Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-04-01

sister of Vice President Colfax, will
soon be appointed postal clerk on the
regular mail train of the Chicago,
Rock Island q Pacific Railroad. Her
husband Is now mail agent on the
same route. From our acquaintance
with the lady, we think she will fill
the position well. The mere fact of
her wearing calico instead of cassi
mere would not incspacitate her from
the work of asserting letters.
The coal fields of Iowa are rapid
lily becoming source of profit to
those developing them, aud are sup
plying great need i'm the way of
cheap fuel. Our coal IL of good
quality. and Is found I'm large quanti.
ties and must before long hecome a
source OF great income to the State.
30 far as 1t will answer our own pur-
poses our citizens should extend Dat.
ronage To those projects which are
actively developing the resources of
our own State. In this way we shall
prosper mere rapidly and keep our
wealth within our own borders. -
Ha,gkeyc.
A TouaH SroRy.--M Miss Spencer
young lady clerk I'm the House, car.
ried n bill from that branch into the |
Senate Ii Is currently reported that
SHE began in a very composed and
Indifferent manner to read the bill
Initiated, To increase the mail fa
ciiities of the State of Iowa &C."
Upon discovering the nature of the
! bill, an idea of the noble generosity
of the House OF Representatives,
swept across her sympathetic soul,
and she rushed off in an ecstasy OF
delight to pray for that worthy aud
magnanimous body. We take no
stock In the story Elciora Ledgcr.
We are informed by l.. n. Latta.
that while lie was walking from
Manchester, the other night, that he
| discovered about mile east af Man
chester, IA broken rail, and upon eS-
animation, found IL tn have been
| broken by u sledge hammer. Mr..
Latta showed us IA piece of the rail SO
broken, which shows unmistakahie
signs OF having been broken. The
/ Niiithh WHO dAu NHfS, NnutHbipuIN
had u spite against the company,
aud thought he would throw train
oil the track To vent his spite ag iust
the company. We hope the seoun-
drel who did 1t, may be Terrified out,
and brought to Justice -EartUiRe
San. a.......
"A Mr.. McGowen. a farmer of
Jefferson township, Buchanan coun
ty, shows up an account of 90 acres
of wheat last year. All the cost Of
getting the production ready for
market amounted To Sl,0lS. The
value of the 1850 bushels raised, at
90 cents per bushel, was $3.50. The
haI.dsome profit, 1t will be seen, was
bushel, Mr.. McGowan would have
been about even. This gentleman
has come to the conclusion that, If
wheat had commanded $l.00 per
bu>hel, the sound of vhard times
would not be heard on every hand.
Senator Beardsley writes to The
odore Tilton, of the New York hide
pendent, from the Iowa Legislature
One day there came ir from the
House, "a bill striking out from that
section of our code which prescribes
the personal qualifications of those
who may be admitted to the bar, the
word white" Turning to the sec
tion named. 1t was discovered that
Immediately following the word
white was the word maley aud in
stantly an amendment was offered
striking out that word also. 1t was
done. and the bill passed without
discussion or opposition worth men.
tioning." s-
/ We confess to great surprise that
the Boone Go. Democrat, edited by
honorable and raey Racquet, should
admit To its columns such scurrilous,
shameless aud senseless articles, ar
that over the signature of "Nat ch.
err" i'm its issue of the 9th inst
Such cheap and pointless billings
gate, is disgrace, not only to the
author, but TO the journal as well.
which can be prevailed upon to ad-
NIT such driveIing stupidity to its
columns, and we charitubly hope
that the Democrats responsible edi.
tor has the excuse'of absence from
home tn plead in extenuation OF the
insult offered to its readers. We do
not propose to champion the cause -!
Gov. Cue, but we do feel impeled to
defend honorable journalism - Iowtt
Fats Sentinel
In the late snow storm four men
started from Carroll City for their
. hemes five miles distant. They were
Mr.. Hord, his brother In law, aud
two brothers named Bruner. Two of
, them were young men and alI dwelt
under the roof Of MIR. Hord. They
left Carroll City I'm four Eor~e
sleigh. They failed 10 reach their
destination aud search was made for
their. They were found dead. Miss
ing the road, they had turned the
horses loose, aud turned the sled up
as u shelter from the storm. Two oi
the bodies were found under the We
hiclc aud the others few rods dis
tant. The accident caused intense
excitement I'm that community. The
horses were found on the prairie, un-
injured. .........-
"A petition has been circulated
here for the pardon OF Denton t'nme.
rs, which many of our best citizens
; signed. While others who felt only
sympathy and respect for his faith,
ful, devoted wife, refused out of n
sense of daty alone. The thought
will creep III. Elf he was poor.
; frendless, aud had been neglected In
, childhood. aud abused, no one would
, lift "A finger for lis release" A las
IL IL the way of the world. anil the
Christian world to. or Mr.. Camery
) IL may he said. So far as we can learn.
the einbczzlement act was his first
crime, aud lie had manifested su
: much love, kindness, aud devotion
= to liis wife, that she wanted To share
his prison cell. And then the coun.
ty l,,st nothing by him. All the ex-
. pense growing out of the strange af.
fair he paid out OF his own pocket
: 1dnea Co. Citizen,
I The Galena Gazette says "thai
, on last Friday evening Il young wo
/ man it'll an infant child about two
!: weeks old arrived I'm town by tlle
> train from the west and took lodgings
8 at the Commercial house. She gave
her name rs Mis. Smith. residence