The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-08-13
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
Fifty-one persons were killed end ma
ny others injured by q recent eolliery
explosion in Belgium. $50
About three hundred removals were
made in the Treasury Department last
week mostly females.
| The latest horror in Illinois il the
discovery Of robbers cave; and close
at hand grave containing the dead
bodies OF four men carefully covered
with . huge rock. -ze..@ 81 !
\ The cattle disease IL extending In In
diana. We have no later news in re-
! gard to it in Illinois. The panic has
extended to the live stock and meat
market at New York, where, on inves-
tigation, diseased cattle and meat have
been discovered. a~s t@# s91*
st. Louis had a.great senstaios Sunday
night, being the event 0! the marriage
Of Mike McCoole, the Champion,
prize fighter, to the daughter Of q
wealthy contractor 0! that city. There
were ten thousand spectators in and
around the church in which the cere-
monies took place.
The War Department has changed
the headquarters Of the Department Of
tie East from Philadelphia to New
In command. @sE s-s
1t is estimated that 10000 acres are
under cultivation in Colorado this year.
The yield il estimated much larger than
ever before, owing 10 seascnable rains,
and the absence Of grasshoppers. It is
believed there will he one-third Of 4 crop
OF wheat, ere third Of a crop Of corn aud
one third Of crop Of small grain and
vegetable.
Attorney General Evarts is engaged in
. the study Of the various questions bear
ing upon the acceptance of Mr.. Rollins
resignation and the power of the presi-
dent to fill the place. Mr.. Evarts has
informed his friends that he is going
over the whole ground thoroughly, and
will hot be drawn into making hssty
decision On this particular case.
The recent public debt statement e1-
J hibits the fact that the maiured debt
without interest, amounts to SIS, ooo, 90.
OF this sum si43, o0s is composed Of 7-3Os
which have oyerrun the time for their
redemption i'm Sos. The latter class of
bonds are now being presented at the
F md 1nrjv,O tho uzt@ ,raat.
they have been redeemed in currency to
| the amount Of $500, 900. DIV.
General Charles G. Halpine, Register
! of the city and county OF New York,
better known by his pseudonym OF
Miles o'Rcily. died from an over dose
Of chloroform, at the Astor House early
Oh Monday morning. His physician
says that he was accustomed to take
| chloroforn to quiet mental excitement;
while other accounts say. that, having
! become partially insane from excessive
drinking, he carried out the threat to
commit suicide, i'll case he yielded again
AS he unfortunately did-to his NOR
bid appetite for alcohol.
The treaties between the United
States aud Mexico, recently concluded,
cover the matters Of claims apd com
plants, citizenship, and consular rela-
tons. For the adjustment ofclaims and
complaints each government is to APP
point Commissioner, to receive what
ever may be submitted within eight
months after their first meeting and to
decide all within two years and six
months. Citizenship is placed ON the
basis OF the principles Of our recent
treaty with Prussia and other powers
Consular relations are established upon
the ordinary footing.
The dispatch of the 9Th inst, from
Leayenworth to the Missouri Democrat
says that ala important action brought
by the State Of Kansas was heard on
Tuesday before Justice ThaIen, Of that
city. 1t was the case Of the State VS..
Gen. IL. Z. Sheridan, Gen. Alfred Gibbs
Gen Chauncey McKeeuer, Lieut.. Peter
Leary, and Corporal Richard A. Lee. for
assault with sabers &C., taking postal
stamps. stamped envelopes, United
states treasury notes and postal curren-
cy, to the amount Of $1,000. Corporal
Lee, who commanded the squad which
elected POSTMASTER Dunn from the re-
serve, was adjudged guilty and fined 81
and costs. The court adj ourned until
that morning, when the trial Of the rest
ofthe defendants proceeded, and the
same verdict was rendered in all excep,
the case of Gen. Sheridan, who was
fined one hundred dollars and COSTS
Defendants council gave notice of ap.
peal to Criminal court.