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The Grange advance., 1874-09-23

Among the new animals described bv
Audubon and Bachman in their great
work on North American quadrupeds " as
kind Of weasel, named by them
Putorius 'sigripes, or black. footed ferret,
ofwhich single specimen came. into
their possession, constituting apparently
a good species.
In thirty years that have elapsed
since the announcement Of this discov-
cry diligent search has been made for
additional specimens, but in vain, and
it was not until recently that skin was
sent to the Smithsonian Institute from
the North Platte by Mr.. La Munyon, one
Of its correspondents. He states that
they are very rare. but are known to
the hunters as living mainly upon the
prairie-dogs, and inhabiting their dens,
the tracks of the ferret being often Wis.,
ible in he snow, passing from one hole
to another, during the winter.
1t is to be hoped that with this hint
in regard to the species additional speci.
mems may be forthcoming, and their
true character determined. Unfortu-
nately the specimen Of Mr.. La Munyon
was not accompanied by the skull, thus
rendering it impossible to determine
whether it is true .Pxtor;us, like the
mink, or Mustela, and more allied to
the pine-marten, or the so called sable -
Of Northern New York.-Harper.
The Grange advance., 1874-09-23
Ashes as Food for. Cattle.

Il correspondent Of the L;ue Stock
Journal found his cattle one spring af:
fected with the habit Of eating wood,
chewing bones; etc. They became thin
in flesh, refused to eat hay. and present
ed sickly appearance. He had no
impression that their food lacked the
constituents for making bone; and his
neighbors used bene-meal, without MOTTO
ing any good result whatever. At last
he put about four bushels Of leached
ashes in his barn yard and threw out to
them about ashovelful each day. They
all ate it with evident relish. After
turning them out to pasture, be put one
peck Of dry ashes per week on the
ground in the pasture. They ate it all
up and gnawed of the grass where it
had been laying. The cattle began to
improve, gainin- flesh, looking better
than they had done for several years.
He says this morbid appearance was un-
noticed years ago, from the fact that
the ground was new and ashy from the
burning Of woods and land clearings.
Lattcrly he gives one quart of ashes
mixed with the same quantity Of salt to
twelve head of cattle about once week:
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

After bit of sharp practice to en-
able him to fellow instead of proceed
ing Mr.. Beecher, which must have
dispelled ell remaining belief in his
fairness or candor, Mr.. Francis d.
Mouiton, the great s'muiuai friend"
has 1t last spoken. A abombshell,"
his friends call his production, but it,
sole claim to importance is surely its
length. The only new item of evil
dcnce produced by his statement is
the testimony that both Beecher and
Mrs. Tilton have repeatedly admitted
guilt to him. But this, when taken
in connection with the false and de-
ceitful part which his own words con-
vict him Of having acted for four
years, with his repeated declarations
to various persons of Beecher's inno-
cense, and with his own words to
Beecher. "You can stand it were the
whole case published Tomorrow"
only convicts Mr.. Moulton, in the
minds Of most fair and unprejudiced
persons, of being himself what the
lamented Mr.. Greeley was wont to de-
scribe as liar and . villain-and .
very distinguished one At that.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

The first county nomination of the
year was made at Mechanicsville on
yesterday. According to notice pub
lished in these columns, the Second
Supervisor District, consisting of
Fremont, Pioneer, Linn, and Cass
Townships, met at Mechanicsville, on
Tuesday, to put in nomination a Re-
publican candidate for member of the
Board of County Supervisors. All
the townships were represented, and
after brief but very harmonious
session, the nomination was given to
Mr.. Q. w. Helmer, of Pioneer town.
ship.
This, as we understand the situa.
ton, is wise and judicious nomina-
ton. The District is not a sure one
and will be carried by but small
majority either way; but the Repub-
'icans have undoubtedly made their
chances Of success firstrate BY nomin-
ating man of Mr.. Helmer's well
known popularity and sterling quail
tiles. Pioneer, which is very close,
has often elected Mr.. III. to township
offices, and knowing his capability
will be sure to give him good lift
for the important position to which
he is now nominated.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27
YeSterday's navenpor

