The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-11-01
IOWA NEWS.

-Durant, Cedar county, bids fur to
heln,,,a of +hA Hunliast little towns
along the line of the Iowa Division of
the G. II. L. & p. r. r. An elevator Of
capacious dimensions is being added to
the commercial facilities of the village
and other arrangements are being made
to accommodate the growing business of
the place. These Improvements largely
result from the progress made and maxi
ing in the surrounding country. Sew
eral new farms have been opened up in
the vicinity during the past season, and
we learn of twelve others to be CONF
menced on hitherto unoccupied land
early next spring.-Dav. Gdz. .a1H-Gs
The work Of grading the Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad from the
Dies Moines river to Council Bluffs, il
progressing rapidly. The road il now
completed and the cars running to with.
in sixty miles of the Missouri river. The
road is under contract to be finished to
Council Bluffs by the first of next April,
but there is probability, as we learn
from good authority, that the cars will
be running to that place by the first Of
January. Think of it-a railroad from
the Mississippi to the Missouri, through
the heart of Iowa! ' .ar .# 4
A woman was shot, few evenings
since, in Bellview, Jackson county,
while stealing apples. ea .46f hrs ii
President Johnson's last showing of
"My Policy" is his pardon of George A.
Trenholm, one Of the leaders of the re-
bellion, who was Secretary Of the
Treasury" in jeff Davis rebel cabinet.
. A man named jameson played the
confidence game at Newton recently.
He professed religion, joined the Chris
tian church and was appointed agent to
solicit funds to build church, and ran
away with the money. He was captur-
ed aud lodged in Jail. 4...z "a
"A musical convention is about to be
held in Muscatine, under the direction
of Prof. Fargo.
John Wilke, a German farmer of
Clayton county, was killed in a most
shocking manner while engaged in
threshing, week before last. While get
ting down from straw stack he acct
dentally stepped into the knuckles Of
the tumbling rod which caught his
pants and threw him leDgthwise upon
the rod. A comforter about his neck
caught in the rcd and twisted itself
around and broke his neck.
"A fatal shooting aff'ray recently oc-
cured in Ccrro Gordo County Mr..
Shepard and Mr.. Dedham had both been
troubled with each others cattle during
the season, and frequent disputes had
arisen. The Republican says AT the
time the shooting occurred, Shepard was
loadng sand on the bank of the creek
The boy came up on the opposite side,
and the old quarrel was resumed, during
which he called Shepard d liar. The
latter threatened to whip him if he re-
peatedH, which he did. Taking n short
whip in his hand, Shepard crossed the
creek to him, and was met on the bank
with the muzzie of his cooked glin.-
Selling the gun in his hand, Shepard
tried to turn it aside, but before he cOukt
do so, the boy fired, and the charge en-.
tered Shepard's thigh. Remaining,
where he was for some time, he WINS at
length assisted to recross the creek bya1
young man living at Dedhaln's and
reaching home, DR.. Hurd Of Hampton
was called, but last eyening, the 18th, at
4o'clock the patient died from the effects
of the wound"