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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-08-23

The boy stood on the burning deck,
Whence all but him had fed
The flames that lii the battle wreck
ShnMn round him DER the dead


Whence all but him had fed
The flames thet lii the battle wreck
shown round him DER the dead.
Owen Casabianca was native of
Corsica, on which island he WAS born
I'm the year l73s. His father was Louis
Casabianca, distinguished French
politician and naval commander, and
the friend of Napoleon. He was cap
tain al this time Of the Orient, one of
the largest vessels of the French navy,
q magnificent ship-of-war, carrying
la0 guns and 500 seamen. or Casabi-
anca's mother we know but little,
save that She was young and beauti-
full Corsican lady, and devotedly at
tached To her son. Owen was her only
child, handsome, manly little fell
low, with her beauty In his flashing
eyes and dusky hair. She died while
he was quite young, and when the
green sod was placed above her grave
the boy left the pleasant valley under
his father and tread the hard deck of a
war vessel. Mere child as he was,
Casabianca soon learned To love his
fathers dangerous calling, and be-
became favorite of all on board. He
was made midshipman, and at the
early age Of ten participated with his
f,4t ss,t nf hn 10
ship caught fire during the action.
Soon after, Casabianca, the father, was
wounded by a musket ball. Not yet
disabled, he was struck in the head
some minutes later by splinter which
laid him on the deck insensible. His
gallant son, unconscious Of the chief
tain's doom, still held his post at the
battery, where he worked like the he
TO that he was. He saw the flames
raging around him; he saw the ships
crew desertiDg him one by one, and
he was urged to flee. With courage
and coolness beyond his years, he re-
fused to desert his post. Worthy son
of Louis Casabianca, hefonght on and
never abandoned the Orient until the
whole of the immense vessel was in
flames. Then, seeking refuge on a
floating mast, he left the burning ship
behind him. But he was too late. The
final catastrophe came like the judg-
ment doom. With an explosion 80
tremendous that every ship felt 1t to
the bottom, the Orient blew upk and
from among the wreck the next m0rpu
ing was picked up the dead, mangled
body of the young hero, whose story
romance and poetry cannot make
more heroic than ii was.
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Francis Murphy.

Francis Murphy, the temperance
lecturer, recently gave To reporter
the following account Of his trial for
murder in 1869:
In 1889 ! was proprietor Of the
Bradley Hotel In Portland, Maine. On
the morning Of September Sd a party
of travellers from the boat came up Ia
my hotel for breakfast. After they
had washed up and gone into break
fast. found one of them remained In
the office, aud sat with his face In his
hands. | asked him Ii he wasn't go-
ing into breakfast, and he said he had
no money. l told him to 20 In ana
get break fast, and he would be ali
right. He said he didn't feel well and
would like glass of liquor, and CAV,
1t to him. saw from his face that he
was recovering from debauch. He
told me that his name was Murray.
that he was tailor, penniless and =
stranger. | felt sorry for him. and
told him if he would avoid drink ana
get work I'd trust him for week.
board. He seemed grateful aud soon
got work in q tailor shop. Two day.
af.erward, unknown to me, he began
TO drink, he insulted lady boarder NJ
supper, and after supper when she
was going to her room attempted "a
outrage her. My clerk rescued her
and ran up stairs and took hold az
Murray to get him down stairs. H.
resisted some, but l got him down To
a landing eleven steps from the floor.
when he tried to throw me over the
balusters, but failed, and l threw him
over. He didn't seem hurt. and
started to come up stairs again. buf /
forced him back. called a policeman
and had him taken to the station
house. That night he was very sicL
A medical examination showed that
there was slight fracture ofthe sknlI
and in few days the poor fellow died
! was tried for murder and was con-
victed Of manslaughter.
In the first place there was n prea,
rivalry between Frye, the prosecntor
and Shepiey, my counsel, and FRYE
would do anything to beat Sheplev
In the second place, people believed
Murray got liquor at my place. and
they were fanatical enough to helieva
that liquor-seller ought to be hanged
The fact Is, Murray never had q dron
OF liquor In my house except the glass
l gave him the first morning. NV
case was appealed and was let ont
on bail, Shepley being my bondsman
by permission Of the court, though IL
WAS contrary to usage. But the charpt.
OF murder hung over me. All nv
property had gone to defray the ex.
penses of my trial. My family was in
poverty. l was in despair and took
to drinking. had always drunk some
but had not previously been dissi.
pated. Three weeks after 1 got out of
Jail my wife died. That threw me In
greater misery, and l drank more.
drank to such excess that nv friends
had to put me back In jail as q place OF
safety. While thare Chaplain Sturt .
evant visited the jail and held reIig
lous services. and was converted.
The result Of my appeals was that /
was sent to thirty days imprisonment.
After got out Of Jail Mr.. VIM. Deer.
Ing, now of Chicago. befriended me
and induced me to quit liquor and lead
useful life. Pretty soon after / was
released went into this Temperance
work"
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A Comedy Of Errors.

