Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-05-06

The sugar crop in Cuba this yea
will be fifteen per cent. less than last
Many plantations have finished
grinding. and all will have concla
dcd in about fortnight.
10! we are prone to degenerate
as the sparks to fly upward. Revels
now a common United States Scna
| tor, was once respectable barber in
| Boonesboro, Iowa, according to ;
local paper. Chicago Post.
House has passed a resolution
giving Mrs. Lincoln an annual pen
sion of $4,000, to take effect immedi
ately. The Senate Pension Commit
tee reported adversely on the same
matter.
A young lady at Burlington
went to church and forgot her water
fall, leaving it in the window, ant
when she returned she found little
bluebird sittiLg in it on two eggs.
Aunt Susan says: Suppose al
the men were in one country, md al
the women in another, with q big
river i'm between them. Good gra
cious! what lots of of poor women
would be drowned"
The public debt statement show:
IF hn I,1 If IL
millions SIX hundred thousand dol
lars during April. The coin balance
is seventy mine millions; the cur
rency balance, six millions
Congressman Cullom has receiv.
ed letter from Governor Shafier, Of
Utah, saying that it IS of the utmost
Importance that the Anti Polygamy
bill should be passed, and nothing
can be accomplished without 1t.
The ladies of Wyoming are cam
vasing for some able woman to run
for Congress. That's still better than
''settin' on jury. We advise Mrs.
DIR. Mary Walker and Geo. Francis
Train to start for Wyoming at once,
Governor Palmer of ILL.,, has is
sued proclamation offering $1,000
reward for the arrest and conviction
of the parties who took Hank Leon
ard from the Jail in Marion county
and murdered him, and a proportion
ate part for the arrest and conviction
of any one of them.
JEFF. Davis has been writing q
letter, denying that Senator Cameron
told him that if the South went to
war the slaves would be freed, ard
that lie Davis would live to see a
negro i'm his seat in Congress. For
ney comes to the rescue and CONTRA
diets the statements of Davis.
"A dispatch from Omaha says the
war.like preparations of the Nor
mons are creating uneasiness in the
West. A brusque reply to General
Sherman to advance was made by
Red Wing, the Sioux chief. 1t is
generally believed to be impolitie.
If the answer Is delivered IA sent ID
will result in o loss of life that might
be avoided.
"A Methodist clergyman in Bos-
ton, n few Sabbaths since, while in
the midst of his discourse, paused a
moment, and in a stentOrlan voice
cried out: awake! awake! The
best part of my sermon is yet to
come" The effect. even upon the
"old sleepers," was electrical, and
the good brother had an attentive
congregation for the next half hour.
Abraham Lincoln used to say the
best story he ever read of himself
was this: Two Quakers were trav-
elling on the railroad, and were heard
discussing the probable termination
of the war. IL think" said the first,
"that Jefferson will succeed" "Why
does thee think SOP" asked the 9TH
er. because Jefferson is q praying
man." "And so is Abraham pray
ing man." objected the second. "Yes;
but the Lord will think Abraham is
joking" the first replied, conclusive