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

Iowa State University is $500, and
that of its professors, 81 800 each.
The Marshall Times proposes to
publish blacklist containing the
names OF those who have left the
country without paying up arrear.
ages on the paper. .E ...
some months since a Connect.
cut editor travelled through Iowa,
and upon his return home gave p
very fisttering report of our great
state. since that time he has been
travelling through the press OF Iowa
under the caption "of what n Con
necticut editor says of Iowa" He
reached EddyvilIe LAST week; how
long he will continue to journey
through the press, we are unadvised.
I-KarshoH Times.
The southern part of the Ste te IL
going wild over "neck-tie festivals. ("
Those who understand all about the
mater need not read this, our ex-
planatiou q lot of neck ties of diff.
ferent patterns are made up by the
ladies, sealed up in envelopes, and
bs Ight by the gentlemen before un-
sealing. after which the buyer IL
TO hunt up the lady wearing drass
OF the same material, aud IL there
after to devote HE attention to her.
The news Of the death of Rev. G..
Z. Symes, OF Nashua, n we'll known
clergyman Of the NJ. T.. Church, hss
| caused much sadness here. He died
at hanltawoc, Wis, where he was
buried 10y the Masonic Fraternity of
which he Was n worthy member
Mr.. Symes WAS NIL attractive speaker,
| ciose student, and an excellent eli
zen, possessing those trsitse Of chris
tian character, which endesr him TO
all who enjuyed the pleasure of his
acquaintance. He leaves wife and
daughter. to mourn his los, and a
large circle of friends will tender
them their earnest sympathy in their
earnest sympathy in their great af-
flictions.-Nashud Post.
The Elkader Journal says on the
afternoon of the "a, Leonard Pone.
roy, an old man, ~ years of age, the
tather.in-law Of John Munger, In
Read township, met with horrible
death by being eaten alive by hogs.
1t appears that Mr.. PomeIoy had
gone out To feed couple of hogs at
? o'clock In tie afternoon. AT 3
O'Clock he was found in the pen, his
shoulders eaten, his fsce laceratcd
and eaten by the ugly teeth Of the
bogs, and terrible gashes in his bow
els. 1t was terrible excruciatinp
sight to behold. No medical treat
ment can save him.
The Herald has found two female
farmers in Dubuque county: ave
were present in the Squire's office on
Thursday last when two women
mother and daughter, from Prairie
township, come in to ask that Ger.
tain title deed TO farm be examined,
to prove whether the farm was clear
from all membranes IN they were
negotiating for it's purchase. The
idea was little new, so we have In.
vestigated the matter 10 learn why
there was not man in this case, and
learned that the two wSmou were
conducting II farm in Prairie town
ship; that for year or two back
they had done principal part of the
work-the daughter hoeiug the corn,
holding the plOw, choppiug the
wood, and doing the light work
about the farm"
AT the funeral of a young man,
in Des Muines, recently, the services
for the dead took place at the dwell
ing of the parents. After Il most
pathetic address, which bruug lat tears
from all the young ladies present.
the minister inquired If any 0f the
dear friends Of the deceased wished
To say anything on this solemn uc-
casion. A stranger here stepped for
ward, and after expressing sympathy
with the friends of the deceased, RI.
marked that the ways of PTOyi,!eG ce
were iuserutahle, and, in this con
necLlon, he wished To mention that
lie was the agent for first rate arti.
Gle OF Hair Flgor, for tae state ui
| Iowa. The corpse had used it for
years with great advantage, and he
confidently recommended it. especi
ally To the minister and undertake.
present, as he perceived they were
both painfully bald. Shake the
bottle, gentlemen, aud rub the mat
ter in with stiu, brush." said lac.
At this Stage OF the proceedings, q
slight disturbance occurred and the
Hair Vigor man disappeared.
Lyons is deeply excited ever the
death of Lee Cunningham, a pupil
in the city school. Lee was a regu~
lar pupil i'm Miss Hudson's room,
but spent a portion of his time in
Professor Greison's room, studying
German. One day, about a month
ago, he obtained Miss Hudson's leave
to go home. when, il seems, Mr.
Grieson expected him back. Next
day the latter accused the boy Of
playing truant, which the boy de-
MED, whereupon Greison struck him
a heavy blow upon the side of the
face. The boy asked why he was
struck, and was told To shut up or he
would get sTuck again. The boy
went home with "a severe headache,
which was followed by u fever. Dur
ing the three weeks that he lived
af,erward. the side of his head upon
which the blow WAS given WAS con-
stautly in pain, and hot and inilam-
ell even when the other side was
cool. The opinion of the parents
aud attending physician IL. that the
boys death was caused by the blow.
He died on the 9Th ult.
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Seven Persons Burned to Death.
From the Augusta (Gal Sentinel, Nov 70.
An appalling catastrophe took