The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-08-26

vicissitudes Of the days that followed
that event both at home and in the
field Its representation of army
life is true and good, and there are
many stalking situations both Sc
rious and comical. The play will be
given at the City Hall on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday evenings
of next week. We had intended
giving the cast OF characters here
with, but find ourselves cramped for
space and therefore refer to the small
bills, which also contain synopsis
OF incidents and events.
PERsoSAL.-Mr. and Mrs. r. w.
Starr arrived in Upton from Chicago
on Friday evening last.
w. H. Stewart, Esq, Of Muscatine,
the paternal ancestor Of Mark, the
boot and shceist, was in town last
week visiting.
Miss Sarah Shaffer started on
Tuesday of this week for Sacramento
City, California.
Hon. J. @. Tufts and II. s. Nor
gridge, of Pennington township, were
in town Tuesday on business con.
nected with Circuit Court now in
session.
Mr.. Fred G. James, as we under
stand late graduate from the law
department of the State University,
and young man of excellent char
acter, has hung out his single at
Clarence as Attorney at Law.
Prof. II. II. Freer of Cornell Col
lege, having concluded his labors
here in connection with the Teachers
| Normal Institute. returned to his
home on Friday evening last, bear
ing with him the good wishes of
many friends, both old and new.
J.E. Stevenson, Of the Wilton
Herald, was in town Monday and
paid the ADVERTISER Office kindly
visit.
S. l.. Smith has gone to West
Branch to hang out his law single.
Mr.. Smith can do well for himself
and we hope he will succeed in do
ing it there.
Mr.. Thomas Mahoney, long time
and very well known resident of this
place, died at his residence Tuesday
forenoon, August oath, at the age OF
81 years.
Messrs. j. G.. Prescott. of Durant
Jno. Bell of Cover, and E. L. Cook
of Springdale were also in town
Tuesday.
Geo. B. Young, Esq, of Clinton,
Hon. w. E. Leffingwell of Lyons,
and A. b. Oakley of Mechanicsrille,
have been brought hthcr this week
by court business.
Jesse James greeted numerous
friends on our streets Tuesday.
Col. J. NJ. May. of Cedar Rapids,
is in town.
VIM. Baker of Rochester, and
Judge Leech of Sugar Creek, an
swered to roll call at the county seat
Tuesday.
Miss Dora Miller returned last
week from visit of some months in
Pennsylvania.
Geo. Mcleod and J. p. Ferguson,
of Clarence, aud ESQ. Mcclellan of
West Branch, paid Upton and Cir.
cult Court their respects Yesterday.
Will R. Edgar left yesterday for a
trip westward on the c., r. |. 4 P.
railway. He goes with a view to
changing his location permanently,
which we sincerely hope he may con-
clude not to do.
Matilda Fletcher. the Iowa lady
whose efforts in the lecture field have
been attended with such Aattering
success, is at the Fleming House,
where she arrived last Friday. Her
coming here was partially the result
Of accident, but being here she has
Welded to solicitations to speak,
which will be her first appearance in
public for several months. Tuesday
evening she delivered the opening
address at the York Prairie Sabbath
School Convention. Last evening
she lectured in the NJ. +. church here
on "Men of Good WILL" and will
probably follow with two other lee
lures on Thursday and Friday even
ings. She will embrace this oppor-
tunity to do something toward intro
ducing to the notice of parents,
Sabbath school teachers aud school
officers her new book, practical
Ethics" kind of text book by
which some important lessons in
moral and mental science are pre-
pared for the grasp of the youthful
mind. The book is considered by
the best judges as an admirable at
tempt to occupy neglected bu,
valuable field of instruction.