Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-06-16
NUMBER IL.

and A. G. Thompson.
In addition 20 the public school,
J the State has located here the
SOLDIERS ORPHANS HOME.
which IL q school as we'll. A fine
Enew building has been erected, at "a
lcost of $4,000, which is a model of
its kind, doing great credit to its
| architects, and Is n standing monu-
ment to the fatherly care for the
forphans of our nations defenders Oh
the part of the State. Forty acres of
lground surround the building which
gives a partial support to the institu-
tion, upon which has lately been
planted large grove of maple trees.
The whole is in charge of Mr.. aud
Mrs. Tucker, under whose manage
ment the Home has become success
ful and flourishing State institution.
/ The schools connected with the
Home are divided into four depart
ments, giving employment to six
teachers, namely: Grammar Depart
ment, Miss c. +. White; First Inter
mediate, Miss s. Blackburn; Second
fntermediate, Miss II. ]. Doran;
Primary, Mrs, Walker; Music, Miss
Helen Payne; Penmanship, Miss l..
L.. West. Connected with the Home
Is fine library of AL volumes.
There are now 30i children la the in
lstitution, making, inciuding teach.
ers, servants, etc, 3il inmates.
THE SOCIETY
of Cedar Falls il especially good. IL
has none of the brusqueueSs of new
place or the hauteue of an old one. -
Striking very happy medium line
between the two extremes an enticm
cordiate Is reached, pleasant aud
agreeable alike to citizen and stranger
coupled with the educational advan.
tages offered by our schools and the
religious facilities afforded w.. can
truthfully say that nowhere In the
West can more desirable location
be found, or more favorable cireum.
stances under which To rear farnily
of children aud have them uncon
taminated by the bad Influences Of
large city, or dwarfed by the restrie
tive advantages and rigid Views OF a
small place.
Under the fostering care of our
citizens many s'
BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES
have been formed, among whicI,
should be mentioned, Of the Masonic
oreer, Black Hawk Lodge No. 10,
Valley Chapter, r.. A, NJ ~. Bald-
win Commandery, X. T., No. ii, -.
and In the Odd Fellows order, the
Cedar Falls Lodge No, n The town
has a Library .Association. ......
Cedar Falls is an u..
INCoRPERATED cry, r ....
which should have BEEN mentioned
before, and has a population of ao,o.
The last census gave the place hut
5000 inhabitants, hut by the energet-
lc work on railroads, aud other GU
terprises, the other 400 mt ha4t have
been added. a.@ ....
The present city officers are: May
or, II. Townsend Treasurer, G. G.
Knapp; Assessor, Il. KNAPP, 'lerk,
G, l.. Mills; Marshal, j. +. I.n,.ter;
and Solicitor, III. G. Hemcnway. So
The Aldermen are: LIST Ward, ii. NJ. pa
Adams aud j. p. zeising 81 j. Al. h
Benjamin aud Il. Brown; 3rd,
Elias Overman aud O. s. Andrews; y
9Th, ). A. Bishop aud j. Iartori,
RAILROAD BUSINESS. ..a..
The business done by the /. q,
railroad ut this station, for the year,
was as follows:
Received, 1850. 900 feet Of lumber,
!, 300 tons of coal, % cars of staves
and herdings, aud s4,OOO,0O0 pounds
OF general merchandise. Shipped In
same time, 2O8, $50 bushels of wheat,
ii 900 barrels of -four, 40 ears of live
stock, $4,000 pounds of dressed hogs,
aud l,5OO,O pounds of general mer-
ehandise, ...s....f b. .... .eas....
f "a THE BUSINESS BUILDINGS a#ta
of Cedar Falls ~ class are of sub.
stantial build aud handsome archi-
lecture, large number of fine brick
blocks supplying store. rooms for the
merchants. Many OF these deserve
particular mention, but these are SO
many that we cannot particularize.
However, the new three story brick
I'm course of erection on Main street
to take the place OF one burned few
weeks ago. Is to be whea completed
the finest business block In the place.
The first floor will comprise for
large store rooms S0x22 feet each, to
be occupied by Messrs. Thompson II
Co. IS hardware store, Wise & Bryant's
drug store, and Miller, Wilson a. Co.'s
dry goods store. We did not learn
who will occupy the fourth room.
The third story over the two middle
store-rooms will constitute a hall 10
he s0x44 feet and very high ceiling.
The block Is wholly engaged and
every room will be occupied rs soon
as the building Is completed.
The town has two good hotel build
ings, namely: the Carter and the
Inman House. In which two good
hotels are kept. We call especial at
tention to the Carter House, OF the
other We speak more at length In am
other place.
We should not forget Ia mention
the many fine residences aud white
cottages that adorn our city. In this
respect Cedar Falls out rivals ell the
neighboring cities. These are for
most part surrounded with beautiful
shade trees and ornamental shrub
berry which gives to the place de-
lightful and inviting appearance.
But few weeks ago, one of tlie
finest business blocks In the place
was consumed by fire. This horri-
BILE calamity found the city without
a fire department. and wholly nn-
prepared for such a catastrophe.
since, however fire department has
been organized, and the city has pur-
chased steam fire engine costing
between six and seven thousand dol
lars. II Is n magnificent engine,
made at Seneca Falls, N. Y, and
will, I'm future, illustrate that the