The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-01-28

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News Summary.
At the Hartford, Conn, ministers
meeting vii but two out Of forty, opposed
| woman's suffrage ~ unscripturaI.
One Of the murdcrers Of Randolph,
the colored South Carolina Senator, has
been arrested, and turned States evil
dence.
The Boston 7rarctcr says: "Over
four hundred bills for divorce are on the
docket Of the Supreme Court for this
| county,
Governor Geary, Of cnnsylvunia, is
SO seriously i'll with erysipeIas that no
one | ut his wife and physician is allow
cd to see him.
The House of Representatives ut
Washington has passed resolution to
other corporations.
| The Senatorial contest in Indiana
has at last closed. Hon. Daniel ID.
Pratt, member of Congress elect from
elected United States Senator.
The Illinois river is open to its mouth,
and boats arc now running from Peoria
to ST. Louis. The mildness of the pres
cnt month is almost Unparalleled in
modern times.
\ movement is reported to be Oh foot
to prevent the confirmation by the Sen
ate of any more officials appointed by
President johnson. General Grant is
said to favor the measure.
| The California cud of the Central Pa
cific Railroad has reacLel FONT one
| hundred and eighty-one miles cast
| from Sacramento. and about the same
distance from the head of Salt
Lake,
! 1t Is rumorel that the Supreme Court
| will sustain the Legal Tender art nv"
| To three, rs follows: Chase, ,;rler, Davis,
Swaync ant! Miller for 1t, and Field,
Nelson and Clifford against.
! \ Cincinnati dispatch says Governor
| Brown,nw, of Tcnne>se., will at once
enroll 2O,o0J militia. Twenty i've
couutics Of Tennessee, in which ku.
, KiuN outragrs have been of common
, occurrence, and crime runs riot. are to
bc placed under martial law.
! Nothing will be done at this session of
| Congress in the financial line, beyond
| passing a bill to lcgalize gold contracts,
and adopting measures To prevent na-
/ tional banks from certifying checks in
excess Of depositors' balances. The
Financial Committees of both houses
! have agreed 10 this.
/ Secretary Schoiield has submitted to
( Congress plans and estimates for the
new War Department building to be
erected in Washington. The plan Sc
lccled by the Military Board, Gen.
Meigs, President, is that of John Crump,
of Philadelphia, who places the cost of
the building at a million and n half OF
dollars.
| The substitution of United States
bonds, bearing currency interest, issued
to the Pacific Railroad Company for
United States bonds, bearing gold inter
est, as security for the circulation Of the
national banks, has been suspended 10y
! the comptroller of the currency until
the pleasure of Congress shall be known
on the subject.
The National woman's Rights Con.
ven,ion has adjourned. Itadoptcl rcsolu.
tons demanding that women and color
ed men shall be eligible 10 Congress;
that women shall have equal pay ion
labor with men, and suffrage shall bt
based on loyalty and intelligence. An
address is to be issued to the coun
try.
\ confession of Atzerodt, one of the
Lincoln assassius, written the night be
fore his execution, is out. The only
materi ii statements in it are that Sur.
raft was in Washington on the evening
of the murder, and that the plan of as
sassination was not divulged by Booti
to his associates III three hours before i
was put into execution.
The year just past has been the mos
active aiid important ever known a
New York in real estate. Property ha
) steadily advanced throughout the year
and all over the island, with few ex
cpptions, i, higher to-day than ever be
fore. The average advance during tn
year was about twenty-five per cent
The value of real estate transferrc,
during the year was over Sl6l 900
: n0)
= \ Washington special says that til
following committees of the House ar
not likely to be called upon to repoi
, again this session: Banking. Railroad
5 Claims, Commerce, Public Lands, Pos
Office and judiciary, Manufactures
+ Agriculture, Indian Affairs, Militar
, and Naval Affairs, Foreign Affairs an
!; Territories, though some Of them ma
be able to get in one or two measures, b
|, unanimous consent.
{ Hon. Hannibal Hamlin has been cleo