The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-07-06

feet to the moulding, pedestal and urn
which complete the symmetrical whole.
The shaft is ornamented with tasteful
scroll shield, and the entire superstruc-
ture is made of the finest Italian marble,
carefully selected with regard to color,
and given furniture finish that is
per feet in its smoothness and brillian-
cy. ..s-. .
This beautiful memorial was manu-.
featured and set up by Messers. McCosh
4 Donahue, Importers and workers in
best foreign and American marbles, and
also wholesale dealers In lime. cement
&c. This firm make speciality Of fine
designs in monuments. NANTES, &c,
and have the reputation Wherever
known Of doing their work no less cheap.
Is than well.
CONVENTION The Central Commit
tee have decided to call the county Re-
publican Convention for the 10th of
August. The formal call will probably
issue next week.
FOURTH AT CLARENCE.-To the per-
son who has visited the village of Clar-
ence with eyes open, it soon appears
that no: Upton, nor yet Mechanics
vile, Stanwood or I.ouden, is the only
town in Cedar county. There is in
Clarence life, an energy, thrift,
which all may we'll strive to excel and
some at least to fairly initiate.
We should like to speak here OF
some of the material evidences of these
characteristics, such as the substantial
as well as ornamental business build
ings that arc now becoming the order
of the day and the large trade that has
been established by each of a number
of enterprising firms in various COM
mercial pursuits, but this was to be a
brief account only of Fourth of July
observarces at that place, and we must
necessarily forbcar.
But within the scope of our subject
VIC find one of the evidences of our first
proposition in the fact that the citizens
of Clarence spared neither time nor
money in obtaining good speakers,
good music, arranging pleasant
grounds, and making all the necessary
provisions for Celebration that should
teach the people the way there and in
duce them to come again.
The public exercises at the stand in
pleasant little artificial maple grove
on the grounds orc. NJ Gilbert, which
was comfortably seated for the occasion,
consisted of prayer, reading the Dccla
ration of Independence by NJ. McI.augh-
lin, Esq, of Clarence, and an excellent
Grafton by Captain West. of Cedar
Rapids, intcrsper>cd with music from
the Anamosa Silver nd-intcrcstilg
without being tedious.
Hon. J. w. Beatty was President of
tho day, and the irrcprcssibe Ab. Piatt
an efficient Marshal.
In the afternoon a match game
of ball was inaugurated between
the second nine of the Clarence
Cctlars and the Bushwhachers from the
Wapsie. The former nine had been
defeated one tally by the latter u day Or
two before, and the game was COM
menced with much zeal, but was
unfortunately terminated during the
third inning by sad accident. A bat
slipped from the grasp of the wiclcler,
and striking J. Knight of the Cedars,
fractured his jaw and very seriously
injured him.
Out of the large company that
crowded the town the day and evening,
this was the only accident of which we
heard; and the general behavior as
regards quictncss and sobriety was
quite up to the average Of such assem-
bIagcs.
A really fine display Of fire works
was given in the evening, to the pleas
urc of seeing which was added that of
hearing the fine Band before referred
to, which was there for the day and
had been frequently heard from during
the afternoon. And by the way, this
Anamosa Silver Band is company of
gentlemen, and fine musicians, who are
fully and dcscrvedly equipped with
choice instruments and splendid band
wagon.
Dancing seemed to be depended
upon to fill the measure of Fourth of
July for all those whose cup was not
already running over, and numerous
were offered for indulg-
ing in it, some Of them very inviting,
others not quite SO much so.
In one very important matter at
tilpes of many visitors, that of hotels,
Clarence is very fortunate. There is
the American, large, commodious and
conveniently situated building that has
many advantages-the greatest of all
being n landlord who does know how
to keep hotel. An over large compa-
ny of hotel guests were never better
better fed and more kindly
entreated generally than by Hank