The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-12-26

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.'....... Y. S. GRANT, General.
The ladies of Maysville, No., have
threatened to destroy all the liquor in
the place by force OF arms.
The Boston Post admits that the r,w
style of hoop skirts don't give the lad les
AS much room as the old pattern; but
then II gives everybody else good deal
more room.
A Democratic ring has been tornc'l in
New York in favor of Gen John a. Dix
for President and Gen Hancock for Vice
President.
The report Of the consolidation Of the
| Merchants Union Express Company
with the old companies having been
officially contralicted, the price of its
stock i'm the market is again advancing.
In two days Ii rose from 1856 to 1919.
| The alarm caused by the recent Feni-
an outrages at London continues. The
magistrates are still swearing in special
policemen. The guards around the pris-
| on, which was recently undermined and
partially blown down, have been
! strengthened, and the warehouses in
the city are carefully watched during
the night. II view ct the recent out
RACES committed or attempted by the
! Fenians in that country, and to prevent
| by summary measures their repetition,
! the British Cabinet has determined to
ask Parliament to suspend the privilege
Of the writ of habeas corpus in England.
The newly elected Congress of no
Republic of Mexico Is j.. sessio,, pre,i,
dent Juarezl III ais Message, thanked
the United States fs. the aid and sym-
pathy eStende:, to his cause during the
struggle nth thcEuropean usurper, and
st..,es that our Government is the only
/ ally the Republic of Mexico has. Polit-
zeal matters in that country have more
settled and encouraging aspect.
a horrible disaster occurred on the
Buffalo and Erie Railroad on the 18th.
Two cars of an acknowledging passen-
ger train were, by some means unk nown,
! thrown off the track, and precipitated
down a high embankment. One of the
cars took fire and was consumed, thirty
persons literally burning to death. Il
or IA of the passengers iE the other car
were killed. Many other persons were
more or less seriously injured.
One of the Tribune staff, who has very
carefully examined the immense mass
Of Republican exchanges received by
that paper, says that so far as he has
gone, sixty-three journals have express
ed their preference for Grant, thirteen
for Salmon p. Chase, four for Sheridan,
and six scattering and that for the Vice
| Presidency, twelve support VIM. d.
Kelley, seven Schuyler Colfax, four
Geo. s. Boutwell,, four Reuben E. Fem
ton, two John a. Bingham, aud six
scattering.
| The Nebraska Commonwealth, pub
lished at the new town of Linco,n. has
this item: "a short time since we .,w
a man driving team over the town site
loaded with lumber and household fur
n''urc' lie had a plat of the city in his
hand, and every little while he would
stop and examine the stakes. After a
long search he succeed in finding his lot.
He Immediately proceeded to unload his
wagon, and in five hours from the time
he had house up and living in it
Fast.
A cunning trick was performed in
Newark, n. j., on Friday last A man
pretending to be drunk slipped and fell
against store window, breaking a large
pane Of glass. He declared he had 10
money to pay for the damage, when he
was searched by the proprietor, and a
500 bill found in his pocket This was
| Immediately changed, Sl2 being retained
for the damages, and IS handed to the
inebriate who staggered off and was
soon lost sight of. The 500 bill was
subsequently sent to the bank for depos-
it, when it was discovered to be coun.
terseit
The Austin Texas Repnbitcan. one
of the best conducted Radical papers in
the South says: mo conservative can
| hope to defeat the Convention in Texas.
There is only a difference of 1000 in
favor of the whites, so that 5000 whites
added to the colored voters, will give us
the majority. But TIE hare at teas,
/ $1,000 tohitc Republicans, and the Con
! sersatives cannot poll over IS 900 all told,
leaving Republican majority Of &c, 900.
Verify, the Congressional policy of re-
construction is grand success"
A thief, almost in the act of gobblinc
fine horse on the farm of Nathan Green.
about six miles from Davenport, was
alarmed by the unexpected apparition
ola double barreled gun in the hands Of
the owner of the horse, and made of.
The morse was saddled and bridled, and
in n few minutes more the scOundrel
would have been beyond the reach Of
buck shot
, The House Military Committee are
ready to report bill granting henoYa-
BILE discharges to all soldiers who left
their commands irregularly after the