Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-01-06
NUMBER Al.
Generalities.

- Gen. Schenck resigns on the 10Th
instant, and leaves for England on
the 18th.
= Hon. Henry #. Blow. Minister
to Brazil, is on his way to the Unlted
States.
- Four men In Chicago. shed fui.
ly, twelve horses In one hour, at the
Northern city Railway horse shoe
shop.
- There Is family in Muncie,
Delaware county, Indiana, consist.
Ing Of father, mother, aud twenty.
one children.
= The Spotswood hotel, at Rich.
mond, Virginia, was burned last
week, and some fifteen persons per-
ished ~ the flames.
- Said member OF church TO
another. al can give Ave dollars to
this object and not feelit.n "Then,"
said his companion, "give ten and
feel It."
- Punch thinks II would be real
blessing to mothers II somebody
would invent O soap that would ena.
BILE mammas 10 get their daughters
Off their hands.
- A Massachusetts, man objected
TO having the pegs cut from bis sons
newly bought shoes, because the boy
would run all over town and wear
them out in three weeks. .s.a
- A divorce case In ireland has
ELECTED the fact that the lady was Ia
the habit of chastising her husband
with the furniture, and on one occa-
sion knocked him down and eat on
his head. ....e
= Many eastern people have been
poisoned by wearing crimson wrap
pers, drawers and stockings, from
the analine used in the dye, AMI have
only saved their lives by adopting
white under, garments.
- The Reecher family arc thus di.
vided on woman suffrage Catherine
and Thomas oldest and youngest)
are opposed to 1t, while the interme.
date members. Edward, Henry, Har-
riet, and Isabella, are In favor OF 1t.
- A facetious young mau from
Cincinnati, received the charge of
shotgun In return for his courtesy In
calling an Indiana farmer up in the
night to advise him tn take I'm his
chimney, rs IL was freezing weather.
- A western paper, which one day
recently noticed the opening OF
new whisky store, the next day
apologized for the brevity of Its local
columns, because the reporter was
ILL.," lie had assisted Mt the OPEN
ing. ~
- Neenah, Wisconsin, has dog
that will take money TO the market
and bring home meat in exchange.
Being recently unable 10 get money,
and very hungry, he stole n sash.
carried II to the market, and pawned
IL for meat. ..,
The rising generation "age" rap
idly In Detroit. A mature specimen
eight years old, was hunting around
the police stations for stray father
the other night. lyon see" no re-
marked, with fllial devotion, "ths
guv'ner's little Wild yet, but he'll
grow out of It,"
- The other evening lady pro-
pounded the following conundrum
What kind Of potatoes are most
popular among the ladies2n We
modestly remarked that we were not
aware which species Of potatoes the
fair sex were most fond of, when the
lady horr.fied us with the answer,
Palpi.totors.
Hon. 0akes Ames, of Boston,
who Is member OF Congress, one of
the leading Directors of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, President
Of the Ames' Plow Company, and
oneof the most prominent capitalists
of New England, has failed. The
liabilities are stated Mt about S., ,000,-
900, with assets estimated at SIG, ,oO0,-
600. An extension of six and twelve
months IL likely TO be granted by
the creditors.
- Rev. T. X. Beecher, of Elmira,
said something unpleasant about II
b. Smith, Congressman elect. front
that district. Smith remarked TO
him that those statements were cons
spicuously inexact. Beecher ex.
claimed, DO you want to get into a
quarrel with the Beecher family ?p
. No, sir,p said Smith, but want
to know Ii you want to get into u
fight with the Smith family ?i'---
And peace was made between the
two great divisions Of the human
family.
- A man riding from Syracuse to
New York. Informed the conductor
that he had been made the victim OF
q pick>pocket. " Butt adds the
victim, "here are my trunk checks;
keep them until reach New York;
The checks were considered equiya.
lent to fare TO the metropolis. When
New York was reached lady ap-
peared and demanded the trunks
Somebody had taken the checks FROM
her pocket. She named the articles
In the trunks, and the property was
surrendered.
- The editor OF the Brazil Union
was hoiror.stricken, few days
since, at finding on the "case" " of
one of his compositors, note, an.
Inouncing his intention to repair to
the woods, half mile south OF town,
and then and there commit suicide.
by banging himself to a tree. Tho
remainder OF the day was srent in q
frantic but fruitless ses..fch for the
cold corpse OF the coIapositor. The
editors horror Was changed to dis
gust, u few days after. on receiving a
note fom the departed, dated In
dianapolss. announcing that he had
changed his mind and got drunk In