The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-01-31
Summary OF LATE NEWS.

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| SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS.
/ VI the cattle plague III Holland, Ion-
sui Ewing, in letter to the State De-
partment dated Hague, January !, says
"About the latter part of November, ac-
cording to the custom of the Netherlands,
| the cattle were housed for the winter,
since when the rindc11est has increased,
notwithstanding the efforts of the Gov
eminent to arrest its progress. From
| the lst to the 18th of December the num-
! her of animals attacked exceeding that
of the previous week by 800; from the
18th the epidemic diminished, the num-
Der attacked being 6,O73. FROM the
time it made its appearance in the coun-
try to the 18th of December, 10000 ami
mails died of the disease and q 800 were
killed. Previous to the outbreak of the
epidemic. beef cattle were largely export
ed to England. This expectation has
since ceased. All efforts to discover a
cure have been fruitless, and the Gov
eminent has confined its attention to
the infected district, so far with no sue
cess
Tho United States Treasurer has l.
sued new rules for the redemption OF
fractional and other United States notes
that for whatever cause have become I'M
fit for circulation. Under these rules all
uational banks that have been desiS,:a
ted repositories Of public money are re-
auired to cooperate in the work OF re-
demption, except such notes as are deS-
irnatcd rs mutilated by the Depart
ment.
The committee charged last winter
with the duty of examining into the com
pliciH of of jeff. Davis in the assassina-
ton have recently rc-opened the qucs-
ton, and have been considering the eH-
pediency and practicability OF examin-
ing John II. Surratt. The Secretary OF
War, the Judge Advocate General and
the Secretary Of state have been consul
ted in the premises. The members OF the
committee are very reticcnt about their
consultations, bat there is reason Tor be-
! lieving that they have not yet deter
mined to take Surrat's evidence.
A prominent Republican member o
the House, in recently writing to tricnl
says Touching the impeachment bus
mess, my opinion is and has been, tina
ii will amount to nothing. All report
1 VA nd al n y,
! have been taking testimony bearing
) hard on the President are false. Not
; single witness has been examined. Th
, Committee are proceeding with grcs
caution"
, An official report Oh the famine i
Eastern India shows that there were
million deaths from starvation.
Another Fenian, named Thomas Cal
, ncy, was convicted at Toronto and sci
fenced to he hanged March 18th. Gle,
= Mathews and Jas McDonough were a,
quilted.
Governor Morton has been clcete
e United States Senator from Indian;
=
a few days. United States Senators How
n Of Wisconsin, Irelinghnysen, of Ne
= jersey, and roueroy, Of Kansas, HAY
just been reelected.
h \ correspondent of the London .Jou
mai treats at some length on the best wa
. TO prevent hyarophobia. \ wag in r,
r ply, suggests that he once prevented
d case of this dreadful malaly by gettin
y on fourteen rail fence and STAYING III
y til the dog left.
e The Union Pacific Railroad, Kansa
branch, Is completed twenty miles we
of Fort Riley. The road is graded 70
tytiye miles beyond, and another col
i tract will be finished to the three hun,
red and eighty-flfth mile post by Janu.
= ~ lst, 1868.
/ A scientific Frenchman thinks Tia;
n once in ten thousand years the earth
delagcd by the sea passing over it frol
, pole to pole. But no one now livir
" need feel any anxiety, for the ne,
= delugo is not due for six thousan
- years.
+ The President has vetoed the Cslora(
J. bill, but win probably sign The bill a,
q uniting Nebraska.
q The appranticing system, 50 much
l. vogue at the South, and which is but OF
remove from slavery, il being thoroupI
g investigated by the House Judicial
n Committee.
u Passengers leaving Denver, in Col
= RADIO, now reach Des Moines, Iowa
:, four days. Until recently it was a foy
;, nights journey.
e 1t is now believed that the Congress
g lonal Committee on the New Orlea,
r. Riots will not be ready to report uni
towards the end Of the session.
. Governor Swami, of MARYLAND, Il
l. renegade Cnionst has been elected Tn
C ted states Senator. bat he wiz probab]
u nave to wait some time before the SCI
ii ate will admit him to his seat,
= The Allison bill. providing for II
issue offifty million three per cent. note
to take the place of the compound int
j. est notes falling due the present Yea
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