Here Is an amusing comedy OF errors
with Partisan edge: Mime. de v.
was very jealous, and determined to
watch her husband. One day he told
her he was going D Versailles, and
when he went out she put on her bon
net and followed him. She kept him
in sight until he turned into a passage
which shortened the way TO the rail
way station, where she missed him.
She stood for q few minutes in the pas.
sage looking about, and suddenly saw
u man coming out of a giove-shop with
q rather overdressed lady. From the
distance she made sure that the man
was her husband, and without word
Of warning she gave him three or four
sounding boxes on the ear. When the
gentleman turned around to confront
his assailant, she perceived that she
had made u mistake. and at the same
moment she caught sight of her h,ls-
band, who had replenished his cigar
case at a tohacconist's, and was cross
ing the street. What could she do "
1t goes without saying that she tainted
In the arms of the stranger whose ears
she boxed, while the other lady ran
off AS fast "a she could to avoid scam
dal. The stranger, who was come
dian, was astonished to find an un-
known lady in his arms; and, while
his ears were still tingling from her
blows, he was again startled. A gen.
tleman collared him. and shaking him
roughly asked him what he meant by
embracing lady in the street. "Why,
she boxed my ears and tainted ~
screamed the actor. "She is my wife" +"
shouted the irate husband, land would
never have struck you without cause!"
The infuriated gentleman shook their
fists until the lady, who had been car
ried into shop, recovered sufficient
" to tell how it had happened.
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Back along the drift we darted amid
sounds never TO he forgotten and such
as have seldom stunned mortal ears.
All about us was in motion--all rapid
ly sinking.
Bonner led the way across the cham
Der we had left few moments before.
In corner on the east side the light
of his lantern showed the mouth of a
DRIFT, toward which he was Fastening.
Hardly was there time to observe this
before he held up his lantern, crying,
Back. backr' and, with rumhling
crash, the mouth Of the drift closed,
and the ground before and about it be-
gan to disappear.
Quick" cried Bonner. grasping
our arm and hurrying Us along. ITO
the drift again. 1t isour only ehance.a
into thedrift we once more darted.
Squeezing our way between the crack
ing posts, we reached the place where
we had before been stopped. Though
SiuSuSu toSStHSi III tuS ihIUuic. bucIt
was still small space between the
posts at the bottom.
Throwing himself flat on the floor Of
the drift, Bonner pushed his lantern
through the opening. then, by almighty
effort, pushed through after 1t. He
seemed an hour in passing, though he
probably wriggled through in less than
ten seconds. Our fear that he would
tick fast was ayoniziny.
"Quick!" Give me your hand.
Leave your lantern." shonted Bon
ner the moment he was through.
Instantly we were down aud both
hands through the opening. In about
two seconds we We're Hauled through
as a hunter pulls a squirrel out of its
skin. A short dash took ua to the main
tunnel and rs we gained it, Bonner
fervently exclaimed, Safe at last,
thank God.'
We were about to make similar ut
terance, when Bonner thrust his lam
tern into the mouth of the drift, cry
ing, Look, look! There she goes 7"
and. as he spoke, down went the shat
tering portion of the drift, breaking
away 10 within fifteen feet of where
we were standing.
Let Us 60" said we: the whole
mountain is fa!ling"'
''All is sound here" said Bonner.
'.Iet | don't care u remain longer.
Had known what we We're getting in
to should never have passed through
this erumbiing drift. However. All
is well that ends well, and you have
seen and heard what you will prob
ably neither see nor hear again, should
you remain in the mines all yourlife.' y
It was rather lively bit OF under
ground experience.-I, Virginia Ner.)
Territorial Enterprise.
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BDack Hills Character.

