The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-07-12


The Tennessee Senate has ratified the
constitutional -4aaend-
ent, bit tn House Atillg lacks = qno-l
I'm. Steps ave bel takanGhOWeverd
bring y tt absent men6ers, apd ses :.
81 III ssssnssh,p city of IJhdon,
hitch arrived at New York Tuesday 4
aorning we have one day later news &
reat battle was fought on the 9th uit.,
etween the armies of Prussia and Aus !
ria. t0n the frontiers of Saxony and Boz
lemia, near Turnan. The Prussians ,
we're repulsed- and EetHeated, leaving
heir dead and wounded on the Held.
rhe Italian accounts III the recent battle
betwecrl thoiftArmy aud that Of the AJlard
TRANS represent that the former were not
70 badly defeated As has been stated; 7
they retired in good order. United
States 5-20s In L0nden,arelqu0ted at cd
a. 64i. The. Republicans Of Hungary /
are divided q to the the proper TINE q
ftalys has Sagked for assistance nom
France against AustFia,, offering to give /
France the island Of Sardinia and max |
ing other nducementr. -. j..
lie The records in the case or James w. \
May, for the murder OF prisoners at Ans
dersonville. ,TlespecificatiOnss set forth
that he was rebel elnploye In the rebel
cOnllnissary department, and that on
the 10th Of June, 1864, he knocked down
and severely beat, 80 that he died in two
DAVIS. q prisoner, belonging to Tennes-
see regiment, foff picking Up and eating
| q crust of bread that fell from the conn
| misary wagon while rations were being
distributed. He was found guilty OF,
nanslaughter, in violation OF the laws
Imprisonment. The sentence was APP
proved by the President, and Duncan is
y confined at Fort Pulaski, Ga. .gste fg3a
f. A. dreadful fire COMMENCED in Port,
land. Maine, on the fourth Of July,
! which ragged With irresistible fury for
! two or three days, burning over two
Y thousand buildings, making more than
two, THOUSAND families homeless, and
destroying ten millions Of dollars worth
Of property. This Is the most extensive
and distressing calamity that has hap
B pened to an American city, during the
i present generation. Not even the war,
y with its many sad Instances Of .destruc..
ton by Are aiid bolnbardment, produced
anything 50 terrible; A city Of Of, fifty
; Wealth and e@beliished With hundreds
! Of noble buildings, public and private
= n half DESTROYED and its business streets
4 almost leutirely obliterated with ashes
and blackened ruins, Subscriptions for
the relief Of the sufferers are being raised
J. In the various cities. 1897 t'HJ"n 3 tA-@j
: A terrific gale Of wind visited the in
terior Of Georgia. Alabama and South
{ Carolina, about two weeks ago, and
: which, was also felt at several points
along the Gulf coast. The n. o. Picu-
y,u,c says that at Pensacola 1t Blew very
! violently, as may be judged from the
!. fact that a 23-pounder was dismounted
= from the parapet Of Fort Pickens, and q
y horse and dray lifted up in the street and
was standing. A large bark lying ut the
!, wharf was careened over until her yard
l arms touched the water. A gentleman
, who was caught down on the wharf, en-
: deavored to get to the shore, but was
picked up by the wind and tossed into
/ the bay--the depth of the water, fortu-
nately for him, not being very great
Large scantling, of which the wharf is
built, were sent flying through the air
coming in contact with q schooner, PEN
etrated her sides and sunk her. So.
"Burleigh.n of the Boston Journal,
lose his control over the gambling fra
ternity and fast men Of Saratoga, n. Y.
4 He says: He has found a rival. A woman
from New York has taken house on
the same street where his club house is
located. 1t is elegantly fitted up. 1t
has bar of choice wines and Liquors.
F A hop is held each night at which men
are admitted on the payment Of five
dollars. Young women, quite pretty
: and well dressed, parade the streets and
, call at the hotels, and with handsomely
: printed circulars call men into this new
palace ofdissipation. The circular holds
out the price of the hops, the music, the
wines and refreshments, as does bill OF
fare in a restaurant. The lady of the
mansion keeps four-in-hand team
The outfit is splendid. The horses are
stately and aristOcratic. A driver holds
the reins, dressed in livery. Two lack
eys sit behind in chairs Of immense
breadth and buttons as big as half dol.
lars, and otherwise dressed in the most
aristocratic style. Alone, IN the open
carriage, the owner sits in all her glory
and is driven up and down, in and out
of the town. and is the centre of general
observation. The thing has made anC
will make profound excitement here
Men have been waylaid by girls pretend
: ing to have lost their way. Men have
been into the house under various pre-
fences, and the bold, defiant, open, bust
ness-like way the house is managed
strikes all with establishments.
"A company has been organized fol
} the purpose of building a railroad from
the southern line of the State to point
on the Muscatine & Oskaloosa branch Of
5 the NJ. & NJ. road.
g The Johnson county Board ofSuper-
s visors have resolved that in all cases OF
injury or loss resulting from defective
: bridges, the township officers having
r charge of such bridges shall be held re.
1 sponsible for the amount of damage
to person or property. The County had