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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-07-17
THE DEAD BALLOONIST
Particulars of the Blood.Curdling
Accident on the 4th.

DETROIT, July 6.-Mail reports give
some interesting details of the fatal
accident to the 9ronaut LaMontain,
at Ionia. last Friday. His balloon
was wha, is known "a a hot-air one,
and was simply filled with rarefied
air, and not gas. The canvas had
somewhat ofa worn appearance, as If
the worse for being filled with heated
air too often. At the summit where
the canvas was sewn together, a block
some ten or twelve inches in diameter
was fastened, and through hole in
this six guy-ropes were secured, hang
ing down over the sides of the balloon,
being al the bottom some seventeen
feet apart, and these were tied to the
basket by the Professor himself.
There were no ropes running around
the balloon horizontally to keep the
guy ropes from slipping. or to prevent
the whole thing from sliding out be-
tween the ropes with gust Of wind.
At $3.50 p. NJ. the Professor stepped
into the basket, and the balloon took
shoot up almost perpendicularly,
with the Professor swinging his hat to
the crowd, all apparently enjoying
the sight. In few moments more,
however, the mouth of the balloon
was observed to wave about two or
three times, then to pass between the
ropes, careening, over on the side,
when the ropes broke out from their
fastenings at the top, and the fall COM
menced. LaMontain was noticed to
be apparently making some effort to
get the basket above him, and if pos
sibe to break the fall, but after the
first struggle he fell SO rapidly that
nothing could be distinguished but the
falling body, his hat coming after
him, about 100 feet or more behind,
the old canvas, nearly collapsed, fall
ing down gradually. The body struck
the ground half a dozen feet from the |
northwest corner Of the Jail building. !
1t struck with such terrible thud |
that it Jared the ground for fifty rods
around, and made an indention In the
solid ground eight inches in depth.
There was scarcely bone in the whole
body not broken into fragments. 1t
was as limp as rag. There were
very few fractures of the skin, except
the right foot, the bone Of the right
leg being driven through the bottom
of the foot.
The body was laid out on couch, a
circle formed, aud a procession Of all |
who wished to view the remains |
passed around. The Professor is a
brother of the celebrated pronaut who |
died two or three years ago. This !
ones name was Edward LaMontain. |
He was q jeweler by trade, AMI lived
at Brooklyn in this State. He had
said just before he went up that he
wished to take the train for home as
soon as possible after coming down, as
his wife was very sick. He himself |
had not had his clothes off for ten !
days.
There were from 10000 to 1000
people who witnessed this horrible
He was seen by people four
miles from the city at an angle of
thirty five degrees. The best estimates
make the height from which he fell
from 1000 to 1900 feet. Those who
were on the hill back of the town said
the strangest sight was to witness the
people swaying back and forward like
. field of wheat moved by the wind.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-07-17

'I.ame"" sighed Mrs. Partington,
"Here l have been sufierin' the biga-
mics of death for three mortal weeks.
First, | was seized with a bleeding
chronology in the hampshire of the
brain, which was exceeded by the
stoppage of the ventilator of the heart.
This gave me Inflammation Of the left
borax, and now 1 am sick with the
chloroform morbus. There is no bless
in like that Of health, particularly
when you're ill.,"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-07-17
HOW TO BE HAPPY.

There are no fairy-folk that ride
About the world at night,
Who give you rings and other things
To pay for doing right.
But II you'd do to others what
You'd have them do to you
You'll be as blest as II the best
Ofstory- books were true"
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Musical.
MUSIC TEACHER.

IsNMA r. ENSIGN. Teacher OF Music n fter
~ several years experience in New York
has located permanently in linton and de-
sifes In give instruction, III Socaland Instru-
mental Music. Special attention given to
Thorough Base and Harmony.
Residence at her fathers, Br. s. Ensign
east of Court House square 10
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&. CHAMBERS. NJ.

DHYSICIAS AND SURGEON, has prac-
j ficed twenty-five years in this vicinity,
and need only nsk = continuance ofthe pub
licconadence hitherto shown.
Office In city prug store. Residence on
CedarS', opposite Reformed church, Tipton
Iowa. yaani
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Auctioneers.
WM. M. KNOTT.

