The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-06-20

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preliminary exaSnlnation was had be-
fore some brilliant Justice of the Peace
up thsrc, who discharged tho defend-
ant for want Of Jurisdiction.
| IL 10 probably some satisfaction to
Mr.. Ferguson 70 recover his horse and
to know that the thief Is in . fair way
to learn . severe lesson but imam
cially he had better let the animal
60 without an effort, = her recovery
has cost him fully twice her value.
OLD sETrL1R'S MEETING.
The Pioneers OF Old Cedar in
Convention-Rsport Of Proceed
ings-A County Organisation
Determined Upon.
At : meeting of the old settlers Of
Cedar County, held pursuant to mo-
tice at .he Court House In Upton on
Friday the 14th inst, VIM. Baker was
called to the chair, and VIM. H. Tut.
hill appointed secretary.
After some preliminary discussion,
and . fall and cordial interchange Of
views and opinions IN relation to .
permanent organization, interpreted
with some interesting "reminiscences
OF the early history Of the County, 1t
was unanimously
Resolved, That we consider IL highly
important that an Old Settlers Assocl-
alton be organized for Cedar County,
and that . Convention be held for that
purpose at the Court House In Upton,
on Wednesday the 4th OF September
1872, embracing all persons who settled
In the County prior 10 1841.
RESOLVED, That every old settler NJ
tending the Convention be requested
to furnish the secretary with his name
place Of nativity, date Of birth, and
time Of becoming = resident Of Cedar
Resolved, That committee consist
ing Of VIM. H. Tuthill, Samuel Yule
and VIM. Baker prepare Q suitable
Constitution and bylaws to be pre-
scented and acted ON at the Conven-
ton.
Resolved, That John Culbertson,
Washington A. Rigby and VIM. NJ.
Knott be appointed . committee 70
make the necessary arrangements for
refreshment BY way of dinner or 9TH
erwiss for the forthcoming Conven-
ton.
Robert Cover, Esq, offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was unani-
mously adopted.
Resolved, that each person present
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committee to furnish Judge Tuthill
sketches Of early incidents In the his
tory of the County occurring within
citizens that are eligible to meet US on
the 4th of September next.
Resolved, That the proceedings Of
this meeting be furnished to the Tip
ton ADVERTISER for publication, and
that all the county papers be reques-
ted to copy the same.
The meeting then adjourned.
WM. BAKER, Chairman.
WIN. TUTHILL, Secretary.
The foregoing official report OF this
meeting Is all that 10 OF moment as
regards the business Of the coming
Convention, but some of the minor
incidents OF the gathering %, we'll ~
remarks by many Of those present, are
we'll worth brief attention, II for no
other purpose than a. indicative of
the interest asd plsasure which will
pionssss Of the county In the fully or
gained Old Settlers Association.
The call was for those who came to
Cedar CO. prior to lsll. or 30 OF more
years ego, and under It were assembled
some Is men --nlt,st Of them old, but
varying from those In the prime of
life to those who have passed the
fourth score Of years. Among those
whose faces we knew We can mention
Messrs BENZ. aud Geo. Fraseur, VIM.
Baker, w. H. Tuthili, w. NJ. Knott,
J. X. Snyder, II. d. Brown, Jno. Fer
guson, Sainl. Yule, s. A. Bagley,
Robt. Cover, Gordon Dallas, L. Brad
ley, w. A. Rigby, Jno. Goodrich, +.
Knott, - Boydston, - Van Horn,
Capt. Lewis, s. A. Bissell, and Mr..
Casebeer and three OF his sons-the
boys" all grey headed men, and the
father now climbing up his ninth de-
cade.
Mr.. VIM. Baker was the first to set
tie in the Co. Of those present. In the
course of some very interesting re-
marks Mr.. b. said that when he came
here in July, 1886, 1t was hard to gel
men enough together to put up log
house. The allusion 10 the old "rais-
ings" brought out some enthusiasm n,
and conversational remarks one old
gentleman thought he could carry VI
corner yet, and several Others were
OF the same mind. Mr.. Cover invi
ted them over to see how his cabin
looked after 80 years standing.
Henry u. Brown ranked next Il
Mr.. Baker In ancient honors. Mr.
Brown said he crossed the river a
Davenport April oath, 1887. He in
quired OF Tony Leclaire the way Il
the mouth OF Rock Creek, but Mr.. /.
said that was one Of the new places ht
knew nothing about. Mr.. b. was
horseback aud had with him q chop
ping ax. broad Ak and q square, NJ
extra shirt and pair of trowsers. Hi
idea was to get out frame for saw
mill at the place mentioned, where he
arrived the evening Of the day h,
crossed the river, seeing no man no
no sign Of man save one wagon tract
made the fall before. At the mouth
Of the creek, one Toney had hut OF
sand bank. A large party Of Indi
ans had just broken camp there, an.
Mr.. Brown found shout two d0zel
J dogs tied to trees with bark. the fel
lows to an equal number which tn,
} Indians had sacrificed in . Dol
Feast" Better than this, he foun'
any number Of logs, cut and trimme'
by the" noble lo's' for fort, out Q
which he proceeded 1t once to frame
: the first saw mill erected In "Ol,
Cedar''-then so young as not to b
Cedar at all.
Mr.. Rigby, Mr.. Bagley, Mr.. Cover
and others made remarks and calle'
IN "reminiscences which we wOult