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The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-08-29
From the Dav. Gaz. OF Aug. p
The Election-An Inference.

Iowa, Judging from the election Tor
county officers throughout the State. may
be put down as strongly opposed to the
and safe for the Repub'
lican party in 1856. We know no, wha.
revolutions may occur the next twelve
month, but were a vote to be trken this day
upon any important or decisive political
question, Iowa, we doubt not, would give
majority against the Administration
party Of no, less than 6, 900. Dubuque is
the only county in our State upon which
the sham Democracy can rely, and that
unless some mighty revolution in morals
take place, must for time to come favor
any party that advocates negro slavery
and whiskey freedom.
The follswing counties elsc,ed the A.
merican and Republican tickets. in many
instances by large majorites and in each
case when the so.called Democratic party
had regular ticket in the field
Allomakee Appanoose, Black Hawk
Cedar, Chickasaw, Clayton, Davis, Des
Moines, Delaware. Floyd, Henry, Jack
son, Jonson, Keokuk, Linn, Louisa. Lu'
cas-, Mahaska, Muscatine, Monroe, Ia.
ma. Wapello, Warren and Washington
pa.
The folloing elected the Democratic
ticket
Boone, Buchanan, Clarke, Dallas, Du
buque, jefferson, Jones, Lee and Poll
%.
Dubuque and Jones were the only ,w'
counties whose najori,ies exceeded ont
hundred on all their ticket elected had n,
opposition, In Boone county a losa
question determined the result. In Dial
las, Jefferson, Polk aud Lee the major
i,,es were small.
In the following counties each part
elected a part OF Its ticket. Clinton an
Van Buren, elected Republicans Tor Coun
ty Jedges and Jasper and Scott, the re
verse.
Clinton, Jasper, Scot, and Van Bure
"A.
| The following counties were so agi,a
ted and divided by county seat and loca
questions tina. no polical party can wit
propriety claim the result: -
Audubon, Benton, Bremen Decatur
Faye,te, Hardin, Iowa, Poweshiek, Sto
ry, Wayne, Webster and Woodbury.:
/ The vote pol!ed by the remainin,
counties and no, ye, heard from, will b.
slightly vary the result. From the abov
results. which we presume to be en,rel
correct, we think ourselves justified i
the remark with which we commence
| this ar.icai.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-08-29
L gal Notice
TO Anna Tongue !:

TO Anna Tongue
You will take notice that there is now on
file in lib. Office Of the clerk Of the district court
in and for the county of cedar, and state Of
Iowa, petition OF Moses v. Butler, claiming
of you the sum Of twenty five dollars, as mo-
ney paid BY him for taxes on the south west
quarter of the northeast quarter of section No.
twenty seven. (2D in township No. seventy
nine C7s) north, 10 range No. four, az west
Of the 9TH p. NJ, which land was purchased by
sad petitioner al tax sale held in Upton on the
18th day Of June, 1853. at which time it was
sold for taxes due thereon for the year 1852 |;
and your pet TONER also purchased said land Al
tax sac on the goth day Il May 1854, when it
was SOLD for the taxes due thereon for the year
1853, for both Of " hch sales said petitioner re-
ceved Deeds from the treasurer Of said county.
IN the maine OF the state Of Iowa; your petition
ner also paid the taxes on SAID land for the
year 1854 ISsid petitioner further seeks to per-
feet his title to said land, and foreclose all
your right and equity Of redemption to said
land and TO make his deeds absolute and uncon-
ditional; and uniess YOU appear and defend said
suit on or before the morning Of the oath day
OF September, 1855, judgment viii be rendered
against you thereon and the prayer Of said
petitioner will be granted Is laid in his petition.
,. ". cATTsLL, elk. dis ct. cedar CO.
WELLS sPicEa, attorney for pith. n34-S
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the order, if at the time they were men,
bers they were more desperate towards
the adopted citizen than they now are'
or If during their membership they were
more Of Hindo, Thug, assassin, pan
dal or cannatei than they now are7 or if
they felt more carniperoas towards to-
wards the prescribed" II they are less
intsynul now than then, what has affect
ed the reformat,on2 IF we were to guess,
we should say, by joining the Sag
N1chts."
In short, this buncomb talk abou. van
dalism Of Know No,hingism, is only made
to awaken the prcjudiues and stir up he
passions Of this same ignorant class Of
for. igners and catholics who are the ones
that when thus excited and deranged by
liquors and the appeals Of demagogues,
cause the terrible riots and bloodshed. II
is the corrupt press who are more to blame
than any one else, for these lamentable
occurrences. BY ins,illing into the mind.
, Of the illi,era.e and passionate foreigner.
and catholics, that the Know Knothing,
are about TO disfranchise and ex,erminats
them, they become infurlated, their pas
sions aroused and hence, with the as
sistance of stimulants they originate these
riots. We have been eyewitness to ma
ny election troubles in cities, and neve1
yet knew the first cause to originate will
the sober, rejecting men, but from th'
illitera,e, ignorant, prejudiced, and in
| temnerate.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-08-29

