The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-08-12

the German Turner societies in q
United States commenced at Chica
last Saturday, and continues five day
The festivities will embrace GymnAst
feats, musical performances literaryie
q ercises, etc. @
~ The New York Sun positively asser
that the Administration has opened n
gotialiols with the present governmel
of spain for the independence of Cub
0. and that two bulky kilograms have bee
ut Washington from Gener'
4 Sickles on the subject. The Londo
, Times confirms the SUMS report.
The conservative Republicans an
Democrats have carried the day IN Ten
nessee. ID. G. Slaughter, Emerson Eth
-eridge, Edmund Cooper and Bailie Pey
ton are elected to the State Senate. Sen
ter has carried Western and Middl
Tennessee by a sweeping majority, ant
probably the State by 4O, 900. The con
servatives will probably have rnajorit,
in both branches of the Legislature.
A Richmond letter states that thu
Walker Republican party Is most likely
to support franklin Stearnes and Geu
Robert Williams for United States Sen
ators. Mr.. Stearnes, native of New
: York, has resided in Richmond thirty
years. He was a Wing as long as the
Wing party existed, and was cOnsis
tent Union man throughout the war,
having shared imprisonment with John
Minor Bolts. Gen. Williams is known
as the husband of the widow of Stephen
A. Douglas. tea>.
Jsssph n, s. Crane. son of Col.
Crane, murdered at Jackson, Miss, by
Yerger. has been snnninfed bv the Pros
idsnt cadet at large to West Point Mil
itary Aoadepy. =,
I General Candy has notified two Com
missioners of Chancery, in Loudon
county, Va, that they must take the
iron clad oath, or vacate their positions
1t is understood that the crops in
England and France are greatly dam
ages, and in Southern Russia the wheat
crop will be less than one fth the usual
amount.
The Kentucky Legislature is compos-
ed Of ninety-two Democrats and in the
Senate, thirty-six Democrats and two
Republicans.
The liquor dealers propose to hold
National Convention in Washington
during the fall or winter. The local or
ganization of Washington is now in
correspondence with similar associations |
in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Boston, Chicago and other cities, on the
subject.
Experts at the Treasury Department
have succeeded in patching up some
s. 800 worth Of go bonds, which had |
been placed by their owner in the ash |
hole of his smoke house for safe keep
ing. His wife, not being aware of the |
fact, kindled 2 fire ARA burned the bonds |
nearly to IA cinder. New bonds will be
issued to the owner.
A careful canvass of the Legislature
eject of Tennessee, shows that the old |
line Democrats will support Andrew
j Johnson for United States Senator, the
old liue Wings will nominate Baillie
Peyton, and the Republicans will likely
unite on Stokes. 1t is thought that the
balance of power will be held by the
Wings who will support any conserva-
tive Republican in preference to John
son. a.
Prince Arthur, one of Queen Victo-
las sons, Is expected to arrive at Hall
AK in the City of Paris Oh or about the
I'd inst. g.
Char es IL. Loomis, quite inteIli-
cent colered man, who halls originally
rom fredericksburg, Virginia, and
Who has been acting in the capacity of
barber to President Grant, and who
reformed the same service for King
Andy, has been appointed to clerk
hip in the Third Auditors office.
a train of seventeen freight cars was
'ompleiely smashed up on the North
Missouri Railroad. ten miles west of
Sunday. Most of the cars be-
onged I" the Chicago aud st Louis, aud
he Kansas Paci tic roads, and were laden
With luinher from Chicago. Loss esti-
mated at from S25, 900 to 5000
One of the New York papers says the
Assessor of Internal Revenue is after
he base ball fraternity, aid has notified
ach club that it must take out "A SO H.
ense and pay tax of :! percent. on its
ross receipts.