The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-09-27
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In Carroll county, 1850 gopher. and
squirrels have been killed since Nav
first.
From 10000 to 80, 600 acres OF wild
land will be converted into farms In
Shelby county this season.
A blind impostor named g. w. Col
Inns, has been doing Davenport. His
blindness was only blind.
A convict from Harrison county on
his way to the penitentiary, was taken
sick and died in the Jail at Cedar
Rapids, Sunday night.
A grand potato-paring match will
be one of the features Of the Union
Fair Association to be held at villisaa.
Montgomery county, commencing
October Cd.
At the late term Of the District
court in Muscatine, fifteen saloon
keepers of that city were found guilty
of selling whisky, and fined from s85
to $40 respectively--most Of them $50.
From May /, 1876, to May 1, 1877,
the brewers Of Iowa sold ls2, 2l9 barrels
of beer, the government tax on which
was 81 per barrel. Estimating the
population Of Iowa at q million and
half, it makes about s. per year spent
by every man, woman and child In
the State.
Morris Harrington, of Muscatine,
who suffered some scratches and
bruises i'm the late railroad accident
near Des Moines, was paid $50 In
money, besides expenses and his doc
tors bill. by the c. r. I. 4 p. r. r. Co.
Harrington has gone off on another
trip, says the Muscatine Journal.
Paul and Olga Batzel were married
in Russia, lived in Davenport, and
secured divorce In New York. She
had inherited 10000 roubles, 1000 of
which Paul spent before they were
married. She was awarded counsel
fee and IS a week alimony.
Mr.. VIM. Coy, a Waverly miller,
fell through the floors of his Touring
mill distance of thirty feet, Tuesday
last, breaking leg and otherwise
injuring himself. He was fieshy
man. weighing about 200 pounds.
Near Elkader last Tuesday night
John Joster was called out of his house
and horribly mangled by some un-
known assassin with q corn cutter.
Joster will die. The villain then set
fire to q barn filled with grain and
hay, valued at $1,000.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific Railroad Company has instituted
proceedings against thirty homestead
ers in Shelby county for lands now
occupied by them, and also for dama-
ges against each party, ranging from
$500 to $500.
The Iowa City Republican says:
"Charles Ball, ayoung man of IL
years, who lived near Riverside, while
out in the pasture trying to catch
his horses was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. Two horses
were killed at the same time.
An old man, 20 years of age, passed
through Dubuque last Wednesday on
his way to ST. Paul, from Titusville,
Pa. He was accompanied by his
grandson. and had driven In q light
covered wagon. drawn by dilapida-
ted pony, having been six weeks ON
the way.
The Marshalltown Times breaches a
long sermon as follows: "High-toned
ladies roll about the streets in splen-
did carriages drawn by high-priced
horses; richly jeweled hands jingle
the keys of costly pianos; and hum
dreds of ladies daintily lift their EN-.
broidered skirts over the dusty thresh.
olds Of seven churches while we'll
clothed ministers Of the gospel preach
and pray-and ut the same time u
poor German woman, with three faith
erless children, Is permitted to famish
and become speechless from hunger
in the prblic square. Consistency,
thou art circus bill"
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