close connections with Trains of
North Carolina Road for all points North and
East. 80 IL
oUINu SOUTH. .t
Leave Charlotte, N. c., at. 10. 80 a. M.
Gnester, at 1.25 p. m.
Wlnnsooro, at ---- 2.57 p. m. I.
ColnmDia, 3. o., at.......... SOY p. m.
arrive AT Augusta. ............ 8. 30 p. m
Muking close connections with Trans Of
central and Georgia Railroads for Savannah,
and all points in Florida, Macon, Columbus,
Montgomery, Mobile. New Orleans, Selma
Chattanooga, memphis, Nashville, Louisville
West.
Palace Sleeping Cars on all Night Trains.
Through Tickets sold, and Baeaa pc check ed to
all pi incpal points -
RD- Passengers by this route GOING NoRrH.
have choice Of THREE DIl FERENT ROUTES =
G. BOI1KNIGHT, Superintendent.
l.. r. DoRsEY, General Freight and Ticket
Agent Der or
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SAVANNAH, Ca, March 8, 1887.
MIR. G. w. AIMAR-- Dear Sir: A member of
my family, suffering long from Dyspepsia, has
experienced more relieftr"m your ''Saracenia
Bitters," than from any other medicine she
mas over tried. Itis most excellent for invigo-
rating the system and creating an appetite. l
regard as decidedly the most beneficial Of all
dyspeptic remedies. Yours. very respectfully,
n. j. DARRELL.
Sold by all Druggists. General Agents, R1s-
LEY 4 Co., Ill Chambers ST., N. Y. April Q t1y
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important Notice to Shippers,

3n esa lssl ass4s.Si2as 49,. sEs ssstss
CHARLOTTE, CoIuMRIA AND AuarsTA II. r. Co. {
GENERAL FREIGHT AND TICKET ACTS OFF1cE,
COLUMBIA. b. c., August ~, 1868
NNHE SEA-BOARD INLAND ALI LINE
Il FREIGHT ROUTE is again opened for
business and offers VI ERIUK ADvANTAGLa
to the Merchants Of Columbia and up couptry..
RATES-NEW YORK1 o CUI.UMBIA-F
Class u 80; Second Glass S1.20; Third Claen
81 10; Fourth Class 80c.; Fifth Glass 6Dc.. per
hundred pounds = y
n5- Rates and Classificatiops to all other
polhts North, same as uid Charleston loute
The Steamship Lines connecting with and
forming part Of the Sea-board inland Air. Line
are as follows. BE CAREFUL AND SHIP By rHEsE
LINES ONLY: ll ! . rs11
Boston and Norfolk Steamship Co., End OF
Central Wharf, Boston-E. Sampson, Agent
Old Dominion Steamship Co., Pier 81 North
River, New York-N. l.. McCready, Presr.; or
hce 187 Greenwich street, corner Dey N. Y:
Philadelphia and Norfolk Steamship Co., II
North Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia--W. p.
Clyde, Agent.
Annamessic Line, uin Delaware Railroad
Depot Philadelphia. Wilmington and Bahi.
more Railroad, Philadelphia. M y,
baltimore Steam Packet Co., tBay Line, } foot
OF Union Dock, Baltimore-R. L. roor, Agent.
Hg In shipping freight for Philadelphia be
careful to mark the packages and note on Bill
or Lading whether il is to be forwarded by
Clydes Steamers. or rid Annamessic Line.
For further information, address tg
E. II. DORSEY,
Aug IS General Freiph' and Ticket Agt.
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3but tho Liver is ge-
5nerallv tho organ
4 most involved; cure
81 In I.ivnr with
LIVER
DR.. SIMMONS'

DR.. SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR,
preparation of roots and herbs. warranted
to be strictly vegetable, and can do no injury
to any one.
1t has been used by hundreds, and known
for tho last thirty five years as one of the most
reliable, cff1cacious and harmless preparations
ever offered to the suffering. If taken regu.
larly and persistently, it is sure to euro.
Dyspepsia, headache, jaundice, costiveness,
sick headache, chronic diarrhTa, affections OF
the bladder, camp dysentery, affections of the
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South Carolina Railroad Company,

ouutH CarUHna ha1Iroad C0mpanY,
GENERAL SUPT'S OFFICE, SEPT. IS. 1863.
ESs "a KE EtsCsJ6sss1.s- ftsS6sr THE following Sche-
- 80 a,,R 4Si3@-Is. dulc for Passenger
Trains will lie observed from this date: " o'
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaving columbia at.............. TAO u. nj.
Ar'l''t9 al CoiunlDia at. ....... 40 p. nj
NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN.
Leaving Columbia at ........ -. $50 p. M.
Arriving III Columbia at....... -. 4.45 q. M.
THE CAMDEN TRAIN -a
Will continue to run the following scledule.
1RI-wEEKLY.
(Mondays. Wednesdays and Saiurdayy.)
Arrive Columbia II 90 g. m. Leave LAB D. H.
DAILY (suNDAYs EXCEPTED J ann.
Leave Camden $50 am. Ar KineyiJls O. 90 a nj.
I've Kingville 8. IL o. m. Ar Camden G5p.m.
Sept 16 Fl. #. PEAKE. General Sup't.-
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SIMMONS

