The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-04-13
IOWA NEWS,

We learn that burning spring, o,
rather jet of inAammabIe gas, has been
found about ten miles south of Boons-
boro, in the Des Moincs Valley, on land
owned by VIM. Patterson. -State Req.
CANE FOR OLD ABE.-The Secretary
OF State informs US that Gates l. Co. OF
Chicago, are about to manu- faeture q cane
Tor. Old Abe which is to be composed Of
bits OF timber from the different kinds of
trees growing'in the loyal States. They
will be obliged to any Iowan Who will
send to them specimens of Iowa timber.
designating the species of forest growth
from which the specimens are taken
Dav. Gaz -
The Dubuque Herald is jubilsnt
over the fact of it's selection by the new
City Council (wholly cepperhead) ss the
"ofdcial organ" If Dubuque is to be
avoided as pest house by ever, loyal
immigrant the fact of that selection
should be widely published. A city
government with such mouth piece is a
little nearer perdition than honest men
care to venture. -. .aH F. .-..
The State Register says it is safe to
say, although the figures are not accessi.
BILE just now, that the counties of the
Fifth Congressional District have reosiv-
H5,iars from the General Government as
cash indemnity for the sale Of swamp
lands, and that Mills county gets over
$l2, 900 of tho amount. .....
DEAD SNAKE The Oskaloosa Watch.
man is dead. With the eollapsing OF
their and JEFF Davis's Confederacy,
Northern Copperhesd prints, or what Is
left of them will pretty generally die out.
Treason never did nor never can flourish
10 this country.
Petroleum has been discovered with.
ia q mile and half of Mt Pleasant,
Henry county, on the lands OF q. b.
Swan, Henry Black and Thos. l.. kean'
An oil company has been organized, the
grounds leased and early in the summer
they will commence to fathom the earth
,fes the oleaginous fluid.
Three fires occurred 10 Davenport
,laet Sunday and Sunday night, by which
several stables and sheds we're destroyed.
The fires are thought to have been the
work Of iDeendiaries. a"'
Tho Council Bluffs Nonpare,7 says
the Democracy of Po.tawat.amie county
have pretty much all gone into the Union
League, except "Babbitt and his jack
asses!" s..... .s~ .4..: ..
w. W. Boak of Hamilton county,
raised last season one acre and eighteen
| rods Of sorghum cane, from which he
manufactured $50 gallons Of choice syrup,
| which will bring him At present prices
tabout 500 So says the Freeman.
Something besides ham fat is found
10 the brooks and springs of Guthrie
county. The News says it's lie.
Two compositors that were formerly
employed on the Jasper Free Press, sr'
now setting type on the Savannah he
lpublica". Gl
II We learn from the Bloomfield Guart
that nearly two thousand acres of oil an.
i salt land have been leased in Salt Cree
Township, Davis county. 4
Il ~ s-lho 0HI0 III TIC OOuuiy ASOoSuSi
3 Office Of Jefferson county was blown ope'
! between Saturday night and Mooda
morning last. The thief obtained as tn
reward Of his skill few dollars in coun
terfeit money The Treasurer had for.u
( uately removed about $4,000 $1,000 !
r cash aud S., 900 in certificates Of deposit
: Saturday evening.
Mr.. John Scotia resident Of tn
! teeunty, from Washington township, vi
! in town last Saturday with three OF b
!. sons, al young men, who from some VI
s explained cause have become insane. Or
. of them has lost both speech and reaso
d and from present indications it i fears
II the other two will be reduced TO the san
n painful situation. An examination v
n had, preparatory to sending them to Il
d Insane Asylum at Mt. Pleasant, whe
's 10 learn they have since been sent
8 S;gosrney Ne~s
e Another Illustration Of Rebel Baroans'
: There is a cell in Richmond (Cas'
q, III M III