The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-06-17

! Sioux City, Iowa. shows "A disposal of
los, sos acres of the public domain du-
ring the last mouth. The greater por-
ton ofthe land was sold for cash. and
/ the remainder taken for actual resi-
! dence and cultivation, under the home
stead laws, and located with agricultural
| college scrip and military bounty land
warrants.
To NEW FIELD - Rev. G.. G. Trus-
del has been transferred from the Pre-
siding Eldership ofth Iowa City dis
trict to the passionate of Grant Place NJ.
+, church, Chicago, and will at once
enter upon duty in his new field. Rev.
John NJ. Rankin of Upton succeeds
him rs Presiding Elder ni the Iowa
City district. rhe many friends of
Mr. Trusdell will regret to learn that he
! is to leave the State. Mr.. Trusdell pass
! cd through this city GA his way to Chi
cago this morning. - Clinton Herald,
Junc l2th.
Last September in Tama county. q
/ child about three years Old was mys,cri-
ously missed from the home OF its par
ents, and circumstances led To the sup
position that she had been stolen. Tie
excitement was so great on the subject
at the time that the supervisors of the
county were induced to offer reward
OF 5000 for its recovery. Recently the
child's clothing anha part of the re-
mains have been found not far from the
parents house, which settles the ques-
/ ton that il strayeu from It's home and
persisted from exposure.
In Dubuque, the other day. man
went into barber shop and called for Il
bath. Having disrobed himself, he got
! into the tub. let on the water, and found
the nsation So pleasant and agreeable
that he went to sleep. The barber.
wondering at the long absence, found
him snoring away rs sound ~ the sew
en- sleepers, with the water within half
an inch of his mouth.
-rA, Democratic State Convention
meets on the 4th ofJuly, at Des Moines.
Among the talked of candidates for
Governor are Geo. Gillespie, Of Ottum-
wa, tire Odoriferous Henry Clay Dean,
and ID. NJ. Harris, Of Harrison county,
twice candidate for Lieutenant Govern
or.
| The roadbed of the Iowa Central,
south Of Oskaloosa has been sold to the
Iowa River Railroad, and it Is now said
that the cars will be running to Oskaloo-
50 by January. North Of Oskaloosa the
road Is already running rs far south IA
E!dora. The grading is done to Mar
shaltown. and work will soon be com
menced between Marshultown and Os-
kaloosa.
The alleged murderer Of Mrs. Hag-
/ gerty and three children, at Mc(iregor,
Iowa, has been lodged in the Dubuque
County Jail. The bodies of the victims
were found u short time since, in the
river below McGregor. at different plnc.
es, bearing marks OF having been fOully
dealt with. Suspicion fell upon tho
| prisoner, who was understood to have
been unduly intimate with the woman.
Accordingly, last Sunday morning he
was arrested and there being no suita-
BILE place to keep him in Clayton coun-
! ty he was taken to Dubuqe for safe
/ keeping until the case be more fully i'll
vestigated. The prisoner j. of highly
respectable connections, aud has hither-
to sustained n fair reputation.
The State Temperance convention,
which. it was apprehended, would put
| third party ticket in the field unless the
Republican Convention would accede
to its demands for decided temperance
plank in its platform, passed of with
| out taking any anta.onistic position
whatever. 1t adopted resolutions in ia
vOr o. active and persercring efforts for
total prohibition. and declaring that its
members would vote for none but tenn.
| terance men for office. resolution
endorsing the Republican nominees oc-
casiOned strong debate. The speakers
referred to the Republican candidates AZ
uneXceptionah.e temperance men, and
nearly all declared that they would
heartily support Gov. Merrill and the
! gentleman associated with him on the
ticket; but it was finally agreed to mod
ify the resolution so that it should de
clare that the temperance men Of the
! State would support none but temper
ance men for office. Another resolu-
ton was adopted recommending tenn
| perance men throughout the State to
see that the members of the Legislature
elected this year are in favor Of prohibit
ton.
General Parker, Commissioner Of In
dian A fairs, directs that all uniriendly
Indians, and all who decline to come in
and go upon reservations, shall he turn
ed over to the military authorities, to
be dealt with rs may be found nccessa-
rv. This is not To be done until all
efforts on the part of the Indian Agents
and Superintendent are found unavail
ing.
The Cleveland LcudC,' recalls the fact
that ten Years ago Charles Laugstone Il
colored man of Obcrlin, was tried before
the United States Court in that city,
upon prosecution instituted by the
Administration of James Buchanan,
for violation of the Fugitive Slave law,
was found guilty and imprisoned in the
county Jail for ten days. Now, we find
this convicted criminal offered the posi-
ton of L. 5. Minister to Liberia.