Yesterdays Davenport gazette
contains most earnest, timely and
sensible appeal to the Republicans of
this Congressional District, to save
the party from Cotton and defeat. 1t
recapitulates the same fgues we have
quoted from its columns before show
ing that last year the Anti Monopoly
majority in the District was 1885,, and
that the year before Cotton ran 1915
behind Grant. 1t quotes adyices
from the various counties showing
that Cotton can run no better than
before, and concludes as follows:
'lf it was mere question of men,
either Of the candidates who have
been named would answer well en-.
ough. The vital point now is not
,cho ought to be nominated, nor what
cou,sty is entitled to the candidate
but "who can save the district" Tn.
less we can give up the scramble for
the place, and come down to the ext
genoy of the hour, resolved to act for
the "welfare of the party" we shall
overlook the real issue, and receive
the certain and ignominous punish
nent which our folly invites"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

The disposition of the average
Cotton enveloped politician is indi-
Gated by the following brief extract
from y Clinton letter to the Wheat
land Ne,cs. 1t will be observed that
it is assumed with = godlemighty,
conquering hero sort of an air that
Cotton must be the candidate wheth-
er the people want him or not-the
nomination being only ''mere FORM
any way:
ssPolitics have been . little off in
this locality during the past few
weeks, it being generally conceded
that the congressional nominees in
this district will be Cotton and Muir
ply. Some anxiety is manifested as
to the call for the Republican Con-
gressional Convention. 1t is thought
necessary, even if it is mere form,
that the call should be made at once
and Cotton regularly nominated pre-
vious to his election"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

After terribly noisy and bitter
fight, the Anti Monop Convention in
the Third-the Dubuque district
nominated L. L. Ainsworth, = line
backed Bourbon Democrat, over DR..
Guilbert, of Dubuque, . 'Liberal."
So in this district, d. c. Cloud, the
ex-Republican candidate, is showed
aside to make room for Judge Bran
nan, Democrat. It would seem that
the Republican recruits in the Anti
Monop squad would begin to see that,
while the hard work is willingly re-
ceived from them and the nomina-
tions kindly rendered them where the
Republican majority is overwhel-
ming, whenever and wherever even
q chance of success presents itself,
they must stand back. Wonder if
they like that kind Of partnership.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

Judge Cotton's friends have given
out the impression that the newspa-
pers are largely in his favor. Only
three Republican papers in the dis
trict advocate his nomination-all in
Clinton county-snd neither Of them
claim that he will carry that county
against Merrill or Leffingwell, though
his party is entitled to = majority Of
several hundred.
All the Republican papers in Jack
son, Jones, Cedar and Scott counties,
and one in Muscatine, regard Cotton
as the weakest candidate who can be
named, and insist that it will be sui
cidal to nominate him. Here are
seven to three, within the district, and
outside we do not know of a single
Republican paper that has spoke ia
vorably of the denomination of Mr..
Cotton. Whatever the result, we
are content with what we know to
be the clear and unmistskable ex-
preston of party sentiment.-Ga-
zette,
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27
Take Him to the Rear!

J. w. Barnes. Anti Monopoly can
didate for State Treasurer, has with
drawn from the ticket. In a letter
to the Chairman of the State Central
Committee he announces that his
"private and personal affairs" are in
such . condition as to require that
his "entire and immediate attention
must be devoted to them" 1t has
taken Mr.. Barnes two months to find
this out, but having become satisfied
that he is to be badly beaten, and
that retreat will soon be in order,
like the lame captain, at an early
stage in the battle, he has concluded
"te start now" Very well, set up
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

