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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14
Liabilities Of Railroads.

The following decision of the su-
preme court of Iowa recently given,
will be read with interest by stock
raisers. The facts of the case were
as follows:
The line of railroad is fenced on
both sides: the bars were placed in
the fence for the convenience of the
land owners on each side of the road
These bars were left down by some
one unknown. Near this point
plaintiffs colt was found In the
ditch fatally injured by a passing
train. The evidence further showed
that IL was customary for defendants
hands to pass along the road, and to
put up the bars when they find them
down, and supposed that they did so
"a short time prior to the accident
The jury below found q verdict
for the plaintiff, and the court refus.
ed to interfere with the verdict, but
the supreme court set aside the ver-
dict, holding that after company
has fenced its roads they are not liza.
BILE for accidents arising from breaks
or damage to the fence until after
they have had notice of such
damage to the fence aud a rea-
sonable time to repair the same,
that the same rule applies to gates
and bars, the company being required
to exercise only reasonable diligence
in keeping the same closed, that the
essential facts wanting In the plain
tiff's case were that the company
had knowledge of the fact that the
bars were down, and neglected be-
yond reasonable length of time
thereafter to put the same up. This
makes 1t the interest aud duty of
persons using such bars and gates, as
well as of the company to keep the
same promptly closed. The rule Is a
reasonable one which requires the
com panies to exercise reasonable dill.
igence, but TO make them liable for
damages resulting from the negli-
gence OF others and of which they
have no knowledge, would be un-
iust.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14

HOME CoURTEsIEs.-"I am one OF
those whose lot in life has been to go
out into al unfriendly world at an
early age;' and of nearly twenty
families i'm which l made my home
In the course of about nine years,
there were only three that could be
designated as happy families. The
source Of trouble was not so much
the lack OF love as the care to mani
fest it." The closing words of this
sentence give as the fruitful source Of
family alterations, OF heartaches In
Vulnerable. of sad faces and gloomy
home circles. mot 40 much the
lack of love, as the care to manifest
1t. What world Of misery sugest-
ed by this brief remark! Not more
than three happy families in twenty
and the cause so manifest and so
easily remedied! Ah, I'm the "small,
sweet courtesies Of life," what power
resides. In a look, a word a tone,
how much happiness or disquietude
may be communicated! Think OF It.,
reader, aud take the lesson home
with you.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14
LIN ES,
ny MRS. ". p. LELAND,

Inscribed win much sympathy, 10 ne 6srsdr
Friends Of Helen, ptfs Of Charles nlla,sr. a,
only ehRd Of Danlel and Sarah link, Of Atban
who died IN Brooklyn, March 7th, 1871 aged ttes
tyJars years.
Grieve not kind friends, that she is gone--
Her spirit free rom care
Now stands before the Great White Throne,
And JONES the anthem there.
Her pleasant laughter loving tones
Are hushed-your way seems dark;
It's ever thus: ''rhe good die first;
Death loves q shining mark"
The Father has but called his own
To her eternal rest,
Your homes, it's true, are sad and lone,
Still let Ills name be blessed.
Earth's bridal robes have been exchanged
For the marriage robe OF Heaven;
She's entered into that glorious home
Which Christ, to her, had given.
lie knows that where our treasures are,
our hearts will ever roam:
And thus, to keep you near to Him,
lie took your Nellie home.
There, you will meet her on that shorc,
Where all the ransomcd stand,
With harp and crown, she'll welcome you
To join the blood bought band.
There, Husband, Parents, weep no more,
She's free from pain and care;
From all the loved but gone before,
That she may call them there.
Cedar Falls, March 90 1871.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14
Generalities.

