Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-21

-toh teOrge IL. iDfKmll ls an
nounced as the newest candidate for
Lieut.. Governor.
Vice President Colfax replies to
the invitation to deliver the annual
address before the Iowa Press Con-
yention: II thank you for the invi-
tation with which / have been hon,
orcdi but regret to reply that its ac.
ceptance is impossible. Wishing the
fraternity pleasant re-unlon, am,
truly yours, Schuyler
According TO the Marion Regis.
ter, one hundred hands ars mt work
on the Sabuls, Ackley aud Dakota
Railroad westward from preston.--
Iron for the extension of the track Is
daily expected, and 1t will he laid
westward as fast az first.clas road
bed can he prepared. The cars will
reach Marion early In the fall.
The Pella Blade has the follow.
Ing interesting local item: "a
young lady had very sore throat
cured the other night by having o
coat sleeve wound round II. She
says IL Is n sovereign remedy. Sore
throats have prevailed in that locali-
ty among her friends of her own sex
since that time, only yielding to the
cont sleeve remedy
IA young man whose mouatache
il visible by the aid of a microscope,
was the victim of misplaced conti-
dence u short time ago. lie had been
particularly sweet on very young
lady, and had previously paid her
several visits. The girls parents.
thinking both too young to begin
keeping company with each other,
gave them u gentle hint to that effect
first, by calling the girl out of the
room aud sending her to bed; and
second, by the lady of the house
bringing into the room huge slice
of bread aud butter, with molasses
attach ment, and saying To the youth
In her kindest manner, "rhcre, Buh-
by, take this and 20 home; it IL n
AohS hAaa 1Out hASltbNA Nhll bt
anxious. The girls who were not
there, are asking "who ID iLY'--Os-
kdt00sa Herald.
Tho Carrollton Gazette gives the
following: 1--WE are told a singular
story, by party acquainted with the
facts, with reference to a child of
Mrs. Lizzie Walker, of WHITEHALL
During the period In which Mrs. w.
was eRceinte. she was annoyed by the
visits to her house of n strange cat,
which, had made several vicious at.
tacks on one of her children. Fear
ing that the cat would inflict some
injury upon the child, she availed
herself of the first opportunity To
kill the animal. When this was
presented, she caught the cat, and to
make short work Of it, she took ii to
the wood pile and cut its head off,
which fell before her in such man
ner that she momeutarlly witnessed
It's death. grimaces. Last week the
lady gave birth to a daughter, aud 1t
as discovered that the babe did not
possess the right hand. On the stub
of the arm Is perfectly formed cats
face, but without ears.
r-L. G.. Burroughs, his wife, and
two daughters, have dwelt In Charles
City, during the past six years. The
! husband In farmer and stock. dealer,
and has been married to his present
wife for twenty years. Recently q
quarrel has taken place between
them, owing, 1t is alleged, to Mr..
Burroughs Illicit regard for II servant
girl. and the probability Of an ille-
gitimate offspring. Mrs. Burroughs
stormed, rs might have been expect
ed, but "a reconciliation was soon ef-
fecten, although this was the hus-
bands second similar oflense. Then
the forgiving wife took unto herself
lover, a young man, named Charles
Trsyer, employed by her husband
To add to this scandal, Burroughs
was taken sick; suspicious Of arsenic
were aroused, and Charles City was
I'm n ferment. There was fierce talk
of lynching the erring ones, but
the husbands recovery saved
them. On Sunday night last Trayet
fled, and on Monday Mrs. Burroughs
started for Dubuque, on her way to
Warren, ILL.,, where her relatives re-
side. Upon her arrival at Dubuque,
however,, she was arrested, and is
now locked up in the Floyd county
Jail. The authorities are after Tray
er. Hi. 4 Z : -