The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-12-02
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The Muscatine Journal says: ''Four
indiscrect children-two boys and two
girls-l4 years of age, having become
enraptured with the life Of a hermit and
the romance Of forest life, rs found in
the Ledger and kindred publications,
took to the woods across the river, re-
Gently, for the purpose of digging cave
in the depths OF, the woodland, away
from the cares and sorrows Of civiliZa-
ton, to enjoy the freedom Of the Gypsy
or the Indian. The cruel parents, how
evar, got wind of the affair before the
wanderers had reached a secluded spot,
and brought them home.'
The Hamilton Freeman thus pho
graphs the present situation: "Our
farmers are now getting from to cents
pound, live weight, for their hogs; 30
to 10 cents per bushel for oats and corn;
40 to 80 cents for potatoes; - to 30 cents
for butter; 20 cents per dozen for eggs,
and a good price for wood, hay, and
everything they have for sale except
wheat. 1t would seem that, under such
circumstances, there is a good deal of
humbuggery about the cry of "hard
times" we begin to hear throughout the
country. If the prices Of all kinds Of
farm products were low, as has been
the case in this country, then there
would be good reason for grumbling
about hard times; but as tits our people
are comparatively we'll off, if they only
thought so. ~
The Davenport Gazette speaks Of a
visit made by the deputy Sheriffof Scott
county to the State Reform School, says
'Ae found the institution about full. He
learned that Clarence Mcintosh, one of
the smartcst boys that ever flushed
swag, who went from this city for lar
ceny for Il term of two years, has be-
haved so admirably that he has short
ened his term nearly year. and will be
released in about ten days. He was
placed in the tailor's shop, and has sue
ceeded so well that he is now cutter for
the institution. He told deputy Field
that he had made up his mind to become
a better boy, and that he dared not re-
turn to Davenport and go among his
old associates again. We are glad to
learn that an uncle in distant part of
the State, who con give him the n,ivan-
tages of good education, desires to
adopt linn, and that Clarence will prob
ably go with him. The Superintendent
of the School says he is the brightest
boy he ever saw, and possesses many
noble traits of character. So we may
say that the Reform School has saved
one boy from ruin, ut any rate.
The Clinton Herald has the follow
ing report ola sad case of seduction and
desertion:
"A young couple arrived in this city
one day last week, and put up at one of
the hotels, registering as man and wife,
from some place in Pennsylvania. The
young man represented himself as a
aud told the proprietor OF the
hotel that he wanted to get employment
at his trade. The proprietor said he
would give him work for few days,
and bargain was at once made-the
youth agreeing to go to work OH the
next day at noon; but when the appoint.
ed time came, the young man was miss
ing. During the afternoon the propri-
etor of one Of the hotels in Fulton came
over in search of the same party, stating
that they had left his house without
paying their bill. Landlord No. then
went to the room of the couple, and
found the girl alone in deep trouble. On
being questioned, she made the follow
ing confessions:
She said she was the daughter of
physician in --, Iowai was ola very
respectable family; that the young man
with whom she came here had, by
promise Of marriage, induced her to run
away from her home with him; that he
promised to marry her as soon as they
made no move in that direction, and on
being reminded of his promise, told her
to wait and they would go over to Cltn-
ton the next day and be married there.
to which she consented, still feeling
confident that he did not intend to de-
ceive her; that she came here and spent
another day and night with him at the
hotel; that he had left her there the
next morning, as above stated, for the
ostensible purpose of going over to Full
ton to get their trunk which they had
left there, and had not as yet been
heard from. These facts revealed the
true nature of the case. The young
mans purpose from the beginning had
been to ruin the girl. This accomplish
ed, he left, and has not been heard OF;
but We sincerely hope that justice may
soon overtake him, and that he may
meet the reward that his hellish work
deserves. The girl miserable aud