The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-04-12
News Items.

a Mammoth tenmer. A mammoth iron
steamer Of tteenty scpen HoH, sud tons b,u-icn l.
now builiing on the Thames, below Londor.-
More 'han 1909 tons OF iron is used in her con
struction. Her dimensions ART: length GSl feet
breadth S. feet; depth, So ieet; numh,r OF decks
4; measurement q coo t,as. Her engines ar
$500 horse power, and it is calculated by her
projectors that she will b, able to cross the At.
lantic in les than a week. Her capacity is suf-
ticent for the transport OF To- 900 mcn OF the
United States Army with arms and equipments
and il loaded t. that extent there are but ~ o
harbors on the Atlantic side Of the Uai ed Stat 8
which she can enter at all times with slfcty,xS,-
lem and Portland. An idea Of her mmen C sZ.
m ~ be obtained When We compare her tonnage
with that of the Pennsy vania the largest line
OF hatle ship in the world-beHg nine times
greater. The people of Portland ar, making
efJrts TO secure a visit from this steamer, and
al agent has gone out under the auspices Of the
Grand Trunk Railway Company.
The city of Portland has appropriated $50.
00O, 10 b. expended in building new dock for
her, hoping thereby to obtain large share OF
the trade that nov ccaters at Boston aud New
york, Erie Obserrer.
Railroad .icctde t.--PirT auRGa Marci 18th
Three cars Of the train from phiiad elphia due
here this P. NJ, were thro vn fifteen feet down an
embankment Just tais sid Of Jamestown Pa on
the Pennsy wanna Railroad. The accident was
caused by broken rail To passengers were
badly hurt. aud Others We're severely bruised
The cars lodged against trees aud were thereby
prevented from being thrown into the river. The
passengers arrived here at Pm.
-. ~, alleged defa Yltino
clerk of The Obi, PsnitentiAry. writes to the Co
lumbus Pact. that be is arrested on warrant
f..r .,Iy~ III I'D hS>l
ness for 3li0. which was known to the w arden
before he left that he went to raise funds to pay
this and was on his return when arrested. He
is severe on The for ner sad present Wardens.-
Chi Tribune.
G. The small PIX is reported to be pre-
vailIug very extensively in a number of the
Southern States. Ia Greene county, Tennessee,
its ravages were 80 alarming that Greenvile the
county seat, had to be guarded by armed citizens
TO prevent communication with the lHtected dis
tricta. The town OF Jones Durg, Tenn, was guar
ded 10 the same manner.
~ The Cincinnati Commerct i reports that
on the morning OF the goth ult, Cheaien's store
10 Napoleon, A r., was struck by lightning and
together with the principal hotel, and eight or
the warehouses;, Was entirely consumed. The
entire buiness portion OF the city 10 ia ashea--
No person was seriously injured.
G4-There are, ct present, twelve American
surgeons serving In the Russi IN army in the
south of Russia. OF these, eight ere sustained
1t Simpheropol, and the rest 1t Odessa. Thir
teen others have served tn the G. Inca, Of whom
ave have died there, seven have retuned, and
one died at Berlin, on bis way 10 America
~ Roger Sherman, 4 New Haven, d cd t.
the Sd inst, aged IS yesrs- Mr.. S. WIS . son OF
the Hon Roger Sherman, one Of the Hgners Of
the Declaration of Independeace, and one Of
the leading men In framing the Constitution Of
| the United States
| M TIE Irving Bank in New York, latel y
redeemed counterfeit on itstwenty dollar pote
which had heen executed with steel pen, aided
by pencil brush! The fac siafie was perfect
| ed with such consummate skill that it was long
a puzzle even to the engraeers of the bank.
es- In the New York Assembly, on We'd
nesday. resolutions from Richmond county, ask
ing for the impeachment Of Gov. Clark, for the
recent pardoas granted in that county, were 10
troduced aud appropriately referred,
nc-The Republican National Committee has
called upoa all factions opposed to the National
| Administration to send delegates to Philadel,
pha, on tn It'll of jane next.
nay- The House Committee to take deposl.
tons In Kansas, aud investigate the state OF al
fairs there, has departed for Kansas. General
Whitfield goes with j.
xs- The Garrisonian aboitionists have cal
led a mass convention at Syracuse, on the 2Stf
of May next to nominate candidates for presl'
dent and Vice President
~ In the Court of Appeals, at Albany, on
the 18th ult, five OF the eight Judge decided
that the Maine Liquor Law is unconstitutional
nSy- Rev. Tnos l.. Harris, tn, celebrated
spiritualist, Was married on the nth ult., 70
Mss Waters of NV Orleans
e4- An OLD ice cutter Of Lowell Mass. nam
al McFarlin states that be has been cutting ic'
this winter IS inches thick.
ny Tn. debt ofNew York City is Slt,ooo,
600. That of 81. Louis is $2.000,0OO. Phila
delphia over Sic, 900 900 and New Orleans %,
100000.
~ Cant. Ercssoa is still working upon hi
electro magnetic engine. One OF thirty hors
power, which he has built, IL said to work wei
ea- The steamer A. b. Chambers was snag
aed and sunk at Rusbvilie Landing on the M