The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-05-27
NEWS SUMMARY,

I VIII get suffrage before tue WOIhoss'
J. r. NJ. wilkins, Of Iowa, Is the newl.
appointed Secretary of Dakota Territory
Fred Douglass has been appointed
postmaster Of the New York town wher
he lives.
Since the fst of January, 81 900 immi
Igrants have landed in the city Of New
York. ...-.....4,.t z.....-.. ..
The snow fall in Canada last winter
was between thirteen and fourteen feet
more than twice the average fall. ..s.
! Gen. Daniel Z. Sickles has received
and Is making preparations for depart
ure to his post. a...s ,taHs &. as
f. The Pennsylvania Central Railroad
] proposes to lease perpetuaIly the entire
line ofthe Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne aud
Chicago Railroad.
The last New York State Legislature
passed an act appropriating $4,000 to be
divided among the surviving veterans
Of the war Of 1912. tl>"
Winnecke reports that his expected
comet is in the exact place predicted for
it at this time. 1t is coming directly
! towards the earth, and one or the other
| will have to turn out to avoid crash.
/ Official figures at the Treasury De-
| partment show that importations for the
months of March and April were great
er than for the corresponding months Of
any previous year. a-s#s.s .= .%@.s s.
Secretary Boutwell, recently give in
structions To the Assistant Treasurer in
New York to sell g. coo. 900 ofgold each
week. of Government bonds, instead of
81 300, 900, until further notice.
The pig iron product of the United
States in 1865 was 1903 900 tons, Of
which amount Pennsylvania alone fur
nished ~, 80 tons. The product Of
Great Britain in the same year was
!, 500 600 tons.
Hon. Z. b. Washburne, Minister to
France. presented his credentials to
Louis Napoleon Monday. Gen. Dix,
his Majesty.
The negotiations for the sale Of West
Florida 10 the State of Alabama have re-
suited favorably. Florida IL to ce,le the
west wing Of the state to Alabama, for
one million of dollars, provided the peo- .
pie of the two States and Congress APP
prove the arrangement. 0..'.
Food for cattle i'm the northern por-
ton of Vermont is terribly scarce. One
farmer has bad six Of his cows die of !
sheer starvation. Hay is $50 per ton
md the roads are so bad that it cannot |
DC carried to the farms only in small !
bundles.
Mr.. Secretary Of the Navy Borie has
actually gone and made q good bargain
for the United States, in selling the old
rebel ram, Atlanta" and a good bar.
gain made by Secretary of the Navy is
! thing not before heard of for these
many years. Hoorah for Borie!
The San Francisco papers publish
of fares from that city to Chi
,ago and other points, by the Pacific
Railroad. The fare from San Francisco
o Chicago is S2i7.35: to Buffalo, $751;
.; to New York. S272.2O; to Boston,
'27o; to Cincinnati, S35S 20: to Phila-
lelphia, S27o.2o; to Washington, sa70.7o.d
The fruit and berry prospects in the
t. Joseph, Mich, region Ton The east
hore of Lake Michigan is very fiatter-
ng. The peach, apple, pear and cherry
orchards, with which that region Is lit
rally covered, just now present the APP
'earance Of vast sea of blossoms. T.
The White Pine papers are continual
y chronicling the discovery of caves in
hat district-curiositie that are always
abundant in limestone formations
some OF these caves are very extensive
tut it is the opinion Of many that a con-
iderably larger cave than any vet de-
cfibed will be found In that district
efore next fall.
A few weeks since little child in st.
Joseph, Mo-, was bitten by rats in the
rm. Although the wound was slight
nd soon healed, the arm has since be-
ONE diseased, and fears are entertained
hat 1t will have to be amputated. Some
wo years since two children died in st.
osepn from virus poison caused by
'eins bitten by rats.
The Paymaster General will shortly
ssne regulations providing that all
-reasury certificates issued in payment
# bountles to soldier, shall be paid at
he pay department at Washington, in.
luding attorneys fees, rs provided i'm
ne resolution of Congress of April 10, f.
$50.
General Barlow. the United States
MARSHAL at New York, says that the
Iuban rerolutionis.s have received
cry little aid from that city. and the
tories of expeditions Of men and large
liipnenfs OF war material are purely
ehsational. The Government has
pledged Itself to observe and enforce the
neutrality laws, and the instructions of
Is officers at New York and elsewhere
re IN conformity with this assurance.
General Dodge, Engineer of the Tn
on Pacific Railroad teiegraphs from
Jmaha that all arrangements for
hfough travel are complete, and freight
ma passenger trains are running on
l'he. he greater portion Of the road.
ie says, Is IN as good condition as any
Inc east OF Omaha; but owing to the ,
'fection OF some permanent bridges and ,
toie culverts, and changes in small !
portions OF the road bed, the company
VII hot present the road as fully fin
shed before the lst of August.
A special telegram from New Orleans |
states that orders have been received in
That city from Washington, directing
lhat the Iroh-clais now there be nut in
condition for immediate active service
and, further, directing that the requisite
number OF "orknien be employed both
n,9i' anu day, to this end. Consi,era-
nie excitement existed in relation to the
or"ef ami r';mors nf difficulties with the
spanish authorities Of Cuba were in cir
culation.
II is the Presidents intention to take
measures for the suppression of crime
IA 'cefG.a. He Was in conference with
SECRETARY Rawlins, on SATURDAY. a. tn
my 'eNt ll!ah 10 be adopted in ,o-ouar-