Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-02-25

Olive Logan follows Fred Doug
las-at ottumwa.
The Mt. Pleasant Library Asso-
citation lost $50 on Theodore Tilton.
w. III. Noyes retires from the
St. Ansger Gazette, and is succeeded
by A, w. Clyde.
DE Witt ha, 7l5 children of
school age; Maquoksta 5s5; Lyops
l479; Clinton 1852. .. .............
The ILL.,, Central Company have
reduced the freight on wheat FIVE
cents per hundred TO Chicago, from
the stations on the Iowa division.
"A young lady at Mt. Pleasant
killed skunk with butcher knife,
on Saturday. Her lover came to see
her that night, and told her he
couldn't marry her unless she quit
using such hair oil.
Last week the editor of the
Pella Blade, advertised for a new
hat which he had lost. Clark, OF
the Monroe Record, says IL has been
found in Prairie City, twenty-five
miles away. where they used it to
start brick yard.
The Mitchell county Press tells
the following good one:
An old codger I'm this town whose
sins hang about as thick as vermin
on a beggar, has lately discovered
that, according TO Scripture, he Is no
sinner at all. A short time since, in
attempting to descend the hill at
West Mitchell, lac repeatedly found
his head where his heels ought 10 be
After several bumps, he was, heard
To say, as he painfully gathered him
self up. The Bible says, The wicked
stand in slippery places but be
plagued If l can!' .-....
The De Witt Observor thinks
''Star gazers and nocturnal wander
ers will be interested In the predic-
tion of an eminent astronomer that
during this year comet will appear
Of such brilliancy and so near the
earth, that the nights will be almost
as light as the days. Last year 1t
was predicted that a streak of moon.
shine. or some other formidable SUBJ
stance, would get afoul of our little
world aud snuff it out. But the
thing didn't come off, so far as we
heard of ut least, and may be this Is
another off the same piece and may
be 1t isn't. Time will tell.
The Vinton Eagle tells the fol-
lowing: IA few weeks since, Our
City Dads had under discussion the
question Of salary foi his Honor
the Mayor, and We suppose, all his
successors forever.
by referring to the published pro-
ceedings, the gentle reader will see
that the assembled wisdom of the
four wards of our goodly city voted
the Mayor a salary of seventy five
dollars year, he to furnish q room
for the council meetings. AS the
rent of suitable room would amount
to about one hundred dellars year,
his Honor, (whoever he might hap
pen to be) would give twenty-five
dollars per annum, for the glory and
privilege of being Grand Cyclop"
Of the machine of city government.
Which reminds us of little story
There was once, I'm the City oil
Nowhere. gentleman Of color who
followed the ancieut and honorable
profession of preparing frewood for
use In private families.
On one occasion, his employer
found him sitting In solemn dignity
on chunk of wood while a white
man was using the saw and axe.
"Subletting your contract, are you,
Sambo?n
"Yes, Sab, dat am de teknikal
word for dis experiment In political
economy"
"How much do you pay that fell
lowH
"One dollar cord, sali.u
why, you only get seventy-five
cents yourself,-you'll go under at
that kind of business"
"Yes, sah, p'raps dat am fact,
but you see it's ,sorf a quarter to boss
q Uhite man, any time ~
--Licenses to marry are not grant