10 HMtdm II. HUI:
Sta--you will take notice that there Is now
on file IN the Office of the clerk Of the district
court, in and for the county Of Cedar, and state
OF Iowa, petition Of Charles Foreman claim.
ing Of you the sum of one and 81 hundredth,
dollars with twenty-five per cent. interest
thereon from the Goth Of May, 1854, Is money
paid Tor taxes at tax sale field by the treas
urer Of said county, on said 29th Of May, 1854.
on the east half Of the northeast quarter Of
section No. ihrty-three, (33) in township No.
seventy mine, l79) range one, (l) west Of the
9th P. M, which land was, at said time, pur-
chased BY Charles forsmsn, and was sold for
taxes due for the year 1853. Said Charles
Foreman further seeks to foreclose and bar ali
your rights and equity Of redemption in and Ia
SAID land, and to establish his title thereto, by
reason Of the deed given him by said treasurer,
and to make said deed perfect and uncondition.
q and unless you appear 1t the next term OF
the district court, 70 wit; the oath day OF Sep
tenber, 1855, judgment will be render ed against
you. as prayed Tor IN said plaintiffs petition,
and all your right and equity Of redemption in
said land will be barred and forever foreclosed,
and plaintiffs title made perfect
!. ". cATrELL, elk dist ct. cedar CO
wslLs srsess, attorney for pl,G. [n34-S
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A CosrETED WIgE.-It is a blessed
thing for poor man to have a contented,
loving wife; one who will not wish to live
in style beyond her husbands income
just because her next door neighbor does;
one who can be happy in the love of her
husband. her home, and its beautiful du-
ties, witEou, asking the world for its
smiles or its iavoIs.
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LEGAL NOTICE.

10 HeHFy r. NcW0JI:
S1R-iou will take notice that there 10 now
on file in the Office Of the clerk Of the district
court, IN and for the county Of cedar, and state
Of Iowa, petition Of Moses v. Butler, claim
ing Of you the sum Of twenty dollars, .. money
paid by him for taxes on the south west quar-
Ter of the north east quarter and the north east
quarter OF the north west quarter an south
half of the north west quarter Of section No.
twenty-four (24) in township No. sevs nty- nine
(79) north, In range No. four (4) west II the
9Th P. NJ, which land was puI chased BY said
petitioner al a tax sale held in Upton, on the
2e,h day of May, 1854, at which time it was
sold taxes due thereon far the year 1853,
and your petitioner also paid the taxes thereon
for the year 1854. The said Moses v Butter
further seeks 10 forec'ose ard bar all your
rights and equity of redemption in aud 10 said
land, and to establish his tite thereto by reA-
son Of the deed given him by sa d treasured, and
to make said deed perfect and condit lonal /,
aud unless you appear and answ er thereto, at
the next term of the district court, 10 wit; the
Path day OF September, 1851, Judgment will Be
rendered. against you. as prayed for in said
plaintiffs petition and all your rights and equi-
~ OF redemption in sale land will be barred
and forever foreclosed, and plaintiffs title made
perfect J. W cArrsLL, elk. dis. Ct. cdr CO.
WELLS sricEs, atty for pltf
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After the lecofoco-loreign papers have
had their rejoicing over the lamen'abls
occurance in Louisville, BY harping upon
!. as an act of Know Eothings, The day
for the amer cans arrives, which is, upon
the legal investigation oil the matter
which exhibits the alarming facts, that
the foreigners and catholics were Tor days
and weeks, previous to the election pre-
pairing to take possession Of the city by
force and arms, and that the bloodshed
was frs, commenced BY them, that 'hay
were all armep to the teeth aud by
previous arrangements o;oked the
americans to com5a, in self defence.
The following is some Of the evidence
l, is afIidavi.s Of foreigners and catholics
Caroline Wall, wife Of John Wall, on
oath, says She is an Irishwoman; her
husband is an Irshman and a Roman
catholic. On the evening Of the 9TH
inst, about S o'clock, was going home
from the grocery of Mr.. Browns, on tenth
and market streets, Louisville, passing
down eleventh street to main when
| reac hed main street, at eleventh, l heard
the repor, Of firearms, and looked "
main where il came from, and ! saw o
| man fall near chapel street, and a grea
many shots were fired in quick succession
from the nor,hSide Of main street, direc
towards chapel. The man who was sho
and fell, learned had jus. come out Q
O'Connell's grocery, on the corner o
main aud chapel, in company with
man named Dougherty; Rhodes dad II
a few moments, as learned there.
There was no crowd about at the time
and bu. very few people, and no dis,ur
bance, save that caused by the shooting
Rhodes was not disturbing any on
when shot, that know Of. I saw tn
shots fired from the windows OF Quinn
row. think Rhodes had a carpe. bal
in his hand when shot l did not know
him. but was informed on inquiry tha
his name was Rhodes. Dougherty wa
also shot moment or two alter.
There were great many lrlshmen i
Quinn's row, some Of whom We're rela
tons of my husband, and they We're YER
often together. For some weeks prev
Gus TO the election OF the 9th OF august
1855, they (no, my husband were pre-
pairing ior fight, and procured and ha
arms, pistols and guns; and on sa,urda
night before the election, | saw many {
them with arms, and they had resolved
| heard them say so, TO attack the Pre-
session, bu, il turned out, as they alter
wards told my husband, to be too hume
rous, and so they let !, pass. They ha
been led to believe the procession woul
be small by those who opposed the kno
nothings; this Eeard them say. sa
many of them with arms six or eigt
days before the las. election, and the
said they were ready for it.
have not seen my husband sine
monday last, nor heard Of hun. fea
be was finally induced to join them !
Quinn's row. They had begged him
received arms in his house, but he decl
ned. We did not live in Quinn's row.
her
CARoLIsE ANAL
| mark
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-08-29
ADMlNIsTRATOls,s SALE.

