Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-10-13


THE
5EDAR FALLS, Tow
FRIDAY, ocroeER -, 1871
Local Department.
~ subscrfbsn yin undssetand heresfser VI
their paper n Married with IN II that Ii
subscS1ptton has expired.
DEATH.-Mrs. Knapp, mother
q. Knapp was buried yesterday.
A BARGArN-Property OF Fl. ]
Bartle, two miles n. e. oftown. r
fer to hand bills.
WHEAr.-W. B. Anderson b,
presented us with . splendid samp
Of Michigan white wheat.
PURcHAsE.-J. b. Abbott has pu
chased the Phillips property, opp,
sIte the M. =. Church, for $4,000.
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PENNsYLvANrA and Ohio ha,
gone Republican. The former b
$4,000 majority the latter BY u, oo'
PosTPoNED.-A 6reman'a festiv,
was talked Of for this evening b.
was postponed on account Of the I'll
In Chicago.
ADvANcING.-The great scarcit
of water and recent fires have cause
an advance In lumber in Clinton ,
two dollars per thousand.
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No CHANoE.-We make no chang
In ourssmarket reports. As soon {
business IL resumed, the prices wi
doubtless be quite q good a. befor,
PERsoNAL.-Senasor Woolson, {
Mt. Pleasant, has been visiting hi
son-in law. Peter Meiendy. We u
knowledge q call from Mr.. w. IN
lady.
FEsrIvAL.-A festival viii be hel
In the lecture room of the M. 4
Church next Friday night undo
the auspices Of the ladies' Of the q
ciety.
READY FOR BusrNs@.--B. Thorp
10 ready for business. His good
have not ell arrived but he is ampl,
prepared to accommodate the publ
with everything In the line Of dry
goods.
CENTRAL COMMITTEES. - At th
Republican caucus last Nouda
evening the Central Committe elect
ed for the ensuing year were o. c
Pooler, David West, 8. Wander
Vaart.
APoLo0y.--We have been 90 mucl
occupied with the excitsment Of th
week that little time has been give
Us for wi editorial work. In fact
we have thought Of very little els
but fire.
FIRE IN THE CoUNrRY.-A dam
aging fire occurred In and aroun,
Beaver Grove . few nights since.-
800 men were out all night fghtinl
il. The fences were burned and
number Of corn fields.
CALIFORNIA BRATEN.-Mu. w
NJ. Morrison hes pfesentsd rs win
pear grown In her garden which
beats anything We have sen thll
year, and 10 decidedly ahead Of Cali.
fornia.
AN APPLE.-A. Trowbridge pre-
sented Benjamin q McCabe with al
apple, which he brought from Leav.
enworth, Kansas, the other day,
weighing 22i ounces and measuring
la inches In circumference.
RELIEF FOR SUrPERERs.--Any
parties, In the city or eountEy, q
string to c~ontribute money for th,
relief Of the sufferers ip Chicago car
leave 1t with Mayor Town send and
it will be forwarded free.
PLEASE Ifs the gentleman vii
return the plumber extracted from
my vest pocket on the night Of the
fire to me at the GAZETTE Office,
no questions will be asked.
II. ID. LINDLEY.
ANOTHER THREsHrra ITEM
Munger h Ham commenced thresh.
ing the other day ut q quarter Of 0 q.
m. and before quitting time threshsd
1880 bushels OF oats and cleaned n
up. besides setting the msehins
twice.
DEMoRALIxxD.-A number Of oul
citizens have bean considerably do.
moralized since the IRE. N. Roden.
bach, captain of the hose department
OF the fire company, has not been
able to speak above . whisper and ID
barely able to get around. ~
CaAer Falls Public Schools.
For the school month ending Oct.
eth, 1871, the total enrolment wa
2s5; females, 2ss. The
average number belonging was Ass
The average daily attendance waa
The number Of cases of tard-
mess was about 200-no accurate &C.
count Of the tasdinsss vas kept Ia
some departments for the first wesk.
The per cent. Of attendance ives, II
High School, 2.l; In First Gram
mar SIS; In Second Grammar, o2.5,
In FiEst IntsrDsdiats, SIS; in Bee.
ond intermediates. ss.2; First Prima.
~, s6.7; In Second Primary, s4.a-