The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-10-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

by the great flood week before last, and
at least one hundred persons were
drowned. Scores Of warehouses and
mills, hundreds of other buildings, near
~ all the bridges, and most Of the crops
stored in barns or stacked in fields were
swept away, in the valleys of the Poto.
mac, Shenandoah, James and other rivers.
The railroads and canals We're badly
damaged. The water rose from thirty
to forty feet above its ordinary depth.
Among the most serious losses is the
| almost total destruction of the James
and Kanawha Canal.
Chief Justice Mexican decides that
the Utah Legislature can not elect a
Prosecuting Attorney for his couIt-a
decision which turns the Mormon
Attorny General out of court, and puts
all criminal cases into the hands Of the
United States District Attorney. This,
with former decision Of the Chief JUS
tice. takes tbs court entirely ont OF
the control of Brigham Young's hands.
PRESIDENT GRANT is said to he about
to pardon O, Neill aud the other Fenian
prisoners who were convicted and sem
fenced to State Prison last summer, by
the United States Court, for participa-
ton in the last raid into Canada.
| A dreadful earthquake has just occur.
red at Calabria, in Sicily. Many lives
were lost, and several Villages utterly
destroyed.
| There is apparently much activity by
both armies throughout France, but no
striking events are reported. The
Prussians are about to open the bonn
bardment of Paris. The fire will
commence simultaneously from all
| directions.
PIErRI, the Private Secretary of Nap
oleon, writes to tho London Times that
all the stories about Napoleon's having
millions invested in English and Amer
lean securities are bosh. The great
dsthrOned has not centime invested in
foreign funds.
The damage done at Strasboug, by the
bombardOent, is estimated at 500, 900,
600.
GAEIBALDI, the italian republican
patriot, has reached France, to assist in
fighting for the Republic He reached
Tours on Sunday, and was received with
enthusiasm.
The majority in the Roman States foS
union with Italy, is II $50. The total
vote was li,S.0.
PRESIDENT GRAM las issued p.oc-
lamation warning foreign war vessels
against hostile acts or movements in
American waters. The President
declares the determination Of our
Government to observe the strictest
neutrality between the European
belligerents.
THE King Of Prussia sends word to
Berlin that he will not return thither
until the war is ended. His headquar-
ters are now reported to be at Yer
sailles.
The excitement in New York city
increases over the fact that yellow fever
exists in the city and vicinity.
The Republican press Of Chicago are
unanimously in favor of the nomination
OF Joseph Medill of the Tribune, for
Consressman-to succeed Mr. Judd.
The building for the New York Indus.
| friaI Exhibition
10Th Of December. Twenty three acres
have been purchased between 9Sth and
lo2, the purchase money amounting to
- GoS 600. 1t il intended to make this
the finest institution Of the kind in the
world. The building will probably
cost not less than IS, 900, 900.
Tuesday, Iowa elected six Congress-
men, Indiana eleven, Ohio nineteen
and Pennsylvania twenty four; a total OF
sixty, or one quarter of the next House
! OF Representatives,.
The latest from Europe says there is
no change in the war situation i'm
| France. There was an engagement
near Orleans, south of Paris, Monday.
| resulting in favor of the PrusSians, and
| fighting is reported to be again in prog.
ress. The Russians are reported TO
have captured two In and r.Sone 3
during their las. rtpll: of Bazaine at
Metz.
NJ. Gambetta, the French Minister of
the Interior, who escaped from Paris in
a bal.oon OH Friday, and has reached
Tours, procIaims to the French people
that Paris is impregnable. That remains
to be seen.
The San Francisco Pioneer says
"Mrs. II. b. Stowe is preparing a juven-
lie for Christlnas;;' and the Laramie
Sentinel wants to know chow are VIC to
understand that"
The national census force is as follows:
Superintendent Walker with 32j assist
ants and clerks in Washington; "a Chief
Marshals' Districts, in which are G, 800
sub districts and 5000 enumerators.
The cost of the census will be about