The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-08-29

| The President has removed Gen.
Sickles, Ar placed Gen. pxnN In his
. stead. PostmaDter Gen. Randall and
tSecrctary Mccullough have lllabed their
resignationsat the dispceal Of tie Presel
dent. ~ III /. 8
Three negroes were found dead in a
water melon patch few miles from Co
1umbia, Tennessee. Two OF them, 1t II
supposed, were stealing melons. The
other was the owner Of the patch, and
was shot by man he had employed to
watch for him.
1t is estimated that the peanut crop In
North Carolina will equal this year the
crop of last. New Hanover and Onslow,
the principal peanut region, then real.
lied sixty thousand bushels
A negro boy was driving mule in
Jamaica, when the animal suddenly
stopped and refused to bulge. "Won't
you go, en-" Said the boy. Feel
grand, do you? Is'pose you forgot your
ladder was q jackass."
The Hopfen Zeitu,V newspaper OF
hops-not the saltatorial sort, however),
of Nuremberg, gives some curious statis-
ties respecting the consumption of beer
in Europe. The average quantity con-
sumed by each person in the year 1866
was q quarts, but it differs greatly in
the various countries. In Bavaria the
average is 154 quarts; in England, 1l3
in Wurtemburg, 1O4.
tits stated that Elias Howe, the sew
ing machine man, offered S1OO, 600 for a
fancy trotting horse in Paris, but was
refused. The poor fellow has come
home, and now modcstly (?) petitions
Congress to extend the patent for seven
years longer. If this We're done he
would be able to extort enough from the
purchasers of sewing machines to doub-
lie his offer for the faEcy horse.
A dog fight at Chillicothe, NO., Aug,
II, between a radical dog anda 'conser-
vative dog $50 called by the crowd)
quickly became a partizan melee between
the respective hackers, with the follow
ing net results: Cyrus Gray, Conserva-
tive, killed; City Maashal Dudley, Radi-
cal siIo. in thebreast; G.. q. Brown, Con-
sentative, late candidate for City Mar
shall, shot through the body; Sheriff
Garnsen Harker, Radical, head hurt by
blow; young man named Mcmillan,
shot through the shoulder. Several mi
nor bruises on both sides are not count
ed. 1t was very invigorating fight.
Statistics of the colored schools in Vir-
ginia show that nearly 1900 scholars
are enrolled, the annual expense of
whose terching will be about 500, OOO.-
In Richmond 5000 colored pupils re-
ceive instruction faom 43 teachers, some
of the latter being also colored. The
scholars are regular in attendance, eager
to learn, faithful to the requirements of
the schools, and give good promise of
becoming intelligent and worthy citi-
Zens.
Among the regiments of militiamen
recently organized in Maryland is one
styling itselfthe Maryland Guard.n 1t
is commanded by Colonel Herbert, who
held a commission in the rebel army du-
ring the late war, and the uniform of
the regiment is as near as possible an
imitation of the Confederate grey. Con-
sidering that the public sentiment under
which such proceedings as these are pos
sible has grown up almost within speak
ing distance of the National Capitol how
much advance has been made in Mary
land since the hour when President
Lincoln had to pass through DaItinuIu
in disguise to save himself from assassi-
nation: