The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-06-07


-Grinnell claims ownership Of the
premaam,beep pfthelRksFfR ot TIN
shearedf hee oil lbs 8t thsos elool
50 Fe4 Nal; IA e b TX BOLD (oy'|
which, shsAredR2 lbs u -GrinneM the
other day. Both sheep are owned by
Messrs. Grinneli 4 Chatterton.
IA man named Beebe, a son-in law
gamed Berry, Ind bone women folks
belonging to the gang" were, says the
Dubuque Times, arrested at Usage on
the 18th ult, ana taken to Dubuque on
Friday last, to await trial on charEe Of
being connected with the Osagey Bank
money has been found and identified,
also l6us Of the gold pens, the latter be-
inn found inside the jockey hat Of one
of the women. One Of the men is to be
taken to New, York for trial, on charge
or murder; q man named Crambrdy
and his wife having been K killed. Ind rob
bed several months ago nAnds Beside be-
ing concerned therein. The arrest was
made by New York detective who has
been waiting and watching at Usage for
several noonfhs:rDl q b9tHoa2 ~! A9'"l'
little rats IN the house Of Mr.. Sparks
near 2Adel, attacked the family Of Mr.. 8.
m bed the other night, one Of the as
sailants nearly 'devouf4ig the finger Of d
boy and aaother inffceinE rai severe
wound on the neck, of Mr.. Sparks 30
says the Dallas Gazette. H.
The above rat story is equaled by an
othef told BY the Lansing Mirror, 81 q
six weekel old baby az Lansing; who be-
ing left alone for . few moments was 1T
tackled by rats and had the two middle
fingers Of one hand nearly eaten Of. !,
d-Charles Mullen Of Black Hawk
county; hsA been mulcted iii S., 600 dam
sgss for lowing another MANS wife q lit.
tie too briskly. b.
The ,Lounl Citizen says that a lad
named WykoE aged sixteen years. kill
ca d snake III Apparoose County which
measured sixteen feet and two inches
in length and one foot eight inches
around the body. ggat z.5< t.lh noy dsG
Iowa NEwsPAPERs.-Agr great change
within few years has taken. place in
the style, get-up, and universal cbaFac-
teristics of Iowa papers. Five years ago
al news and heavy leaders IN national
questions. 1t was necessary then that
an incident should possess an overshad-
owing Importance before it could be
dressed up into language, and committed
to the care Of cOmpOsitors. The crops,
improvements, and focal anecdotes and
events, were Incorporated into the I'M
written and unpublished history OF the
State, and, 80 far a. journalism is con-
cerned, they "slept the sleep which
knows no waking!" At that time It
was an easy task for US to clean up the
State, exchanges n for Iowa items, and
suck the juice of all the Intelligence
which they afforded. In the aggregate
a half column per week Of condensed
State news was all that industrious COM
pilation WAS able to furnish for this par
it's all Changed now now. The he heaviest West
editorial task-nfbcit Is 4 pleasant one
which we have assumed, is to glance
through. the numerous Iowa exchanges
and jot down, every item which is re-
garded OF State Importance. We like to
do u; but 1t Is task Of great labor, re-
4uixinsS naoee atiae, patience, and con
tinnons toll than We bestow. on the local
column Of the ReQistfr. Yet, it Is a. very,
pASOTUHI CAAAIS " CUlluluIle, uly Dy Jay
and week by week, with our brethren
of the press. It is pleasant to notice the
greatly increased importance. which has
been given to, local matters; for we are
satisfied that Village, county, and city
items are more satisfactory to the patron
of Iowa papers than q monopoly of for
eign miscellany aAd General news. AS
the papers Of our State arR lnOw cOnduct-
ed, we venture, TO SAY that they are a
whole length In advance of that point of
which has been reached in
most other States Reyister...
40 ntE -.yEJr'rsr --rr--rich ,t-IId
NOT REPtBLAcrAiN,t-7.4A friend Of
odfs, m iowa officer who served all
through the war, had asY interview with
President JOhnsonl less than three weeks
ago, during which he was allNdedo to by
q friend who accompanied him, thus:
INT. President, my fffend the Colonel is
a DemOerat.v9 Atn this the officer re-