The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08
IOWA NEWS.

IOWA NEWS.
Col. VIM. H. Merritt, Editor Of the
Des Moines Salesman, who once came
within about &c, 900 votes Of being Gov
crnor Of Iowa, has turned prophet, and
has had the rare fortune to fulfill his own
prophecy He was at his home in Cedar
Rapids on election day, when and where
the spirit of prophecy came upon him,
and be, in the presence of many witnes.
ses, prophesied that, should Abraham
| Lincoln be reelected President Of these
| United States, blood would flow in the
streets Of Cedar Rapids. In the course
. Of the day his zeal for his master, JEFF
Davis, ran away with him, and he be-
came belliseteatf in his master's cause,
and made demonstration upon disciple
of Abraham, who, not being distinguish.
ed for meekncss, struck back and hit
the valiant CoQncrs nose, whercat the
4sklool owed'lreely in the streets Of Cedar
Rapids; Abraham Lincoln was reelected
and the prophecy was fulfilled. There.
fore, from that day, William is rated
among the prophets as one Of Merritt
lo,ca City Rep.
ia ANOTHER pArER.-Thc first number
of the Cedar Rapids Atlas, new paper
/ just started in this city, came to our
hards on Thursday last. 1t is to be
.semi, Weekly and is Of the same size OF
What was the Mt. Vernon Record. 1t
is published by Mcssrs. Lucas IL Co.
| The Record has been suspended and
the press and material has been transfer
ed to tho rev otiice.-Cedar Raptds
| Times. Y,.,..+
Two girls blessed with "sacchariuc"
tempers, got into an alteration down
town yesterday over 'broth of boy,
whose name is prefaced with Mike, and
for short time tho fight was terrific;
but an old woman who stood by and had
vainly cndeavored to part them, finally hit
ON the expedient Of dashing over them
bucket full of cold water, which he'd the
desired effect, For au Instant both stood
"spachcIess, then commenced shivering,
and finally, as if by mutual consent,
STOPPED fighting, and went into their
respective shanties to warm. At one
time the sch.eeeainy was aw!ul.-Ua,ch
rye.
Col. J. G. CulbertSon has resigned
tn, Office of Assistant Adjutant General
or.,his State, having been elected Clerk
Of the Johnson county District Court.
Nv. IL. lmpey, of Dss Moines, has been
appointed hi, successor, with tho rank
of Colonel Of cavalry. lie is also er.
oticio Paymps,er General Of the State.
We learn says the Dubuque Times
Of :he oath lust, from Il. X Crumwell,
| ESQ.,, editor Of the Usage Standard, that
the Office of the -Jreasurer of Mitchell
county, at Usage, was entered last Sun.
day night, that, the safe was blown open,
and that S., 900 were taken from it. On
Monday. however, two brothers named
Kelly, aud another man whose name We
do not know, were arrested as burglars,
aud all but $500 dollars was found in
their possession. The men wcro lodged
in jail '.'.'"'. 81.
A gentleman whose figures arc
known to be reliable, hands US the follow
ing paragraph:
ain 1869, ss per U. S. census, there
were 25S,222S sheep in the State. by
the State census of January 1868, there
were 500 93S- Since that time there has
been not less than 800, 600 head import
ed, and estimating the natural increase at
only &c per cent, after deducting losses
&c., there will be sheared in Iowa next
Spring not less than 10000 sheep
These will average about four pounds Of
wool to tho head, producing about
100000 pounds, which will probably
, be worth s. 600, 600, or at present prices
l about S., 900, 900" .-.Nate Reyistar..
"A short time before the war com
menced, there were 1856 convicts in thu
Iowa State Prison. Now there are bu
1870 men and one woman.
Several burg aries were committed
) in Iowa City on the night of the ed ult
John Falk lost 5000 worth of boots ant
, shoes, Banner. a lot of liquors and oys
ters, Barlow sack of -four, and Cue
. 5000 worth of cloth. The burglars wcr,
not detected.
The citizens of Sigourncy turned
. out quito generally on Thanksgiving
e Day to chop wood for destitute soldiers
e families. About eighty loads of WOO
were cut--sixtytwo were hauled, ant
twenty five families were supplied will
: from two to three loads each. This i
J worthy example which many other 10
D calities will have chance to initiate, thi
q winter. .a..saE.e a.. -,..ea.s
I -Four hundred logs were slaughter
I'd at s. o. Buffers pork establishment
Muscatinc, on the I'd inst. Among Their
). we're three .aegregating nearly 1900 lbs
J, The heaviest weighed 7lO lbs.
4 Patrick Murphy, an unnaturalize
!, foreigner, voted at Cedar Falls. He wa
afterwards drafted, aud from the fac
!" that he had voted, he couldn't plea
= alienage. So he had to don Uncle Sam
Z uniform. Good for him. s.ar
. Pretty bnsquines for the ladies are mo-
~ a1eld fr~ ~ -