The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-07-29
IOWA ITEMS.
Barrett's" Hair Restorative.

l3afTCLIS' mar lteSLOTdtlNc.
Davenport has raised subscription
in behalf of the Davenport and st. Paul
Railroad, of Sl39,3 800, is working hard
to Increase the amount. ...
Thousands benefited by Barrett's.
On the 10th, the State Treasurer paid
ont $4,000 to the several Orphans
Homes-located at Cedar Falls. Daven-
port and Glenwood. On the 18th, IS, $40
to the Deaf and Dumb Institute, located
in Council Bluffs.
Verdict given for Barrett's.
Iowa has a heroine, and her name is
LeonOra Smith. On the LIST of July, Il
man and his wife were proceeding along
the road to the ferry five miles above
Bellevue, and got into water fifteen feet
deep. Miss. Smith. hearing their cries
Of distress, fastened to their assistance,
and i'm an old skiff half full of water,
propelled with stick, succeeded in saw
ing the man, and with his help rescued
the woman, the twoshorses and wagon.
Great antidote to Badness, Barrctt's.
A Henry county lady used branches
of the willow forpea poles, and now has
flourishing young willow grove. A
man in the same county, being bothered
with the frequent washing away of II
rail fence across Il slough, drove willow
stakes in to secure it, and now has q
"live' fence that will be difficult to
wash away.
Chemists fully indorse Barretts.
At Clinton, an Irishman gave birth to
the following bull: "Jabers, Tommy,
if live till | die, and l dunno if | will
or no, | want to see auld Ireland again
before l lave CliHton.' .--
A COW fell down mineral hole sixty
feet deep. in Dubuque, the other day,
and when hauled out by means of Il
rope attached to its horns it walked
away as complacently as though moth
ing had happened.
Nicholas RAINY, living Mt Oskaloosa,
is an old veteran. He fought under
Napoleon in 1909, was in The Spanish
wars, in the war Of 1872, and was a
member Of the Grsy-beard regiment du-
army he received ten wounds, and was
wounded once in the war of 1872. He
is nearly 50 years old.
Waverly is to have a base hall tourna-
ment August 24th, 18th and 26th-tirst
prize, two hundred dollars; second prize,
one hundred aud fifty dollars; third
prize. one hundred dollars. Open to all
clubs in the State.
The Gate city intends issuing daily
paper for gratuitous distribution during
the State Fair, called the Daily State
Fair Reporter. Full accounts of the
in each number.
Lawrence Mccormick, convicted of
placing instructions Oh the railroad
Il 4
years in the Penitentiary.
A wretch in Dubuque, the other day
became enraged at u COW he was at
tempting to drive to the slaughter house,
and selling her by the tail, commenced
saving it into strips with a saw. He
then Knocked off one of her horns, and
with a jack knife cut out both eyes, slit
her Gays, stabbed her in the legs, cut her
udder into shreds, and completed his
brutal work by setting Il dog on her.
The Dubuque Herald says that an at
tempt was made to rob store in Potts
willie, Allamakee county, a few nights
ago. The clerk fired at the intruder,
who, with Il half-suppressed shrek
jumped through a window and escaped.
A few days after young man was found
to be lila physician called who found
who found Il bullet wound; he charged
the young man with being the robbel
and he at last acknowledged that he
was. 1t is thought the would-be robbel
will die.
At the celebration of the national an
niversary at Algona, OH the 5th inst, {
Mr.. Ingham, banker, took from lis
| wife's arms her babe, and Mrs. Inghan
mounted the platform and delivered !:
speech or woman's rights, to an attent
i've audience; after which the banker re
turned the babe to his wife, with appa
rent satisfaction and pride at her success