The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-06-07
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No less than 10000 acres OF wheat
have been sown In Bremcr county
this year.
Base ball il more alive. or less dead,
in Clinton than in any other town ~
the State.
The water works committee OF keo-
kuk will report in favor Of the Cedar
Rapids plan.
The lead mining business In the VI
entity Of Dubuque Il unusually pros
porous at present.
Cedar Rapids and Creston each claim
Ia have secured Bob" Ingersoli's or
atorical services for the ith Of July.
4 Greenhack convention will he
held i'm Dies Moines, July Ill. Got up
probably. in the interest Of the hotel
keepers.
An excursion OF about 400 ladies and
gentlemen Of Muscatise went down
to Burlington on the Diamond Joe on
Tuesday.
A Butler county farmer. Geo. Wells
by name, has J, io9 acre pasture lot.
in which are now running l.sn steers
and 500 hogs.
Over tire. thousand children of the
Public Schools turned out. on Decora-
ton Day, in Burlington. and marched
in the procession.
A young lady astonished Waverly
merchant by inquiring for pair OF
Congregational CATERS. He didn't
have any in stock.
Ottumwa Courier, -: Ii this
weather holds good until the first OF
June, there will be big crop of corn
plarted IN this section.
The rifles cheerful crack will be
heard in Davenport June 246, when
the annual schutzenfest Of the Upper
Mississippi Association comes off.
Marshallto1n Times: Eleven deal
ers in tanglefoot have been arrarigned,
and ..still there's more to follow. y
The boys didn't get off worth cent
this time.
The first annual camp meeting Of
the Adventistsof Iowa will commence
on the 18th of June next, in grove
near Cedar Falls. and will continue
over two Sahbaths.
The Democrats are talking up a
Ham-Tam iickst--that is NJ. NJ. Ham,
OF the Dubuque Herald, for Governor,
and j. :. Tam. of Adams county for
Lieutenant Governor.
The amount Of the defa.cation Of
Sutherland, the Fayette county audi
tor. i. now figured down Ia $3.50. o.
which slsl is in the redemption fund
aud Sis for the sale of the codes.
The rumor that ex-Congressman II
q. Pratt hal turned preacher ana
1 would icon join the Upper low,
Methodist Conference. is not true. l
/ l. his brother. G.. w. Pratt. wh'
! was converted year ago at clea
I Lake. II. o. Pratt, il Is true. has be
convert, and may possibly devot
hi talent TO pulpit work, but such
decision has never been made. He
man of great mental power, but j
rarely stirred 10 action. He enjoy
rest remarkably. When in the Leg
islat ure, about the only thing whicl
could stir him up was for John 4
Kasson To make motion or speech.
Recently German, Henry Heiser
: long time resident Of Marengo
wanted to get money. He was pos
! sessed of II comedy daughter. Anothe
German named Mathes, whose wifi
lad left him, wanted another wife
This was Heiser's opportunity, ans
he agreed with Mathes that in con
sideration OF 500 in hand paid, tina
Mathes, should have his daughter
and as further security gave mort
gage OH lis house and lot. He took
the money and started for the Black
Hills. Mathes went for his purchased
bride, hut she Indignantly spurned
him, and informed him she would
beat his brains out If he didn't keep
away. His next relief was the mort
gage, which proved worthless, as
Holsters wi, refused to sign it.