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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28
UEDAR FALLS, JANUARY 20, 1870.
Fifteenth Amendments.

The report of the committee to
adopt the Fifteenth Amendments in
our State Legislature, called out q
lively discussion from both sides of
the House, The Democrats claim
that 1t is unconstitutional, that il
proposes right that is centralizing
&C., all of which is i'm keeping with
tire arguments advanced by that
party during the war. They claimed
that it was unconstitutional to fight
rebels and they were greatly opposed
TO that Capitalization of poWern
which would compel them to shoulder
their muskets and go into the army
to fight the enemies of our county.
It is simply ludicrous to talk of Iowa
refusing to ratify the resolution, and
II would have been done at its first
introduction had It not been for O
meretechnicality In the reading of the
resolutions introduced in the Senate
and House. Ere this is before our
readers, Iowa will have placed herself
right on the record.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28
Iowa News.

Iowa has fifty-two Wooden
Mills. -.....
-Des Moines is being hunabuged,
by Macalister. .....
The Bulletin, says over leo build
ings have been erected in Indepe2-
dence, In 1869, at cost of S144,690.
1T is thought that the present
Iowa Legislature will not be recog-
nized by ths,epurts as a legal body,
there being not a single Smith in
either house. -...
The Pella Blade says: "a
young lady in this place was promis-
ed cow by her "dad," if she would
marry certain "fine haired" gen.
tleman, she told him she had no OBJ
tons to the cow, but she didn't want
the "calf." p ~. K. Is. N...
"A young man, named Victor
Heromy. attempted suicide at Dav-
export, on the 23d, by taking ten
grains of morphine. He is still alive,
and may recover, although he says
he prefers to die now. No cause is
assigned.
Halls Journal of Health, which
is high authority, opposes married
people sleeping together, and de-
clares it to be deleterious to health,
and advises them to sleep in adjoin-
ing rooms. The prescription may be
a very good one and the philosophy
very sound, but what married man
will take the one or accept the other
Well bet old Hall Notwithstanding
his theory, is offering himself &
brightly sacrifice"
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

T. LANDGRAF, Merchant Tailor
and dealer i'm gentlemen's Furnish
ing goods and Hats, has opened out
at his new quarters one door south of
F. n. Chase Fruit Bazaar, Cedar Falls,
having engaged the services of the
well known cutter, p. Pickton, who
would be glad to see all of his old
friends and rs many new ones as will
favor him with call. My stock of
Cloths and Cassimers is complete,
consisting of French Coatings, CASH
meres i'm numerous shades and col
ors, Broad Cloth, Doeskins and Tri-
cots, all of which will be made up i'm
the very latest styles and best work
manship. Thankful for the very lib
eral patronage heretofore bestowed,
hope by strict attention to business
to merit continuance of the same.
II. LANDGRAF.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