Horace Greeley has accumulated
filthy lucre to the extent of ls3,Ooo.
The case of Andy Thompson, the
murderer, 40 said, has hearing IN
the Supreme Court, which conveneS
at Dubuque, April 22nd.
Col. Sam. Jones has recently in~
troduced u new regulation into TIE
Louisiana penitentiary. Hereafter
all prisoners are to be washed before
they are ironed.
A down easter editor plaintively
saws that he has original poetry
enough to shingle meeting house
but. as he has no meeting house I"
shingle, the original poetry is USE
less.
A verdant individual near Cham
paign, H., recently paid S232 eS-
press charges, on box which ho
supposed contained green'ncks, aud
which turned out to be old scrap iron
and saw dust.
An eccentric women, Mrs. Mary
Gaines, who has been unfortunate In
two marriages, recently took hus-
band without legs, for the reason a.
she alleges, that he could not run
away from her.
A stolen kiss saved a girls life In
Fond du Lac, Wis, the other day,
for IL the man who did the deed, had
not pulled her head forward just a.
he did, a beam which fell from the
upper floor, would have dashed her
brains out.
A young man Of Cohoes, n. Y
In haste to get ready.for ball, rush
ed 10 the barber shop for shave
Stepping up to the mirror, he was
shocked to notice that he had ouiitt~
ed to put on his trowsers. He went
home TO do so.
An old Dutchman undertook to
whip his son, but Jake turned upon
him aud walloped him. The old
man consoied himself for his defeat
by rejoicing In his sons manhood.
He said "vell, Jake ish smart
fellow, he can vip his own taddy."
Two farmers In Bloomfield, Con
nectieut, brought before the courts, q
trouble about the ownership OF a
load OF manure, valued at Sl.50, In
1860, which has led to suits and cross
suits, settled at the last session of the
Court of Common Pleas, the total
cost of the amusement being not less
than $500 to plaintiff and defendant.
1T IL said of late physician thas
he was waited upon by a neigh
Dor to come and see child sick with
the Group. "Oh, certainly - said the
doctor, .'if there IL anything pride
myself on in my profession, 1t is my
treatment of that disease" AS the
doctor stepped out a moment To make
ready. his waiting visitor was SOME
what taken back TO hear him say 10
his wife Sarah what 10 you do
for the croup?'
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14
NUMBER 3.


We learn from the Elkader
Journal that the case of State against
two township trustees of Volga, who
refused 10 order second election for
railroad tax pettioned therefor, has
been carried up to the Supreme Court,
and will be decided next month.
"A man at Blue Point, the other
evening. haltered his horse with
slip-knot on the rope. The conse-
quence was that he had to procure
the aid of two other horses to get
that horse out of the stable the next
morning. He says he won't tie any
more that way, "taint healthy"
j. d. Hunt, of Nora Springs, was
found dead in his bed, at the Nation
al House In Mason City, last week.
The evening before he had lectured
to the citizens on Beauty" surprise
ing even his intimate friends by his
oratory.- He was an opium eater,
and the Republican expresses the
general opinion that an overdose of
that narcotic was the cause of his
death. .
The Clinton Herald says: "Col.
Frank q. Noyes, of Clinton, while
hunting on the Wapsie, last week,
shot a mammoth Cinerous eagle,
which measured three feet in length
and seven feet from tip to tip OF
wing. It's talors span seven and
half inches, and IL head has breadth
of three and a. half inches. This
species Of eagle Is scarcely known I'm
North America, and from its appear.
ance, 1t must have reached to the
age of three score aud ten years.
The oldest citizens In the vicinity of
Wheatland, where II was shot, told
the Colonel that this bird had made
it's appearance from time to time,
since their Grst coming to this coun~
Try"
THE Lyons Mirror relates how
prize fight was squashed; "a prize
fight was projected by Hauntowners
a little while ago between two boys
of muscle The ground was staked
off, crwod gathered. respectable I'm
numbers, and eminently 80 I'm char
acter. But i'm the nick OF time, tho
mother of one of the bully boys ap-
peared and asked what was up. a
ringleader replied In very unpretty
manner, and instantly received
souse on the side of the head from
mop with which the good dame had
armed herself, and then male for two
or three others of the party. Where
upon every valorous fighter and spec
tator fed terrified
The Toledo Republican says:-
"The prospects OF the ottumwa,
Tama city and Minnesota railroad
are not materially frightened by the
indefinite postponement OF the elec-
ton I'm Malcom. The excuse given
by the Malcom Bulletin for the post
ponement is q virtual admission that
capitalists cannct at present he IN
duced to take hold of the enterprise.
Tama City acts very wisely in drop
ping that wildcat enterprise. The
o., II. G. & Nj. road IL virtually dead.
It's only purpose Of life, to Kill the
Grinnell, Cedar Falls 4 Winona road
having failed of accomplishment,
there is no reason for its friends to
keep IL alive any longer. Let 1t rest
| In peace,n
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14
"Luck," What Is itf

