The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-01-07
News Summary.


News Summary.
Congress renssembled Oh Tuesday, tho
9Th inst, and will probably remain in
session until the expiration Of its term
March 4th.
The next National Convention Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic IL to be
held in Cincinnati on the 18th of Feb
ruary.
A London dispatch announces ano.h-
CT colliery horror at Wigxn, England.
- Ndies had been recovered.
The next census of the United States
IL to be taken In 1870. aud the present
Congress Is expected to make the neces-
sssary appropriations and regulations.
III view of President Johnson's am
uesty proclamation of December 18th,
jeff Davis. John Slideli, James NJ. NJ.
son, a. Dudley Mann, and other ex-
reLels are preparing to return to the
United States.
Il. w. Taliaferro, late postmaster at
New Orleans, falls short about $4,000,
which he owes to the United States.
Suits against him and his sureties are
to be pushed.
The rebels implicated in the Lincoln
assassination conspiracy are afraid tina,
the Presidents amnesty proclamation
does not cover their case, and are asking
the President to revoke his former pro-
clan,ation offering reward for their ap-
prciension.
The Journal states that 35S fires have
occurred in Chicago during the year
1868, occasioning an aggregate loss OF
$2,964,7S upon which the insurance
amounted to So, So. 5A.
The World demands that the Presi
dent complete his amnesty by extending
pardon to all persons under sentence by
military commission courts, or any
other military authority, at the Dry
Tortugas.
The House Appropriation Committee
finished the Naval Appropriation bill,
reducing the estimates of the Secretary
of the Navy from about twenty to about
sixteen million dollars.
The Springfield Republican says the
first through train on the Pacific Rail.
road will he made up Of one locomotive,
six passenger cars. two sleeping and one
baggage car, and will start from Spring
field and run through to Sacramento
without change.
A majority Of the Senators at Wash
ington are OF the opinion that the Pres
ident has no authority for issuing his
recent amnesty proclamation.
The French Minister ut Washington,
was recently robbed of a gold watch and
several medals Of honor, which had
been presented by the Empero Of
France. The thief climbed the lightn-
sns rod, and entered o window Of the
upper story Of the building.
An important jury verdict has just
been rendered ut lIagerstown, Md. The
Office Of the Mail newspaper was. in
1862, attacked by mob and sacked.
The editor re.,overs s. 800 damage from,
the municipal corporation, which failed
to protect his property.
The time for the meeting Of the con.
ference Of the Great Powersof Europe
O.l the Turkish Greek difficulty, was
postponed from January ID to u day t.
d be fixed hereafter. 1t is reported that
Turkey has as.p'.i"tsI representative
The State Legislatures now, or soon Il
be In session, are rs follows: Illinois
i Indiana, Ohio. Michigan. Wisconsin
B Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas. Nevada
Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ar
kansas, West Virginia, North Carolina
d Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Delaware
u Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York
4 Massachusetts, Maine.
The House Committee on Territorie
will report . bill providing for Terri
u torisl Government for Alaska, requirin
impartial suffrage, aud forbiddi"g til
| granting Of private acts 1t ineorpor'
! ton also requiring the passage OF law
/ - early as possible. for the pro1eci'"
and preservation Of the more vaiuab'
| fur-bearing animals--bcaver, sable al
otter.
II 10 reported that the Kansas Pacif'
| RAilrsad IL in trouble. Some member
| OF the company refuse to hold thei
share III bonds. and others fear their sal
will .-ause snch a tumble AS 10 break al
| The runner continues that an attempt
! hoyo ehsus bonds called at the New Ioll
| eGek bsss6 failed, and that the Tos