The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-11-28
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: -nas lowe ITEMS. .ua al s.
;, \ man in Chickasaw on a wager
h shclled 100 bushels of corn in thirteen
minutes and a-half. r'.E .sE4.. .4.t...:
IS Daniel Haggerty aged about 10
i years, of Tama county, was killed on
the 18th inst, by the running away of a
l. span Of horses. ,,1.t. ~ra .fl.-..s ....s..
S The Osceola Sentinel of the 18th says
5 the construction train on the Burlington
t & Missouri Railroad now runs about five
; miles west of Whitebreast river, and
: that the track is laid Mt the rate of about
=. one-third of mile day s..s "...,E ....s.
: --IIRAvY YIELD or CoRN.-We are
informed by responsible parties that Mr..
: John II. Diclzey, of Hazel Green town
i ship Delaware county, raised this season
, 1000 bushels Of Corn on forty acres of
: ground, 100 bushels to tire acre. Who
!. can beat that: KonticcHo Et7o1'tss.
. The Fairfield Home Visitortells Of a
woman in that town who recently vol
UNFAIRLY planted herself in a dentists
chair and Submitted to the extraction,
at one sitting, Of twehty-four firmly
.cQted teeth and ditl it too without the
Use Of ether, cloroforn, or any other
;, meiicament of that sort. Eight teeth
: were taken out without her mouth be-
ing nrea ntinc closed. t.E p" ..#
!, -SirotKISG ACCIDENT. - \ little
child Of Mr.. John Kicker, residing near
L South Grove, Clinton county, was
! Burned to death one day last week 1t
t appears the famiiywas husking corn in
e the field, while the little one was left at
: play in the house. During their absence.
i il Is supposed, the child fell on the stove
= and fire was communicated to its cloth
T. ing. When they returned it was found
= lying upon the floor, dead. .N14uokcttt
). Ercc!sjor.
. The Editor of the Buchanan County
I RW!Qtu says he examined a remarkably
d fine peat bed near the centre of Dayton
: township, Breiner county, a few days
= 'Since. 1t comprises about thirty acres,
and ranges in depth from two to fifteen
: feet 1t contains enough peat of the
very first quality to supply the whole OF
: Bremen county for five years. Mr. Elias
e llovcy, OF Perry township, gives Us i'll
II formation Of two very large peat beds
!, one lying midway betweer-Independ
.e encc and Jesup. and the other a SHORE
n distance northwest of Jesup. These
a. beds comprise each FROM twenty tc
= thirty acres" 49,.
y AT the requisite Vi the General Crock
i u Monument Association, Adjutant
General Baker has issued IA circular to
! late officers aud soldiers OF the Second
# Iowa infantry urging them To ut once
d forward to Il. i. Allen at Des Moines
II donations to complete the fund needed
- TO erect the monument to the mcmor,
!, vi the late General Croker -.-
O. -ClIUEcH bnArERs. - The Contra
* Iowa citizen INDUCES in the following
very Just remarks upon class Of young
ar men whose manners need mendiiig
1--WE have them in Oskaloosa they
f. abound in every community. Th,
Church loafer always leaves the Houa,
e, of God soon after the commencement O
mp 'ho may NC known bs
6 his staggering step and noisy brogans
- Cultured i'll the saloon and places of low
= resort he thinks ,a,h;,t,,f ,;s.x,;
J. ~ '''''n' n''i'''is on oiStufblhe
religious assemblies, and has no more
:. respect for the song of praise, the heart.
at r,. "a. i''a'i' Aethi"''' 'iah ioi
ar '''' . "e'"'e'' III 'he
: hand -, tI,a o'',
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