A UCrIONEER VIII attend promptly
~ to selling all kinds of property ut Suc-
ION, In any part of Cedar county. A list of
ais Sales will always be found mt the TtpToN
ADVERTIsER Office, where those desiring his
serVfces can fix the ,lay for their sale with
out seeing MIN a
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MILLER unIrsu

Z. MILLER, Proprietor. A first class
-. mi, ,n,nhpplng place for boarders or travel
Sesr,v M,li ne i2ana at this Hotel on Cedar st.,
HACKS leavethe House daily for Stanwooi
s9a wilton, and semi week yfnr Davennort.
GOOD stahltnR attached. ar v
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Hotels.
POST HOUSE.

* r.. r.; POST, CLARENCE, IOWA. A
~. rev new Hotel throughout. convenient to
~ ,ha M pDs, anu Kept with the utmost regard
of customers OIL" .s-io 'ii
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r. II. Iyc.,au.u n n

HOMEOPATHIc PHYSICIAN 4 SUR
III GEOS. Office with DIR. Burson, Den
list. over Piatt 4 carr's office. Residence in
Brick Parsonage formerly occupied by Rev.
phinney, two squares south Of Palmer
House, Upton. Iowa. 1874
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Lodges.
Exchange Office

oIGHT DRAFTS ON NEW YORK AND
= CHICAGO. for any required amount can
be procured of the subscriber. Also Bills
of Exchange I" British Sterling, on Eng
land or ireland.
Certificates of Deposit and Bank Drafts on
New York, Philadelphia, Boston or Chicago
ashed. and Government Securities pur-
chased.
Passage Tickets from Liverpool. London
derry or Glasgow To New York, or Clarence,
furnished on moderate terms.
WIN. II. TUTHILL.
Upton, Iowa. Sept. lst. 1870.
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c. Y. SMELDON.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Collections.
- and other business, promptly attended
o.-0ffice with County Superintendent In
basement OF Court House. in6
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Il. l.. SWEET.
Contractors & Builders.
RIPLEY 4 CLAPP.

CONTRACTORS 4 BUILDERS, and Deal
~ ers In Lumber, Doors, Blinds &C.
A8-Shop and Office on corner of Fourtb
and Linn Streets, south of the Steam Mill.
TIPToN, Iowa. IyI8
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G.. =. FURST.

SECRETARY OF WHITE PIGEON FIRE IN
- surance Company, and of Wilton CO. Operative
store.
Notary Public. WILTON. IOWA. 2itf
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Justices.
JOHN =. TCTyEiII,.

I TsTIcE OF THE PEACE, NOTARY PuB-
~ Tic Insurance Agent. and Conveyancer.
Office With the County Recorder In the court
house. Upton, Iowa. Jan. lst, 1868. nlvl5
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The Tennyson Of Indiana is respon-
sible for the following contribution:

Young man, spare that hustle;
Touch not . single pape,
That woman had An awful tussle
To get herselfin shape.
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Educational.
GRACE CHURCH
Sc M IN Y
YOUNG LADIES,
TIPTON, IOWA.
REV. JAMES ALLEN, REcToR
MISS. e. s. ScRIBNER, PRINcIeAL

THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. will en-
/ brace all the Higher Branches of Eng
lish education. with Latin, French German j,
Fancy and Plain Needle-work, and other
accomplishments.
Especial attention will be given to Social
Culture, combined with careful Religious
Instruction and the comforts of home.
A Preparatory Department in connection
with the Seminary, for Children under ten
years of age, Will be conducted by Miss F..
Maynard, and continued during the summer
months.
Expense of full course for Tuition. per term, s10O0
Preparatory Department per month, 200
Vocal and Instrumental Music, each per term 10.0O
Drawing and Painting, do do 1000
Use of Piano for one hour daily, do 200
The amount for Tuition for each Term
must be paid in advance. IA
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Dentist.
Conveyancer.
A. II. GILBERT,

IONvEYAScER AND DDRAUCHTSMAN,
Deeds made oui. Titles examined
Plats drawn. ONCE in the Court House with
the Recorder 2tf
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=. ENSIGN, va. d..

PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, T1proN. Iowa
j Having had thirty years experience
DR.. F.. hopes to give satisfaction in all cases
entrusted to his care. Office, Mt residence
two blocks east of Court square, IStf
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Physicians.
Dr. III. III. MAYNARD.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, T.. g. Ex-
i aminer Of Pensioners, Upton Iowa
Office and Residence opposite the Palmer
House
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AMES, q. +. MANI
NAMES g. BRO.

4 TToRNEYS Il COUNSEL LORs AT LAW
~ VIII practice in the various Courts of
The state. Otfice on Main street opposite
the Court House. 5tf
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-13
Whether they were concealed, destroyed, or
put in surreptitious circulation, is uncertain,
but the former supposition is the most prob

HORACE GREELY's BARN.-Some ten years
ago Mr.. Greeley built stone barn at his
country seat, near New York; two years ago
he wrote as follows: "My barn is fair sue
cess. placed it on the shelf of my hill, near
est to the upper (east) side Of my place, be-
cause barnyard is mandatory of fertili-
zers from materials of lesser weight; and it
is easier to draw these down hill than up. [
built its walls wholly of stone, gathered or
blasted from the adjacent slope, to the extent
of four or FIVE thousand tons, and laid in q
box with thin mortar of little lime and much
sand, filling all the interstices, and binding
the whole in solid mass, till my walls are
nearly one solid rock, while the roof is of Yer
mont slate. drive into three stories-a base
ment for manure, a stable for animals, and a
story above this for hay, while the grain is
pitched into the loft above, from whose floor
the roof rises steep to the height of 16 or 18
feet. There should have been more windows
for light and air but my barn is convenient,
impervious to frost, and I am confident that
cattle are wintered at fourth less cost than
when they shiver in board shanties, with
cracks between the boards that will admit
your hands. No part of our rural economy
is more wasteful than the habitual exposure
of our animals to pelting, chilling storms,
and to intense cold. Building with concrete
is still novelty, and was far more so ten
years ago, when I built my barn. 1 could
buildIbetter and cheaper, but I am glad that
did not. 1 calculate that this barn will be
abidingly useful long after I shall be forgot
ten, and that had chosen at first to have my
name lettered on its front, it would have re-
mained there to honor me as builder long
after it had ceased to have any other sgnifi-
cation"
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dible chuckle. "You didn't see me peep in
at that chink in the closed up window, did
you? You din't think was quite so near,
ha? Now I've found out the powerful at
traction that keeps you at Mossgrove the in
teresting occupation that engrosses so much
of your time. But shall soon inform you
that with all your circumspection, you have
not succeeded in excluding me from particl
patton in your little secret, and l may turn
the discovery to good account yet. | have
you and your excellent patron pretty thor
oughly in my power, no'0."
The same morning it was discovered thai
Medor, the ferocious watch dog, had been put
out of the way of doing any farther good Or
injury in his vocation. He was found lying
dead and swollen, in front of his kennel, with
a piece of poisoned meat on the ground at his
side.
fro BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-13

How DRINKING CAUSES APoPLExY.-It
is the essential nature of all wines and spirits
to send an increased amount of blood to the
brain. The first effect of taking glass of
wine or stronger form of alcohol, is to send
the blood there faster than common, hence
the circulation that gives the red face. 1t in
creases the activity of the brain, and it works
faster and so does the tongue. But as the
blood goes to the brain faster than common,i it
returns faster, and no special harm results.
But suppose man keeps on drinking, the
blood is sent to the brain so fast, in suck large
quantities, that in order to make room for it
the arteries have to enlarge themselves; they
increase in size, and in doing so they press
against the more yielding hacid veins which
carry the blood out of the brain and thus di.
minish the size of their pores, the result being
that the blood is not only carried to the arte-
ries of the brain faster than is natural or
healthful, but it is prevented from leaving it
as fast as usual hence, double set Of causes
of death are in operation. Hence, a man
may drink enough Of brandy or other spirits
in few hours, or even minutes, to bring on
a fatal attack of apoplexy. This is literally
being dead drunk.-Dr. Hail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-13

