The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-15
FROM CLARENCE.

Glow do you like our new preacher"
Chas. Brown, the banker is once more
with US.
Let Monarty cut your hair Ia skin
Fred Hecht, merchant, is sporting in
Nebraska
Geo. II. Wadsworth is buying sheep
and cattle in Missouri.
II. G. Coe drives the finest carriage in
town.
Miss Haight gives her music lessons at
l.ouden on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
G. ID. Evans and Son, arc selling 4
vast amount of agricultural implements.
DIR. Sturdevant has removed his den
tai rooms over Mcnibbin's dry good
store.
DIR. Carothers, Of the Wheatland News,
stepped trippingly off the train Friday
night.
off week from Saturday.
He sold over twenty-five Of his Attic
Expeditions here-that book agent.
Miss Ida Grimes party was the occa-
sion of pleasant gathering last We'd
nesday evening.
"Brougham" has made one thousand
five hundred dollars this season. Then
there are the sweep. stakes at the Fairs,
you know.
Crocker's blacksmith who broke his
leg some time ago is now out on crutch-
eS.
1t will cost fifty dollars to revive
Queen Esther" The Clarencian
stars wish to travel They think Lou
den and Olin would like to hear them.
W. I. Stubs, principal of the high
school, is travelling with his wife and
daughter in Maine.
Miss Seberllng.a sister of Mrs Grimes,
and Miss Shaffer. both of Allentown,
Penn, arrived here last Friday.
Miss May Hinkle, formerly teacher in
the high school, late of Goshen, Illinois,
is now stopping at the residence Of Mr..
Wright.
Chas. Gilbert and family start for
Scribner, Nebraska, next week. We
wish them happiness in their new home.
l. l.. Robbins, the spirltualist exposer,
closed two nights engagement in Sim
mons hall Wednesday evening.
s. Phelps and son have nearly com
pleted their barn. Joshua Smith is
building one of the best barns in town.
Since school closed Mr. Griffin has
been working "the boys" on his Usage
grounds, two and halt miles from town.
The plants look fine and the boys say
they have gay times "out there"
Clarence can't live without band, and
the boys that are to blow the horns can't
play unless they own them. The instru-
ments now wanting will cost over two
hundred dollars.
The "Virginians" held Simmons hall
Friday evening and gave one Of the
best entertainments OF the season. II
they had repeated the programme Sat
urday they would have had full house.
Last Friday night Literary Society
was inaugurated at the school house,
WIN. Gibbin was elected President; Miss
Frater Vice President and Miss Clara
Coe, Secretary The first bill that is
brought before the lights by these liter
airy people will be noticed
The latest episode in the law business
happened on Monday. II was the re,
suit Of little unpleasantness between
Mr.. Gottrell, of the firm of Bent and Cot
trell, bankers, and VIM. Hancock, livery
man. Mr. Wolf acted for the defendant
and Mcleod d Ferguson, for the com
pla:nant The testimony of the witness
showed that Hancock had threatened to
snoot the complainant many times, hence
the cause OF the trial. Hancock claim
cd that Cottrell had done him a great
wrong; that he had forged some of his
papers and but u few hours before the
trial had told the complainant that If
"he ever denied it he would put a bullet
through him Mr.. Cottrell was the
only witness that was recalled He tes-
titled that he had never touched the pa
pers--some of them spoken of had nev.
er seen. Hancock was placed under one
thousand dollar bonds At the time
this manuscript goes to mail he has
found no bondsmcn. SRAEsUs