The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-10-17

in establishing schools, have been as
saulted and driven Off by armed rebels
Parties to the outrage are Boosting loud
ly in that region of having run off thu
Yankees. The report made in this cas-,
represents the rebels in the valley a
becoming more defiant lately.
1t is reported that the rebellion il
China is still in progress, and that thu
city of Pcrkin is seriously threatened.
General Grant has ordered anothe
battery Of light artillery to Baltimore
He means to be prepared for the worst
General Sherman has returned to st
Louis. II is reported that the presiden
desired him to accept the position o
Secretary of War, so rs to slperscdt
| General Grant; but he refused to do sc
/ unless with Grants consent.
! a petition asking Congress to impcall
and remove Andrew Johnson is circula-
/ ting in New York. General Si"el is one
/ Of the signcrs. so is Wendell Phillips
General Wallbridgc, William c. Bryant
and Henry Ward Bccchrr.
The great railroad bridge across the
Mississippi riverat Quincy is being push.
ed ahead, and it is expected that it will
be completed by September, 1868. It's to
be the longest Of its kind in the United
States, measuring one mile and four rods
draw $50 feet in length, and smaller
one 50 feet in length-hoth worked by
steam. The estimated cost is 81 30, 900.
An old man and woman who have for
years sold apples and nuts in Spruce
street, New York under the shadow Of
the Tribune building, are to-day worth
fifty or sixty thousand dollars specie,
while not one of the writers in that Jour
nal, unless a stockholder, have enough to
bury him decently.
General Beauregard i. in Washington
in the interest ola patent ofhis own. 1t
is thought he may apply for a pardon
before leaving the city.
The inventory of the estate of Prcsi-
dent Lincoln, filed at Springfield Ill. by
the administrator, ioots up about So
00). This does not include the amount
given by Congress to Mrs. Lincoln.
The Harrisburg PENN Telegraph
says that during the removal of the
dead from Bridge avenue graveyard the
other day, grave opened contained a
coffin in tolcrably good condition.
The coffin upon being opened was found
to contain but few bones of a woman and
silk dress in as perfect a state of prescr-
Walton rs when buried. Several persons
examined the dress, and upon trying to
tear the silk, it was discovered to be rs
sound a any on the shelves of merchants.
In this instance we have the fact fully
are much more durable than the bones
in the human frame.
According to the latest official Stats
tics contained in the 71idschriR ror Ned
criWsch, Java, the tiger has in one SIM
gle year consumed AS human beings,
and in another l3l. The crocodiles
cleared an average of 80 people year
while sorpents account for between -
and AZ.
The Johnson organs in Washington
announce that the meeting for the ratiii-
cation of the nomination of Andrew
Johnson for President and Lieutenant
General William Il. Sherman for Vice
President, which was appointed for the
10th inst, has been postponed until the
18th proX., when it will be held in the
/ Capitol.
II the result of this fall's elections
should induce the Democratic party tC
! nominate johnson for President, the
Republicans could we'll afford to sustain
losses 10 have \. }. put on the track
1t would be a cheap price to pay for the
satisfaction Of having a square vote on
the humble individualn and his "pol.
icy.' As TO Lieutenant General Shcr-
man accepting the place of tail to Andy.
kite, it is too ridiculous to talk about.
The Louisville Ky journal says Tx
great railroad bridge across the Obi,
at that point is progressing eNpcditiousl,
under the eye Of Mr.. j, G. Waugh, til,
engineer in charge, Twenty of TIL,
tWenty-iour piers have been commenced
eleven of them have reached Il hight o
about fifteen feet above lowwater level
which, it is thought will enable the ma
sons to work without serious Interrupt
ton during the season of high water
cotfcr-dams have been .put in for fou
o. the piers between the first and TWEEN
tlcth and the foundations will be crectet
forthwith. The latter pier is located OF
the falls between Corn island and TIL
Indiana shore. 1t is approached by
section of railway upon trestle-work
and connecting with the railroad frs
laid down from the head of the island t
the central pier. All the piers and abut
ments will soon have been raised sutfi
GENTLY high to avoid suspension of tn
work in the winter.