The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-08-22

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Quite large audience gathered at the
school house and listened to lecture
by Mr.. Fletcher, an attache of the
Chicago Journal. A committee of
FIVE of our citizens were appointed to
draft resolutions, &c. Next meeting
on next Friday evening. Seventy or
eighty names are on the list now.
We may expect an organization that
will do honor to our town. / could
not attend the meeting, but under
stand that Mr.. F. did Grant justice,
which is praise enough. That he
said some pretty hard things of Mr..
Greeley and his party we can easily
believe. for he could hardly do other
wise and tell the truth. Some there
are that believe Horace Greeley to be
both law and gospel. It is hardly
worth while to try to convince them
to the contrary, for it is easy to see
that if Greeley bids them swear black
i white they will comply.
The weather is cold and wet to-
day. Last evening we were visited
by heavy thunder storm. The wind
blowing very hard for while, but not
q large amount of rain fell.
A child of Mr.. Vim. Douglass died
this morning. 1t was little more
than two years old. The parents have
the sympathy Of the community in
their deep bereavement.
Haycock s Burden have got the
machinery for their mill. So we may
expect to have grist mill in running
order soon.
The western part of this State has
been visited of late by very severe
storm of rain and hail. I have not
seen much in the papers about it, and
will enclose an extract from q private
letter which you may insert if you
choose. The gentleman writing the
letter lives near Onawa City, in
Monona county.
He writes, ave have lately been
visited BY q terrible storm that spread
desolation far and wide. There never
was a letter prospect for crop thar
in Lincoln last Friday, but in fifteen
minutes time the broad fields of rip.
ening grain and waving corn lay flat
upon the ground swept down by the
most terrible storm Of wind, rain and
hail ever known. | escaped, being
in the outskirts of the storm, but ia.
ther loses everything, even fruit trees
stripped of leaves, fruit and bark.
"We hear the town Of Onawa is ir
ruins. The farmers in the track Of
the storm loose all their crops. The
hail stones averaged as large as "hen's
eggs. Some estimate that foot Of
water fell in fifteen minutes"
The gentleman that wrote the above
formerly lived in Johnson county ,neal
Scion. Many will recognize him by
his initials, 81. C. J."
August 10.
Last Friday our Grant & Wilson
club fully organized, electing fol
President, Clark Penrose; Vice Pres.
idents, Edwin Grinell and f. L. Sulli
van; Secs, Geo. Bean and Henry
Rogers; Treas, James Reeves. The
club will now, we presume, do what
ever work there is here for it to do
1t is such busy time just now, ant
farmers find it SO hard to get hands t.
help them that it is not to be wonder
ed at much if there is not much polit-
ical excitement out of town.
We find that Mr.. Fletcher's lectur.
has done some good; some who ,oer'
strong for Greeley no,c say that they
guess we had better try Grant anoth
er term after all.
The weather has been quito wet 70
a week past, hindering farmers SO tina
a large portion of grain is not stacked
yet.
A half days ride through thi
township will show any one that tn
corn crop is going to be above TIL
average this year, if an early ros
does not damage it. Many piece
look as well or better than they di'
last year. .
Some fear is felt that our continue,
rains are going to spoil a great des
of grain. Sunday night we wer
visited by severe thunder storm, tn
most severe we have had this season
] think. No damage reported as yet