The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-07-08
NEWS SUMMARY.


NEWS SUMMARY.
SPECTATORS are passing through TIT
State ~ AIaiiIe. buying up all the ole
spare bay al ien IL twelve dollars :
TOM
AT lralf past two o clock Friday morn
ing an earthquake visited Alton. There
were two distinct shocks. which caused
Houses to tremIie very considerably
and. awakened almost the whole popuIa.
tiOn. 1,E -.tf 4tsH&r4Hg~
Neutrality-suspicious. of nitro-glycerine
has occurred ia Wales. A railway sta
tiots, cart, koises and drivers were blown
10 atoms. The shock was felt in viii
lage quarter Of mile away.
Il gFile Washington InteAigencer la. sus-
pended publication, after a career OF
nearly seventy years. 1t was for nearly
sia4f.a century the organ at the national
capital Of she old Wing party.
tits stated that the hardest storm
saturday night, between the hours of
Sc vvn anC ten o'clock. The waler pour
ed'down4n torrents, flooding the lndi
anapolis aud Cincinnati depot, aud do
"a ing con- iderable damage in the city
genefalt.
The revenue cutter, Mahoning,
"Wednesday afternoon of last week in
New YORK harbor, captured the last
a'iiiiH,s-;er tug boat, the Chase, with
seventy five men aboard, and also the
'-.',ecuers Fancy aud Winoiia, freivhled
Hi.h riH =, field pieces, sabres and ann
.naai.sen. The sciiooner> were seized
: near Milford, Conn. All the vessels are
Low " the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The three million bonds purchased by
the Treasury last Saturday do not at
sr-esent 70 into the sinking fund, and
*~iii probably remain subject to the ac-
ton of Congress. This purchase is out.
siae Of the = creiarys policy of buying
. bonds aId selling OH alternate weeks,
and !, made because lie has had more
currency on hand than he wishes to
Garry. and well enough understands
tia, il is needed by the country.
such o. the Cuban leaders as visited
washington last week seem to be a good
deal dispirited by the course of our
Government iii enforcing the neutrality
laws. The attaches of the British Lee
CATION taih as though they had suffered
defeat. and the only possible inference
In Ire drawn from their conversation is
that they hoped to find, in the depart
ure OF the Cuban expedition, an advau-
ta.e To their side ia the Alabama con
troversy.
Instructions to Minister Sickles were
drawn ut the Department Of State. with
much caution, aud soon thereafter de-.
Hsered 10 him in New York. under
sueii circumstances as to preclude the
possibility OF a premature disclosure of
Their c-htents. But from what has
since tran-pired in official circles il is
safe To assert that there is no instruction
relative 10 the purchase of Cuba
The Pacific railroad report of General
Warren and Nj. Wilson is confined to a
statement of the condition of the last
elshty-siX miles of the Union Pacific.
They show under what difficulties it
was built, and assert that under all the
circumstances the work was exceeding.
~ well done. They advise the accept
aice OF TINS section 10y the government
ahd the Issuance ofbOnds as usual. They
say II will take about $3.50, 900 to put the.
whole section in first class shaue. and
that the company are pushing Tie work
To the end with rapidity and an evident
Intention to meet their Obligations to
the government
Adv!ees from Santiago, Cuba, to the
Speekman, one of the crew of the
Grhpeshot, captured on shore, had been
SHOT. He claimed that he had been de-
ceived when he shipped, and was forci
bly, detained when landing, and surren.
slefed TO troops, after skirmjshinp,
Nllen taken to Santiago the Consul Ell.
neavored to save him, aud asked for de.
lay oil execution to enable him to pre-
srhi proofs, which was refused. The
matter has beea represented to our
essesaiiaeist
Mr, David \. Risdon, the last sur.
rltsr OF the Powell exploring exp.di.
ton, reports that Major Powell aud the
eht'fe party were drowned while
attempting to cross the rapids of the
colorado river. He left the party at the
rapids. and proceeded Oh foot. He saws
there l. no doubt of the fate II the pnr
~. The books AID papers belonging 10
mayor Powell, together with notes Of
Inc expedition, were forwarded from 81
Louis to his family. Mr.. Rsdon i, a
very intelligent, truthful Young man.
I:'itlrc credit is given his statement.
lie Resides at La Sale. Mr.. Risdon
had not left the party but IA few minute s
when the boat upset and all were
drowned. The party numbered twenty
eHE JcISblIs
Steamship Tybec, from San Domingo
brings the following news to New York
dated 18th nit:
lhe American steamer Hero. which
sailed from New York on the I'd for ~
IHohia-, put into SANTANA for supple,
ana was lying under the gun, OF the
steamer Telegraph, who would not al.
low her to proceed TO Samana. There
was also another American vessel, name
unknown, which had been seized by
the Telegraph at SANTANA. The people
were pursuing their regular business.
and expressed the hope that the United
States government would soon relieve
them from the menace Of this piratical
cruiser. The people of the whole island
are very anxious for annexation to the
United States. Col. Fabcns, Domini
can agent, is passenger Oh the Tybee.
The new Prohibtory Liquor Law O,
Ma ssachusettS differs little from its nre.
dece, ssor, except that Cider i, left fire..
though II cannot be drank where il /.
sold. Pure liquors for medicine and
kindred purposes are to lie .unnl;.d
from Boston by State agency, win
branches at each county seat There
will be town agencies, under proper re-
strictiOns, where the people choose &c
have them. In short, the act seem.
well considered and carefully guarded
ond will senAibIv REFUGE the bauprrisn