The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-01-21
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AuSuSteue, H., WIS car, the weather.
having been colder than for forty three
years.
A Nashville mechanic is said to have
invented a shooting machine, which he
calls the "Polyfer," which will destroy
a regiment of soldiers, distant a mile and
a half, in four minutes.
A talking match between two women
is in progress in New Lisbon. Ohio
The present indications are that the
question of superiority will not be de-
cided until death cuts short one of
them.
Senator Morton has introduced bill
to give pension to Mrs. Lincoln, dat
ing from the assassination of Mr.. Lin
coin. The only question seems to be
whether the amount shall be madeS3 900
or 5000 per year.
Deer hunting in Northern New York
is attended with very successful results
this season. One hunter who employs
thirty men to shoot deer has already
sent more than five hundred carcasses
10 the new 1OTk IIlOlkCt
In the con test case Of Christy and
Wimpy, who each claim the vacant seat
in Congress from Georgia, the commit
tee will report against Chrsty, Oh &C.
count of inability to take the oath, and
against Wimpy, because he was not
elected.
The Senate Judiciary Committee de-
clared against the one term principle as
applied to President and Vice President
Mr.. Trumbuil, the Chairman, was for it
but this action of the committee settles
the fate of the measure for this Con-
gress.
The bill repeating the Tenure of Office
act, passed by the House was referred
in the Senate to the Retrenchment Com
mittee. of which Mr. Edmunds, author
of the bill, is Chairman. Action in the
Senate need not he expected for some
weeks.
\ terrible steamboat disaster took
place, the 18th inst, Oh the Mississippi,
about fifty miles from New Orleans
The stern wheeler Glide exploded her
boilers, killing five or six persons, and
wounding some twenty five more.
The constitutional amendments MAX
ing suffrage universal, which was re-
ported in the Senate last Friday, is
much the same as that brought into the
House the other day from one of their
committees, which Governor Boutwell,
will call up some time this week. The
one in the Senate is backed by petitions
bearing nearly 100000 signatures.
The Finance Committee of the Senate
has agreed to report, without any recon-
mcndation, Carrot Davis's bill to pay
the principal of the bonds in gold, und
Mr.. Edmunds' resolution, declaring
that they ought to he paid in coin. The
committee thought it best to submit
them for discussion, and to let the SEN
ate vote as it thought best.
The colored folks convention at
Washington has about $40 delegates,
one of whom is woman. There was a
good deal ola row over the question of
admitting her. she finally got in by a
good majority. Fred. Douglas is Presi-
dent of the convention, and the dele
gates are so unused to this work that it
requires all his tact and firmness to keep
them in order.
The decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States, restoring Lawyer
Bradley, who has been debarred by the
Supreme Court Of the District of Column
bia, for insulting Judge Fisher on the
Bench, and afterwards challenging him
is not likely to be obeyed, or even no.
ticed, except to make known the opin-
ion Of the District Court that is not bind
ing.
In the Senate of the United States, as
it will be constituted after the 4th Of
March, there will be seven war Cover
nors, and fifteen other Senators who
held military rank in the war, includ-
ing all grades, from Major General to
Chaplain. Only eleven of the Senators
were members of the Senate in the seth
Soh6lSSo NhCAep AoSCulHS viz Wal, ouu
seven others Representatives in that
Congress.
All the distilleries in New York have
ceased running. There were 81 in ope-
ration Nov. l. This is said to be the re-
suit of the low tax on whisky; and for
Obvious reasons. Whisky made in
New York city costs 60 cents per gallon
and the taxes, including the special tax,
are IS cents additional, or Sl.23 cents
per gallon. Whisky sells at dollar in
that city, and there is no margin for
stealing.
The House Committee on Territories
are considering a proposition to reduce
the number of our Territories and blot
Utah out Of existence, and indications
are that it will be favorably reported
They propose to divide Dako Ia between
Nebraska and Minnesota, while Utah is
to be divided between Colorado, Wyom-
ing, New ada and idaho. The object of
this scheme seems to be to solve the
Mormon problem by indirect action
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