Correspondence Of the Troy IN. 70 Times.]
OF saloons there Is an unlimited
number, ditto of gambling houses,
where all the various games are played
night and day, the principal attrac-
tions being lady faro-dealers and brass
bands. Each of these hell-holes Is
well supplied with some OF the best
cappers in the country. Many Of them
are old timers, Montana cracksmen
and Others who have killed their man
and come here for safety. Among the
well known banco steers we have Pam
cake Bill, who has "broken" many a
mans heart; Mysterious Jimmy, the
dice-thrower Laughing Sam, who
moves around town by daylight
searching for his victim, aud when
night COMES invariably has two or
three captured; Ten-Die Brown, the
three-card monte player. and Wiry
Jack, his feeder; and the boss of them
all Is Nutshell Bill, who is considered
the best three-card monte player in
the business; and, strange to say, but
true, Nutshell Bill was born in Troy,
n. Y. In writing Of these characters,
1t reminds me of J. B. Hicock. better
known as Wild Bill, who came here
from Cheyenne last July, and was as
sassinated on the ID Of August by
Jack Mccall. At the time Bill was
killed he was sitting at table in the
Bella Union bar-rooln, playing cards,
when Mccall sneaked IN at the door,
drew his revolver behind Bills back
and shot him through the head, say
ing, Damn yon, take that" Mccall
tried to escape, but was caught and
tried before a frightened jury and was
found not guilty. As soon rs he was
acquitted he went to Cheyenne and
made several boasts Of what he had
done, and Bills friends had him taken
to Yankton, ID. t., for new trial,
where he was found guilty and hung.
Mccall made two excuses for commit
ting the cowardiy deed. One that he
was hired to do 1t by q Texas party,
and the other that Bill had killed his
brother some years ago in Kansas.
Wild Bills buried here ON the
side Of the hill, and the only mark his
grave has Is rough pine stick, with q
! lead-pencil inscription Of"Wild Bill. y
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Ifthere is one thing In tbis world
worse thar another, ttsns one ching il
a wicked woman. Civil and military
ohicials At Braidwood agree that shey
would rather meet the striking MI
ners. armed to the teeth, than meet
ten striking women-those strappine
big Welsh and Bohemian women.
each one capable Of ofknocking out OF
time halfa dozen men. A person
whom Fourth Readers and sentimen-
tal historians delight In calling Joan
Of Arc at one time went to war and
fought as her soldiers fought. But
not SO with the Braidwood women.
They make slungshets by stitching
large stone In the toe Of q long.
strong stocking, and with plenty Of
stones in their aprons and in bags
hung at their sides. they go forth to
do or die principally do, as many OF
finkerton's men can testify. and thar
"Sheriff7s possen will readily swear
10. They have passions as wild and
ss mean rs anything human can pos
sibly be. They gather in mobs of 100
or $50, seize bakers wagon, butch
er's cart or milk wagon, and In less
than a shake Of lambs tail they
clean 1t out, and tanntingly request
the frightened tradesman to call again.
They are perfectly fearless, and would
rather fight than eat, and will travel
until they are footsore seeking for q
chance to throw stone at some ha-
man thing not striking miner. w.
learn that rumors are plenty in Braid
wood that the women intend to poi-
son the troops, and II the troops are
not constantly on the lookout they
will succeed, too. Nothing seems too
great or too hazardous for these ANA
IONS of the Mines to attempt. A GER
tain young fellow who has been act
ing as Deputy Sheriff at the mines
for several months, says: Il would
rather meet the devil, and he with a
two-prong fork, bent on my destruc-
tion, than to meet one of those women
with blood in her eye. At night none
Of US ever felt safe, and we never knew
when stone would come whizzing
along and light right near fellow.
don't want any more of it in mine.n
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American Goods In England.
from the london World, July a5th.