Says the Chicago Journal: "Bes-
sic, the maid in the Tilton family,
ante-bell,tsa, in her testimony before
the Plymouth Church Committee, de
clared that she had seen the venera-
bic suffrage-seeking Miss Susan B.
Anthony sitting in Theodore Tilton's
lap. The venerable spinster aud suf-
fragist feels very indignant that Bees
sic should thus have exposed her to
public ridicule, and authorizes the
Rochester Union to state that sit 5
no such thing" She vows that the
story is "too absurd to be worthy of
notice." Which it is. But when
she furthermore pronounces Bessie
shalt an IDIOT the venerable pos
SCISSOR of blue umbrella, a Ratchet
face and one big idea exhibits bad
temper. Susan is PROFESSIONALLY a
virtuous woman, but her Tiltonian
associations are not an evidence of
it. Indeed, Miss Anthony, like Mr..
Beecher, has been extremely unfor-
tunate in some of her Brooklyn COM
Partnerships, and this, as in Beecher's
case, is the worst thing there is
against her
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

c. Henry Ibsen
against
VIM III Wareham, District Court OF Ce-
sarah Z. Wareham, dar Co., Iowa, Mo-
Ellsworth Wareham, vember Term, 1919.
and Stephen C.. Ware
ham, minor heirs of
Stephe en- Wareham,
deceased.
To the above named defendants:
You are hereby notified that there is now
on file in the office of the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court, in and for the county of Cedar,
In the State OF Iowa. q petition of c. Henry
Ibsen Plaintiff claiming of you that he ts
the owner Of the following described real
estate, situated in Cedar county. Iowa, to-
wit: The west half of the northwest quarter
Of section fifteen Q5), in township eighty
one (sl), north of range one ~, west OF the
5th r. NJ. and asking that his title to said
property ba established and auieted against
the adverse catinls OF said defendants.
Now unless YEA appear to said petition
and defend there 20 at or before noon OF the
second day OF the next term of said Court,
to be begun and held at Upton. in said
county, on the I'D day of Nov, 1874, de-
fault will be entered against you, and jndg-
ment and decree rendered in accordance
with the prayer OF said petition.
4w33 WOLF, LANDF YATES,
Att'ys for pl'H.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27
Republican Congressional Convention.

The Republican Convention of the Second
CONGREGATIONAL District OF Iowa will be held
At DEWITT, Iowa, on TUESDAY, the FIRST
DAY OF SEPTEMBRR, A. d 1874, at II o'clock
3. m, for the purpose OF nominating . can
didate for Representative in Congress from.
said District, and for the transaction OF such
other business as may properly come before
IL.
The basis Of representation VIII be the
same As the several counties within the
District were entitled to in the Republican
State Convention held at DesMoines. July
lst, 1874
The following is the representation to
which each county will be entitled:
Cedar county 9 delegates.
Clinton county IL delegates.
Jackson county l0delegates.
Jones county 3 delegates.
Muscatine county 8 delegates.
Scott county delegates.
BY order OF the Republican Gongresaional
Committees. HENRY EGBEkT, Chm
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

The Anti-Monopoly Congressional
Convention for this district meets at
Maquoketa to-day. 1t is Murphy or
Brannsn, with the chances in favor
of Murphy.
d. G. Cloud, of Muscatine, de-
clines being candidate for the Anti
Monopoly nomination for Congress,
and declines in favor of Judge Bran
nan. The Journal says the Judge
now Icons up formidable candidate.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

Will the Eureka please say who
can win the Congressional position
for the Republican party if Mr.. Cot
ton cannot.-Cliaton Herald.
The question is one the Eweko
ought to be able to answer without
much difficulty. To our mind, and
speaking from what we know of the
feeling in this part of the District,
there has not been a candidate men
toned, SO far as we have heard, who
does not standa better chance to win
the Congressional position that Mr..
Cotton. The why and wherefore of
Mr.. Cotton's weakness in Jones. Jack
son, Scott and Muscatine counties,
and especially in the county first
named, we shall not discuss here, and
indeed, need not, for after all would
remain the fact-which should be
patent to every well-informed Repub-
lican-that Mr.. Cotton cannot be
elected by any effort or agency short
Of the miraculous. The Eweka will
please understand that we are not
presuming to speak for it.--Moati-
cello cypress.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

