The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-05-17

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Isl Gen. Neal Dow, of Maine, is de
livering lectures on prohibition, 10
North Carolina towns.
u The Hon. Galusha \. Grow Is {
give the Decoration day address a
! Binghampton, and Mr.. Roscoe Conk'
!. ling has been invited to give II a
Norwich.
. Postmaster Reyes, of Madison, Wis
! who has just been reappointed, ha'
held the office Is years
G After eight months Of cosita ton
: Princes Mary, daughter OF the ex'
King OF Hanover, has declined to
marry Prince Arther, of England.
: Hannibal T.. Hamlin, son of Sena-
| tor Hamlin of Maine, was awarded
the first prize for defamation at Col
. by University. Waterville, Maine.
President Hayes will be in New
York on the 18th inst. On the eve-
: ming of that day he will be entertain
ed at a large reception given in his
honor hy Governor Morgan.
Mrs. stoves ~ ncle Tom,' other
wise the Rev. Josiah Henson, has
made his foreign tour very profitable.
After paying the mortgages and In
/ h f. Il nj har
debts, he will have a surplus OF
$4,000.
4 farewell reception was given by
the New England Woman's Club, at
Boston, on Wednesday evening, to
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, who intends
to be absent i'm Europe several
months.
Ex-Mayor Edward A. Lambert, of
Brooklyn, was formally suspended by
the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Church, DIR. Cuyler, pastor, Sunday
morning week, on account of his
misappropriation of funds belonging
to the estate of his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Cook.
Mr.. Layard, the new British En-
bassador to Constantinople. was once
upon time newspaper correspon-
dent, and actually described for the
London Times the battle of the Alma,
which he witnessed from the MAIN
top of II. NJ. 5. Agamemnon. The
Times can boast that it has had bish-
ops, deans, cabinet ministers, peers,
and now ambassadors on its staff
''Perley' says in letter to the
Boston Journdi. 'Mr Evarts' con-
tinuing in practice revives the story
of regular payments of money to Mr..
Webster when he was Secretary of
State, aud an annuity of ST., 90 which
Marshall o. Roberts and other
wealthy New Workers paid towards
Mr.. Sawarrs household expenses
while he was Secretary of State.
The papers, having. time and again,
published a paragraph that Panl Nor
ply, the famous chess player, is in
sane, some one writes from New
Orleans to say: ''Morphy is now
practicins law in this city, and has
never been insane, or spoken of in
that relation by his family or friends
As to chess, he is unquestionably to-
day the best chess-player in the world.
although he does not play often
enough to keep him self in practice.
Henry Clay Dean, in public
speech, once challenged any one of
his hearers to name an instance
where the Democratic party had
squandered the public funds. An old
farmer arose and informed the speak
er that he could give one. Name
it, said Dean Give the time and
place" 1T was when the United
States paid the salary of Henry Clay
Dean a Chaplain of the Senate"
said the farmer.
The home of Jefferson, at Monticel-
10, Is in state of decay, the house be-
ing almost a ruin. Capt. Levy, of the
United Stades navy, bought the place,
and at his death bequeathed ii To the
Government, besides endowing it for
an agricultural college, but his heirs
broke the will, and the settlement of
| the estate is hindered by additional
litigation
The chief engineer of her Majesty's
ship Toormaline cut his throat on the
9th of January, in sheer despair at
the incnrable defects in his vessels
machinery. The accident. began al
most Immediately after leaving Eng
land, and continued INCREASINGLY I'M
til the vessel had nearly reached the
Cape Of Good Hope Nearly every
important part of the engine was out
of order al one time or another. The
engineer was i'm constant employ
ment, and found little time for rest.
His anxiety at last 80 preyei upon
him that he committed suicide. Great
blame Is attached to the Admiralty
for sending the vessel to sea without
sufficient tests to ascertain it, un-e4-
worthiness.
Lord Dudley il in treaty for Baron
Albert Grants house at ken-jngton,
but between the price asked and the
sum offered there il the trifiing differ
ence Of s50.gJJ. The building j. al
most fit for a royal palace, and, with
the seven acres Of pleasure ground. il
freehold property. To every bed
room-and each Of the twelve bed
rooms il about the size Of AN ordinary
drawing room In Mayfair-there il a
large bath room with hot and cold
water laid on. In the garden there is
a rink, an American bowling alley, a
| lake, several fountains, a large plot OF
| ground adapted for lawn tennis, anoth-
er for archery, and third for croquet:
| to say nothing Of all orangery. boat
/ house and hot houses. Lord Dudley
offers s3D0, 900 for this suburban pal.
ace, which, if not sold by private con-
tract before the first week in June
will he put up to public auction.