The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-05-23
Iowa News.

Clinton county has been excited
over a brace OF monStrous sensations. On
Tuesday last a fellow calling himself a
Boston doctor committed brutal out
rage upon a half-wittcd girl named
West, whom he met and overpowercd
in II grove, three miles west of Dewitt.
The villain Whose name is r. Nj. Luse
was captured and lodged in jail there.
On Thursday young man named Ray
was killed in Deep Creek township by a
man named Mattoon. Ray was paying
his addresses to Mattaons daughter, and
having met her by stealth after Mattoon
forbade it, was surprised by the angry
father and fatally stabbed The muir
dercr was committed to jail on Mon
day. All parties are respectfully con-
ncctcd.
CoNQuEHING a NICToRY.-Warh has fur
nshed many heroes; and poetry and
history tell of many brilliant achieve
ments by actors both living and dead
but says fitzsniggie, to run in debt for
n farm on the prairie, to break it up and
fence it, and pay for it with the crops.
to build house with green blinds, to
make cider from trees of your own
planting, TO cat pancakes smothercd in
butter and sorghum churned l,y yo,,r
own wife and raised ON your own land
and to have children with good eve
sight, clean noses and shining shoes
start for school every morning is to gain
a victory greater than NcrXes with his
million men ever won or Nenopheu
ever wrote ahout-and yet thousands of
people in Iowa have done it all Estate
Register.
$. Il. Hampstead, Postmaster NJ
Adel, Dallas county, recently arrested
Tor rohbing the mail, seems to have done
Il very lucrative business in his peculiar
line. When arrested by n. c. Dcerinr
the Special Agent for this state. there
were found on Hampstead several hum
drcd dollars, with the three marked
bills which Mr., Decring recognized. I'm
his attempt to remove from his pocket
70 waste paper box handfull OF let
Tors he was detected, and the letters Ia
ken by the Marshall. These letters
lurporting to contain various sums Of
money, were directed to County Treas
"rcfs and other persons living west of
Abel. There We're also found laid away
Ill the office quantity of letters, mos,
OF which had evidently contained mon
cy. Three Of them enclosed drafts-one
for forty dollars.
MusCArISE, Upton & ANAMosA r.
R.-Ropid mork We took ride recent
~, out to where the hands are at work,
near the city, upon the Muscatinc, Tin
ton ana Anam"sa Railroad. 1t will he
rccoilcctcd that the ground was broken
only little more than week AFRO
Were the vast crowd which assembled
on that OCCASION to 20 out now. they
would be astonished to notice the change
that has already taken place. Long
cuts have been made, and quite extern
siNe embankments. For the distance of
mile it looks like railroad now. Ma
ny teams Of horses and mules are NJ
work, and some seventy men. They
work as industriousiy and effectively
as possibic-llcnce the unusually large
that has already been done.
We advise our citizens to walk or ride
out to this place when they need a little
exercise. A visit there will pay.
Mr.William Spring, the Superintendent
OF the work is a regular Railroad King"
III the contracting line. Norman under
stands the business better than he does.
with given number of employees he
can get as much work done as any man
alive. We look upon his employment