The man who marries the prettiest
girl OF the place is said to be "lucky
fellow" and SO of him who draws
the highest prize at lottery, or, by
the fortunate" turn of affairs clears
the gulf between want and wealth
In an hour. And yet the histories of
oil times tell us that with a terrible
uniformity and uncertainty, the men
who come suddenlyspossessed of un>
earned millions die In misery.
Within a few years well to-do
farmer drew quarter of million
dollars in a prize at a lottery. The
whole country envied him his luck.
But he has since died from style of
living induced by his good fortune,
and his only son has turned out
drunkard.
The man who first bet on the race
course, whose first deal at the card
table. whose first risk at faro.
whose maiden lottery ticket brings
money largely into his pocket, is
ruined man at the very instant the
world pronounces him "lucky -
Any man, especially any young man,
who starts out In life with the con-
viction that money can be letter
made than by earning Il, Is lost
man, lost already to society, lost to
his family and lost to himself.
An alarming number OF the sons
of the rich men Of New York are at
this moment helpless drunkards.-
Young men of education, of manly
qualities, of generous nature, hon
orable and high>minded; but the
demon Of drink has taken such pos~
session of them, that fathers
breaking heart, a mothers tear, and
a sisters agony. avail not to draw
them from deep damnation. Ele.
CANT leisure was their ruin.
The best way to save child from
ruin is to bring him up "to help his
father" Make children feel that
they must do something TO support
the family, to help along; then two
feelings arise which are their saliva
tion,-these of affection and pride /;
for we naturally love those whom we
help, or those whom we struggle to.
gether with for desired object. and
nothing 30 improves child as to
make him feel that he can do some
thing, and that which he does Is ap.
preciated.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14
Singular Domestic Romance.

Some dozen years ago o gentleman
occupying, by reason of his wealth
and education. a high social position
In New York, was married to lady
equally high In the social scale
After few years of welded life his
wifs's actions became not like -sesar's
wife, above suspicion, ia consequence
of which she left him, taking with
her bright little girl about three
years old. With this little girl she
went to Philadelphia, where she led
a life of shame, until poverty drove
her to place the child. when about
twelve years old. In one OF the homes
where such children usually find
refuge. The child was taken thence,
about a year ago. by a gentleman
hamed Woolston, living Dear Evans.
vile, N. J.. and in his family occu-
pied a menial positian.
In the meantime, the Injured hus.
band, hearing no tidings from his
absconding spouse, again married,
and n few months ago went on his
bridal tour to Europe. While jour-
neying there he made the acquaint-
ance of Philadelphia gentleman, /,
whom he related the Incident
The gentleman had some con-
nection with the home from
which the girl had been taken and
remembered the coincidence in
names; thereupon be wrote back to
Philadelphia for further information,
and ascertained the whereabouts of
the child. The father was soon ap
prised of the facts and prepared for
his. return to this country. Immedi.
ately on his arrival he started for
Evansville and soon appeared at the
farm house where the child lived,
and 1t Is further said she recognized
her father on his appearance at the
house.
BE this as IL may, after some hesi-
tation, the child was given up, and
the everjoyed man toek her to the
station at Evansville, where his ad-
dress and good dress soon made him
conspicuous, more 30, perhaps, from
the contrast between him and the
child, who was not attired In the
most fashionable clothing. A gen.
tleman happened to be going to New
York ut the same time and saw them
In handsome carriage, with a fine
span Of horses, driven by colored
coachman, the establishment having
all the surroundings of one of the
''bon ton" of the metropolis. She
may now be dwelling I'm O brown
stone mansion on one of the avenues.
Thus, almost in a twinkling, was
this little girl removed from the po.
sition of servant to q place of
wealth and Importance. Such
incidents go to show that in
many instances truth Is stranger than
fiction. The question naturally
arises, will that little girl be happier
in her new sphere than in that which
she recently occupied.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14
Remarkable Spring.

A correspondent sends to the Jour-
nal Of Chemistry the following ac-
count of a remarkable spring in Tex.
as: About sixty miles north of
Galsna, near the town of Liberty,
there is a spring. the water of which
is quite acid, Stimulating lemonade,
and those who taste ii like Ii so much
that they drink it almost immoder-
ately. When you feel hot, II is quite
delicious; and under any circumstan-
ces, whether you are hot or cold, the
drinking Of 1t produces perspiration,
with no unpleasant effects afterward
The spring has no apparent outlet or
inlet. 1t Is probably sixty feet across
1t, and it is covered with a white
froth or foam, which upon close sx.
animation appears like cream OF
tartar on q wine case. 1t kills in
sects, worms and other small ami
mails that come near and use 1t. Nc
fish or other evidence of life is seen
within its waters.r
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14