the same direction. He says the most impor-
tant part of aerial navigation has been discov-
cred, and that is to rise into the air and re-
main suspended without the aid of propelling
power. This is more than the bird can ac-
complish without the use of its wings to assist
it through space. If this were not the case
we would have had aerial ships long ago.
CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.
Mr.. D. expressed his determination to make
an attempt, at no distant day, to cross the
Atlantic Ocean by means of balloon. He
is now constructinga a set of balloons for that
purpose Being an excellent draughtsman
and ''sketchist," he has made design Of the
great air ship with which he intends to ac-
complish this wonderful feat. He proposes
to have three balloons, two large and one
small one. The two large balloons are to be
fastened together by means of cords, about
twelve feet apart, each having basket at,
tached, in which he will carry provisions,
scientific instruments, etc., for use on the
voyage. Between the two large balloons he
will suspend, in the same manner, another
balloon about half the size of the Others
The apparatus will be so arranged that if an
accident occurs to one balloon, he can use the
other. By an ingenious contrivance he has
also arranged, in case of necessity, to pass the
gas from one air-ship to the other, and thus
keep them all equally supplied at the same
time. Beneath the three balloons, suspended
at proper distance, he will have beautiful
sail-boat, ready to be rugged at a moments
notice, should occasion require him to light on
the surface of the water. He says that he
can travel east at all times, for at certain
height, there is always current of air blow
ing in that direction. He proposes to ascend
to that altitude where he has always found all
eastern current, and undertake the journey,
certain that he will safely reach the other side
of the Atlantic. He believes, that as there is
always an eastern current at the height men,
toned, there must certainly be a counter Cor
westerly current, atsome other elevation, and
hence the probability of safe journey either
way.
Mr.. D. intends to start from St. Louis, some.
time during next June, en- route Cor air) for
Boston, and soon after he will leave this city
on his air explorations across the Atlantic
The distance to England is about 26O0 miles,
and he expects to make the voyage in about
two days and half.
Knowing the man as l do; and knowing
too, that he is not visionary" I have not
the slightest doubt that he will attempt whathe
proposes forhe knows no such word as "fail. u
HuNKIDORI
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-13


A CURIOUS STORY OF THE LATE CoNFED-
ERAcY.-The Lynchburg Virginian narrates
an incident in the career Of the late Confed-
eracy, which goes to show how greed may
overcome patriotism. Richmond was the
headquarters of the Treasury Department,
and the national currency was issued there.
At time when new issue of bonds had just
been ordered, there was employed in the
Treasury Department a man named Elan,
who saw the way to sudden wealth through a
bold move, which he, with an associate, pro-
ceeded at once to make. One night the two
men entered the Treasury building through a
back window, and taking the plates, from the
denomination of S. to $1,000, they placed
them on the press and printed, on the regular
paper, five million dollars There was no
more difficulty in printing them than in print
ing al ordinary business card, and there were
no precautions taken to prevent such an ell
terprise as that undertaken by the two wor-
thies.
All that remained to be done to make the
bonds fit for circulation was to have them
signed. The signing at this time was done
by the young ladies in the department, one
hundred of whom were thus employed. The
men persuaded two of these to sign their
bonds, and after division they had each two
and half millions of bonds, worth, at that
time, their face value in gold or silver. m
The discovery came in its natural way. The
paper was missed. The men were flush with
their money, offering hundred dollar bills in
payment Of small debts, and in other ways
acted suspiciously. One was arrested, and
being terribly fri ghtened, confessed his guilt
and Implicated the other. Both were thrown
into prison, from which one afterward escaped
and went North, but the other suffered the
penalty of his crime on the gallows. AS for
the bonds, nothing was ever known of them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-13

