Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-08-19
State News


A Benton Go. man has brought
wheat Weighing "a pounds to the
bnshel to Belle Plaine. .-
Thompson, the murderer of the
Haggerty family, Is to be hung at
West Union on the 9th Of September.
The Shelby county Record, says
IL IL reported that Gen. John A. Dix
will soon move to his 5000 acre farm
in that county.
One drug store pays the Des
Moines Register 81, 900 year for ad-
vertising, and the druggist considers
II his best In vestment. .| -|"..
The population Of Washington
Ia a6l9-with aTo dwellings and 544
families. And there are fs8 more
females than males in the city.
The Marshall Times says tl.st
Marshall county never before bar
vested 30 good a quality OF wheat Us IL
will send to The market this season.
The Independence Fise fosQs-
ance Company has given up the
ghost. It's policies to the amount OF
6oO, ,O02, are treasured In the lamar
of Chicago.
The Sioux City Journal says:-
"The Illineis Central Railroad Com
pauy expects to run an express and
mall train through from Dubuque to
Sioux City in twelve hours-distance
Sa2 miles,"
The people of Belle Plaine think
they have ccal mines on the banks of
the Iowa river, three miles from
their town. The Union says large
quantities are thrown up by the cur
rent every season. .f#
DIR. Black has resigned the presi-
dency of the State University. Gov.
Merrill has called a meeting Of the
board Of regents of the University, to
be held at iowa City. Augnst nth, to
consider the Doctors resignation and
10 select his successor.
Twenty car loads of iron have ar
rived at Abba for the Central rail-
road, and track laying will soon com.
mence In earnest. The side tracks
and switches are already being laid
at the crossings Of the Burlington
and Missouri railroad.
There 10 coal mine at IT. Dodge
six foot thick In the thinnest place,
aud eleven feet through In the thick
est place. Its area Is 80 wide that
generations will not exhaust 1t. 1t
Is the hardest bituminous coal yet
discovered wet Of Pittsburg.
The Census Board met on the sth
instant aud fixed the rate of State
tax for this year at two mills on the
dollar. The valuation of property Is
now 302 millions-7 millions more
han last year. Supposing the as
sessed valuation to be one fourth tie
real valuation, we find that Iowa
contains property to the amount Of
laeS millions. State Registcr.
Miller, the mafderer Of wm.
Dunn, Of clinton, wa taken from
the sheriff at Ponca ON the 23d ult. -
just after his trial, 1t which he plead
guilty, and hung by the citizens.--
He con fessed 10 having indicted for
ty-eight cuts upon his victim, saying
that Dunn exclaimed on first being
struck, "Oh God my poor wife and
children!" and then threw his
pocket book to Miller who, unmoved
continued his bloody work.
The Waverly people are getting
excited over the prospects OF the
railroad up the Shellrock valley
The Republican Of last week says
"There Is some talk of the Burling-
ton, Cedar Rapids d Minnesota Rail-
road, purchasing the lease of the Iii.
iuois Central In the branch from
Waterloo 70 the State line. This
would save tfie building Of the Shell
rock line. 1t Is thought that this
will be done. Ii seems that three
lines have been run from Cedar Falls
mp the Shellrock route. and neither
proved satisfactory. wayerly IL the
only available route"
1T Is useless to disguise the fact
that The long continued droh.h q. Z.
excessively hot weather hgys Peri
ously injured the corn crol III .A's
vicinity. Previous to the raiu ~
Sabbath morning last, the pros css1
was q gloomy one indeed; but this
will help o portion Of the crop which
was ia imminent danger, very mate
rally; although there 10 considerable
that is past reviving. The difficulty
and blades looked well. the ears lid
not form In many Instances, and In
others they were small and i,nper-
feet. rlese later, we think. win be
greatly benefited by the rain, and
that which had thus far escaped any
vary serious injury will be greatly
beneftttd.-Cedar Ropids Times.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids
q Minnesota Railway, yesterday re-
ceived here another OF those elegant
passenger coaches from the we'll
known car works Of Barney q
Smith, Dayton, Ohio, asd still an.
other one has gone forward to the
second division ut Cedar Rapids.
These cars have all the modern
improvements, most elegant tly tri,nm.
ed with plush, and win compare fA-
vorabIy with any day cars now In
use.
The iron on the first division. was
laid yesterday within two miles ol
West Liberty, this short gap will be
closed up early next week, and regu.
lar trains commence running on
Monday, 18th, to West Liberty, max.
\ ing close connections for Des Moines,
Iowa City, Davenport, &C. Burting'
ton Ha,ck-eyc.
The Iowa Capitol commissioner
have recently been on tour OF In.
spection to several Of the Eastern
States. When they went TO Albany
N. Y, the dignitaries there were dis.
posed to "treatn them with the re-
spect due to their positions. To bs.
gin with, they invited them to one oI
the principal restaurants of the city
and entering the department. whers
orders were left for liquors. the Al
bany spokesman" turned ~ the
Iowa gentleman TO ask what they
would have. With great deal oI
blushing, hesitatiOg. hemming, and