The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-10-10

.on The Revenue inspectors In Philad
raj phia few days ago made raid on t
ie- unlicensed whiskey stills in the westc
all part OF that city, and were driven off
the people Of that vicinity. Next d
they made another raid with increas
force, but Jared worse than on the iii
IT, occasion having several of their par
cd badly wounded with bricks and pist
shots. They sliced several stills al
;" were taking them off in the cars when
On large crowd Of men and women attackt
them, recovered the copper vessels an
nj dove of the officers. Deputy Marsha
= Schuyler had his pistol taken from hin
10 His wounds are not serious, though /
,r was severely beaten about the head al
is arms. Worms, stills anu other mater
ia!s were carried off by the rioters an
hidden in different parts of the distiller
D district. It was impossible for TIL
D officers to find the whereabouts of tn
r. stills. The city police appeared upo
;, the ground and escorted the revenu
= officers to the city passenger cars run
: ming into the city.
Eight hundred tons of shells hav,
: recently been returned to Washington
y to be emptied and stored, and it is sale
that workmen have discovered tina
work upon them is not dangerous, as
: saw-dust has been substituted for pow,
der in the preparation of these projec.
tiles. How many thousands Of them
similarly filled were fired at the rebel
forces during the war it is impossible to
calculate. e, .re5 ~G Ns@.-E
Philanelphia is examining with curl
osity car for the use of common roads,
, hat lays DOVE the track befne it, and
The inventor Is not the man Who carried
bellows in his boat to supply wind for
the sails. IS Hun ~ aG~s
The annual prediction of an early an
hard winter is made. The beavers opc-
| rations are not mentioned, but ii Is the
early migration of birds of passage that
forms the basis os the prophesy.
The Germans have produced cam
| non which beats any piece of artillery
yet made on this side OF the Atlantic. 1t
is a east steel breech loading gun, resting
upon cast steel carriage, the whole
made Of crucibie cast steel. The inner
tube was forged from q massive ingot of
forty and half tons under a fifty ton
hammer, and weighs, in its present con-
dtion, twenty tons. The difference in
the weight has been lost through the
usual process of forging, turning and
boring. The cast steel rings form q
three fold layer at the powder chamber,
and at the muzzle portion a tWo-fold
layer THESE rings weigh together thirty
tons and have been manufactured, in 4
manner similar to the tube, from mass
i've ingots and without welding. The
following list gives the particulars ofthis
monster piece Of ordnance: Total weight
ofthe gun, 30 tons; diameter OF the bore,
IA inches; total length fgun, 30 inches,
weight of the solid shot, 1,2l2 pounds;
weight Of the shell, l,0s0 pounds; charge
of powder, ITO to $50 pounds. This gun
has been in progress of manufacture, !
day and night FOR sixteen months, with !
out interruption. The mechanism for |
working the gun is such that one or two !
men can quickly elevate, depress and !
turn it, and can with the greatest speed ;
and certainty follow and cover any
passing plated vessel. The price of the !
gun with carriage aud turn-table is /
G2l, 80, Or Sl5o,00O.
There has been another pounding
match for lone thousand dollars siden /
this time At the Isle OfShoa,s, the pugi- !
lists being Measrs Rookie and Moore.
The details were a. usual eyes closed, !
teeth Knocked out, blood drawn, faces
battered, &c, &c. !
1t being found impossible to stop |
fighting by law, the heavy weights aud !
the light weights Swapping their fingers
at the, police everywhere with equal
contempt, and fighting just as often and
just as long rs they please, would it not
be good plan to liceiIsc the business!
A license II thought to be a plaster for
every other iniquity why not for
priZe-fig tngo Ca course the provisions
of the privilege must be stringent and
numerous The valiant Rocky
Moorcs and George Rockies must
give bonds to fight in the most
Christian manner, and strictly accor-
ding to the rules Of the 7. r., being also
sworn not to hit below the belt, and to
refrain from gouging under the most
eXasperating temptations. They must
also file within thirty days of the fight,
i'll some court of record, evidence Of good +
moral character. No fight shall be law
tul unless attended by two justices ofthe
peace. one doctor and a chaplain. No
licenses for fights upon Sunday shall be
issued: and standing board Of Commits
sioners consisting of 10 Coburn Mike s
Coburn, Kit Burns, J. G.. Heenan, and
Barney Aaron, shall have power at any
time to stop any fight out OF which
1t impossible to maze any money. The
NhtittIllsSioiittH VIII VIC skliDTti w GItN F
clccks at 81 eco per annnm each, and
will provide ropes sponges, fighting
shoes brandv-ila,Es, and other ring nee
essan2s at the cost Of the city, having
first dul,r advertised for contracts to fur
nish the anne They shall be paid
twenty per cent of all battie-money, and
a. much more a. they can squeeze out OF
the combatants. - N T. Tfib,4uc
Thurlow Weed says: Mr.. Lincoln,
first intimation OF des,.a for a rcnomi
nation was given TO his early and fast
friend Leonard Sweat, ESD, and our
self. We were gossipping with him,
lcisnrciy, one evening in December, So.
when Mr.. Sweat remarked, I suppose
you are thinking about a reelection >,
Mr. Lincoln replied, Sweat, how did
YOU know that tie bee was buzzins
about my ears? Until very recently
expected to see the Union safe and the
authority OF the government restored /
before my term OF service expired. But
as the war has been prolonged, | confess
that should like TO see it out in this
chair. suppose that Everybody in my
position finds some reason, good or bad,
. to CRAFTY or excuse their ambition Mr.