Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-06-23

A Ss"tV ANSW"
Fifteen bachelors IN Avoca, with
incomes ranging from ST, 800 to IS, 900,
advertise for wife apiece, In the
Delta. '.o - ''
A chain seven hundred feet long,
on three sides Of the public square at
Pella, furnish hitching posts for the
farmers.s as s-. ...-stf.-.s ..ss q
lit Is stated that about two--car
loads of immigrants week pass ever
the Iowa Division of the Illinois
Central Railroad. f#sfaEa# ##aE
Sixty thousand trees We're plant
ed near Grand Junction, Greene Co..
during the two weeks ending the 9TH
inst, by six residents. ....a ~. 4, d
The fight between Marion and
Cedar Rapids on the county seat
question has been decided In favor of
Marion by $500 majority. ''' #
There are now over seven hun
dred soldiers orphans In the differ
ent institutions under the care of the
State at Davenport, Cedar Falls and
Glenwood. slssr.f &. alnsasg8 .a
On the l4th instant, q little boy
at Ackley, son of Mr.. J. J. Schreiber,
of that city, was terribly kicked by o
horse-so much so that he Is not ex.
pected to live. 81
In Iowa City a prospective child
was pledged TO creditor to cancel a
debt should the offspring I've boy
The baby proves to be a boy, and the
creditor demands him on contract
The mother refuses, and the creditor
has brought suit for the child. a.a
Prize fights between certain
brutes OF the "Cast Iron Bill" aud
|"Red Handed Nike sort, are be-.
coming quite frequent in Iowa. Can
not Iowa enforce laws that are rigor.
onsly observed every where else in
the United States aud Canada"'
--Thess are ten countps I'm he
northwestern corner Of Iowa whose
gain from foreign immigration alone
this season will average not less than
500 each, making an aggregate of s.
600. Each of these new Inhabitants
adds not less than $l00 to the wealth
Of the counties in question sIasni 81:
"A man In Jasper county, named
Roxby, while blowing corn recently,
became infuriated Mt his horse and
picked mp ~ clod to throw ut the
beast, when his arm fell powerless. -
The hone Of his arm above the elbow
had been snapped short off by the
violent contraction of the muscles.
The following poetical paragraph,
dovetails with mathematical precl.
sion into little love affair which
term mated In the way described In
thtS city Aon6 AHos thc toon hCt
fancy when he came he took her
hand, he took a kiss he took no no.
tice Of the shame that glowed her
happy cheek at this. He took 10
coming afternoons; he took an oath
he'd meier deceive; he took her
fathers silver spoons, aud after that
he took his leave - Reokuk Gate
City. a" 1aaa ..'.rs. .s#sa o. % .
1 1t reminds one Of twenty years
ago to- read In the Reporter an &c.
count Of the flremen's parade In Wa
terloo with the hand. d.engines, closing
with IA trial OH an awful hot after
noon, to see which machine could
Out~sqnirt the other, the men work
ing at the brakes as IL their life de-
pended on 1t. Why, they could have
sent up to Cedar Palls--only seven
miles distant and procured steamer
that could "fioOdh both their tubs
and threw an 4 inch stream humid
red feet farther than their little half
inch squirts, at the same time. Da-
vtRp0y't G0zetfe. .spf ef1"u aaGga 3