The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-03-25
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The farmers about Pella are arrang.
ing to held Farmers Markets."
Two individuals belonging to the
Whisky Ring are being tried in the
Clinton County Court on charge of at
tempting to bride the Sheriff to pack a
Grand Jury in the interest of the
Ring.
Use "Barrctt's" Hair Restorative.
"A. S. Kisseu, State Superintendent,
writes a sensible letter, published in the
Nashau Post.-When a teacher estab-
fishes sensible rules, which meet the
sanction Of the Board of Directors,
scholars must obey these rules or quit
the school. r..
The Pella Blade says that Van
Bennett and the other Texas colony
men have got back, and glad to get back.
''They got away down South some
where, and saw some nigyers kill a
white man, or some white men kill
niger we don't know which, and they
at once about faced and struck bee
line for Pella."
Procure the genuine "Barrett's."
The authorities of Dubuque recent
~ made proposition to Mr.. x. Jessup,
Of New York, who represented 100000
Of that city's Indebtedness to COM
promise at % cents on the dollar. After
some deliberation the proposition was
accepted, aud the money has been
raised and forwarded to liquidate the
claim.
The Marion Register contains the
following letter accepting the wood
chopping challenge not long ago extern
sively circulated through the press of
the State:s>- -
"MR. EDIToR.--I noticed in the Chi
cage Post of March 4th that one Walter
Hancock a one armed soldier of Hardin
City, Iowa, challenges the West to pro-
ducea man. to chop wood with him
using one arm only, and wish to say
through your columns that A. b. Smith,
Of Springville, Linn county, Iowa, also
one armed soldier, is ready to meet
him half way to chop from one to
twenty-five cords on a wager of e5 to
1000 dollars; the winner to get the pay
for the work." A. b. SMITH.
Apply "Barrett's" - directions on
wrappers.
Mondays Davenport Gazette has
the following information regarding the
condition Of the river:
Ice has almost entirely disappeared at
this point, and the ferry boat is again
making regular trips.
At Muscatine people have stopped
crossing on the ice, and the Courier has
high hopes that the whole thing will
cave in soon."~ At Burlington, on SAT-
urday morning the ice, according to the
Hack Eye, appeared quite rotten, and
was expected to leave very soon, unless
cold weather returns." .-@
Steamers are again running between
Keokuk and st. Louis, but cannot take
more than half the freights that are
offered, because the river is SO very
low
"Barrett's' is a scientific discovery.
In the last few days family from
Princeton, Illinois, has settled on Four
Mile, which is considerable of a family
aud no mistake-containing twenty
three, all told, and none absent. Two
of these are parents; nineteen children;
and two, uncles or aunts, we don't
know which, probably both. Ten Of
the bows are big enough to ploIph and
five Of the girls big enough to marry,
and the four little folks are not so small
as you might suppose. Several Of the
family are two of an age. The boys are
all stalwart and fine looking; and the
girls handsome, intelligent and good
every one Of them a fortune for some
lucky man. The whole family are smart,
enterprising, energetic-just the kind Of
people Iowa wants. The father and
mother of such family, in this day
when the sin of childiesss families has
become so popular, are deserving of ev-
cry praise and all respect. flour coun-
try con tanned twenty-five million such
matrons and sires, America would re-
main the perpetual heritage of Ameri-
cans.-State Register.
Saturday last an attempt was made
to pump out the water in the well near
the Deafand Dumb Institution, there be-
ing in the morning about sixty feet Of
water in the well. After pumping for
some time, two men went down with =