The four conferences of the Meth
od:st Church into which Iowa is aiyi-
ded meet this year as follows:
The Des MONIES Conference, at
Des Moines, September 8.
The Iowa Conference, at Bloom
field, September 16.
The Northwestern Iowa Confer
ence, at Algona, September "A.
The Upper Iowa Conference, at
Charles City, September 80.
Bishop Haven will preside at each
of these conferences.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

The Keokuk Gate City gives an
item in the proceedings Of the Old
Settlers meeting there last week not
down on the bills. During the day
one of the Old Settlers was formally
presented by his devoted spouse
with a bouncing baby. The present
alton took place in shady and Sc
cluded retreat in one Of the groves
upon the grounds. The presentation
speech was made by DR., and
responded to by the oldest settler in
Lee county.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

There are two very important IN,
dian expeditions now on foot, which,
if less sensational than that of Cen
eral Custer, will be certainly produc-
tive Of more important results. Col.
Miles has set out with the Sixth In
fantry, from Fort Dodge for Camp
Supply. There he will be joined by
the Tenth Cavalry (colored), with
whom he will proceed to Antelope
Mound, and strike into the Staked
Plains, in search of the insurgent
kiowas, Cheyennes and Comanches,
who are, to the number Of two thou
sand or two thousand FIVE hundred,
camped there. Meanwhile the
Fourth and Fifth Cavalry are sweep
ing up from Texas, and across from
New Mexico, towards the same OBJ
festive point, and thus some two
thousand FIVE hundred soldiers will
be brought against the savages who
have recently been committing such
outrages along the Canadian and
Cimarron rivers. Captain Mills and
the Third Cavalry are at Rawlings,
about to undertake a three months
scout up through the Powder, Big
Horn and Sweetwater valleys, the
very stronghold of the fighting Sioux.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

Next Tuesday it is decided at De
Witt whether the Republicans of the
Second Iowa District shall be buried
under Cotton in ignominious defeat,
or whether the signs of the times
shall be needed and the nomination
Of some decent man open the way to
victory.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

The Anti Monops of Scott county
held their County Convention last
Saturday. Congressionally a MUIR
ply delegation was chosen. The
delegation was instructed to present
to the District Convention the follow
ing resolutions, and to insist upon
their adoption:
l. Coercive and so-called sumptu-
ary laws are antagonistic to person
81 liberty and should not be tolerat-
2. As do National and State gov
ernments, so should all National and
State legislatures restrict themselves
to their constitutional and judicious
powers, and abstain from informed
ding in social matters, whereby mo-
nopolies and castles are created, and
personal liberty is unnecessarily and
unduly restricted.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

Says the Hack Eye, the Iowa An.
ti-Monops are endeavoring to &c,
Booth, of California, to come and
stump this State for their party
This is sharp in the Monops. They
know what a charm the name of
Booth has for Democratic ears and
they hope to palm him off on the old
hard shells as the Booth who assas-
sinated the "despot" Lincoln.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

Mexico has at length concluded
that it will conduce to her advantage
to aid the United States in the sup.
preston Of OF wry and Irregular
ties on the Ri Grande, for which
purpose . brigade of cavalry, said to
be the flower of the Mexican army,
has been ordered to that river TO CO.
operate with General Augur of our
army.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

The camp-meeting being held near
Blue Grass, Iowa, under the auspices
Of the Methodist clergy of the vicini-
ty Of Davenport, has been in full OPP
Grafton since Wednesday last. On
Sunday it is estimated that there
were 1850 people on the ground.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

The conglomerated party which in
Iowa is known by the name of Anti
Monopoly goes in Illinois by some
other cognomen. Here they glory
in the fact that they paid full fare to
their state convention, but in Illinois
where their state convention takes
place this week, they give notice Of
a reduction in the rate of Railway
fare,
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

1t appears that Spain now propos-
es to "go back" on its agreement to
settle the Virginius controversy hon.
orably, and presents counter-clsims
against our Government for having
permitted 6llibustering expeditions
to be fitted out for Cuba. The
probability is that the last of this
controversy with Spain is not yet.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

