The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-02-25
Che Tipten advertiser,
THURSDAY, 49,. FEBRUARY %, 1869
News Summary.


fine and Imprisonment by Judge Fishe
| on Friday, was pardoued by the Pres'
| dent on Saturday, as soon as the appli
cation reached him.
4 The United States Senate Committee
on Foreign Affairs has reported, unani
inot,sly, in favor ofthe rejection Of the
Alabama claims treaty with England
This virtually kills it.
The Scnate's Constitutional Amend
ment Is not liked by many Republicans
in the House, but it Is not yet certain
what will lie done with it. The indica
tions are that 1t wiTf-not he accepted.
Certain admirers aud friends OF Gen.
Sherman, In New York and Washing.
ton. have purchased the present Wash
ington residence Of General Grant, for
$4,000, with the intention Of present.
Ing It to the former.
There has been great snow storm In
Eastern Canada, blocking up the roads
badly. In the streets Of Montreal the
snow Is eight feet deep! More snow has
fallen IN that region this winter than
during any previous winter for twenty
years.
About three o'clock last Saturday a. M, a
steerle one hundred aud twenty five feet
In hight. on the Methodist Church In
Morrisiana, fell with a loud crash. One
man passing ut the time was seriously
injured. The s.eeple was built Of pat
ent brick, which crumbled in conse-
quence of the great weight.
The Secretary Of the Interior has
sent letter to Congress showing that
since the beginning Of the year 1887,
claims to the amount of SIS 300 have
been presented to the citizens OF North
western Iowa for deprahations commit
BY Indians, of which'the amount of S24, .
700 was el!e%cd and has been paid
The expenses of the commission for ex-
.aminisg these claims were 81 44G.
The treaties made by Indian Peace
Commissioners, a portion of which are
now before the Scanate, institute an en-
tirely new method Of getting possession
Of Indian lands, which will If adopted
60 far to prevent the swindIing practis-
ed by great corporations. These treat
les all provide that no treaty for the
transfer Of title to the lands ola tribe
shall be binding unless signed by three
fourths Of the adult males gathered
in council for the purpose.
The Rock Island Bridge question was
strongly contested in the House hereto
fore, and last Friday the clause of the
Army bill, as adopted by a vote of nine
~ to seventy nine, gives for the arsenal
aud arnory one million of dollars pro-
vided that one half of the amount shall
lie applied to the ""n~t rnrtion Of n bridge
connecting Rock Island with the cities
Of Rock Island and Davenport. There
will he n good deal Of II fight in the Sen
ate against the clause, aud its ultimate
fate is i'm some doubt.
There Is now in Paris q Frcnchman
Just returned from Mexico, who asserts
that the Emperor Macmillan is not
dead. According TO his statement,
when the unfortunate monarch WAS
shot, he was carried to convent to be
buried. One OF the monks found he
Was still alive. The Emperor was re.
stored to consciousness and the body OF
q soldier put i'll his place. This French
nf 10
where Maxmiliau is pow concealed. and
shows a letter OF cTedi, recently written
by Macmillan.
1t is reported from Washington ION
high authority" that Mr.. Defrece. al
Indiana. will i.e Postmaster General in
Grant. Cabinet, that Mr.. Holt. of Ken.
lucky. will he Secretary o; Stale, Mr.
Boutwell,. Of Massachusetts, Secretary
Of the Trea>ar.. Iut-= P.e-ePoHt. o
New York. A:;a::s-H General Congress.
man Wilson. Of loss Secretary o. tn.
Interior. Admiral Porter. Secretary q
the Navy, att General >eofis.!, Score
tary OF War. We >l.alI zee.
The new British Parliament wa
opened last Thursday. and the Queen
speech, in the ab>en>e Of Her Majesty
was read by the Lord Chancellor.
congratulates the country Oh the peace
full relations with foreign Powers: hope
that the negotiations going on with tn
United states will cement and strength
the friendship Of the two countries; pre-
claims the further suspension of TN
writ OF habeus corpus IA being unncce.
sary, and trusts the Irish question wi
be satisfactorily settled.
The United States Senate and Ilous
cannot agree in the proposed suttras
constitutional amendment. The Hous
refuses To concur in the Senate ament
meni: the Senate refuses I" receae frol
theirs. and now the Judiciary Commi
tee OF the House has determined
strike out that portion of the Sena
amendment which allows negroes
hold Office. and asks the House to pa
Il in that form. The Southern Senate
have avowed their purpose TO dete'
any amendment which does not perm
negroes 10 hold Office rs well as
vote.
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