Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-09-30
NUMBER 27.


NthSFatAItpSs
The State OF Oregon has abot {
100000 inhabitants.
"A young lady, being asked hv
rich bachelor. "If not yourself, who
would you rather be-" replied sweet,
ly and modestly, yours truly"
The United States Govrncment
pays $3.50 per anum to every mar.
woman and child In our Indian pop-
ulation, In the share OF annuitiea,
presents, &C.. So, To IL not such n
confoundedly poor Indian after alt.
An Illinois girl, to keep Off mus.
quitoes, bathed her face with benzine.
and then went to lamp to dry Ii in.
The minister who pres sched her ia,
neral sermon, advised his hearers
never to fight the insects on that
line Ii they bit all summer.
"A Portsmouth, N. H., paper has
the following local item. ~ balny
resident OF this city, a few nights
since, undertook to ascend the closet
shelves at his boarding house, think.
ing he was going up stairs to hts
sleeping room. The shelves wouldn't
stand it, and they, he and the dishes
came to grief. Loss Sl5; no insur.
ance.n
1t Will be rene mbered that the
Illinois Supreme Court decided that
Mrs. Myra Bfadwell, editress of the
Chicago Legal Net0s, could not prac-
tice in the courts of that State, and
that Myra took an appeal to the Su.
preme Court of the United States.
Meantime sue has not been idle, as
we see 10y the Chicago papers that
she has very recently presented dear
Mr.. b., a very fine son.--.State Reg
lister.
Reports from the South indicate
"a return of prosperity. 1t Is said
that after the cotton crop and other
produce shall be marketed. there
will be a greater abundance of mon
ey than for many years past. The
whole country will share the benefits
of this industrial and financial re-
cuperation of the section so terribly
devastated by internecine strife.
The opening chapter Of West
ern novel contains the following:
"All of sudden the fair girl con-
tinnes to sit upon the sand, gazing
upon the briny deep, on whose heav-
ing bosom the tall ships went mer~
riiy by, freighted--ah who can tell
with how much of JOY and sorrow,
and pine, and lumber, and emf
grants, and hoops, and salt fish!"
A good story IL told of a clergy
man residing at Calais, Me. In the
kiE Edness of his heart the reverend
gentleman invited a footman to get
into his wagon and ride. The cleri-
cal gentleman asked his companion
"if he was prepared to die," where
upon he leaped from the wagon and
fed to place Of safety, doubtless
considering the question synony~
nous with "Your money or your
life ~ a
The drought throughout Eng.
land and France during the past sea-
son has been very disastrous. The
loss in hay and butter to England Is
estimated at about $1,000, 600, and
France, in her pressing needs, aris~
ing from the war, Is much straitened
by the scant hay crop. Indeed, the
problem of securing sufficient hay
for the necessities of the French
army IL one of increasing import
ance aud very difficult OF solution.
An instance of womnn's heroism
comes to us from Devil river, Wis.,
A few days ago. while nine young
people were crossing the river referr-
cd to In small boat, sudden gust
of wind struck them, and threw n
Mr.. Southwold, one of the number,
overheard. lie was just about to
sink when his young wife jumped
overheard, seized his coat collar, and
kept his head above water until
another boat went to their assistance
and took them on board.
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