From the London World, July 25th.)
One day last week a correspondent
of the Times brought great discovery
to the notice of that journal In the fol-
lowing letter: II CHANGED lately to
go into village shop where cotton
goods are sold. On the counter lay a
large piece OF cotton cloth or calico. on
which was stamped al eagle on q
rock, occupying ten inches with the
words: This cloth was made In Amer
lea > and a second piece, also Amer
lean, with the name Of an English
firm as agent, both u penny yard
cheaper than the English Of the same,
of rather inferior quality" We must
say that it takes our ''enterprising"
daily contemporaries a long time TO find
out what is going on In our own coun-
try. Nothing more important has ev-
er happened in the history Of English
trade than the threatened displace-
ment o. our cotton manufactures by
those Of America. Yet we have for
months looked in vain for a word in
the leading journals on the subject.
Piece-goods from the Lonsdale Mills,
of New York State, are now sold In
every town ia England at u lower
price and better quality than English
goods of q nominally corresponding
grade. Il not the falling of of our
Lancashire trade very mysterious
People who go about the world .vith
their eyes shut think that tits. The
fact is that the Americans are beating
us In our field-a fact which it may
take the political economists and city
editors long time to digest. but which,
unfortunately, will soon be brought
home to us all by the spectacle of
thousands of workingmen thrown per-
manently out of employment, and the
hopeless paralysis Of a chief source OF
our commercial prosperity. The dis
aster might still be warded off if our
manufacturers would only bestir them
selves to meet and dislodge their RI
walls, but they are told by the city ed
itor of the Tines and other authori-
ties that 1t "is only passing cloud -
and although they have been told the
same thing for three or four years, and
the cloud has not passed, yet they go
on believing it, and presently will be
rudely shaken out Of the FOOLS para
disc in which they have been slum-
bering. We repeatedly told the pub
lie last year in these columns that
American manufactured cotton could
be bought better and cheaper in Lon.
don than tho products Of the Lanca.
shire mills. 1t has taken the 7insea
till July, 1877, to find out the same
piece Of news. How long will take our
contemporary TO apprehend its full
meaning and significance?
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Communicated.
Impressions Of Ida County. .

Leaving Clarence not long since on
the early morning train we sped over
the road and soon found ourselt
at Cedar Rapids, where We me
Mr.. Flanagan, an old resident of Ce-
dar county, and rs our train stopped
for breakfast at this place we had OPP
portunity of looking for n brief space
at the town. Cedar Rapids is i'm
proving wonderfully, and at present
some magnificent buildings are being
erected. After leaving the Rapids moth
ing of note occurred to break the usual
routine Of railroad travel.
As our train plunged into Carroll
county We noticed the first grasshop-
pers, and as our train sped on they
rose in clouds from both sides OF the
track, showing us that they were real
ly there in great numbers.
In Carroll we met a number Of the
former citizens of Clarence. Court
was In session, and II. w. Macomber
was engaged in trying a case. Stayed
In Carroll that night and took the 4
o'clock train the next morning for
Dennison, Crawford county. Four
miles west of Carroll We came to Ma
pie Valley Junction where branch
road starts out leading up into and
through Ida county. A splendid two
story depot has been erected here, and
this place in time is destined to make
nice town.
Two hours travel brought Us to
Dennison where we had the pleasure
Of meeting Mr.. and Mrs. Bray and
Miss Mary and Libbie Bray, all of
Clarence. Dennison is a thriving
town of some 1900 inhabitants, build
ing up rapidly, and is the county seat
of Crawford county. From here we
went to Ida the county seat of Ida
county. 1t is thirty miles from Dem
nison north to Ida. immediately on
leaving ID. we found ourselves among
hills and hollows. This county Is
very lOuuk, 0Hu ySS eAihh hohS Va
it but what is tillable land. Crops all
along our road were In good condition,
and although but q small part Of the
land il under cultivation, yet such ~
it is, shows what Crawford and Ida
counties will do in future years.
After travelling, think, IS miles
we passed into Ida county, which is
rolling enough, yet not nearly ~
much 30 as Crawford county. Crops
here are in splendid condition, and
in the near future Ida county will take
rank with the best in the State. ad-
NIT it is little too rolling, yet con-
slider it far ahead Of Greene and Car
roll, IA they are too much the other way
too fiat. Late in the afternoon we came
into the Odebole Valley and passed
along it to the town Of Ida. The railroad
] Jisgraded at least ten miles beyond Ida,
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A correspondent Of the C0uutry
Geastenaan says, there is no such dis.
ease as Black Teeth In pigs Of any age
or condition, being like wolf In the
tail, and hollow horn, &C., and has i.s
origin In the imagination of men
who deal In and recommend never
fail remedies. This age is too enlight-
ened for any common-sense man, or
men to talk such nonsense.
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Take common starch and puiverize
with the blade Of knife; every time
the hands are taken from water, wine
them, and while vet damp rub . por-
tion Of the starch over them. The ef.
feet is magical
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An old Marquesen chief. on being
told BY a missionary that in heaven
there was no war, or hunger, or thirst
or sickness, Or death: That will be q
good place for towards and lazy folks,
who are afraid to fight and too lazy to
climb bread-fruit and cocoanut trees.
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Exchange Office.