Sometimes the pain is i'll the shoulder, and i.
mistaken for rheumatism. The stomach is
affected with loss OF appetite and sickness,
bowels in general costive, sometimes alternat-
ing with lax. The head is troubled with pain,
and dull, heavy sensation, considerable loss oi
memory, accompanied with painful sensation
of having left undone something which ought
to have been done. Often complaining OF
weakness, debility, and low spirits Some
times some of the above symptoms attend the
disease. and at other times VERY few Of them
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Spartanburg and Union Z

ON aud otter the ,Ussss u FER
Pessenger Trsins viii Fas6 dSsS>s
Fri3ays, ats o, M, and arrive at Xisfo,soa
Log p. m, connecting with Greenville, a.
trnn. Returning Tuesdays, Thuradass sy
Sfurdays, leave Alston o so na. arriVe sns sks
tynour8 S.4O p. M, as por following Sebe8SIX,
Do,nal ITaiu. UplIrGfn.
r. Miles. Arrive. Leave. Arrive T.a..
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!. E EgssYve: sn ooNYRsyEp.
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Greenville ana Columbia Railroad

To, EE5 IIfs54ifsSl PASSENGER Trains run
80 ~ @1zEzE.aE daily except SUI day, con-
meeting with Night Train on Charleston Road:
I've Columbia 700 am I've Greenyille G 90 an,
&c Alston 1855 /" Anderaon q. .45 90
Newberry10.35 Abbeville 8.45 {"
Arr Abbeville $50 pm " Newberry I.25, nj
"Anderson SIS {" Alston 3.O0U
"Greenville 600 Z" Arr Columbis & 'Cl, nm
Trains on Blue Ridge Railroad run as follows:
I've Anderson s. 20 nm I've Walhalla l.0o Am
Pendleton 6.20 F." o., Pepdleton 6. 40 10
Arr Walhalla 500 " Arr Ap6sraou q 40
The train will return from Beltoll adler
son on Monday and Friday morniE =
JAMES o. MEREDITH. Gent
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Phosphfic
s1a mainly
which
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phosphate
Zone Lhosphate
Dissolved ueent
IN
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Charles
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-10-21
THE GAZETTE
CEDAR FALLS, OCTOBER. 81, 1870.
Chicago The Wonderful.

III 1887 Chicago had a population
ef 3,l70; in 1S47, 10, $50; in 1860, lO9,- :
260; in 1865, 1859. Now the CEN
sus shows it to contain 297, us souls,
and there are without doubt n suffi-
cent number II OF enumerated 10 make
the total more than 500 900. She has
4j,602 dwellings and 904 establish
ments of Industry. In ten years the
increase Of population has been 1885,
ass, or one hundred and seventy
three per cent. In the county of
Cook there are 34S, 7OG people a
total gain of 203, ,753 in the last ten
yeats. In 1916 the county contained
but 81 ,5Sl. The west division is the
most populous of the three divisions
OF the city, it having l4I,247 the
south division has S0,933; the north
division 1928. The most populoas
ward is the Ninth, 1t having 81, T,21S;
the First wardS mostly filled with
business houses has but G,5S1 people
residing within it, the least Of any OF
the twenty wards. This Is most
marvellous growth, though few ar,
dent persons have estimated that the
census would show $50, 600, it is fully
up to what the thoughtful had pre-
dicted. But wonderful as has been
the record of Chicago, we hardly
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-10-21

A man in Boston il said to be so
short that when he il III he don't
know whether he has headache or
corns.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-10-21

