Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-12-02

| ne inventor UT new dyspeptic
fpill sbsardly advertises that "all
may try them, aud return them il
dissatisfied. .s. ..E.
A call has been issued for con-
vention of the veterans OF the war OF
1912. at seneca Falls, ". Y, on the
lat Of December next.
Welcome Howard, the man who
was tarred ard feathered ia Lagrange
county, Ind. and sued for damages
In the United States Court, has oh
tanned welcome verdict, and feath.
cred his pockets with 5000 DANA.
ges. ...a
A kokomo, Indiana, jury has &C.
quilted Lieutenant Dougherty for
the killing OF young Van Horn, who
slanderea his sister. The widow OF
the deceased attempted summary
Vengeance with a revolver, In the
court room, but missed her alan.
The st. Albans Transcript says
I'VE have heard many times Of he
role actions and deeds Of lSriIlH~ be-
ing performed by representative. "
the setter sex, but we must confess
we never appreciated them until we
saw n st. Albnns lady slaughter n
hog on Monday morning." ......
The Woman Suffragists had
stormy time at their National Con-
vention at Cleveland, on "wednesday
Judge Bradwell, OF Chicago, and
other members Of the Illinois dele
cation, formally seeded from the
convention after an excited debate,
because Of the rejection of n PROPOSE
tion to unite the two distinct organl.
2ations, ..
Mark Twain is incorrigible. He
telegraphsd to the Boston Lyceum
bureau as follows: "a son was born
TO me yesterday, and with the true
family instinct he has gone to lectur-
ing already. His subject 1. tile same
AZ Josh BiIlings'-'Milk.' You are
hereby constituted his agent. and In.
structed to make arrangements with
lyceums."
A Michigan family agreed to
name their children after the first
steamboat that passed the house af-
ter a child was born; and have
named five IA follows: White Eagle
Polly, Jay Cooke, Tempest and Glad
Tidings. A girl was born to them
last week, and as the name Of the
first boat that came along was Ben.
Butler, they threw up the contract
and called her Hammer.
A remarkable phenomena occur
red about three miles east of Louis
vile, on the day OF the earthquake.
On small hillside that has heretD~
fore been dry ground, n stream of
water about one foot In diameter,
gushed out with great violence, and
has been running with the same
force ever since. The ground for a
considerable distance around the
water spout IL settling. Long poles
have been inserted, but no bottom
found. There seems to be an under
round lake. 1t is causing consider
able excitement.
A good story IL told of Anna
Dickenson, which illustrates that a
woman, however eminent. il a wo.
man still. When she opened the
Boston I4yceum, she came promptly
TO the front Of the platform at half
past seven, and quietly surveyed the
audience without opening her mouth
for several minutes. Sue did not sit
down. although chair had been
provided for her. "Why didn't you
sit down? ?" asked one of the mana.
ayers. What answer gave the elo-
quent woman: "Do you suppose /
was going to sit down In my new
dress 2"
On Wednesday last, man about
2S years of age, "A German, named
| Joseph schmidt, got into a freight
car at Cedar Rapids, and concealed
himself there, intending to steal n
ride eastward. as he wanted to get
to Lock port, ". Y. The ear was
loaded with barrels of cider and soon
after he had hidden himself, was
locked mp, and the volunteer passen.
ger was I'm darkness. The car was
not unlocked until IL reached this
city, when the poor fellow was dis
covered nearly famished. He had
provided nothing 10 eat on the jour
ney, aud for three days he had been
without mouthful of food. Lucki-
ly for him, he could assauge his
thirst, always worse than hunger
by helping himself To the cider, he
having opened one of the casks. lie
prefers TO walh the remainder of the
distance, rather than TO run the risk
of having such senghty pauEes be-
tween meals Erie Pa.) Dispatch.