The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-06-24

be exhausted by their demands II they
did not reDleipish BY tire broom, Isaap
and map supplies, orit may be necessary
in order to prove that tbs, Reppbl ican
party Is boaMd 70 save the et'untfy but
for all that, common courtesy and Il
decent appreciation Of their position
would seem 70 dictate at least notice Ia
the claimant aud u chance to hear his
explanation before guing into for public
mem such petty aud undigniiied trans
| actions. aa-. t.,s r"." -s St "
Yours truly, A. T.. GILBERT.
! r.. Il. At last reports nothing has
claims pro bono publico." 80 xsoay.
IOWA ITEMS.
Cedar Rapids has 1857 people, 500
houses; tax valuation ss6l, 44C.' .....,
"Rarrett's" Hair Restorative.
ten. Barney, of keokuk, has the
largest vitiyard in Iowa-Tl acres set in
vines on trellisea. He has spent So, OoO
fitting up the grounds. ..-
'Barrett's" natural beautifier.
q --Coi J. n. Dewey, the Agent Of
Iowa, has settled one claim with the
Federal Government and oStainsu for
Iowa the sassag sun, Of s:.o,9, ST 80. ~
"Barrett's" mo resemblance to dyes.
Never in the whole history of Boone
county were crops If every character so
promising as in this good year Of 1862.
Aud 50 it is all over Iowa. =, HuzzahS-
Democrat 49, % s*s = -
't"BaFrett's' rcnews your youth.
An attempt was made to rob Frank
| Piper, Of Cedar county, near Iowa City,
| the other day, by man who offered to
show hin, the route he wished to- take.
Piper knocked the ,highwayman down
and kicked him out Of his ~aaDn. z
First premium awarded to BAR
rett's'.. so~>~..-... ......-.-..-
On Monday the Cedar Falls starch
| factory, erected at cost of $40, 900, was
sold by the Sheriff Of Biackhawk coun.
ty, 10 satisfy claim of Sic. 600 and was
bought by Me~srs, Wooiworth, Of Du-
buque, who will cndeavor to make it
remunerative by inauguratIng some
manufacturing enterprise.
The Dubuque 7Incs says that a
raft tied up at Eagle Point on Monday
last. containing one milton eight hun
dred aud thirty five thousand and eight
feet Of Understanding an urea Of near
ly equal to five acres OF ground. 1t had
2222!5 cribs, IL feet wide and 81 feet long,
making altogether raft 545 ieet long
and o24 feet wide. In addition to
! the lumber, it carried Gi0,00O feet Of
hath, 10000 feet Of shingles, aud 5000
feet of pickets.
The journal gives the following as
the business done Mt the Sioux City
Land Office for the week ending on
Wednesday evening. nm
Number Of entries under the home
stead law, los; under the pre- -emption
law, 40. Sixteen hundred acres were
entered with warrants and scrip. The
total receipts Of the office, Including
fees, from the 10Th to the 18th Of May.
| inclusive, were So6. SD. 10. On Wednes-
day the receipts from land. sold were
/ SIS, 400" .Af.f.8t
The following, minus names, is a
copy of a claim presented to the Beard
of Supervisors OF this county; ut their
late session, for allowances:
Madison county to----.---Dr,$ SO.
| For making . wedding for - :lhd
getting her married aud clearing the
county Of any further charge Oh her ac-
count, and placing her ON u good moral
aud religious foundation.
The Board couldn't see 1t In that
light, and left the applicant to enjoy
| the consciousness that he had done n
charitable aud kind deed For one of
the least of these" as his pay for the
services rendered. lVinterset .Madiso
nidn.
A CORES pendent Of the State. Regis
| ter, writing from Green county, tells
how patent right vender undertook to
come drive Oh Il farmer in that county,
last Friday. lie wanted him to act as
! agent to sell a certain class OF farm i'm
nents--oiI.rii,g him IL big commits
/ sion. The farmer accepted the proposal.
The patent right vender filled out II
couple OF blank contracts for the farmer
to sign, which he did. The farmer to
| keep one, and the fellow the other At
| night the farmer got uneasy, and feared
! that he had been victimized. He went
to town to lawyer for council, aud
there hunted up the scamp and made
him show the paper he had signed. -
The farmer seized it and it proved to be
promissory note Of $50, due in June.
1870. The farmer tore his name off
quickly, glad enough that it was no
worse.