! The latest defalcation-that oil
the Treasurer of the city of Boston
is christened a clerical error"
"A Cincinnati paper advertises for
"Girls for cooking" A contemporary
replies: "You will like them raw,
when you get accustomed to them"
"A juror at Watertown, New
York, forty years of age, said he
hadn't had a newspaper in his house
for eight years. He voted generally
from "hear-say."
"A Hartford man broke his back
by sitting down in a chair, sitter the
chair had been removed. He said he
saw through the joke as soon as his
pants struck the floor.
Should one Of the many strikes
on the Erie railroad result in hitting
Fisk and Gould between the eyes, it
would be knock down argument
which might result in Chicago
Post.
Josh Billings says: 1.-THE mewl
is larger burd than the guse or tur-
key. 1t has two legs to walk with,
and two more to kick with, and it
wears his wings on the side of its
head"
Up to this date Chicago has pack
ed less hogs than at the same date i'm
sixty-eight, or in sixty-seven, while
Cincinnati, st. Louis, Louisville and
Milwaukee have packed considerably
more.
A soldier i'm Maine regiment,
who was struck by minnie-ball on
the bridge Of the nose, in the battle
of the WILDERNESS, lately had it cut
from the back of his head where it
had lodged.
Good authority says that upwards
of seventy members of Congress are
pledged to oppose any further outlay
upon the public bulldogs and
grounds at Washington. BY the
pricking of a hundred and forty
thumbs that Capital does this way
come. - Exchange.
The last bit of literary gossip is
that J. Whitelaw Reid, the clever
and handsome young man of the
Tribune. who used to be only
agate" and a brilliant newspaper
correspondent, is now not only in the
highest journalistic position of any
man of his age in this country, but
he is engaged to marry Miss Anna
Dickinson.
Brick Pomeroy says he once
worked at the case along side of
negro printer, and is proud Of the
fact" Tie pagro printer was Noah
Pickett, of Talmadge, Ohio-he adj
mits the fact; but instead of being
"proud" like Brick, he lis ashamed
of it," Moreover he says Brick owes
him for a loan of $40 made at that
period, and hopes lie
may yet be proud to say I oece no
negro" Mr.. Pickett winds up his
crisp response by saying:-"I am
now rather crippled up, but my
Heavenly Father knows that 1 would
,tarve before would again work at a
case alongside of Brick Pomeroy."
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28
iowa state Agricultural
society.

socIErY's OFFICE, FAIRFIELD, Jan. 20 70
Editor State Register PLEASE an
nounce for the benefit of County Ag-
ricultural Societies in Iowa, and In
States and counties convenient to us,
and of the people at large, that the
next State Fair will be held at Keo-
kuk, commencing. Monday. Sept.
18th, and continuing five days. Re-
quest papers in the State to copy.
r.. Your obedient servant, .....
-s. l. NJ. SuAFEER. Sec'y.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28
GEO. G.. WRIGHT.

REWARD OF MERIT. U.
Merritt, and his consort Lutbynsey
Merritt, got their respective heads
into the conjugal yoke some years
ago. They reside in that county OF
domestic quitude, Grundy. Sudden
ly the garlands dropped from the
chain that bound them, and the hid
eous yoke appeared in all its CALLING
hardness. 1t was the same change
that Chaucer described:
"wilhelm he loved her But when tied
In holy bonds, he could not her abide;
Like unto a dog, that lighteth on bone,
His tail he wageth, glad therefor is grown.
But that came bone, If to his tail you tie
Perdu the cur in fear away doth fly.
In the case of John and Luthyn-
sey Merritt, we are at loss to deter
mine whose tail trails the hand, as
we have the following from the last
named merit orious source:
"Please reverse this in your next
Ledqer. 1t does not suit my fastidi-
Gus taste; John u. Merritt, OF
Grundy County, advertises his wife,
who probably had a personal attrac-
ton for some other "cuss.'
"Now advertise as follows: His
wife had person al attrac-
tom to leave the 'cuss,' and send me
a paper.
All of which Is done in our feeble
but modest manner. The trouble is
Luthynsey has not been we'll drilled,
or she would consent to train in no
other company but John's.-E1dord
Ledger.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

GEO. d. PRENTICE, the veteran ed
itor, died in Louisville, on the 22d
inst, at the age of 6S years. He was
connected, at the time of his death,
with the Louisville Courier Journal.
OF late years he had become SO dis
sipated, asto render him almost q
useless wreck, but he had no supe-
rior as spicy newspaper paragraph
ist, in this country. His puns have
been household amusements for the
past half century. 1t may be said
of him, as OF others gone before, rum
has covered up a in large degree
the well earned laure!s, that q brill
liant intellect bad won for him.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

THERE is O scheme on foot to con-
meet England and France by huge
bridge, eighteen and half miles
Ion :, across the English channel. A
company of French engineers have
prepared plan, one hundred feet in
length, of the proposed structure, the
details of which show great ingenu-
ity. The cost of the bridge is esti-
mated variously from So, 900, 900 to
$50, 900, 600; but, the traffic, it Is
thought, would be SO great that the
great link between the two countries
would pay for itself In few years,
The idea of tunnel under the chan.
mel appears to have been abandoned
and the opinion Is that a bridge
would be more practicable, cost less
and be much more useful.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