Some time since Northern Ver-
mont clergyman visited New York
and was invited to fill city pulpit.
He knew nothing about quartette
choirs, and had never heard church
organ. After the first hymn showed
him what the organ prelude was, he
anannounced the second as follows:
THE audience will now join with
me In singing good old Methodist
hymn and those persons running
that bag of wind In the gallery will
please not interrupt
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14
"THERE Is ROOM AT THE Top

THERE Is Room At THE Tor
Some one has made the above wise
observation and statement. Yes
there IL room at the top, of any pro-
fession or calling. The lower and
mediocre places may be full, crowd
ed, and thousands of applicants wait
Ing for vacancy but let one look at
the top of the profession aud he will
will find room. Let one be thorough
ly qualified by attainments and iE-
tegrity in any calling he, or she may
choose to follow, be faithful, prompt
industrious and persevering, and he
or she will generally be invited to fill
the top positions. Young men and
women, we advise you to look ~, TO,
and strive for the higher positions in
your calling. 1t may cost toll and
thorough preparation and perhaps
some waiting; but the Work is neces-
sary and useful, and the prize worth
the effort, "There is room at the
top"
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14
Soldiers Homestead Law.

Commissioner Drummond issues
the following circular In reference to
the Soldiers Homestead Law. 1t
will be seen that the new bill did not
become a law:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. |
aENI LAND oPFICE, MARCH 0, 1871.
The 25th section of the act ap-
proved July 18th, 1870, entitled an
act making appropriations for the
support of the army for the year
ending June 80, 1871. and for other
purposes. aud the only act fer the
benefit OF soldiers settling on the
public domain passed by the United
states Congress, is as follows:
"SECTIoN 25. And be IL further
enacted, That every private soldier
and officer who has served In the
army Of the United States during
the rebellion, for ninety days, and
remained loyal to the Government,
and every seaman. marine, and offi>
Ger, or any other person, who has
served in the navy OF the United
States, or in the Marine Corps, or
revenue marine, during the rebellion,
for ninety days, and remained loyal
to the Government, shall, ON pay
ment of the fee or commission to any
register or receiver of any land office
required by law, be entitled to enter
one quarter section of land, not min
ersl, of the alternate reserved sections
of public lands along the lines of
any one of the railroads or other
public parks in the United States
wherever public lands have been or
may be granted by acts of Congress,
and to receive a patent therefor un-
der and by virtue of the provisions
of the act to secure homesteads to
actual settlers on the public domain,
and the acts amendatory and on the
terms and conditions of said acts,
except as herein modified, shall ex.
tend and be applicable to entries un-
der this act. aud the Commissioner
of the General Land Office is hereby
authorized to prescribe the necessary
rules and regulations to carry this
section into effect and determine all
facts necessary therefor"
BY these provisions the homestead
law of the Goth of May, 1862, and
the acts amendatory thereof, are so
far modified as TO allow entries to be
made by the parties mentioned
therein, of the maximum quantity
of one quarter section. or one hun
dred and sixty acres of land held at
the double maximum price of $3.50
per acre. instead of one half quarter
section, or eighty acres, as hereto
fore.
a party desiring TO avail himself
thereof Is required to file the usual
homestead application for the tract
desired, if legally liable to entry, to
make affidavit, and to make pay
ment of the usual $40 fee stipulated
In the act OF the 2Oth OF May, 1852,
and the usual commissions ON the
price of land at $3.50 per acre, the
entry to be regularly numbered and
reported to this office in the month
ly homestead return OF the district
land office. The privileges conferred
by this act cannot be assigned, nor is
the benefit of entry under 1t availa-
bic for widows or heirs of deceased
soldiers.
Regarding settlement and cultiva.
tien, the requirements OF law I'm this
class Of entries, are the same as in
other homestead entries.
Very Respectfully,
WILLIS DRUMMoED,
Com m iasionar
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14

THE circulation Of Harper's Weekly
averages l20, 900 per week, and il has
sometimes, during periods of great
excitement, reached the enormous
figure of 25O,000. To supply its reg
ular edition, fifteen tons of white
paper are consumed every week, or
$50 tons per annum. The average
weekly cost OF engraving Is $500, or
$50, 900 per annum, and the cost oi
drawing on the blocks is about the
same, exclusive OF the salaries OF
artists regularly attached to the
office.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14
sntYrag,.m and .,

Woman suffragism and spirit.
ualism are twin sisters of the devil,
from which oil the prevailing abom-
inations Of modern infidelity. divor-
ces and prostitutions have sprung
more destructive OF woman's peace
and happiness. than any scheme of
deviltry that has hitherto entered
the noddles of cracked brain women
and demagogues. Is the sentiment
offered by q Keokuk editor.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14

