The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-11-18

the duty OF juries to lind verdlcts anu
not the Judge. A an assault, simply
the sentence, "thirty days in Jail, ant
payment Of costs" Is the ertcnt Of tn
lac.
"Thirty days" in a primary schoo
would do that editor All "amazine
sight" Of good
A Coon REAsoN.-The Des M0ines
Register says that 1.-The Scott county
Agricultural Society IL noted for having
the most successful Fairs Of any County
or District Association in the West, and
but little II any inferior to any Of, the
Western State Fairs" Aud the Regis
ter sees the reason thusly: ..,.
"We notice In the report Of Treasurer
published In late number Of the Ga
sctte, the item Of $SO.s5, as the amount
paid for printing. This explains why
| so much interest In taken in their Fairs,
who 90 many people attend them, and
why they are so successful"
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LATE NEWS ITEMS. 'F
Tt British and United States Gov
|15nmsnts have both rendered the use of
man.cf. kAs 20 convey the remains Of
fe6ss Pe1bsdy from England to Amer
The olllclal returns Of the late election
IL Oh3o. have now been received from
tho entire State. The grand result
stands thus: Hayes, 52S, 5s2; Pendleton,
526, Os2. Hayes majority, 1901.
Our naval force Is concentrating near
Cuba. The Iron clads now in Cuban
waters could, it Is said, blow the Span
ish fleet out Of existence. All our iron
clads are being put in condition for act
i've service.
At the funeral of General Wool, at
Troy, n. ", on Saturday, a concourse
Of 81, 900 people was present, including
distinguished persons. Business was
suspended throughout the city, flags
placed at halfmast, and houses
draped. ....
Returns at the Agricultural Depart
ment indicate that the cotton crop this
year will not he far from 10000
bales.
The notorious Edward Il. Ketchum
was discharged from Sing Sing Prison
on Saturday, the term of his sentence
having expired.
Dispatches received from Minister
Sickles indicate that the Spaniards are
more tenacious than ever in holding on
to Cuba. They regard the instruction
as virtually ended.
The vote in Minnesota appears to be
very close. The Press, Republican,
thinks the majority for Austin, the Re-
publican candidate for Governor, will
be between 5000 aud 1900 The Pho
neer, Democratic, only comedies about
1000.
A New York dispatch states that it is
understood that President Grant, in his
forthcoming message to Congress, will
urge an early return to specie payments,
and no interference with the Internal
Revenue law or the currency, at pres
cnt.
1t is stated that the Postmaster Cen
eral will soon issue orders prohibiting
the carriage through the mails of the
circulars gotten up by swindling firms
for the purpose of defrauding the pub
lie. Some twenty of these firms are OIL
the black list Of the Government de-
tectives.
1t is inferred by some, from the I'M
usual activity in our navy, and certain
important orders to the commanders Of
war vessels, that our Government is
about to recognize the independence of
Cuba. and getting ready for war with
Spain, which would probably follow.
The bronze statue which surmounts
the western front of the new Hudson
River Railroad depot, OH Hudson street,
New York, and which intended to H.
lustrate The life and services of Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, was unveiled at l
O'Clock last Friday, in the presence Of
an immense throng Of citizens. Bish-
opJanes made a prayer, after which
Mayor Hall delivered u short address,
William Ross Wallace read a poem, and
a benediction was pronounced. A col
lation was partaken of, and the assem-
blage dispersed.
Since the late New England food the
price OF wood has advanced to $40 to Sll
cord in Massachusetts,.
Yale College has 737 students, repre-
senting - States, the Canadas, England
Wales, Scotland, South Africa, China,
and India.
A Georgia planter has obtained crop
this year, OF seventeen bales or cotton,
800 pounds each, from six acres of land.
One bale to four acres under the old
shif,less plans was the average. And
now we have crop Of eleven fold great
err, the result of the incursions Of North
ern carpet-baggers and scalawags! Such
crops will he common, If the slave driv-
ing element in the South is kept down.
Post.
The Leavenworth Bulletin of the Sth
says the returns as far as received, from
the late election in Kansas, indicate the
election of sixteen Democrats to the