Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-07
State News.

StNtt NEWS
"A six~wived old chap has been
arrested for polygamy. and incarcer-
ated in the Usage Jail.
Dubuque county has l.423 more
youth than Scott county, and Scott
county has over 5000 more adults
than Dubuque county.
The name OF General Belknap,
secretary OF war, is mentioned In
connection with the Iowa senator.
ship, to be made vacant by the re.
tirement of Senator Harlan.
Iowa has 1,1ol 40 inhabitants
and assessed value of property
amounting to sS0s, 900, los. An aver,
age assessment per capita of S25S for
each inhabitant.
"A Davenport husband gives In.
formation that he will give fifty dol
lars TO the man who will elope with
his wife; the money to be paid after
the eiopement has thaken place sue.
cessfully.
~ Page county farmer grew. last
year, % tons of broom corn, and
made it up at Clarinda. He Is 80
well satisfied with the result that he
intends planting two hundred acres
this year.
Warren county has man who
was married four times I'm one year,
aud is now living with his Il fth wife.
The Jom nal calls on some other
county to beat that. On behalf of
our county we pass.
The Clinton Daily Herdid says
There Is q rnmor to the effect that
the Pennsylvania Central are nego.
tiating for the control of the North.
western from Chicago to Council
Bluffs, aud will make one grand
through line from New York to San
Francisco.
The st. Louis merchants are
reaching into Central Iowa for trade.
along the new Iowa Central road,
that connects with the North Mis-
souri,. They do it by advertising in
the local papers of Iowa-the straight
ahead, business like way Of doing IL.
- NeUddd Representative. .".
The Davenport Gdsctte, of the
Goth says: "An infant passed
through this city last evening, bound
for Chicago, which only weighed
700 pounds. She was lady from,
Maquoketa, aud joins troupe up
on her arrival in that city,"
Sixteen Of the twenty seven
woman in Redfield, Dallas county
who destroyed n saloon in that place
on the 18th of July, 1867, held q re-
union in commemoration OF the
event the other day. There was @
dinner i'm the afternoon, and q greal
temperance meeting in the evening
The State Register learns that the
competitors for the Democratic nom
ination for Governor, thus far men,
toned, are John p. Irish, of lows
City; II. l.. Bowman of Dubuque
ID. NJ. Harris, of Missouri Valley; B
+. Montgomery, of Council Bluffs
We don't know as IL Is any of oul
funeral, but since advice is cheap, WI
vote for John L. Irish.
The Dubuque Times contributes
the following to the literature being
written under the title-'the mex
Governor OF Iowa.: ave are inclin
ed to think that IL the newspaper
could decide the matter, Col. G.. G
Carpenter might be very properly
employed in writing an inaugura
address. There seems to be q won
derful number of them coming to u
with strongly expressed desires t,
make those three C's excellncy."
Railroad meetings have beer
held lately In Howard and Crysla
townships, both for and against TIN,
projected Grinneli, Cedar Falls an,
Winona route. The people have no
been allowed to be unacquaintet
with all the facts bearing on boil
sides of the question. The result, q
might have been anticipated, Is seel
i'm the notices for elections in thos
townships. There is little If an.
doubt that the tax will be over
whelmingly carried in both town
ships.
The following Is Mr.. Greeley
reply TO the Invitation extended Il
him TO deliver the next annual ad
dress before the Iowa Press Associa
ton:
Dear Sir:--I have waited till long
er waiting would seem discourteogs
and now decide that cannot atten,
your Press Meeting next June, as
would gladly do. / find so man.
cares and duties pressing upon m
that, with the weight Of years, / fee
Obliged to decline nearly every invi
, tation that takes me over o day
. journey from home-yours anon
them. Yours,
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