The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-11-08

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NEWS ITEMS.
,,- -. f,aaxGr~ Sow storm is reported be-
teoS - -<--..4 -i-a The snow
for Holidays Overland Express toinpa-
ny had seventy-six mules frozen to
death. .+& ,55a@. -. @
At the centenary meeting of the
Methodist Church, held at indianapolis
on the Slst ult. Rev. DIR. Holiday sta
ted that there were 100000 communi-
cants of the Methodist Church in Indi-
ana. OF these, $4,000 are voters, and are
divided as follows: 10000 Union, 10000
Copperheads.
Mrs. Francis d. Gage says, in letter
from Pennsylvania: II met one of the
jurymen who helped to decide the flte
of John Brown; more ardent hater of
slavery and of secession than he is to-
day WILDE rarely found. Truly the old
mans soul goes marching on" T.,
An amusing story is told Of cunning
exhibitor at q recent Agricultural Fair
in Connecticut, who divided bushel of
peaches, aud entered e-half in his own
name for competition, and the other in
the name of an influential man in a
neighboring town. The big man got
the prize; and the other contribution,
although off the same tree, was not mem
toned. " ~ ga
The Union Pacific Railroad is now
completed and in running order 270
miles west of Omaha, and thirty miles
more will be ready before New Years. a.
j a National Convention of the Grand
Army of the Repu bile is to be held at
Indianapolis on the 10Th instant.
The new Notifications of Portsmouth,
a city on the Southern coast of England,
are to be constructed entirely of iron.
A conventions of Colored Soldiers. and
Sailors is called for the Sth day OF Janu-
AIRY next, to be held in Philadelphia.
There has been severe snow storm
on the Western Plains, between Denver
and Salt Lake City. The snow fell to
the depth of two feet. Seyenty-six
mules Of an overland train We're frozen
to death. ..s.
The cotton crop of Arkansas and Mis-
sissippi is proving a little better than it
was feared it would. That of Egypt is
said to be very large. In India the crop
will be lighter than was expected for the
extent of territory under cultivation.
The Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral has just completed arrangements
for the rc-Issue of the self-ruling stamp
ed envelopes, which will commence i'm
mediately. "
Hon. l.. Y. Eogy, of Missouri, the
new Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
has assumed the duties Of his Office.
The 800 bonds of 81 900 each have been
issued to the President of the Central
Pacific II. Il. Co. by the Treasury De-
partment, that being the amount to
which that road is entitled by law on
completion of the last section.
From Mexico we have official infoT-
nation tina. the States of New Leon,
Iamaulipas and Coahuila, are now en-
tirely free from the presence of foreign
fOez, a. are also the States of Sonora,
Sinaipa and Chihuahua, and in each OF
them considerable forces are now being
rapidly raised To expel once for all every
foreign invader from the national terri
tory.
4 Washington dispatch states that
Lieutenant General Sherman, by order
of the President, will accompany our
new Minister to the Republic Of Mexico
to see that the new order of things
there to be established shall be carried
Grant will, on Secretary Stanton's resig
nation, assume temporary charge of the
War Department.
The Spanish Government, which still
maintains slavery IN Cuba, has issued u
decree that any person of color living as
a slave in the Spanish dependencies
shall become free FROM the moment that
he touches the soil Of Spain, or any other
country in which slavery does not exist.
The Missouri State Bank, in St Louis,
has been changed to Il National Bank.
with the title of 1.-THE National Bank of
Missouri and has received its certifi-
Gates of authority. Its capital is S3,410,-
800. No circulation will be issued.
D., Benjamin Parry, one of the Fenian
prisoners on trial at Toronto, was ac-
quilted, owing to his youth aud general
character. He is only fifteen years of
age.
More rebel pardons are rcported-one
r. NJ. Roberts, of Ohio, the other of w.
$. Hynes, of Louisiana.
A guerrilla leader, Dick Hampstead,
was captured ny the regulators, near
Little Rock, Arkansas, who after try
ing him, and finding him guilty ofelev-
en- murders, all Of which he confessed,
burnt him to death by slow fire,
which totally consumed his body, so
that his ashes mingled with those of the
fuel.
The Census Bureau estimates the pres
cnt population of this country at IS 900
900.
One hundred pounds of Confederate
stock may now be purchased in Lon
don for one pound sterling.
Robert Toombs, of Georgia, Is i'm Par
is. He will return to the United States
soon.
A daring robbery was committed at
Lancaster, on the Louisville, New Alba
nv and Chicago Railroad, on Tuesday
night last week. A gang of daring
thieves broke open the store of Henry
| Mcmahon, and deliberately set to work
4 to carry out the contents and load them
into wagon. They succeeded in carry
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