The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-02-22
! The Lay Of tho Dirt.

& EAe 10y q t10 0lEt'
with gaitogs of exquisite ton,
Aliured by the treachercIs sun,
A lady stepped into the street.
She dainty held ap her skirt, II
But the mud was over the instep and vamp
As'she sang tho song Of the dirt. as Is nyssga
The sewers and cutters are closed,
The onp.bus numbers along;
Ttf ss fsss their ssSn'
With very commendahle pride,
But she vainly endeavors her temper to hide
AS shesingstheSo ng Of the dirt I 4 ~
For nothing but mud was round! "
Yoh could scarcely ss.horn or sounds lzt
Mud from each omnibus wheel
ana Asrs:s The Re laay sess
As she sang the song OF the dirt. ,.., .yr,,
with CATERS all tattered and torn,
And pctticoats not over neat, sI
With dress all spattered and worn,
III, uncommoniy iii, - -
While with speech rem n curt ,,n
And fnised dn the song 9, Of "a she dirt
IMPROVEMENT OF WESTERN RIVERS.
There are now seven bills before Cons
gress for the improvement OF western
rivers to benefit navigation; which are
referred to their proper committees.
They are as follows:
TO improve, by canal, the upper and
lower rapids of the Mississippi river, Of
fered by Mr.. Allison, Of Iowa. Refer
ed to the committee on roads and canals,
and ordered printed. ~ ~ g O.
a bill to Improve the navigation of
Rock river, and the upper and lower
rapids OF the Mississippi, offered by Mr..
f. =. Washburne. Referred to the COM
mittee Oh commerce. ....... -........
Bill for the protection of the naviga-
ton of the Mississippi and its navigable
tributaries. : Referred to the committee
on post offices and post roads. Present.
ed by NJ. Hogan. -'l.' lvA
Abill Offered by Mr.. Price, declaring
the bridge over the Mississippi river at
Rock Island a post route and highway.
Referred to committee on roads and ca
nails. ...s 1s..,..
Bill offered by NJ. Harding of Illinois,
to improve the navigation of the Missis-
sippi and Ohio rivers and their trlbuta-
ries. Referred to the committee on COM
mercp.
Bill offered by Mr.. Donnelly to i'm
prove the navigation Of the Mississippi
between st. Anthony and Minneapolis,
Minnesota. This calls for a donation of
lands. Referred to the committee on
public lands.
Mr.. Hogan offered another bill for the
Improvement of the Mississippi river.
ordered printed and referred to the COM
mittee Oh 'cemmerce. .n aa"2'#s .@.s|%
TAX TITLEs.--An important decision
was rendered last week in our District
Court, in the case of Corbin vs.. Hill, af-
fecting the rights OF parties holding tax
titles for sales for taxes OF the year 1869.
Although the p.esent revenue law has
been considered by the legal fraternity
throughout the State as water proof
and deeds issued under its provisions
where the time of redemption after sales
for taxes had expired were supposed to
be absolute yet in Scott county the val
idity of the sales for the years 1853 80 and
go has. been questioned in our District
Court in several cases. But in the case
we have named, the Court has finally
decided the sales for 1860 absolute. Much
has been said against the present tax law,
many regarding its provisions as harsh
in the extreme yet while we are not
sufficiently conversant with its details to |
judge of its merits or defects, we must
say that IS the law was passed when
probably thousands Of dollars Of taxes
remained unpaid, its effects have been
80 beneficial to the State in enabling it !
to collect its revenues by compelling de- /
linquent tax payers to pay their taxes
thus enabling the State to bear its pro-
portion of the pecllniary burdens Of the
past war; that now, when we have real
lied it, benefits, we should not ask to |
escape its effects, however severe, by
mele formal or technical de.ences.-
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