PRACTICAL joking had q melan-
cholly termination, near Galesburg,
ILL.,, recently. A party of boys, dis
guised by hideous masks and gro
tesque garments, called at the resi-
deuce of an estimable lady. Mrs.
George II. Marshall, They entered
noiselessly at the back door, and suc-
ceeded in frightening an infant al
most into commissions. Mrs. NJ,
hearing the Mortified scream of her
child, Immediately fastened to its
assistance to shield it from harm. In
hurrying to her child, she suddenly
encountered the mask figures, and
fell fainting to the floor, and was
shortly afterwards found by friends,
but her revival only revealed the
horrifying fact that she was hope
lessly insane.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28
From the state Capital.
tFrom our Special Correspondent

From the state Capital.
tFrom our Special Correspondent
Des Moines, Jan. %, 1870.
MEssRs. EDITORS :--To-day a reso-
luton was adopted providing for a
recess from the 10th to the 23d of
February. A bill was introduced in
the Senate prescribing the mode of
assessing Railroads to regulate tariffs
whether it will pass Is an unsolved
problem. The Railroad influence is
quite strong and gaining every day.
Hon. j. Russell, Of Jones county,
and A. s. Faville, of Mitchell, Will
be at yoar place as Visiting Conn
mittee to the Soldiers Orphans
Home. Mr.. Carpenter, of your
county, is one of the committee to
visit the Deaf aud Dumb Asylum.
Senator Lowry is goir.g for the
Ring" with bill for the suppress
sion Of prize dghtipg.
forgot % mention in my last lets
ter, that Mr.. Welendy peremptorily
declined the honor of President of
the State Agricultural Society, for
the next year, and was not candi-
GATE, at all. Mr.. M. has done good
service as one Of the officers of that
society ':nd ID entitled to the graft
tude o.. the entire State for his ser.
vices in the cause of agriculture.
/ am so busy at present, you must
excuse the brevity of this letter and
oblige JosEpHUs.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

MAKES A HEAP OF DIFFERENCE -
Henry Ward Beecher's salary is now
$4,000 per annum. We fear, the
Louisville Courier Journal states an
unpleasant truth when it says that
"a preacher with such an income can
do with impunity thousand things,
the least criminal of which would
send a poor country parson TO the
dogs, and to the devil, very speedily.
No clergyman in threadbare coat
and napless hat, and too virtuous and
charitable to be rich, could without
utter ruin, play the part which was
enacted at the Astor House by the
Rev. Mr.. Beecher and the Rev. Mr..
rockingham. -Er.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

In the event Of building n new
Penitentinry, which will probably
be ordered by the present Legislature,
the Dubuque Herald suggests Far
ley Us a suitable place for its location.
We second the Herald's suggestion
for two good reasons--it would be q
suitable place and then would be ac-
cessible to Dubuque, AS long as the
Key City remains the Democratic
stronghold that 1t now is, we are
strongly in favor of having the new
Penitentiary built somewhere near
II
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

One hundred and nineteen financial
schemes and bills, have been intro
duced in Congress, during the last
session, and nLne of the batch adop-
ted. Congress looks through glass
darkly on financial schemes.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

Hon. b. +. Allen, of Des Moines,
has opened the capitol appropriation
bill campaign. He has issued cards
ofinvitation to the members of the
assembly to be present at grand re-
ception at his palatial residence on
Friday evening. If the wrath of the
Allison men cannot be appeased by
full stomachs, Aliens artillery will
be useless in this campaign.-Du6
Herald. s.a# ~ ..# as ~
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

VALUABLE CANINES.-Bro. Keat-
ley, of the NonpareiI, publishes this
advertisement:
$50, 900 REwARD.-We will give
our check for this amount, drawn on
the Bank of Newfoundland, for the
detection, arrest and conviction oil
the scoundrel who first chucked full
grown "dorg" into our we'll; second,
for immolating a whole school OF
''purps" in the same manner. We
have particular spite against the
fellow, and are willing to sacrifice all
the credit we have in the above bank
to attain our object.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

