Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-04-01

We are little AFRAID other mems
ideas will get ventilated occasionally
thereby. At all events, the lawyers
cannot hereafter have all the say.
We presume, the idea Is, to fight the
devil with fire, as well rs to become
legislatively great.
A very large number of cities
and towns I'm Iowa have held elec.
tiuns during tile last two weeks -
With one exception, all the editors
passed through the campaign with.
out being forced into office, That
one is Junkin ct the Fairfield Lefty.
er. Poor man--he has the sympa.
thy OF all his fellow. laborers. "Al>
derman, Of the Fourth wardn--what
name for All ditor!-Des Moiaes
Bulletin.
In Pella. Marion County, the fol.
lowing drop letter" was picked up
OH the side walk:
Dearest C:--Your boots are inside
the garden fence. at the southeast
corner, under piece OF old carpet.
Don't come any more for Heavens
sake! The old man swears he'll
blow the top OF your head oil.
Your nffectionate ID.
| A railroad convention consisting
of the directors and officers of the st.
Paul & Dubuque and /. G.. railroad
company, was held at st. Ausgar
last Saturday, To deliberate on the
feasibility of constructing the st.
Paul & Dubuque railroad from st.
| Ansger 10 st. Paul. 1t IL expected
that work will commence on the road
as soon rs the weather will permit
Dubuque Times, I'D.
| The Montgomery County Express
says: "The Corydon Monitor renomi.
mates Frank Palmer for Congress,
saying that he will get every Rcpuh-
lican vote i'm Wayne county, and
the Dallas County Gdzette seconds
the motion; and nearly all the Re-
publican press in the District will
respond $50 mote IL lie; aud the AT.
ton Tribune moves the previous
question. ."-Register.
Yesterday the Senate ordered u
call OF its members. There were sew
eral absentees, aud upon them were
inflicted pleasant penalties. Seha-
tors Newell aud Mckean were re,
quired to abstain from supplemental
penitentiary speeches, aud Senator
Couch was instructed tn provide
apples and cigars for his friends. --
He paid his penalty last evening,
aud his room at the Savery House
was the scene of many courtesies.-
State Register.
1t in a remarkable fact that while
all of our Iowa roads have suffered
more or less by the recent snow storm
the Union Pacific has stood the test.
and trains on that road have come In
with clock work regularity. This
is All entire refutation of the many
croakers i'm all parts of the country,
who predicted that the Union Pacific
could only he ran at ceriaiu seasons
of the year.-Comca Bluffs Nonpa.
riei.
THE premium Of town lot
offered by Grand Junction, To the
first child born I'm the town, was
taken on the Sth, by Mrs. Jones, who
distanccd all competition. 1t was a
girl. You can't get ahead of those
Jonses. - Des Moi,tes statesman.
| Our Rip Van Winklish capital
lie ghbor il Observation-Disclosures In
nil lie says. The baby was born IN
january; its name isn't Jones, and
IL hasn't got the lot, isn't a girl,
either. and wouldn't be ii 1t COULD
Headlight.
: The new herd law il under the
l lannfp,,l ,f xxs A.,
, they can have IL or not, as they like.
That fencing Is Que of the great and
constant expenditure which the
farmer has to- cohtend against mo- one
can deny. One dollar - rod will noi
more than cover the first cost Of a
very ordinary fence, saying nothing
about the yearly outlay thereafter to
keep IL up. Let any one figure the
number OF rods of fence now requirer
in every township, and we think the
result will be somewhat amazing
Er.
The Dubuque papers i'm titeir
eagerness TO publish something now
el and sensational i'm regard To tile
Tripp affair, are not particular "a tC
the correctness of their information
f. Thus the Times makes Tripp u mem
her of the Methodist Church ia this
city. So far from being the truth,
we much doubt whether Tripp ever
saw the Inside of the Methodist
/ Church. or indeed any church during
his residence here. He IN not of tile
! church going kind Independence
Bulletin.
A friend informs us that VIM.
Wilmot, who formerly resided In
Steamboat Rock, but removed into
eastern Iowa, lost his three children
I'm u simultaneous aud shocking man
ner. Himself and wife, locked the
, three children i'm the house and then
went 10 church. While absent, the
dwelling caught fire and was des
: troyed before the children could lie
rescued. So all perished. and among
the ashes of happy home the pa
rents had to scratch for the children
who Would gladden. their hearts on
earth. no more forever. Etdord
Ledger.
The Lansing Chronicle says, an
old lady in that place received let
ter she supposed was from one of hei
absent sons. requested her neighboi
10 read 1t. lie accordingly began te
read: "Dear mother" then paused,
as the writing was rather illegible.
"It's from Johnny exclaimed the
old lady, she always suffered,
According to that, there are great
many suffering peoplein this world.
/ The Marshall Times and Des
Molnes papers are having IL hot evel
. the capitol appropriation bill. Mar.
shaIltown has half an eye on the
: future State capital, but we opint
the people will have to look sharp te
ever see 1t. We can but denounct
the course pursued by TIL. Times in
, the discussion of this question, a,
unjust to the people of Des Moines
A young memberof the Legisla,
D ture, who rose to deliver his senti.
! ments OH the bill To abolish capita
{ punishment, with a dignified sereni.
ty of countenance, commenced with
I "Mr. Speaker, the generality Of man
kind In general are disposed to ex.
ercise oppression ON the generalit,
of mankind i'm general" Just n
tkis point, one. wllp sat immCdiatel,
! behind him. pulled him by the Goa
tail, and cried stop. stop, / say
you are coming out of the same hol.
you just went i'm ut. Muscotia.
Courier.