by virtue OF an order of Court granted and
dccreed by the County Court of Ceslar CoSuty
State of Iowa, on the third day Of April A. u.
1885, win expose to sale at public out cry, At
the house Of Mrs. E. Hecht in Springaeid Tewn-
ship. in said County. on Saturday, the 7sth day
OF JUL, A. d. 1855, between the hours OF Q
o'clock A. NJ, and 1 O'Clock p. N. Of said day,
the following described imhersd land, 70 wit:
The West half Of the Southeast quarter Of the
Southwest quarter Of Section No. Rine ~ in
Township No. Eighty-one (s) North Of Range
No. one ~ West Of the 5th r. NJ, containing 70
acres The said trrct Of land win be sold in par
GELS from five 10 ten acres to- satisfy the outatand
ing debts Of the estate OF Mrs. Hecht deed.
JAMES vANHORN, h
nc
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WHOLESALE HORSE bont
the most extensive operation in the busi-
ness oil horse stealing We have ever heare
Of, occurred one day last week, within a
short distance OF our city. Mr.. Sinnett
and Mr.. Gilbert, two neIghbur farmers,
mad stolen from them, 10 head Of horses
among which psrs fen mules. Moth
ing was heard of them till one Of The
mules returned, which being followed by
the victlmed purchaser, led to the recap
ton Of the whole ten. Il seems that the
thief had hired cno.her man to assist in
eHecting the sale oil the stock, and also
to move 1t from one place to another
They were but few days in disposing
oi the lot, when the owner Cd left for a
new field OF operating. The hired man
has been found, by whom it is expected
TO efect the arres. OF the thief. This
certainly rs as bold an attempt to rob as
we ever read Of. Mus. Jour.
The italics in the above are our own.
Never before have we heard mules coun-
ed in as horses But then it don't do
for country papers to crlticise c,iy papers;
so we suppose It's all right, and tina, mule.
are horses. However, horse is not q
| mule.
| But we would admonish horse owners
In have an eye TO their property, as tbs
country is now supplied with horse
/ thieves, who are proving round In search
OF prey. Many other notices Of "horse'
/ stolen.' have me, our eyes III the papers
Of the adjoining counties recently. 81
on your guard.
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May 26, IS