The New York TndcpcadclH fIrn-
ishes the following In regard to the
great grain exchange Of Tie world {:
Not two syllablcs are more famil-
liar in every grain growing country
Uf the four continents, tEIn Mark
Lane. They head "a column In all
British neWspapcrs-are quoted ia
French, German, Spanish aud Amer.
lean Journals. The Corn Exchange
takes the name OF the street on which
Il stands. II Is the only market ln
London tor corn, grain and seed
England is always "a buyer Of grain.
The 1900, coo acres in tlto United
Kingdom never produce suittcien-
cy of cereals in the most abundant
harvest to fill the mouths Of the g..
0g0,O people through the year.-
Hence the price England pays for
grain, scIt'ed tri,wepkiy at Ihe Corn
Exchange in Mork Lane, rules the
prices not only at home, but, slight.
~ decreasing i'm the ratio Of distance
all over the world.
Mark Lane stands i'm the heart of
mercantile London. IL H. close upon
the Thames. On every side are vast
warehouses crammcd wi;h the
freights brought in 10y every tide. -
Pendulous bales swing from fifty
feet aloft. Casks plunge and duck
headlong into cellars. Thc street is
iammed with loaded wains. The
wuyfarer dives beneath uUse,bags,
and rubs shoulders with dripping
tires on broad wheeled wagons. Tie
Corn Exchange stands in the center
Of Mark Lane, o4 the eastern side
IL was built soon after l747 when the
present System of factories C0mmenc-
cd. s......
In 40 open dOrjc coll0nadc, shelf.
cred. well lighted, roofcl iu from the
weather, and covered hy large and
handsome dome, stand before stalls
filled with samples of every variety
of grain and pulse productive OF
food for man and beast, factors and
millers. light ters and granary Keepers
bluff country gentlemen and Keut-
ish farmers. Their are more than
seven hundred independent places Of
business The counters are polished
by the friction of grain. They are
covered with open can gass bags con
tanning samples. All responsibilities
rest with the principals, who, If they
do not deliver goods according to
sample, must abide the disagreeabie
consequences.
Grain lies in heaps everywhere --
1t is under the stalls, on the seats,
over the counters, and ancle deep,
covering the floor. The ever NOV.
ing crowd are grinding it under foot.
A hundred hands are taking 1t from
the bags, rubbing aud comparing,
and "palmingn it. and then throw
ing it upon the floor. why is not
the grain returned to the bag?" was
the question put to friend. "That
would Lever do," he replied. sup
pose / were buying oats. take a
sample In my hand, shift 1T to the
other, move it about aud examine its
colors, smell and taste. 1t has lost
its dryness or dampnfss, II no longer
Il sample, and to return IL 10 the bag
would be to deceive the next conner.
OF course throw it on the floor. IL
is somebody's perquisite!'
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-10-21
Docked Him for Lost Time.

Mark Twain in his humorous lee
lures on the Sandwich Islands, =
tells this little story in Illustration of
meanness
A company in Lower California
had man 1T work drilling and
blasting rocks. lie had drilled ahole
about four feet deep, put In q charge,
and was tamping 1t down with an
Iron bar about niue feet long, wheBa
premature explosion occurred. Up
went the man, still grasping the iron
bar, till he looked no larger than "a
boy mp, ~. till he looked no larger
than a doll still upward, and lie
looked no larger than bne; higher
yet and ne was out of sight. Pres
emily he reappeared, apparently the
size of bee; be continued To de-,
scend, till he looked ns large as doll,
nearer he came aud looked the size
Of Il boy down, down, tili--strange
to rclate-he struck the very tracks
he stood in before. aud resumed his
tamping as If nothing lad happened
You wouldn't believe it, ID was 40
mean, but that man wasn't gone
from his work more than fifteen min
ntes, yet the com, ny docked him
for lost time.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-10-21

