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

"A telegram from Salt Lake saysi
There Is intense excitement here on
the subject of tho Anti Polygamy
bill. If the Senate pass the House
bill as 1t is, the Territory of Utah
will be a scene Of desolation.n
THANK God my constituents
can't read /" was the devout ejacula.
ton of the Reverend Representative
Whittmore, when the report of his
case was laid before the House. so
says the Charleston Neaos. ~
"A careful analysis of the men,
bers Of the Cincinnati School Board,
who will probably be elected OH the
first Monday In April, with three
holding over, show Bible %, and
anti-Bible 10, doubtful 4.
"A Wisconsin paper says: "An
Indian woman passed by our ofIice
the other day with quarter of veni-
son and two papooses on her back,
a jug Of whisky In one hand, aud a
wigwam i'm the other. How is that
| for lo?p
AN OFFICE FOR SEwARD.--As
Wandering Willie" Is now out of N
situation, but has been to Alaska and
Knows all about the seal business,
the OHIO State Journal suggests that
he be appointed Keeper of the
Privy Sealskins."
An inebriate man In Lawrence,
Kansas, Was found clinging to-
fence, looking helplessly at neigh
boring row Of shade trees. "Halioa,"
said "a friend, whats the matter,
Jake?" "Durn it," responded Ja-
cob, THAT procession's never goin'
to git past"
The following advertisement ap-
pears in All English paper: ITO. day,
about o'clock in tile afternoon, my
dear wife Catherine, born In Elber-
ding. was happily delivered of two
girls and boy. Barely ten months
ago she had twins, making five chill.
d.en in one year,
"A fascinating young widow, hav.
ing married an elderly man, an
noyed him by frequent reference to-
her first husband," whereat the old
gentleman finally demonstrated. II
dare say replied the fond creatcre,
pouting her pretty lips, that you'll
bo glad TO have ms remember you
when you're dead and gone, and I'Iu
married again."
| "A Wisconsin writer In the Coun-
try Gentleman strongly recommends
Downer's Prolific ~ the best Straw
berry, equal or better than Wilson in
many respects, and also Green Pro-
life and Golden Queen. President
Matthew, of the iowa horticultural
Society, thinks highly of the Ada.
1 Wilson's Albany h the standard, but
Of course other varieties are also
wanted.
lhtIIJIiJ u t4i Iusota usGI tuo
Pacific Railroad from San Francisco
to New York, laden with silk worm
eggs from Yokohama, In Japan, to
Havre, in France. They were forty
eight days from one terminus TO the
other. The car was covered with
sawdust and heavy blankets, and q
steady fire kept up all the way from
the Pacific to the Atlantic. From
ocean to ocean the freight was $9i0.
i The Meadville Democrat tells
atory OF boy, thirteen years old,
planning to rob his parents residents
I'm the western portion of Crawford
county. The parents left home few
hours, leaving the boy to take care OF
the house. Upon their return they
found their son tied to bedpost. sf,-
parently unconscious, and the furni-
ture generally tossed around in dis
order. The boy said two black men
had come To the house and offered to
sell some medicine. Upon finding
no person at home but the boy, they
proceeded to tie him. and robbed the
house. Some of the features OF the
case looked suspicious. and the boy,
upon being crossed-examined con-
fessed to having planned and exc.
cuted the whole trick himself. fol
the purpose of obtaining his father's
money. In u few years that boy may
turn up NJ nIembcr Of Congress-
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