The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-08-27

/ 4 large rock, weighing about twelve
tons, broke loose from the side Of Look
out Mountain, recently, and rushing
! down struck the dwelling of Mr.. Geo.
Ashcroft, instantly killing his wife and
her infant and injurihg seriously three
other children.
\ dispatch from! Cnraiia says fifty adj
dlti0na miles OF the Unio:i Pacific Rail-
road are now finished, making 75p from
Omaha. 1t now seems probable that
nearly 900 miles will he in running
order before the close Of the year, and
! that the whole line to tile Pacific will be
open fer business during $50.
The late Thad. Stevens, in his will,
bequeaths to nephew of the same name
one fourti, Of his property, il at the end
Of five ars he shall have shown that
he has totally ab,tained from intoSicat-
ing drink through that time. Ii ut the
end of the next live consecutive years,
he can again show IA strictly temperate
record, another fourth is devised to him;
and a third probation of five years, sue
cessiuily undergone, will entitle him to
the remaining one half. Provisions are
made as to the disposition of tire proper
ty, in case the nephew fails to acquire it.
Gov. Fenton has appointed Gen. Pat
r',,"k II. Jones, the present Clerk of the
Eaw York Court Of Appeals, Register
Of the CITY Of New York, in place of
General Halpine. deceased. 1t is under
.foo,, he fees of this ,''hce, until Janna-
~ vii, be passed owe. TO Mrs. ;, Hal
pine, wis,ow OF "Miles O'R..as, Tue
late incumbent, by G,2, Jones
The whole State of Vera Cru !. IN re,
bellion, Men of influence are engaged
in the uprising. at last aavices it was
thought the castle Of San Juan D'Ulloa
would be attacked There are many
prisoners confined there, among them
Generals Escobar and Castillo. The
latter is one of the best engineers in
Mexico, and the former was lately
General Of Division.
by recent act of Congress the ruling
of he Pension Department Withholding
the two dollar per month to widows
whose children have been Adopted or
supported by any individual Orphan
Asylum or other Institute has been
changed so that they will receive the
same as though supported by themselves
and the vouchers are only required to
show that they are atirc G'ad hare not
been nJuRa0acd.
McDevitt and Joseph Dion play, at
Chicago, for the billiard championship
of America, on the 10th of September.
The oldest son of Hon. stephen A.
Douglas-Robert--wh now resides in
Raleigh, North Carolina, made his first
speech Il few days since. He IS for
Grant and Colfax, as his father would
be, if alive.
Secretary Schofeld received dis
patch on Saturday from General Sher-
man, dated Omaha, August 10Th, in
which he announces that he has just
received a dispatch from Gen. sheridan,
in which he confirmed the press dis
patches about the Indian outrages in
Western Kansas Gen. Sheridan says
the Outrages are too horrible to describe.
General Sherman ordered general Sheri-
dan to continue the plrsuit and drive
the savages from that section OF country,
and when captlrsI to give them sum
mary punishment. The Secretary of
War communicated the intelligence to
the President, who acquiesced in the
stringent measures which the Secretary
of War and General sherman were TAX
ing in the matter.
Dexter has tro.tcd mile in two min
utes and fourteen seconds.
Count Won BisInark. while riding
out near his castle in Pomerania, on the
23d inst, was thrown from his horse and
received some ltuises. 1t is reported
that his injuries, though painful, are
not Of serious character.