The Des Moines Iowa. City Coun-
Gil yesterday completed an ordinance
licencing the sale of wines and beer
in the city. The old Council, in
March last, passed prohibitory or
dinance, and the passage of the ordi-
nance is regarded as a victory Of
those who believe in the license sys-
TEN. The ordinance provides against
harboring minors, requires a bond OF
$4,000, requires the name of the
owner of the saloon to be posted
above the door, and severe penalties
for . violation of its provisions.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

A Lawrence, Kan, dispatch states
that letter received there yester-
day from Judge Dillon announces
the decision of the United States
Circuit Court upon the celebrated
Usage coded land case in favor of the
settlers.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

In answer to letters of inquiry sent
by Governor Furnas, of Nebrasks, to
the clerk of each county Of that
State, relative to the depredations of
grasshoppers, answers have been re-
ceived showing but little corn in
that country; especially have they
taken it in the Republican Valley;
hut all letters say they do not believe
it will be necessary to send assistance
to any. Small grains are an average
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

The Jackson County Anti Monop
Congressional delegates stand Eve for
Brannan, two for Merrill, two for
Shehsn, and two for Murphy We
have never heard who Cedar county
favcrs in this matter and doubt If
she knows herself.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

another, and take the fainting hero
to the rear. Most Of the Anti. Mono
polists are sick Of the part they are
playing, and it would be . good plan
for them all to decline and start afresh
in some political scheme that is not
SO transparent . fraud.-Dar. Ga
zette.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

The Chicago Journal's New York
correspondent states that Tilton's
intended preliminariss for bringing
the Beecher case before the courts
on suit for damages, are probably .
humbug-mere Tiltonian bravado
very likely.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

Here is = pertinent note from the
National Republican: "The Demo
cratic organs are again amusing
themselves by declaring that the mis-
sion Of the Republican party has end
ed. This little piece Of pleasantly
was started exactly ten years ago.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

South Bend, Ind, had q $500, 600
conAagration Monday morning, the
extensive wagon manu.ac.c-y or S'a-
debaker Brothers being consumed.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27


The cAucuses will be held In the different
townships on Saturday, August 22d, at three
o'clock D. M, at the last place of holding the
general election, unless otherwise ordered
by the member of the committee in the
township wishing a change, public notice
having been previously given.
township caucuses, the delegates be selected
to the County Convention with view to
their participation in q Convention to NOM
mate candidate for County Supervisor
from the District to which they respectively
belong. This suggestion Is made with the
idea that such District Conventions could
easily meet apart and transact their bust
ness at the same time and place as the
County Convention, thereby saving much
time and trouble.
j. w. KYNETT,
Chm County Central Committee.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27
Republican County Convention.

party OF Cedar county will be held at the
Court House, in Upton, on SATURDAY,
AUGUST 18th, 1874. for the purpose of plac-
OF County recorder and Clerk of the District
and Circuit Courts.
The ratio of representation will be one
delegate for each township, and in addition
thereto one delegate for every fifty votes.
and one delegate for every fraction over Is
votes cast for Joseph NJ. Beck, for Judge Of
the Supreme Court, at the general election
Of 1873.
The following Is the number of delegates
to which each township il entitled In the
tnuyanfinn.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27

TILToN TO MoULToN.
Dec, 1870.
Six months ago / learned from my
wife that H. w. Beecher had dishon-
ored my home. / can bear it no Ion
ger. Bring him to me that | may
mention it to him.
T. TILToN.
MoULToN TO BRRCHER.
JAM, 1871.
Tilton thinks you have ruined his
business. Prove yourself his friend
and it viii be all right. You can
stand on the truth.
f. d. MoULToN.
BEEcHER TO TILTON.
May, 1873.
Pay to F. D. Moulton, for the ben
eft of Theodore Tilton. 5000.
FL. w. BEEcHER.
TILToN TO BEECHER.
June, 1873.
To H. w. B.-Grace, mercy, and
peace. TT.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-27
County and District Fairs.

The following is list Of some Of the
County and District Fairs in this part Of
Iowa, with the date of beginning: