The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-06-15


which the Judge fined him $50 and costs,
with opportunity for Imprisonment till
paid. Geo. Galbraith was bondsman for
the defaulter.
A bill was found by the Grand Jury
against John Keeping for bigamy. The
defendant was not arraigned because he
gave leg bail last winter, while on his
way from preliminary examination to
Jail and is still out on that bond.
Sophia Chambers was tried by a jury
for the alleged theft of quite large
sum of money from Mr.. Mardis, in
whose family she was employed. A
large number of witnesses were employ
ed and considerable time consumed in
the consideration of this case. The jury,
however, found the defendant not quill
ty. This we believe, was the only State
case of the term in which District At
torney Thompson did not secure con
viction. Wolf & I.andt were defend
ants Attorneys.
No bill was found by the Grand Jury
against Harrington, whose arrest and
preliminary examination for larceny
some weeks ago was noticed at the
time.
Charles Sears, the Mechanicsville
burglar, who was wounded and arrested
at Louden, plead guilty straight through
giving the court an account of his
burglarious operations that was certain.
ly minute and unvarnished. Judge
Rothrock sentenced him to imprison-
ment in the penitelitiary for two years
and six months.
The Grand Jury indicted Rudolph
Huber for assault with intent to int'ict
great bodily injury. Arraigned before
the Court, he plead not guilty, and the
case was continued.
Jackson Scott, indicted for assault
with intent to commit murder on ac-
count Of the shooting Of one Quigley
some six years ago, plead guilty to as
sault with intent to intiict great bodily
injury, and was fined $500 and costs, by
which amount the school fund is now
enriched.
Among the law cases, the chief inter.
est was excited by Fisher VS.. Il. T. Den
/ son and Mays and others VS.. Carey and
others.
The former was a suit for 50 900 dam
ages based upon the alleged crime of
| seduction, for which benson was con-
victed in criminal prosecution last De-
cember. Piatt g. Carr, and T.. +. Cook
appeared for plaintiff and Bissell, Wolf
q: Landt and Sam Faiiall for defendant.
| The ground was well fought over before
! a jury, which gave verdict for the de-
/ PENDANT.
/ Mays vs. Carey, was a suit before the
! Court on a QUO Warranto. The case
grew out Of a church difficulty at York
! Prairie, w Ierein the point to be decided
seems to have been as to whether the
| exclusive control of The building was
vested in the denomination having the
legal title as owners, it having been
built by contributions Of the community
at large. The Court took the matter
! INTO amusement ana ucCiSICll - Iot .ttt
rendered.
THE South WESTERN RoAD.-One
day last week our city was visited by
! TX Governor kirkwO"d, the President
of the Southwestern road, > from Gin
ton on the Mississippi, to point west
of this, on the Missouri.
The Gov. was on his return from 4
visit to Winterset and lndianOla, where
he had gone to ascertain the feeling OF
the people of those places in regard tc
aid to be furnished for building the road
through that region. At both places he
received satisfactory assurances that the
aid would be forthcoming, and he feels
con !ident that as soon as possible, the
road will be in full operation along the
whole line. At present two corps OF
engineers are engaged in locating the
line from Clinton to Oskaloosa, anc
hands are put to work at once to grade
the road. It is expected that the worl
will be completed to Oska'oosa by the
ltof Jnne, 1872, ut which time also
and much sooner in fact, that portion o
the A. X. & d. road in this county cas-
of this city will be completed ready fo
the iron.--By a very small amount o
work in Mahaska county, q connection
will he made near Bellefontalne wit.
our road and knoxville be brough
into connection with the world by rail
The road will then be pushed WESTWARD
to Pleasantvile, and from thence t.
Indiauola and Wintcrset.- INurio1
county DcNocrdt.
Marion county is rich in coal a
Mahaska county. For this purpose
even if there were no other, the |. S
W. should pass through Marion county
Besides Marion county is one of th'
oldest, best setted aud wealthiest coun
ties in the State. Its railroad facilite
are quite meagre and it people will d.
anything in reason to secure so desira
Die an enterprise as the |. S. W. Age.
The North .arcst in its last issue ha
this to say OF Col Carr enter 1--WE hav
known Col. Carpenter in various publl
positions, from the time lie was Rep
resentative in the House; in 1858, up t.
the present, and have never met pure
official, more faithful worker, a bette
specimen of a genuine Republican, or
politician with clearer record, in on
eighteen years acquaintance withpubli
men of Iowa.
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