The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-10-19

get compe n.a.ion from the Government
some day Tire Richmond. 4 ines no der.
stands that he pays $40 a head IN gold,
and eagerly invites SO generous e.ver
to Richmond. --~------~---------
Exclusive of all government expendi-
ture for the soldiers of the Union army,
the people have given 1902, 900, 900 aud
over OF this prodigious sum about
s25 600, 900 was given BY Individuals
and associations, S.S7 600 900 by States
aud corporations, and the balance was
from miscellaneous sources. sas m III
Facts are developing the ability as
well as the disposition Of the negro to
maintain his manhood 1t is stated
from On authoritative source that out Of
the amour, Of Sc. O00, 900 Of government
loans SUBSCRIBED for in West Virginia,
more than SO, 100000 have been taken
BY freedmen, and that the latter has been
taken by northern men doing business
in that State, and 80 far as the records
show not dollar has been taken by
white native Virginian. go ".7
Information has been received from
Washington that six hundred Spencer
\ ,.G.. ~ SoN-s nave been selZed AZ Mag
ara City The Canadian authorities re
por, it as q case Of Fenian smuggling It
is we'll known that combinations exist 10
several Of the principal cities Of the coun
try, for the purchase Of arms from dis
charged soldiers, many of whom on leav
ing ,ha service avail themselves Of the
privivcgc of purchasing their guns at
greatly reduced prizes. As the purchase
Of guns from discharged soldiers who
have the governments receipt for il is a
perfectly legitimate business Sec. Seward
will pot break up the traffic. Could he
if he was so inclined?
The Tribune special says, it is estima-
ted tina, The Wirz trial will cost thu gov.
ernment at leas. 100000 .~ ,
There is quite petroleum excitement
a, Boutwell,. Canada, seventy miles east
OF Detroit, on the line Of the Great West
ern Railway Several wells are running
from fifty to one hundred barrels day,
and other wells are being sunk.
A New Bedford lady, while in Boston
lately sstonish'd a female pickpocket,
who in crowd had thrust her hand into
the lady's pocket, by turning and coolly
inqnirins, why do you put your hand
in my pocket, when have my purse
here in my hand ?"
Tive physicians in the town Of Shiloh,
Randolph county, Illinois, purchased
quantity of calomel from druggist 10
Chester, aud administered it to some
forty of their patients. 1t subsequently
appeared that corrosive sublimate was
mixed with the calomel. At last &C
counts several persons had died from the
effects of the poison, ane several Others
were not expected TO live.
lately called on to bapfize az infant On
;nquiriny its name he was told Jefferson
Davis" Uncle Peter stood for a mo-
ment confoupded, then showing the child
in no gentle manner towards the mother,
he exclaimed, Take the thing away"
and lett the house.
IRELAND-Int the year ls41 there were
S,l7., l24 men, women and children in
Ireland; in 1851 iris population had di
minished 542,3S5; in 1861 it ran down
as low as 5,7G4 543, and now is little
more than 100000 Ireland is a coun-
try which, from the year ll72 to 1866
period Of near seven centuries-actual-
~ 'oos a nation for only seventeen years
A CARD To tue soldiers of the I'd
Iowa Cav. Vet, Vols - Comrades. many
of you signed for copies of the "History
of the I'd Iowa Cavalry" and paid me
par. or all for the same, who, owing to
the la'eness Of the hour when paid off
in Davenport, Mother got your book, nor
gave me your address. Send me your
address by mnH with the balance due on
your subscription, Fanny, and will mail
you the book Immediately
/. b PIERCE,
koxsuth, Desmoines Co.. Iowa.
The following Congregational church.
es in Southern Iowa are without minis
tiers: Brighton, Clay, Craw louisville,
GLASGOW, Upton, Wilton, Iowa City and
Knoxville
A vein Of marble, into which the drill
has already penetrated twenty eight feet,
has been discovered at Pennington, Van
Buren, county, at distance of eighty
feet below the surface The top of it
was gray, but soon becams more light
coored, and grows whittier as they go
down 1t is quite pure carbonate Of
lime, has no grit, is highly crystalzed,
and takes bright polish Boring for
oil caused the discovery.
The total voting population of Des
MONIES city, the Register claims, is 500,
showing total population OF 5000 in
that 20 ahead city.
The Hamilton Freeman states that a
vein Of black lead. Of considerable thick
ness has been discovered in the vicinity
# Web ter City
Mr. Murray, one day last week, gave
birth to three children, one boy and two
girls She is the mother of seven chill
arrn. all born in four years Population
in Manroe unity is fast increasing. and