The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-07-19

is there such thing as county
politics:
Nice shower Sunday night laid
the dust.
Cigars and tobacco, best brands,
at Stevens.
Ed. Stevens sold 40 gallons of ice
cream Friday.
You will find good meals at Ste
vens' Restaurant.
Wallace wants to see you. Call at
the City Clothing Store.
-. NJ. Rider, Of the Wilton Review,
was in town last Friday.
County Normal Institute COM
mences the last Monday in July.
Fresh lime at Will Young's Store,
opposite City Hall, Upton. Iowa. 3ml6
Remember that Casad & Gilmore
have fine stock of clothing of first
quality,
Mfr. Cosby, of the Clarence Gazette,
looked in and reported progress on
Monday.
Choice Confectionery, fruit and
nuts at Ed. Stevens, Just north of Pal
mer House.
The tramp has arrived, and some
of him really looks as if lie would
work. Will he?
DO not forget that the most deli
cious ice cream is always on hand Mt
Stevens restaurant.
The cabbage and cucumber are
abroad, and the DIR. is compromising
his cholera mixture.
Watches. clocks, jewelry and sill
ver-ware sold very low at City Drug
Store. Give us a call.
-"All flesh is grass" and all life
insurance companies are well, what
are they" Ask Chris!
What can you do SO sensible IA to
buy good clothing. which is always
the cheapest, at Casad 4 Gilmore's.
Plenty of good brick on hand at
all times at VIM. Kettells brick yard,
one mile southwest of Upton. slnl5
Singer sewing machines entirely
new and warranted forone year for So
regular price S75-for sale at Hicks
Bazaar. l9wll
If you can't get on the greenback
platform, you can always get good
clothing for greenbacks at Casad &
Gilmore's.
Geo. Fraseur delivered carload
of corn at the Upton depot Tuesday,
bought by Simmons & Nordhaus. of
Stanwood.
Letter and note heads in covers
and with blottcrs-two patents COM
bined-for sale i'm Cedar county only
at this office.
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. NJ. Kirk, Of Iowa
City, have recently met with great af-
Fiction in the death of their youngest
child from scarlet fever.
"A single up-river steamboat car
ried 200 harvest hands" one day
last week. About lOO disembarked at
Muscatine, and more at Davenport.
A gentleman in town mourned his
horse as stolen all day last Sunday;
but, come to find out, one Of the boys
had started off very early in the morn
ing.
j. f. Boynton and wife, of TT.
Dodge, spent Sabbath with relations
in Upton. 80" returned Monday,
while Mrs. Ii. remains for longer
visit.
The reported failure Of the Charter
Oak Life Insurance Company will, if
confirmed, prove severe loss to a
good many citizens of Upton and vi
entity.
HILLARY Mahany thinks the plan
Of catching base ball on the end of
his nose Is not decided success. 1t
takes too many splints to keep it the
nose in proper shape.
In another column, Mr.. Miller
describes the hopper catching process
in Cherokee county. Ii they were
only fond Of grasshopper meat out
there, boarding would be cheap.
Mrs. Martha Bagley, an old and
long time resident Of Upton and Ce-
dar county. but now living in Illinois,
is a. present visiting here, together
with her son Will and her daughters.
Go to Staninger's at City Drug
Store, and examine the best watch
that il made in the world for the mon
ey. \ new thing-qnick train and
perfect time. 1t won't cost q cent to
look at them.
We hear that inducements have
been offered Mr.. Woods to remove to
Iowa City and take permanent charge
Of a band there. If accepted, this
would be Il very bad thing for our
nifty" little band.
Our school Board went abroad to
fill the remaining vacancies in the
corps of public school teachers-elect-
ing Miss Latham, Of Vermont, to the
North Primary, and Miss Human, of
Clinton county, to the South Primary.
That new front in Wallace's City
Clothing Store improves the looks
wonderfully, but Wallace is going to
start East in a few davs for stock Of
new goods which will improve the
inside more than the new front does
the outside.
Without consulting anybody or
anything, except his own feelings in
the premises, II Cedar county teacher
Of long standing sends us an article
regarding the County Superintendent
cy, which we publish in another col
umn in accordance with his request.
We received card from Prof.
Miller, Principal Of Bayiles' Mercan-
tile College, at keokuk, stating that