A KANSAS editor, anticipating
trouble has been reinforced. He is
as bold as a lion: IA fighting man
has been employed on this paper..-
His fists are the very tools of death,
his hair is short, his eyes are black,
his boots are number twelve. o, he
is whale! He ate twelve cans of
oysters the other night at our office,
and called for more. He is the heav-
lest instrument of total and eternal
punishment ON record. Come at us,
we lean, lank, overgrown specimens
of humanity; spit on our boots if
you dare slide down our cellar door
ifyou can, and if our wallapus don't
everlastingly go for you, then size
have nothing in them.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

BEEcHER's defence In the Richard
SON. Mcfarland murder, is that he
stopped over, from the fullness of
his heart. 'Tis we'll that the world
Is not full of men with such man,
moth hearts. What sloppy time
we would have.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

ToRTURINd A School GIRL TO
DEATH.--A little girl nine years old,
attending public school at Man
CHESTER, Conn.,, falling to repeat her
lesson correctly OH Thursday, was
required to repeat on Friday the
lesson for that day, anu the day pre-
vious. She failed again, anu IS pun
ishment was required to stand on
the floor i'm a passage way while she
learned it. She stood there an hour,
and was compelled afterward to
stand in the school room live hours
longer, until she had learned Thurs
days lesson, and for another nour
trying to learn Fridays lesson. On
Saturday her legs began to swell,
and she suffered intensely, soon be-
coming delirous, trying to repeat the
lesson which was the occasion of
her punishment, and entreating her
teacher for leave to take her seat
A few days after this ordeal, death
ended the child's agony. The
School Committees investigation re-
suited i'm finding that the teacher
was guilty of an error in judgment.
Neso York San. ..s g.. ..s'+
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

perhaps at too great IFgth, and yet
have barely touched on matters,
leaving others entirdy unmentioned.
/ trust am undertood on the topics
glanced at, if so, Or the present ! am
content.
1t is gratifying to me that in the
earnest contesj just closed there was
so little Of acfmony or bitter feeling
/ trust that fhis little shall be forgot
ten, and tat as individuals profess
ing a coDfnon political faith, we may
work inharmony for the State and its
welfarf and advancement. If have
frienks to remember, land I believe
that have) I trust no enemies to
pAnish."
I That the deliberations of yourself
and co-laborers may result in the adj
Of our State, and that l
shall have your and their friendship
in the future "a in the past, is the
wish of Yours, truly.
GEO. G.. WRIGHT.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

REV. MFR. Milburn, the blind lee
turer will average, during the present
lecture season, twenty-four engage
ments o month, at 800 each. 1t
would be well, we think. for more of
our public lecturers, this season to Ego
IL blind ~
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

A LADY speaker at Woman's
Suffrage Convention in New Hamp-
shire, stretched her imagination so
far as to say, that the ghost of Capt.
Kidd laughed as the Spanish gun
boats steamed out of New York har-
Dor, and the scattered timbers of the
May Flower groaned.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

8 MRS. FLETCHER lectured in Repre-
sentative Hall, Des Moines, on the
evening of the2lst inst. Her subject
was, "Unclose the door, or a glance
at the woman question: sta~#
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28
PREMIUMS IN CASH:

There are thirteen premiums. and they win he
mailed to the thirteen parties entitled to them Tor
delivered to their order on the twentylouEth day
of January, 1S7C.
The address of the successful parties viii be
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Persons making up clubs In complpaCc with
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the above premiums.
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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

THERE is a proposition on foot to
make Fred Douglass governor of
the Territory of st. Domingo. We
hope it will be carried out.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28
Marriage Guide.

