The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-05-22
FROM POWEsHlEK co.
A Delayed Lcater-Brooklyn and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Movements.

Ed. Advertiser:-Not having forgot
ten my promise to write you . line,
I will now comply with your request.
The frequent snowstorms with which
we were pleased In the month Of April
had tendency to give farmers tho
"blues." Most Of the small grain In
vicinity Is sown, and some are COM
mencing to stir their corn ground.
This portion of Poweshiek county Is
thickly settled and well improved. I
have had the pleasure Of meeting .
number Of Cedar county friends-Mr.
Dwiggans, two Mr.. Kisers and others
all from the vicinity Of Upton; and
perhaps it would be of interest 70 their
friends for me to state that they are
comfortably situated and doing we'll.
Brooklyn 10 situated on the c., r. L.
4 P. H. II. The company have hero
large round-house and turn-table.
It 10 quite lively place. much more
30 than l expected TO find It. The
town IL scattered over about two Soc
tions Of ground and is building up
rapidly, especially In the vicinity Of
the railroad depot. The population in
1870 was quoted at less than l, 900, now
it 10 claimed to have over l 900 inhab-
itants. There are here four hotels,
two public school buildings, four
churches-Methodist, Presbyterian,
Baptist and Catholic. The public
school consists Of five departments,
all OF which are under the supervision
of one Principal. There has been
considerable trouble here here with
the beer and whiskey element. It
seems that many attempts have been
made previously, 10 the direction ofa
Temperance REFORM" but to no avail
until the election Of the city council
this spring, which election took place
on the Sd of March, at which time
there were seven established beer ga
looms in the town aud several billiard
halls. All the saloons upon examina-
ton were found in possession Of whis-
key in great abundance, except ono;
and that one IL by ne means free from>
suspicion. The election of . strictly
temperance council was secured by
the most strenuous exertion on the
part of the temperance party. After
the election the first duty of the new
council was that ofmaking thorough
investigation, and cleaning out these
dens of degradation and demeraliza-
ton, which duty they seemed to en-.
gage in with relish by way of spill
ing whiskey. One Of the whisksy
men. out of undeserved mercy shown
by the council, was permitted to keep
his whiskey on condition that he
would Immediately leave the State
aud take his whiskey with him. Such
instances OF mercy In no way meets
our appreciation, but deserves criti-
cism. 1t is very much to US like re-
moving q baneful poison from our cup
cup by placing It within that Of our
neighbours, and in our estimation is
equally justifiable.
All licenses for the sale Of beer %
is issued by the previous council, ter
minated May LIST. The license fec
heretofore has been $50; the new coun-
ell have determined the license fees
for the ensuing year to be $500 for the
sale of beer /; 81, 900 for native wines
and 500 to run . billiard table. All
fees to be paid strictly on the date Of
issue Of the license. The council and
all the friends Of good society here
hope tha. this measure will entirely
prohibit the sale Of Intoxicating drinks
in this place. Yours, &c., Ed.
BROOKLYN, May Sd, 1873.