A Missouri newspaper claims
that the hogs Of the State are so fat.
that in order to find out where the
heads are, 1t is necessary to make
them squeai, and then judge by the
sound.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14

1T Is settled principle, your
honor" said a lawyer, that causes
always produce .fects. "They al
ways do for the attorney" blandly
responded the judge, ''but I've some
times known single case to deprive
a client Of all his effects"
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14

"A gentleman recently hired a ne
gro girl To act AS servant I'm his
house. Thenceforth the rooms were
not redolent OF roses, and the mis-.
tress appealed to the girls better
feelings. In reply the girl said
well, missis, l generally wash my
self twice a year, but de fac Is dis
season I neglected myself.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14

"A Detroit boy has killed sixty
seven of his neighbors' cats to get
money to buy his mother set of
false teeth. He has made quiet
neighborhood where once was q how
ling wilderness.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14

GRA1NER, Hou.;1' Wa nlaee at
Cedar Falls and viii give entire ,. ~ a'
Eho entrust him with work I'm HIS line on business.
Shop over Fosdiek's wagon shop. Paper han, ing
neatly done ON short notice.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14
General Directory.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
ILLINOIS CENTRAI.-IowA DIVISION.
DAY PASSENGER GOING EAST.
Leave Fort Dodge 500 A. NJ, arrive at Cedar
Falls a:45 P. NJ, Dubuque $50 p. NJ, Chicago
$40 A. NJ.
DAY PASSENGER GOING WEST.
Leave Chicago 300 p. M, leave Dubuque 7:15
A NJ, arrive at Cedar Falls 100 p. M, Ft. Dodge
T:30 Z. NJ.
NIGHT PASSENGER GOING EAST.
Leave Sioux City 1890 A. M, arrive at Cedar
Fall. $50 T. NJ, Dubuque 3:45 A. NJ, Chicago
$50 r. NJ.
NIGHT PASSENGER GOING WEST
Leave Chicago 900 A. NJ, leave Dubuque T:30
p. NJ, arrive at Cedar Falls lis A. M., Sioux City
1880 p. N.
FREIGHT.
Going east leave Cedar Falls at 500 P. NJ. CO.
ing west, l9ave Cedae Falls at S45 \. NJ
CEDAR FALLS AND MINNESOTA.
Going north, leave the Junction at los p NJ.
and los A. NJ, arrive at Mona T:1a p. NJ. and 6i5
a. NJ Returning, leave Mona at $50 \. NJ and
400 T. NJ, arrive at Junction a:l2 p. NJ. and 0;40
PM
s. JosSELYN, Station Agent.
BURLINGTON, GEAR RAPIDS & MINI
PASSENGER TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Mail and Express, Cedar Falls at 3:45
Incton ITO, at i:as p. Nj. Making Connection at Cedar
Rapids with trains on G. & n. w. X. X. both east
and West.
Accommodation Cedar Falls at 3:50 p.
M: Arrives at Cedar Rapids at 7:30 r. M. Makes
close connection with G. Il n. w. II. r. for Chi
cago.
PASSENGER TRAINS GOING NoETH.
Mail and Express.--Leaves Burlington at $40
A. NJ; Cedar Rapids at 400 p. Nj; Arrives at
Cedar Falls at $40 p. NJ.
Accommodation. Leaves Cedar Rapids at 9:25
A. NJ; Arrives at Cedar Falls at lis =. Nj.
FREIGHT-GoING SOUTH.
Leaves Cedar Falls at $50 A. M; Cedar Rapids
at 1880 A. NJ; Arrives at Burliegton at 500 L. M.
FREIGHT-GoING NORTH.
Leaves Burlington at 400 A. NJ: Cedar Rapids
t6;45 p II Arrives at Cedar Falls at - Nj.
q. ID. ADAMS, Stgtion Agent.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14
L, w. WARREN, m. D.

OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
~ to the people Of Cedar Falls and vicinity. OF
Ace at Kelogg's Drug Store. Residence on 2nd
street, between Washington and Clay.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-14

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE
il in Wise Il Bryant's Drug store. Residence,
corner of Sixth and Franklin Streets, Cedar Falls,
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J. W. YOUNG. @. VI. BRl
Y0IINN a. RpInE
r. A. BRYANT, M. d.

physicians AND SU URGEONS. OFFICE
II Over Crosby Gregg's Drug Store, Cedar
Falls, Iowa v11n12