Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-11-24
Generalities.


Some $50, 900 of the Court House
bonds OF Macoupin county were
burned in the Chicago fire.
The Putnam dre insurance Co,
of Hartford, Conn, have filed pc.
tition Of involuntary bankruptcy.
Henry Ward Beeeher's Sunday
School has sent $4,000 for the relief
of the destitute i'm Huron and Sani
lac counties.
The Pension Bureau issued S42
certificates of pension during last
week, as follows: Invallds. 262 !;
widows, $50; navy, O; war OF 1912,
424.
The Relief Society has distribu>
ted $4,000 mattresscs-enough to ac-
commodate 42,e00 people IL they
sleep three In bed and one In the
middle.
Iowa Falls wants the Northern
Iowa Normal School. IL promises
$40, 900 In grounds. building material,
etc., to aid the State in building the
institution.
One of the finest buildings In the
State when Ii Is finished will be the
Insane Asylum at Independence
The foundation Is of granite, with
the superstructure Of brick. lined
with Anamosa stone.
"A lawyer once asked at Duteh-
man concerning .pig in COURT
what ear.marks had he?n "Vell,
ven first become acquainted init the
hook. he had no ear-marks except q
very short tall"
Gov. Fairchild, of Wisconsin
has authorized the furnishing Of 81
600 feet of lumber, free of expense,
to every family in the burnt region
in the north, who will rebuild on
their lot recently devastated by the
| fire.
The New York World says -
"The actors and actresses OF this city
contributed $4,000 for the relief OF
their unfortunate brethren In Chica-
go. The whole sum has been APP
pplied to its proper purpose and every
cent accounted for"
If Mrs. Fair should be hung, cer-
tain manuscripts prepared by her
during her imprisonment will be
published. Witha discretion which
gives no token Of aught but the
most indubitable sanity, she has se-
lected the Golden Age as the vehicle
of their appearance.
In his lecture In Boston on
"Cheerfulness, Mr.. Fields said that
Washington Irving was one of the
most cheerful men he had ever
known, and that Charles Dickens
had such portable faculties Of good
cheer that wherever he moved he
carried happiness with him.
The Marinette and Peshtigo
Eagle says shanties aud new build
ings, many of them of q substantial
character, are springing up all over
the site of Peshtigo. The Company's
new buildings are going ahead just
al fast as money, men aud material
can be used advantageously.
"A nice young girl at Green Bay /,
was being courted by nice young
man. He was generously inclined,
and made her presents. of hair oil,
which he purchased from the store
of che father OF his adorsd. After
giving her some twenty bottles OF
the oleaglnous fluid, tie discovered he
was working In u circle; as fast "a
he presented them, she returned
them to the store, thus dutifully
making trade Tor her father.
A family lawsuit is In progress
at Sauk Rapids, Mimi, between O
brother.in.law, n sister.in.law and
another brother-in-la the father-
in-law acting as counsel for the
daughter. It is altogether curious
family quarrel. Mr.. Rouse, son-in.
law of Mr. Dan Miller. sued Mrs.
House, daughter Of Mr.. Miller, and
the Justice returned verdict for the
defendent for $25; than Mr.. House
sued Mr.. Rouse, aud Mr.. Rouse sues
Mr.. Miller, and the two suits are
postponed TO future time.
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