The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-10-01

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They have actually sc:r:.s:S :
Chinaman Of murder IN Nevada. The
rule has been to cosviot John O anv
charge brought against him.
The Iowa State Fair is grand sac-
cess. The show Of stock i said q
be the best ever Witnessed IN the
West.
Washington made it . rule in his
household never to permit any one
to speak Of sickness, death or caIam-
ity. 1t is well that he died before the
modern newspapers.
Six men recently caught one thou
sand pounds Of trout in one day from
. Montana stream. The story must
be true, because the six fishermen
say SO.
An exchange says: The strongest
feature of the horticultural show is
is the onions. Some of the big fel-
lows make your eyes and mouth wat
cr.
The only thing that il bothen
grasshopper to swallow is four leg
ged table. A we'll developed hopper
can worry il down, but the legs tickle
his throat.
Cape Cod cares nothing pow about
Butler and his fortunes, for the
worms have killed the cranberry crop
there, and the people have lost oil in
terest in the future.
A New York newsboy who said
"Thank you" to a stranger, Was re-
warded with a dollar, and now oil the
boys say the sane. However, if they
all fail to get the dollar, they add,
"You stingy old cuss, you.
A clergyman's cat in Massachusetts,
has been showing symptoms Of natur-
al depravity. Having given birth to
seven kittens, and two Of them being
black, the depraved animal removed
the black sheep and utterly refused
to take any notice Of them. Such !
state Of political feeling among cats
should not be encouraged.
Owing to the extraordinary drought
Of the past summer, y perfect epidem-
ic has broken out among the fishes in
different parts of Europe. At As
nieres, on the Seine, in the vicinity
Of Oxford, in many parts of Ireland,
the fish have been nearly all destroy
ed.
English doctors are not permitted
to practice in Chill without first un-
dergoing an examination in the Span
ish language. The Chilians pretend
to greater knowledge Of medicine
than any other nation. Rather chill
ly place for a deputy saw-bones to
emigrate to.
A cave at Brighton is now the
fashionable thing in England. In
these caves are found planes, settees,
gas. furniture, books, knick-knacks,
sufficient to call forth recollection Of
the Arabian Nights Entertainments.
The Russian government offers to
exempt the Mennonites from military
service, and only require their a,ten-
dance in hospitals, if they will remain
in that country. Some Of them will
accept.
The dedication of the Lincoln mon
ument will take place At Springfield,
ILL.,, on the 18th of October, the day
appointed for the reunion Of the Ar
my OF the Tennessee. The various
railroads have reduced their fares,
and great gathering is anticipated.
A company is being formed At Des
Moines to build narrow gauge rail-
road from that city to St. Louis, lay.
ing third rail on the Indianola
branch OF the Rock Island road, thence
by easy grades through Charlton to
Moulton. S. II. Mallory,a prominent
builder and former chief engineer Of
the b. and NJ, is taking hold Of the
project.
A Lincoln, Neb., dispatch says
"The Charley Ross captured hero
proves, rs might have been expected,
10 be hoax. The man who had the
boy in charge refused to 60 to Phil
adelphia, and was brought before the
Police Judge here, on charge Of kid
mapping. A lengthy trial was had,
resulting in the discharge Of the pri-
soner, Brown. He proved the boy
to belong to him, aud that he was
raised in Wisconsin, subsequently,
lived in Kansas, aud that he was run.
ming away from his wife because he
oouldn's live peaoeab'y with her. The
boy bears u close resemblance to the
picture Of Charley Ross, but all
doubts are removed