THE EPIzooTIc IN SALT LAKE.--The
horse epidemic has become very general, and
is rapidly spreading among horses and mules;
Transportation between Camp Douglas and
the city has been stopped. Stages and mail
lines are hauling off their teams. The street
cars are making but few trips, and the livery
stable keepers report nearly all of their hor'
ses affected.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-13

HEAVY GUNs-One of the 35-ton guns,
known as the Woolwich infants, has been
fired at Shoeburiness, England, to test range
and accuracy, and the performance was found
to be remarkably good. This success seems
to have aroused Mr.. Bessemer, the great steel
manufacturer, who is about to make cannon
twenty yards long The diameter will be
forty-eight inches and the bore thirty inches.
1t is expected to discharge shell weighing
five tons.
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FEDERAL AID FOR THE SOUTH.

1t is not we'll to encourage the hope that
the Federal Government would pay the debts
of the southern States, or help these States to
pay, as such hope would engender feeling
of apathy and reliance which would render
disappointment crushing and bitter indeed.
1t is extremely doubtful that the Federal
Government will extend helping hand in
this way to the South yet it is not in the
South only that the possibility ofsuch a scheme
is talked of. We copy below an article from
Colonel Forneys paper, the Philadelphia
Press, which, as will be seen, quotes the New
York Times, the semioaical organ Of the
Federal Administration
"The financial condition of the southern
States is now more serious problem than
their political condition. The war, of course,
left them impoverished and burdened with debt.
1t was expected that they would rapidly re-
cuperate, but, instead the Indebtedness of many
has swollen mountain-high, until reputation
or bankruptcy are the only alternatives. The
first is now seriously considered by some of
these Commonwealths, and may be resorted to
unless some plan is devised by which ruin may
be averted. In Virginia, the State, unable to
pay the interest on its millions of bonds, pro.
poses to go into the insurance business, and in
every part of the lately insurrectionary Sec
ton, save only Texas, almost universal pov.
erty, corporate and individual, prevails In
this exigency it has been suggested that the
General Government come to the relief Of
these States. Mr.. Hale proposed it in his re-.
cent speech on the corruptions of southern
politics, and business men in all the great
trade centres cordially approve it. The debt
ofNorth Carolina is S30,000,O00 South Car
olna, Sl6,000000; Virginia, 100000 /;
Georgia, s1O,5O0,O00; Alabama, s15,5O0, 900;
Mississippi, s25, 100000; Louisiana, s21 ,OOO,-
600; Tennessee, s31 100000; Florida, S6,-
000,O00-or an aggregate Indebtedness in ten
States of s2O2,O00,000. The most feasible
plan suggested is by correspondent of the
New York Tin,es who would have Congress
"authorize the issue of 100000, 900 of bonds
by the General Government, to be distribu.
ted under suitable restrictions among the
southern States for the purpose of relieving in
part the people from liabilities contracted
Since the war for works of internal improve
ment by their respective State governments"
Either this or some other means must first be
practiced for the assistance of the powerless
South, or its recovery will be indefinitely de-
layed. AS it is now, the average prosperity
of the section is not much greater than that
of Ireland"
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ng" "Mother, mother" cried young rook,
returning hurriedy from its first flight. "1'm
so frightened I've seen such sight"
"What sight, my son." asked the rook. "Oh!
white creatures screaming and running, strain
ing their necks, and holding their heads ever
so high. See mother, there they go" "Geese,
my son merely geese" replied the sapient
bird. "Through life, child, observe, that
when you meet any one who makes great
fuss about himself, and tries to lift his head
higher than the rest of the world, you may set
him down at once to be goose"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-13

The MILLER AND HIS DANA miller
busy at his work, was notified that a small
leak had been discovered in his dam, and the
informer suggested its immediate repair, even
though the mill had to be stopped. But the
miller did not consider it of sufficient conse-
quence; and went on with his work. In the
evening, he was again notified Of the break,
which by this time had become serious. ~
will attend to it early in the morning." said
the miller. At midnight with terrible
crash, the dam broke, and at daylight was
totally destroyed. A bad habit, ifnot checked
in the beginning, will in time become as ruin
GUS as the leak which destroyed the miller's
property.