The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-08-22

The Iri6unes special sayE The Presi-
dent has prepared and sent 70 General
Grant instructors to issue an order as
signing Gen Sheridan to the command
of the Department of the Missouri, Gen.
Hancock to the Department OF the Cum !
berland, and Gen, Thomas to the Fifth /
(Sheridan's) Military District. The Or
der will probably be promulgated to-
morrow. 1t is understood that until
Friday last it was the purpose of the
President to assign Hancock to the
command of the Fifth District, but con-
cluded yesterday to give that position to
Gen. Thomas. ...s
Capt. w. H. Grace, the Fenian OF
ganizer, has finished his work in Iowa
and has left for New York under orders.
He has organized forty-seven Circles
and seven military companies.
Iowa CITY PAPER.-The Chicago
Journal is now printed on paper manu-
factured by NJ. T. Close & Bro, at Iowa
City. We observed the steamer Mime
sofa yesterday took from this port one
hundred reams of paper for the st. Lou
is Times which was ordered from the
same establishment. Close & Co. are
go-ahead men, and they will very soon
be supplying the journals of other great
cities with paper. The article they
make is of excellent quality.
The Ohio gold regions have been fur
ther explored, and are said to rival the
gulches of California in productiveness.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, writing at Belleville, Ohio,
says that the drift yields upon an aver
age l47 grains of gold to the cubic yard
of dirt washed, which at three and one
half cents grain would be s., IA gold.
SAVE THE TREEs.-Everybody is gen
orally of the opinion that when an APP
pie or other fruit tree is gnawed around
by rabbits, that the tree is bound to die.
Rev. J. +. Guild of Rising Sun, informs
us that barked trees cad be cheaply and
easily saved. All that is required is to
fill up around the barked portion of the
trunk with dirt; or if the injured place
is too high from the ground to admit OF
that method, the same result can be OBJ
tanned by bandaging it with "cow dres-
sing. The same gentleman informs us
that this was tried in his region in seve-
raj instances, and never failed. Ifit is as
Toe, L. aA
simple and cheap, the knowledge of the
recipe will save much vexation as well
as many valuable fruit trees. Preserve
this article and give its directions a
triai.-Sate Register.
The Hudson On. W Ledger tells of a
man named John Wesson going intothe
woods near Boston Corners after berries.
While he was at work picking them his
eyes lighted on something hidden under
a rock which looked like box covered
with moss. John examined it closely
and found it was box, and OH opening
it found $1,000 in silver pieces of Span
ish coinage. Among the number wer'
five hundred Spanish dollars done up il
a bag, on which was some writing, bu
so destroyed that it was illegible. Non'
of the pieces bore date later than 1908
The finder has been living for severa
years past from hand to mouth, working
at odd jobs in the summer, and in leis
ure time picking berries.
A disease, with symptoms similar to
and which is believed to be, the great cat
tie scourge so lately prevailing in Eu
rope, has made its appearance in Bucks
county, Pa. So far it has only affected
the cows of two neighborhoods in Soles
bury township, three of each having
been sliced with the disease, and one O
each having died. OF the others one OF
more it is thought will recover The
disease is supposed to have been com
municated from drove of cattle brough
from near Philadelphia. If so this
would indicate its existence elsewhere
in the State.
We have heard of unusual numbers O
deaths of cows in the western part O
this county, but do not learn that it il
imputed to rinderpest or other extraor
binary distemper.-Rochester (N. Y
| IniOn.
The Salt Lake Hedctte, of August
learns that gang Of Cinnamon, work
ing near Kankaka Flat, California, re-
Gently found a chunk Of gold weighing
forty-five pounds. The strike was KEPT
secret until the gang was we'll OH it!
way to China. Many large pieces 0
gold have been found in the vicinity 0
Salt Lake.
Dubuque Bridge.