You viii take
notice that there is now on file in the Office o(
the Clerk Of the Dist. Court, in and for the
County of Cedar and State Of Iowa, / petition
Of Charles SHETLAND, claiming Of you The sum
of One ard AZ handredths dollars, with ten Der
cent interest thereon from the 29th Of MAY.
1854, As money paid taxes at = tax sale held
by the Treasurer Of said County, on said 18th
Of May, 1854, on the North East Quarter OF
the South West Quarter u section Ne. ten (IO)
township eigh'y-two (S2) Range one ~ west
Of the 9Th p. m, which land was at said time
purchased by said Charles Swaziland, and was
sold for taxes due for the year 1883. Said
Charles SHETLAND further seeks to forecoss and
bar 81 your rights and equity, Of redemption, in
and to said land, and to establish his title there
to, by reason Of the deed given him By said
Treasurer, and to make said deed perfect and
unconditional; and unless You appear at the
next term Of the District Court, to wit; the
oath day Of September, 1855, judgement will
be rendered against you as prayed for in said
plaintiffs petition, and all your right and equi.
tv Of rede mption in said land viii be barred
and forever forecl osed, and Plaintiffs title made
perfect
J. W. CATrELL,
Wells Spicer, Clerk Dist Court,
Atty for Pi'f, fee $500. Cedar Co.
n2s-4W
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from tho house Of Mr.. Nc Donnald, a
very clever man, aud who believe knew
nothing Of il. Rhodes fell when The
sho, wa. fred, aad died soon otter.
Daugherty was also shot, but did not
see that. Dougher,y and Rhodes were
both quie, and perfectly sober. They
neither did nor said anything TO give
offence to any one. They were peacea-
BILE and clever, we'll behaved gentleman.
Rhodes had just shaken hands with
my wife at the door before he was shot.
Immediately aud at once after Rhodes
was shot, about seventeen shots were
fired from the same house in succession.
The shots took effect in my house. and
are now 10 Be- seen by any one; one o.
them struck me in the right leg. 81
When these slots were fired saw nc
disturbance and heard ofnone and there
was not the slightest cause for it, that
imagine, and but for these shots be-
lievs there would have been no difficult,
or disturbance, Al any rate they were the
beginning, and | am sure the cause Of
what afterwards occurred. am an l.
rishman and a catholic.
M,cHAEL O'CoSSELL.
Subscribed and sworn to August 8, 1855
y. H. Strattan, Notary Public.
10 ma O'ConneIl, wi e Of Michae
O'Conneil on oath. say have hearc
the above affidavit of my husband read
and know the same is true, and adop
and make j, part Of this affidavit:
Joanna O'CoSxELL.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
| Aug. 8, 1855. y. H. Stratten, N. =.
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Exec utoess Sale Of Land.

Inpursuance 81 Q. decretal Of the county
Cosft n Cedar County Iowa, made ON the 6th
day OF March A. ~. 1855, will on the lth day
of August A. d. 1855, 1t the Court House door
in the town Of Upton n said county, Offers for
sale atpublic outcry y the highest bidder the
undivided half Of the west half Of the South
East quarter OF Section No eighteen (lS) In town.
sh ip No. Eighty-one North Of Range No. three
{ 81 West 5th p. NJ. being real estate of which
The late John Bandeen died, seized and ordered
to be sold to satisfy the debts Of his estate.
Sold 1T ten O'Clock A. n. Of said day.
WILLIAM BANDEEN, Executor
}# III OF Estate JOHNlBANDEEN, deed.
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| Joseph Hucker, on oath, says he resi-.
de on the eta OF Aug, st in one o. Quinn
houses, villa, is called Quinn's row, on
the north side o. man street, between tentt
and eleventh. Louisville. He resided
there about seven months. On that day,
he heard, while in his house. report oil
firearms, and on looking out Of the win
dow he saw a man lying on the sidewalk
near U. Conuell's grocery, on the corner
of main and chapel streets, and in few
moments saw an lrlshman pass over from
McDonald's grocery, situated opposite
O, Connel's and on the north side OF
main, having in one hand revolver and
in the other gun.
H 90, WITHIN twelve feet of the ma
living on the sidewalk, and dill bera,ely
sho, him in the forehead. l saw the
blood come from the wound and also
from wound in the breast; the man never
moved afterwards, think. At this time
there was no crowd there, and no one on
the stree, that l saw, except the dead
man aud the one that shot him; but in
few moments some persons came and
removed the dead body. A man, an
American, then told me had better close
the shutters OF my windowes, or | might
be injured, and did so at once.
He offered me no injury, borrowed
my gun to fight the Irish with, who were
firing from McDonald's house and other
Irish houses along the row. He took the
gun away, and did no, get i, till to day.
The Irish all along the row were well
armed, most OF them having two pis,oles
each, and also gun. There were about
IS or 100 Irishmsn living in tina, row,
| think, and they had many visitors Of
their coun,rymen. saw many Of them
often with pistols and guns during the
two or three weeks preceding the angus,
election OF 1856, and one Of them, who
had several pistols told man in my
hearing on saturday before the election,
that he was ready. Two or three weeks
ago l saw Mr.. Quinn carry 4 double
barrelled shot gun into his house at TIVE
d,ff.rant times. On the night Of the riot
there was keg Of powder in the alley
opposite Quinn's houses, which covered
up with bed clothes TO prevent explosion.
| Mr.. Quinn had called upon me and
insisted upon my voting, Notwithstanding
had told him | was no, na,uralized.
No violence was oferd to me or my
family. The Americans aided me ant
my family TO remove out OF my HOUSE.
which WIS burned, and told me to leave
there or the Irish might shoot. l am ,
German iy birth and catholic in relig
| ion. JOSEPH HUCKER.
Jefferson County, set.
!, Subscribed and sworn to before m,
angus, 1856. ]. l. DozIER. exrn.
Michael OConnelI, on oath, says:
reside on the corner Of chapel and man
streets, Louisville, and keeps there ;
grocery store On the 9th Of augus,
instant, in the afternoon, Theodore Rio
des and David Dougherty came to my
grocery, they were my acquain,a nee
and friends. They informed me tina
there were drunken men going abou
this part Of the city. and ! had better clos
my grocery. did 50 At once, as closet
the doors they lef, and went on the sid,
walk, as they lief, my door some ont
fired from the opposite side Of the stree
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-08-29

