Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-06-30

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State House at Springfield, so that
settles that question for the pres>
ent. aa
AN earthquake, which caused
the death Of 400 persons, occurred
last month I'm the Island of Bintang,
the largest Of the group called the
Rhiofslands. aa @.ar aaT.s
The census of England and
Wales and Ireland, is completed. -
The population of England and
Wales Is officially stated at about o.
$50. 900, and that of Ireland at about
s, ,400, 900. .mu'
There is young lady at Camden
Mass, studying Latin. She has q |
beau. He asked her what sic transit
gloria mundi meant. She translated
1t, Come and see me on Monday"
General David Stewart and wife
were killed In runaway casualty
near Troy, Missouri, few days
since. The General was one Of the
most prominent men In the State.
Some one advises young ladies to
bewaie Of marrying man, the ini.
tial letter Of whose name In the same
as their own, since there Ia an old
saying which tells us that
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Is 70 change for @ WORSE am and no No, % for better"
"A good way to get sick is to 20
shopping every day I'm the week. eat
Ice cream and cakes for dinner, drink
strong tea for supper to strengthen
the nerves, and fret the balance Of
the time because you haven't sufll-
cient means To buy all tho fancy
goods displayed NfnaG sH g.#1.
I'm the midst Of heavy shower
during a prolonged storm, a little
miss was observed at the window
crying bitterly. "What is the
matter ?" she was asked. Pm
'fraid." "There 10 nothing here to
hurt you what are you afraid OFF,
80 Fraid Of Noah I" '" - ..'f.
--"Now my boy" said the commit
tee-mar "If / had a mince pie, and
should give two-twelfths OF II To-
John, two-twelfths to Isaac, two
twelftbs TO Harry, and should take
half the pie myself, what would
there be left /? Speak up, loud, so
that all can hear" "The plate,'i %
shouted the boy. . .'"""- .a.. aa
Logan. the boy who was SEN
teaasd to the Penitentiary from Car
thsgs. ILL.,, recently, for q term of
twenty five years, for the murder Of
Charles Yates, his schooimate, was
eighteen years OF age. This verdict
In o terrible rebuks to ths young men
who are In the habit OF carrying dead
iy weapons. val
The Salt Lake City Ne,os says
that short time since, while some
men were engaged In clearing out o
spring la that region from which the
people obtain water for irrigation,
they found. standing IN the spring,
what had been two-yeas old heifer,
In an advanced state OF 2etrifica-
tioh' .asamG aa&# #a8 #asH#4.F3
The Greeley colonists recently
refused to allow q circus company to
pitch their tent In the corporation
limits. The circus fellows conse-
quentlp pitched 10 one foot beyond
the limits. While the circus re-
mained the town Of Greeley was de-
serted, and the circus was crowded
to overfowing. 7o'"a'' .'.' ( q
"A young lady Of St. Louis while
on visit to the country, recently,
thought shs would test her lovers
stncsrity, and 80 sent him word that
she ,nsd Lost her right hand by gett-
ing II I'm 70 Q feed cutter. The result
was a suuar,, "baek0at' on the part
of her heartles. swain. sHd the young
lady thinks she hsss : maze . lucky es-
cape. olrtt 5it3 f.# .a' s, ~
This recalls the unconsc.s sous ssx-
casm Of Q little girl who havin. WV
messed the baptism Of fifteen bsL ''e'
In the Episcopal church one day,
and heard each endeavor to outdo
the other In screams. next day un-
dertook TO baptize her doll, and was
overheard conducting the ceremony
thus II baptize thee. cherubim ana
seraphin,, continually to cry. ~
n "A good precedent has been estab-
lishsd In Ohio. Daniel Lewis died
recently, ct Ironton, of delirum tre-
mems. and his widow brought suit
against one Thomas Evens, q rum
seller, Of whom her husband had for
years obtained his liquor. The court
awarded 1000 damages. II this ex-
ample be initiated by wives and wid-
ows Of drunkards generally, there
will be fewer deaths from dslirum
tremens. t8 -bu d D
"A splendid story is told OF Mar
shal MacMahon when Colonel. -
During parade he had an alteration
with an ofIioer In the ranks, who re-
fused 10 obey him. MacMahon fin>
ally theatsnsd this offender. and the
latter drawing pistol took dsliber-
ate aim and fred; fortunately the
cap snapped. Without the slightest
sign Of fear, cool and impassi BILE,
MacMahon said ''Givs that man
fifteen days, salie de police for having
his arms osst Of order y,
BEAUTIFULLY SOLD. Some wag
with evidently Q spice of malice in
his mirth, has concocted . circular,
purporting to have been written by
Rev. Mr.. Newman, Chaplain OF the
United States Senate, urging the re-
turn OF Senator Harlan 10 that body,
The Herald has In some way obtains
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