The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-05-06
Jews Summary.

Custom receipts from April 18th to
the 18th, inclusive, $3,STll le.
The President has formally tenIcrch
the BRAZILIAN Mission to Henry r.
Blow, and he has accepted. There is
every probability that Sickles will go to
Spain.
The public debt statement on the lst
of May will show decrease of about
three millions of dollars. The receipts
from Internal Revenue show a large in
crease.
European mail ahvices state that the
whole length-33, 6OO-miles-o the core
of the French Atlantic cable, to connect
France with the United States, telc-
graphically, was completed April Is.
The commission to examine the Pa
citic Railroad is complete, though the
name of the one who is from Philadel-
phia has not been announced. The
other four are General Boyd, of Ken
lucky, General Armstrong, of Iowa,
and General Com~tock and General
Walbridge, of New York.
The "Alabamy" treaty excitement in
England is causing downward ten
dency in our Government securities, and
a furry in the gold and stock market in
New York.
There was a great fall of whisky at
Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Three thousand
| barrels in John Finch's bonded ware
house were precipitated from the fifth
! floor to TIE basement.
Isaac Harden and Jessie Williams.
and four horses, were instantly, killed
/ By stroke of tightening, on the farm OF
| William y. Cunningham, three miles
from Martinsviile, in Morgan county,
Ind, during the storm of "Wednesday
evening. Six teams were blowing in
the same field and when the crash came
| all the horses ran away from fright, Sc
| that those who escaped the bolt Of light.
ming were more or less injured in theil
flight.
That ridiculous affair between Messrs
Sprague and Abbott, of the L. 5. Senat,
has been amicably adjusted. Wher
sprague used the word puppy" he di,
not mean Abbott in particular, but in
tended it 10 apply to the members o
the Senate generally. So Abbott ask
Sprague to consider the words which h,
t A. used III reply as unsaid and thus
the matter ends. The whole affair wa
most contemplate. and dsgr,cetul tt
tlIe Senate 50 far ~ these Lilliputian
are capable of aisgracingit.
Cur Government bas little more infol
nation about affairs in Cuba than is ae
cessble to the Z neral public. 1t is ad
viSed, through the British Consul a
Havana. that the Spanish authorize
have Tired on and slnk Il British vesse
and through another source that the
have established regulations which +,
uuirc all commercial transactions to L
Submitted to inspection. The feeling
growing here in official circles that sue
acts rs these will ultimately comp,
governments like those o: the Unite
States and Great Britain to call til
, spanish Government 10 account.
The action of the late Canaerrativ
Party Convention ut itichm 'nl insure
a pretty active canvass in EiFgini
, whenever the election is ordered. III
) radical Republicans support Wells 70
+ Governor, and are for the luderwoo
Constitution, without ameudmant. Th
moderate Republicans support Walk.
Q for Governor aud want the addition;
G test oath and stringent disability eau,
!, cut out of the constitution The So cal
cd new movement meu go with IL
moderate Republicans and further i,
= sis. taat other clauses shall he ieft cat