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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

HAVING sold q one-third interest in the frame
IL Mil heretofore owned by Mr.. Overman and
myselft to G. b. Van Saun and rented the other
two thirds to O. b. Van Saun q u. a. Choat, the
business OF the new firm will hereafter be con
dncted under the firm name Of Van SRuns
Wilson 81 Co.
-. s. WILSON.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

II contains all the News of the Day, Domestic
and Foreign By Telegraph and Mail,
Variety is the Spice OF Life and every issue
OF THE JOURNALS fun of variety of News,
Gossip and Miscellaneous Reading.
II publishes the Reports OF the Markets of all
the Commercial centers of the country.
Its Reports of the Chicago Markets are always
prompt and reliable.
II aims to be reliable General Newspaper, and
to be ahead of all others in every respect
The aim OF its Editor is to make II the paper for
the people instructive to all; sought for by the
business man, the farmer, the professional man,
the mechanic household companion: the poll
tician's guide; in fact, to make 1t as nearly
EVERYBODY'S paper az possibls.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

GAS the days begin to Iengthen,
the cold begins to strengthen" This
old saw will have to be reset.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28
DISSOLUTION,

SHEPARD WILSON, having purchased the
- ons-haf interest In the Frame Mill of ID, q,
0vernaan, the partnership heretofore existing
between said parties, il dissolved. An accounts
viii be settled by s. Wilson.
u. e. 0VERMAN.
SHEPARD WILSON,
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

The Stanton fund has reached over
100000. A. T. Stewart gives g.
Gnn
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

The State Register, and the Des
,Moines Bulletin, are pulling each
others hair like Satan, since the Sem
astorial fgLt.- r-.a....r .- e.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

Cedar Rapids, spent Sl6S,0OO
last year i'm buildings. The city
has nearly 5000 population and nine
churches. So announced. .-..
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28
WEEKLY JOURNAL.

The getter up of club Of more than Ave copies
may retain c mmission Ten Per Cent. on week
ly clubs.
Postmasters may retain 10 per cent. OF all MONEY
forwarded to us by subscriptions recured by them
Remittanees for clubs must be made Mt one
time. but additions may be made at any time, Mt
Club rates after the club has been raised, prOvid
ed a full year subscription is taken.
Money should be sent by Post Office Money
Order when practicable.
Address CHARLES L. WI ON, Publisher,
No. 40 Dearborn - Chicago, Illinois.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

SHUNTER's GUIDE."-The REAL ori.t-
Nh nal" %. 900 sold Tells how to lIaHE
trap and catch ALL animals from mink 70 bear
$40 tanning secrets. "a pace, 81 htrad T.ary
boy needs II. N iriH PAY zfTflev rscina, -,
not satisfied. Only % cts psst-psfd. .sJr-ss
HUNTER & CO., Publistera, H,.sfale. N II,
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

= A00 STUDENTS WANTED-to
ysDOO buy the First Edition OF 100 CHOICE
t4iugF FOR recitation defamation school reading
re- IN, poetry and prose. Send 80 cents for
sample. 70 7. GARRETT a. Co. Chicago. III.
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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

In making the above very low prices and in
Offering the high commissions below, we require
that the clubs shall go to one address. When
subscribers wish papers 10 be addressed to each
Individual In the club, fifteen cents must be added
to the subscription for each name TO be written.
IA an indictment TO Post-masters. md otkars
to interest themselves in the circulation Of the
Weekly Tribune. and to reimburse them for their
labor and expense, we allow them fSCeRtg per cent.
made In accordance with above rates The com
mission does not apply to the Daily or Tri
Weekly.
In addition TO this commission Of twenty per
cent. we offer for the thirteen largest weekly
Clubs received on or before the fifteenth day OF
January, 1870, the following
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28

The Chicago Tribune IL emphatically the Po-
PIES 1dCocdte 1t - opposed to monopoles
rings, and swindling combinations of all kinds
lt has no interests or alliances apart from those
OF the great public TO whose friendship and pat
it enjoys. A. distinguished characteristic Of the
Chicago Tribune Is, thst il always boldly takes
the I'M iative on important public questions and
waits for time and reflection among the paople to
prove that ID is right.