Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-04-08

Nhu VII ihNN0lIuoft tSsJlInOny pNb-
llsh him silver toungeh scamp.
There Is too much method In his con.
duct TO allow he Ia dementei. Ex-
pose him and do not let the people be
imposed upon by so bad. and yet so
yonng man. Yours truly.
A. B. kENDIG.
Look out for him.
The published report OF the
Trustees OF the Soldiers Orphans
Homes, IL may have not been notic.
ed, contains u report from the Su.
perintendent OF the Home at Daven-
port, but has nothing from the SUI
pcrintendents of the other Homes. -
1t Ia proper To state that this was not
intended. The trustees designed
that their report should embrace a
aynopsis Of the Snperir tendent's re-
port, thus ohvinting the necessity for |
printing tile latter. The report ofl
Superintendent of the Davrnpor,
Home, without the knowledge of
the Trustees. WAS, however, sent 81
the State Printer by mistake, and
hence appears in the printed pamph.
let.--iState Register.
IT'S well-the explanation we
mean. ..r.....
The newspapers of the State
have hsen passing round the Notary
in the southern part of the State who
attempted to defraud soldiers wild.
ow out of her pension, a. "the mean.
eat man In Iowa. He WAS mean
enough, sure, but we think the
northern part OF the State cat of his
counterpart, II not successful rival.
Here he is: He kepttwo cows which
supplied his family with milk, had
good, warm stable which he rented
To neighbor for 81 per month,
and let the poor hrutes lay out day
and night the entire winter! We
have said good many hard things
about cows recently. hut we would
have no fault to find with these two
Ii they would purposely get the milk.
sickness aud give it to their inhu.
man keeper Cedar Rapids Times.
-Morg Holmes IL in trouble again.
One day this week when the horri
bic raging thirst for whisky was full
upon him, aud no money I'm his
pocket to secure the means of its
qualification, he pilfered from a
drawer In the office of Jas. Jamisnn,
aboat $40 worth of revenue stamps.
Trading them off for whisky ut one
OF the vile dens on the street, he got
gloriously drunk aud was arrested
by the Marshal. He was not prose.
cuted for the theft, but was fined SIS
and costs for drunkenness, and In
default of payment committed to the
calaboose. Young men who think
IL harmless To take n social glass, will
do well to ponder upon the degrade.
ton Of poor old Morg.-fndepea.
deRce Bulletin.
There's thrilling temperance
lecture in that item. ..
Hon j. p. Irish, i'm the Iowa Leg.
islature, recently uttered the follow
ing words: eH .
1.-The gentlemen has been pleased
ta mention the Soldiers Orphans
Home; aud let me say In regard to
that, that | never 80 completely real.
i2ed the privilege that | enjoyed as
member of the General Assembly ~
/ realized il when it was my fortune
To visit the Soldiers Orphans Home,
of Iowa, situated ut Davenport.
When / stood In the presence OF
those four hundred orphans left as a
| precious charge to the State had to
thank God that IL had been my for.
/ tune 10 he able To east vote for the
mainlainauee of those children. Let
no gentleman cast it ~ as all asper~
sion upon any institution. that AN.
| other gentleman viii not donate his
lust dollar, but what the iowa Sol.
dier's Orphans Home shall be pro
vided for, and il my vote will give IL,
| IL shall receive every last dollar il
asks from the State aud dollar
heaped OH the top Of that"
"A gentleman who heard Judge
Wrights lecture at Sioux City, on
the Early Lawyers of Iowa saved
the following story in his memory
and sent 1t to the Ohio State Journal. :.
Peter Dietz, was q Justice of the
peace near Upton, in Cedar county,
Iowa. John Z. Cook and William
r. Rankin had case before him, the
question being one of identity. Cook
i'm addressing the justice called him
1 A HhCf "hiNIl EllAltIfu lie
honor exceedingly. The case was ap
pealed, and the justice returned HE
transcript TO the court signed Petei
Justice. This transcript was Us fol.
| lows:
"W. II. Rankin appeared for the
plaintiff, aud John L. Cook for the
defendant. heard the ease. There
upon /, Peter Justice, am of the
opinion that John p. Cook beat w.
X Rankin In this fight. aud that he
Is entitled to Judgment In This case
As between the plaintiff and defend
ant, l don't think there Ii much diff
erence, as 1t has been shown that
they are twoof the meanest men iu
Cedar county,"
The Dubuque Times, has the fol.
lowing gossip from Cedar Rapids -
"The First Presbyterian church oi
this place, has been having distur.
hance In Its ranks, 10y the sudden
elopement Of couple which was
mentioned In the Times of number
OF days ago. As both parties to the
elopement, were In full standing In
the church, public confession on
the part Of each, was necessary to re
instate them to full fellowship. One
week ago yesterday, (Sunday,) tbsil
confessions were read by the pastor
Rev. Knox, in the public congrega
tion, and as the gentleman In error
was no less than one of our princi
pal wholesale merchants, and the
lady abducted, member OF one o
the first families of the place, IL may
be inferred that the gossip the whol'
affair occasioned was not limited, bu
has furnished abundant food eyel
since"
SERMONS ON STONES. The hare
arguments brought to bear upon oul
Legislature have attracted wide
, spread attention. The New Yorl
Tribune, hearing of them, says
"They have devised new methoe
af lobbying with Legislators i'm Iowa
Jones county wants pcnitentiary
and.supplies each representative will
a cabe OF Anamosa stone, suitable FOL
a horse block. Perhaps the recipi
ents will send the bleck to their re
spectiye homes by the franking priv
ilege OF some Congressional friends
Marshall county wants a Norma
School, and presents each member
with a paper weight made from mar
BILE quarried in that locality. Hap
py Is Iowa IL her unsullied Assem-
blymen listen To such sermons from
stones.' In this quarter o whole