The Saginaw mich } RepubGc tells
the following tale of horror:
II has heen known for some time
that dirty, Wretched old man lived
outside Tie city, about mile or so,
in a filthy little cabin, entirely alone,
and that lie was hermit. No one
ever went near him, for IL was said
he was a magician. ... ..
His only companion was n skeleton
looking dog. lie cnme into the city
sometimes to beg, and would riteuus.
~ imniore for money, stating that he
was starving. Sometimes he would
gather rags or scraps of paper AMI
sell them. Every one supposed him
to be wretChedlv poor. He had an
evil look, md mothers would remove
their children when they saw him
coming. Cae day last week, how~
ever, n child, The son OF Mr., Ahru-
hmm skinner, went out atone to tish
in the stream, and happened to wan
der on until, before he knew it, he
came to Che hovei of the old mat.
At first he was frightened, hut seeing
no no one qroaMd he plaekessl ,,n. 2. .a...'e- !, ,
through crack In tile sitie or the
hut.
He almost screamed at what he
saw, for he beheld the old man bend,
ing over bag of money that he was
counting, There were other bags
beside him containing large quauti'
ties Of money. Mr.. SINNERS sou
was 80 terrified that when he at
tempted to move he stumbled. Like
lightning the old man rushed out
and seized him. "Ha!n he screamed,
"rve caught you, have 1? You saw
me, did you? Wcll--now you'll pay
for It," And before Mr. Skinner's
son could say word, the old mon.
ster, with an awful laugh, drew ont
knife, aud cut the chiId's tongue
out. Then he chopped of his lin-
gers. "Now,p he suid-"nOw you
can go, for YOU can't tell.n The poor
hoy ran Off overcome with agony,
aud ran to his fathers house only to
fill them with Consideration. What
was the matter with :hetr child
He could not speak TO toll them ! He
could not write, for his fingers were
cut.
still the poor boy, after efforts of
the most horrible pain. managed TO
fN pencil between hisblOody Stnmps
of fingers, and wrote the awful tale {!
A party was Immediately organized,
and hastrned to the misCr's den. He
was at the door a. they approached,
and fred II revolver six times at
them, wOunding two of the party
seriously. Mr.. skinner returned the
fire, aud the aged villain fell, with a
piercing yell, mortally wounded,
My money--my money :" he
moaned, my beautiful money" and
he crawled to his bags of gold and
sauk upon them IA corpse! Over
$4,000 was discovered, which was
presented to the Poor>house and
other charitable institutions. The
event viii never be forgotten by ouT
citizens. The child is slowly recover,
lng. The miser was buried the day
after, and the hut was torn down.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-10-21

AS n train on the Wilmington
and Weldon road reached Warsaw,
North rarolina, the other day, u
Texas chap on board asked one Of
the settlers at the station: "What
kind Of IA country have you here >"
"Oh I" was the response, 1--WE have
a mighty nice country MI we lack
is water and good society" The
Carolina man was somewhat com
rorted by the assurances that hi
had the same advantages.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-10-21
State News.


On the 18th, DR.. Mcclellan, edi-
tor of the Cedar Rapids Times, was
married to Mrs. Nellie Gardner.
-Des Moines Is to have another
iron bridge over the Des Moines. 1t
will CONSIST of three spans, each 200
feet. .
"A young lady in this State has
brought Il libel suit against her
mother as the only meaEs left to get
a mother.in in-law.
The notorious Dick Arthur ha.
turned up again. He was arrested
by Dept. Marshal Fitzroy Sessions,
for passing counterfeit money.
Col. Sandford has Just returned
from his third trip to Europe. He
saw Paris and France under the
furnace fire of war and will lecture
about it,
On the railroad in the southwest
corner of Webster county, five miles
east oI the calhoun county lne, and
six miles moth OF the Greene county
line, new town has been laid out,
and named "Fowrie.n The present
population couss sts of a depot builds
ing and an elk.
The Keokuk cate city gives i'm
formation of an absconding treasurer,
Charles Amidon, who has decampcts
from that city with $3.50 belonging to
the Locomotive Fireman's Union
and variDus other sums borrowed
frem friends, leaving behind him a
large accumulation of unpaid bills.
STATE CENSUS. The Des Moines
Register says there are now but four
counties TO hear from; that ten
counties reported since the list was
published, show q greater increa,e
than was anticipated, which
strengthens the belief that the total
footings will exceed l, 200, 900.
Clinton county, ever ahead Of
Jackson in matters pertaining to ed
ucatiOnal matters, submits at the
next general election the proposition
of establishing county high school
The last Legislature authorized
Counties TO dQ this for the purpose Of
educating at home, their own teach
ers, thus saving the expense of send
ing students away. We hope Jack
son county will not let another elec.
ti0n pnss without voting upon this
important question, - uaquOkctG E.c-
cekslOr
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-10-21

A FASCINATING youth of Louis
vile, was receatly badly sold by the
natrom of the Kentucky State Pris-
on, in whose daughter he seemed to
evince very strong interest while
travelling In q railroad car. Think.
ing that tho ilirtation had continued
long enough, she suddenly changed
her seat TO the side of the young
man aud whispered in his ear: ''Sir,
you are total stranger to me; but /
feel 1t to be my duty to warn you Of
impending evil. That young lady is
just out of the State Prison. A
passenger got Off at the next station.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-10-21

THE New York Association of
Sunday school teachers reports 4l8
Sunday schools in New York city,
and lis, ,828 attendants on their rolls.
The report showed that out of the
lis schools, SD were Episcopalian. Go
Presby yteriau, 81 Methodist, A Bap-
tlst, 80 Catholic, Hebrew, Con-
gregationalist, 5 Quaker, , Sweden
borgian, and ! InIidel.