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

Ay W "h0tcSoic Al Sihytou
county. ....
The "Cits." of Mason City pro-
pose to enthuse extensively on the
Fourth Of July. A. aa.
d "A man named Clay, In Clarinds,
owns feet which are fifteen inches
an length, and five In ,hes broad. a
The Earlville Recorder has been
moved to Delhi and the name has
been changed to Delaware County
Recorder. .r Il
A fruit raisers near Muscatine,
Informs the Muscatine Journal that
she never knew so many insects at
work destroying the crops at this
season."
"A Sioux City Norwegisii2 swal-
lowed tumbler full of benzine, last
week. AS he neglected to swallow
q wick, and so wouldn't burn, they
buried him.
The Mt. Pleasant Journal says
the doors of the Insane Hospital
closed few days since on the 4s9th
patient, the highest number ever I'm
the institution. r~r ~e~ -7w .a
The vasey boys living four miles
northeast of Grundy Centre, sold
the wool off of 400 sheep the ether
day for the snug little sum Of $500. -
Gs1tndy Atias. ha
-Hamburg is to have grand cele-
bration on the Fourth. The papers
announce that ten oxen, sevente
hogs, and thirty sheep viii he killed
aud roasted on the ground. ~ea
of the party of one hundred and
twenty, who were poisoned on ice
cream, at Ft. Dodge, some two
weeks since, none have died, though
many Were In critical condition. ,..
The West Point graduate who
stood at the head of his class this
year was Wasson OF Iowa. He is
son of J. G. #. Wasson, Of Warren
county. He came off with the high
est honors- h@ A -a
On Wednesday morning. of last
week, the match factory of Major
Toll, at Clinton, Iowa, was burned,
together with a quantity of fuel, etc.
Loss, SIC, 900; insurance So, 900; saved
81 500. sc r. aaar ..e ha.- .,sr.a -a
"A man In Wapello gotta notion
that Paris green would cure hog
cholcra. and he tried il enc night
with some swill. He had been cor
rectly Informed. His nine hogs will
never have the cholera again. SOL n.
"A high wind, which passed over
TT. Dodge on the 18th, carried away
the bridge over the Des Moines Mt
Dakota. Mr.. Miller from that place
informs us that the damage eaanat
fall si,"rs "r ao.ovV.-Dubuqae Her.
aid. .. l.'Es a.. Gers 1.atHaa atas 's
. w E's .ts-E
Geo. Wells. Of Grundy county, pro-
proses to give the Milwaukee and
Nashua railroad bonus of &75, 900 IL
the company will locate depot on
his farm, and agrees to ship freighti
to the amoant of seventy thousand u
Year. l.ssa7a aasf sas h. .as. .ai1a
.. .aE
The law has no delays In Iowa.
At Decorah, last week, DIR. Suther-
land, accused Of rape, passed through
a legal career. rs follows; Prelimin.
AIRY examination ON Tuesday brought
To Jail on Wednesday, indicted on
Thursday, tried on Friday, sentenced
Oh Saturday, and started for the pen
itentiary on Monday. s.a..a..
The fearful fire which swept
away the immense mill Of the Flem-
ing Bros, at North McGregor, last
week, destroyed property TO the
amount of $l25, 900 without cents
worth Of Insurance, and yet. the Me-
Gregor ,Ne,os informs us. they have
gone 10 work to rebuild the mill.
There II pluck for you.-Ekader
journal. -sa.o aFs.r asi f. Z 'sa
The Times tells how Mr.. 9. III.
Hathaway, of Dubuque, is fitting up
hisIda, County Sfarm In fine style.
He has sown three hundred acres of
grain the present spring; and plant.
ed 1900 forest trees, consisting Of
cottonwood, chesnut, larch and soft
maple. These are set four. and one
halffeet'apart and cover about ten
acres ofground. 8|
Recently, gentleman visited
our sanctum to look over the La
Crosse papers, and :, ascertain the
name ola butcher doing business
there, to whom he desired to sell
some fine cattle. Taking up the
Leader and .Rep,6tican, he scanned
every inch of each, but no advertise
ment Of such business man appear
ed. And the La Crosse butchers
dldnt getthe cattle. Ana the Me-
Gregor butchers did. And the moral
can be easily ascertained: the loss to
said vender Of steaks was more than
treble the cost Of sn ad., in.this and
all Of the La Crosse papers. Lansing
Mirror.
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