The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-08-11

river, was fred at from rebel shore bat
terry. One Of tho shells struck and en-
tered the magazine, but did not explode.
Upon search being made for the rebel
missile, it was discovered that 1t had pass
cd through tvo barrels Of po,cder and
lodged in the third, from which it was re-
moved. At the time this kindly she'll
made its grand entree into the magazine
IT, ere were about one hundred souls-of-
fcers and men-ou board Of the gunboat,
every one Of whom would undoubtedly
have been blown to atoms had it explod-
ed.
The regions about the Red River of
the North, after having been afh cted
with a long drouth, have been visited by
immense numbers of grasshoppers, which
have already eaten up the crops for sec
ton Of twenty four miles The barley
falls first, then they strip the wheat and
finally cut them down also, gnawing thro'
the stalk just below the ear. The pota
toes have hitherto been spared, but prob
ably will be attacked after the grain
crops are eaten up. Unless the plague is
stayed famine is certain.
The Muscatine Journal says that the
approach of the draft has started the ar
my of skulkers. Two young men left
that place last Friday evening, ostensiby
for Europe, but most probably for Cana,
da, to escape the draft.
An English soldier has but four cents
a day for spending money.
The prodAce spectators are falling 10
New York. Nobody pises them.
The place selected for the capital of
Arizona is to be called Prescott, 10 houor
of the great historian.
In Detroit there is a mandatory for
splitting peas it divides the peas into
two sizes, and splits barrel in five min
utes.
A physician has discovered that the
nightmare in nine cases out of ten is
produced by owing a bill for newspa-
per, and that the best cure is to pay up
The high price of liquor and the pro-
hlbit1on of pretty waiter girls have
closed up nearly all the concert saloons
in Philadelphia.
The aggregate plumber of emigrapts
landed this year 10 New York, up to
July 18th, was 1913 COZ, enough to found
new Western State!
A California paper says: What Cali
fornla needs most to day ia rain What
she needs to morrow is 5000 females,
to mate off the extra male population ac-
cording to the last census
A New Jersey paper says the crops of
peaches in that State will b. the largest
ever raised One man 10 Ocean county
proposes to send to market two hundred
and twenty five thousand baskets of fruit
Ap English periodical makes the fol-
lowing admissions: eff there never has
been time when Britain was generally
popular with other nations, she seems at
present to be exceptionally unpopular all
round
An English married lady has consult
ed her lawyer on the question whether,
having married her husband for his
money, aud that money being all spent,
she is no. widow and at liberty to mar-
~ again. Decision reserved.
Old IShmael Day, who shot the rebel
soldier while attempting to pull down
his flag, evidently does not believe in
blank cartridges Cor the robbing and
rioting rebels. The physician who dress
cd the wounds of the Confederate count.
Cd more than two hundred buck shot in
hi body Fl says "OId Day gave him
pretty good load.
An 1rishman named Nicely shot one
Cas>adal, also an lrishman, on the 1St
inst, in Warren county, ten miles from
Dcs Moines. Cassidy is dead, aud Nee
Iy fed.
Two months ago tho Copperh eads were
intent on nominating General Gran. for
President But nothing il heard of it
now. On the contrary, they call him a
"bu'rher,' and allege that he has killed
off l2o, 900 soldiers since May lst
The Union meeting held at Hamilton,
Butler county, ONio, on Saturday last
for the purpose Of requesting Abraham
Lincoln and John c. Fremont to decline
and calling National Convention to be
held as Buffalo in September, to nomi-
nate candidates for President and Vice
President, failed to accomplish its object,