The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-12-24
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81. IOWA ITEMS. e
, 10, 1.-THE Iowa Mutual Insurance Com
pnny at Wyoming IL winding up fts bu-
siness ..for keeps" .es.v ~~~ ....-.,.,.a
TasISarrett'sn effectual Heir Restora-
five y - =. ,ss.#
Six criminals were sentenced to
serve in the Penitentiary At the last
term Of the Clinton County Court. Only
two prisoners remain in the county
Jail. ..rg>,.s1 at ...-4.S3a
'Barrstt's" caps the climax. '@a
The Muscatine Journal says party
of young folks out sieighing a few
nights ago, got lost on the island below
that place, aud came near freezing be-
fore they found the way out. ..-.>
None such as "Barrctt's." zr,.r-fr
The Abel Gazette advcstises for ten
thousand men to settle up the vacant
lands in Dallas county; men who have
energy can make more gold out Of this
rich soil than the gold min ers Of Cali
fornia or Colorado.
ANU " yOut toIICb.
Joe! S. Campbell, of Dallas, Marion
county, Iowa Claims to have raised, the
past season, twenty five hundred bush.
els of corn from thirty two acres Of
ground. an average OF seventy eight
bushels to the acre. One acre yielded
one hundred and ten bushels, and an
other an even hundred.
"Barrett's" improves Whiskers.
The Burlington Hank Eye says
"There is a great rush for Western To-
wa. We hear OF several of the Illinois
farmers opposite this city who are sell
ing outAnd taking up the line offnsrch
to, places In Iowa where they con got
more land for their money and come IN
to possession Of property that Is rapidly
rising iu>yaiue. Westward the STAR d
A Agriculture takes its way"
Mr.. John White, since its origin
President aud principal stakeholder Q,
the First National Bank OF Oskoloosa
informs the Hank Eye that he has pur.
chased all Of the stockof that institution
aud will proceed to wind it up as Ma
tional Bank, and will establish in the
place of it "John Whites Bank" The
reason given for this change il that tax
es now ON National Banks now eats III
all the profits of a legitimate business.
Hundreds of cattle have died in Jas
per county recently. Post morten ex
| c,,,;uot;a,a sl,cs,od that tho ;ptost;po.
were clogged and cloy ed with the smut
Droves which have not been turned int.
stalk fields, even though they are pen
ned at nights dfrectIy by those whicl
are not affected in the least; neither ar,
those which are in stock fields on new
which bears no smutty ears
Droves scouEged by the disease, whel
taken from tho field, Immediately los
the epidemic. This item ofinformatio,
may Iftkavs some Of ostf agricuhura
readers great loss, r 80 sten /.
The Hnamosa Eurckq speaks h ishli
4 Of building stone found III that coun
! t., which has been used about ftlrrel
I years in 7somc bull dings ~ Anamoe
without decay, apparently getting, BET
i ter the longer it IS exposed 70 tile ut
! lnostphere., The Eurcka ssys ths ston
may be softer than that OF LeGran,
4 when taken out, ard therefore more ca
/ silly dressed arid at less cost, but It's har,
ening on exposure Is unquestioned., TIL
4 fact that Jones county possesses thi
4 kind Of treasure, only waiting for rail
roads to develop it, is additional reason
foEJiurying mp the Nuscatine iHptel
a and Anamosa railroad.
+ "A sad aud fatal case by poiseDig oc
Cured IN Clinton last Saturday evening
Mr.. James Schafield, man OF about 2
yaafs Of age, who has for some year
been employed by Mr.. A. P. Hosford a
clerk iii Ills lumber Office, went to MI
J Cushing's drug store to get some nledi
cine, 40 he was not feeling we'll. HI