The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-09-18

Upon motion adjourned.
J. w. KYNETT. Chm.
o. H. HELNER, 6sc'y.
NEWS AND NOTES.
Minnesota has 1905 miles OF railway.
Ten years ago there were only thirty.
one miles Of railway.
The Salt Lake UTAH police recent
y made . raid on the gambler there.
and 81 800 Ii dnes were collected.
John Coleman, Of Dubuque, Offers
70 bet $500 with any many in lows
that he can run mile 10 four min
utes.
The Iowa State Fair In point Of
| numben. attendance, and articles on
exhibition, exceeded that Of any pre-
vious year.
Every person visiting the penitsnt-
larry ct Fort Madison 10 charged swen-
ty-dvs cents, except the sherins Of
the several counties and odicers.
Il took four military train wagons 70
haul the documents that arc 70 b
used 10 the trial OF Marshal Basains.
The trial will commence on the 9Th Of
October.
Il u the opinion Of the Secretary Of
Treasury that there will b further.
decline In the gold premium, and that
it will reach . figure much lower than
ID now contemplated.
The al, 500, 900 awarded to the
0nltsd States b. the Geneva confer.
encs has been paid over into the M.
tional Treasury. The Alabama claims |
ar0 now fully sasis0sd.
About seventy Ave soldiers Of the
wan Of Mexico and Of 1872 were pres.
emit q the Des Aoipss reunion, gix
were veterans Of the war Of 1872.
Nearly III are residents Of lows.
In Blackhawk township, Grundy
county. two misses-aged 20 and 81
are practicing medicine. II is % nice
70 have young lady physician attend
yev. Gays one who knows how It 10
himself.
The entire cost Of the new code
amounts 10 $50. 720.65, which makes |
The cash valus Of eash copy only o.6s.
The state sslis them 1t s. each, and
b the transaction y out Of pocket the
tEi6ing amount Of $s.6s.
A private dispatch from Shreveport
Saturday ssys the city y 10 great need
Of help. The yellow fever Is Of ms
lignant typs and does not Yield readily
70 the treatment. There 10 . great
scarcity Of people 70 attend tho sick.
According 70 . Washington letter
the Signal Service on1csss claim that
the predictions or statement or probs-
bilitiss for the drst year were verified
In about sixty-nins cases out Of . hum
dred, and their accuracy may b sx-
pected 70 increase with increasing *.
perisnce.
The report Of the Patent ONCE for
the year 1872 has just been published,
from which It appears that there were
nled during that year ls. 24S applica-
lions for letters patent, and 5000 cave
ats; that IL, $50 patents were issued.
$6s9. 8.39 In cash received, and 1854,
5sl.se expended.
A party Of Des Noines ladies went
out plumming the other day, and ,
lndustriously gathered two bushels.
Just - they had completed the job,
The owner Of the shicket put In IN ap- {
pearance and gobbled the pile, re- {
protansly that he had been I
busy oil summer keeping "solks outen (
that thar patch"
Apatent from the United States has
Just been received by the Register Of
The State Land Once 1t Des Moines,
to the State Ct lows 2, no. /,
e acres Of swamp and overlooked
ands situated 10 the counties OF CAL
Aoun. Pooahontas, Palo Alto, Emmet
ssc, Buena Vista. Clay. Dickinson, !
Ida and Plymouth. :
The Inter- Ocean recently published |
10 full the frsight tarin adopted BY ,
The Board Of Commissioners for ILL.,
nois Sor the moro important lines Of I
and d the rates ere nxsd for 1
every mile. the large array Of Aguyes
occupied I've columns Of that paper. ]
The new rates, however. do not 20 In I
70 eject until the 10Th Of January I
next. The reductions In the tarifS are
quite large.
The Civil Service Commission pro-
pose making voluminous report TO
Congress next December. showing :.
ths workings Of the system = ct pres. /.
mt instituted and the comparative
value Of clerks who have been ap- ;
,ointsd through competitive exsmin.
Itions with those who were appointed (,
lndes the old system, together with = ,
number Of recommendations to give ,
he existing rules greater effect.
In relation to increased pensions I
granted BY the last Congress It 10 prop .
y 70 stass that something over Ave
|housand certificates have been receiv. j
ID u the Pension Once. and that the G
Of Pensions hes some 6
bsty clerks engaged examining evil {
lAnNn and rnanOndin0 IN than The e
certificates are taken up In the order n