LARGE MAIL.-The largest mail
ever received at Boston Pos, Office, was
that which arrived last evening from New
York and the South. 1t weighed four
teen and half tons, and required an
extra baggage car for Its conveyance. -
1t was tahen from the Worcester depot to
tie office in six wagon loads. A large
proportion oil this matter was Congress
onal and Department, documents. - Bos-
ton Journal
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A TAME FIsu-A trout has lately
died in Biockly. England, which lived in
a garden pool for lSy'rs, and was 20 yrs
of age. !. was blind Of enc eye, supposed
from old age, and i, was So tame that il
wyud come to the side Of the pool, and
eat on, OF any ones hand, aud allow
perso TO lake it out OF the water.
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EyERy Doc HAS HIS DAY.-The ad-
minis,ra,ion at Washington has at last
found a suitable person to govern Kan.
sas. II will be remembered that Daw.
son, who was appointed in the place Of
Reeder, declined, and Wilson Shannon,
OF Ohio, has received the commission
Mr.. Shannon is one OF the four Ohio con-
gressmen who voted for the Nebraska
bill. Their names are Desney, Olds,
Green and Shannon-the initials Of whose
names spell DOGS; and Mr.. Shannon
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n0- The Jasper County Express is
certainly the most srpltcat journal we
know Of. About two weeks after the
election II gives the names Of the iudivid-
uals elected and their majorities, but does
tell wha, party elected them or wha. tiek-
ct they run on, nor to wha. offices they
were elected.
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ESTRAY COLTS.

Taken up by John p. Purssll Ut his residence
in Inland Township Cedar County, on tbs I'd
day Of August 1856. One sorrel Mare Colt, str ips
~ the face, hind feet white . bout thrcs years
old and appraised 1t 3 1900. Also ono hay Mare
Colt star IN the face, black tad aud name two
years old. Appraised $40 90, before. C, g. ..
con, esq, Aug. 9Th, 1855.
n35-3m NV. CattsI. county clerk.
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Eray@ Rev. p, Brochett, chaplain OF the
Connecticut state prison, reports that Of
the one hundred and seventy.iour con.
vcts in prison, March 81 one hundred
and fourteen were led into crime by in.
temperance.
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Legal Notice.

US. FOreriOS,lre
Joseph ". Crees, George Of
phrey.
To Joseph W. Crees:
s'E--You are hereby notified that there is
now on file In the Office OF the clerk Of
the district court in and fer cedar county. state
o. Iowa, petition Of Gear q Baum, claiming
OF you the sum OF seventy two dollars and tbir
ty-nlhe cents, with interest thereon al ten Der
cent, from the l3th day Of Dscsnber, 1854. a.
money due the said petitioners on . promissory
note sxecnted by you TO Gear Baum for said
sum OF sevsnty.two dollars and thirty nine
cents, with interest At ten per eest, dated tie
18th day 81 December, 1854, payable four
months after date, which note Is now the pro-
perty Of said petitioners, who further sesE n
foreclose chsttlsd mortgage bv you execui.d
to secure the payment Of said noas. upon =
certain TWO horse wagon. painted red and black.
and also upon one bav horse and one bIack
mare, land unless you appear and defend said
cause on or before the morning Of the cath dav
Of September, 1855, Jadgmsat viii 81 rendered
against you FOR the whole anow.t, And the pro-
perry above mentioned sold 10 nav said ird1,
ment, interest, snd costs tAesses.
y. cAvrgLL, cl'k dis. cf. cedar ca.
's'oss Z r'ATr, attys. Tor paG.