CI sHT DRAFTS ON NEW YORK ANn
- CHICAGO, for any required amount can
s. procured OF the subscriber. Also, Bills
Of Exchange. IN Rvttish sterling, on Eng.
land or ireland.
Certincates Of Deposit and Bank Drafts on
New York. PhilAdelphia, 0stOn or Chicago
aahed, and Government Securities pur.
chased.
Paasaxe Tickets from Liverpool. London.
a ,rry OF Glasgow to New York. or Clarence
{ rnlshedo on moderate terms.
-7'FTTTT WI WIN. VI. TuTHILL.
Upton, Iowa. Sept ist. 1870.
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Physicians.
c. CuAMRERS. N. D.,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, has pRAe-
il ticed twenty i've years In this vicinity
and need only ask = continuance Of the pub
NcCOnndenOe hitherto shown.
Once In City Drug Store. Residesee on
Jsdar St., opposite Reformed ehu urcA, Ttp&On
lows. v9e0l
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rs. GARRISON,

A rTORNEY At LAW and Notary Public,
"A Real Estate aud Insurance Agent.
Money to loan in sums of from one fhous-
and to 1--WE thousand dollars, on long time.
Collections promptly made.
AnI0 CLARENcE, Iowa.
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SYLVANUS YATES.
ATTORNEY At LAW,
Upton, Iowa.
G. ORCUTT.

DEAL ESTATE and Brokerage Agent,
n Durant, Iowa. Attends personally
and prom pity To the buying and selling 0f
real estate on comm lssion, renting houses
and farms. Best of references given.
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Attorneys.

y.,P. FERGUSON,
4 TrORNEY At LAW, Real Estste and
n Insurance Agent.
Once Mt the Post-office.
3nW Clarence, Iowa.
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An. srxRRErr.

TTORNEY AT LAW aud Notary Public
n Has q complete set Of Abstracts Of the
Real Estate OF Ce lar County
once Oh 5th 81. west OF Cl y Drug store.
2lnl Triton. Iowa.
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WILLIAM p. WOLF, sANFORD v,
WOLF 4 LANDT,

ATT0RNEYS AT LAW. TIPTON. IOWA.
Once In Reichert's new building. M stairs
Entrance through City Hall building. s6
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Il q PIArr, S# He. CARR.
@#NN PlATT Il CARR,
rrORNEYs ATLAw. Collections made
n on rsasonable terma. Abstracts of
Land Titles. Af ~
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"a Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and In
struction.1
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The leading articles in Harper's Weekly Ola
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