The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-07-09
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FELL The novelty was not expe~
last month.
Ms. Cameron, wife Of Ssnasos
Cameron, died 4t Harrisburg, Pa, On
the 18th nh.
A railroad i being constructed in
Wisconsin with maple rails, ct cost
of $l5 per 1000 feet.
And now comes the conundrum.
Why is mosquito like charity? Be-
cause it begins to hum.
Queen Victoria recently refused 70
admit to one Of her receptions lady
who had been legally divorced.
The Louisiana planters, who hoped
70 make 5000 hogshesds Of sugar
this year, now only expect to save
seed.
Sixteen hundred millions Of gold
have been dug out on the Pacific
coast during twenty-five years Of
mining.
The elephant, like the whale, is
diving out. In India he il becoming
almost rs rare as the red deer in
England.
Between her ruff and the white
frill inside her hat, the fashionable
belle peeps out like chicken coming
out Of the shell.
In the United States there are
twenty-six counties and 245 towns
named after the great and good faith
er Of his country.
There is a startling falling OF in
trade in New York city, in dry goods
and boots and shoes, and ship-bv
ing is almost entirely gone.
The farmers in Illinoi. are import
ing Norman horses. The animals are
heavily built, and are especially
adapted for agricultural purposes.
Chicago boasts that nearly seven
ty-hve thousand souls have been
added to its population within year.
Another prison will be necessary
soon.
California is distressed about its
prolific multiplying Of bees, fearing
that the yield Of honey will be SO
great that no market can be found
for il.
The Women's Temperance Con-
vention at Springfield, ILL.,, has adopt
ed constitution, and also resolu-
tion to continue the crusade by street
praying.
A Mclean county (Ill.) farmer says
. flock Of ducks will keep . potato
patch clean of bugs. He fattens his
ducks and raises his potatoes At the
same time.
The steeage fare on one of the
principal lines Of European steamers
is now reduced to els, or about 81
per day, which is cheaper than stay
ing at home.
The Cherokee Qowa) Times re-
ports hot blast Of wind passing over
Cedar township lately, scorching tho
leaves Of the trees as If they had
been touched by 6re.
A new counterfeit 5O-cent note has
made its appearance in Boston, and
the public is eravely advised to be
on its guard, as it Is impossible to
distinguish the false stamp from the
true.
The Western grasshoppers arc go-
ing to be starved to death. A red
headed bug has made ito appearance,
which eats up the young grain plants
before the grasshopper can get
chance.
Coal of the best quality, existirg
in quantities sufficient to meet al
demands for many years, has recent
ly been discovered in Japan. This
is certainly result Of no mean inn
pIsN0hNCs
Duchess Of Oneida, two-year old
heifer, purchased by w. J. Alexan-
der at the New York Mills sale last
fall for $4,000, died on the Alexan-
der Farm, Woodford county, Of pneu-
monia, lately.
A shad was caught in Lake st.
Croix, at Stillwster, Minn., . few
days ago. Much importance is At
tached to this, as II is supposed to
have grown from one Of the little
ones placed in the Mississippi two or
three years ago.
According to a local journal, the
rattlesnakes in the knobs of Lincoln
county, KY, have formed acorner"
in water, and the supply Of some fam
lilies is cut off. They gather in large
numbers around the springs and suf-
fer no one to approach.