The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-01-04

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Gold all day Tuesday.
-Good westher for weddings.
Ice is going into summer quarters.
The second century Of the Re.
public.
II Lowe removed his shoe shop to
Cedar Bluffs.
Board busy Tuesday morning ap.
proving bonds.
Another Mechanicsville letter il
published herewith.
Rev. f. Skinner preached in the
NJ. +. church last Sabbath morning.
Il No small amount Of stock Is being
shipped from Stanwood. nowadays.
Gold weather doesn't keep people
out of town when the roads are SO
good.
Make lots of good resolutions for
New Years, and keep them for many
years.
The Farmers Stock Journal is to
be moved from Cedar Rapids to West
Liberty.
The county teachers association
proposes to meet at Upton in about
three weeks.
1t would snow without any more
fooling If the prayers of the liverymen
availed much.
Only one day Of melting weather,
and that only slightly, since winter
set in some five weeks ago.
Heavy hauling is the result of the
good roads. Wood, stone, lumber,
etc., is moving in large quantities.
! y. N. Neiman has removed his
law Office to one of the handsome
rooms over Hammond's new bank.
Phil. Wilkinson shipped four loads
Of steers from Stanwood Tuesday
They were bought from w. r. Rigby
at 4 cts.
| The sun shone brightly all day
Tuesday, but no sheltered nook could
extract enough heat to melt the light
est snow.
| Somebody presented Ryder, of thu
Wilton Repie,c, with George Wash
ington. Can't understand it! Wasn''
it Ratchet?
The prospectus Of our old friend
the Chicago Journal, is published
herewith. That papers other name il
"old reliable"
n. G. Piatt went to Vinton Mon
day evening to attend the meeting o.
the Directors, or Trustees, of the Stat,
Asylum for the Blind.
The county Supervisors met Mon
day and skirmished around little
but as it was legal holiday they mad,
no record Of official biz.
"A friend sends US a letter for pub
licatio0 in regard to road case, which
seems to US to be rather too personal t
serve up for general news.
-PrOf Woods singing class will b
, organized next Saturday evening
weather or no weather, in the base
ment of the NJ. +. church.
Mrs. Charles Plunkett, who ha
visited Upton several times with tn
Plunkett theatrical company, is re
ported to have died recently in New
York city.
There were several lady count,
Superintendent in attendance at tn
State Teachers Association, and it /
safe to say that the gentlemen did no
monopolize the talking.
The Bee says, "T. J. Bossert
"brother to our 'Dave," will spent
the winter In Jefferson, superintend
ing the poultry packing establish
"ment of Young 4 Bossert."
%. NJ. Culver wishes to inform al
who use barbed wire for fencing tina,
he can make it greatly to their advan
tage to purchase the same Of him
Samples can be seen at the Grange
store.
The worst case Of New Years vet
reported was found next morning
standing against the wall trying tt
pull the mantel-piece up around hi.
neck and complaining that the clothe.
were not tucked In.
| 1t is pretty late for election bets
but would the Conservative like t.
venture anything upon the correctness
Of its oft repeated assertion that 9TH,
Governor of Oregon is member of it.
Returning Board?"
The Anamosa and Monticello pa
peers have been full Of very nasty
trial at the former place, wherein G.
w. Lowell, A. M. State Senator from
Jones Co., escaped verdict for seduc.
ton on trial by jury.
| w. H. Van Ness rejoiccs once
more in being proprietor of his own
time. For four years he has been al
most inseparable from the 8. G. corner
Of the Court House, and the RESPONSE
bility and confinement together have
been irksome, ifnot injurious to health
Cedar county was represented al
the State Teachers !. Association, last
week, by Mrs. kilbourne, Miss Doug
las and Prof. Ross, from the Upton
schools; Prot. Young, of Durant
Miss Witter, Of Mechanicsville, and
the county Superintendent, Miss
Frink.
-. b. Ingersoll oscillates between
Stanwood and DIN like q pendulum
We have one page Of erasures under
each town where we have been trying
to keep the ADVERTISER up with him.
At present he Is lodged at the Olin
end of his beat and will be found on
his feet and ready for business at either
END.
| The times are reported . little
hard, and among the first measures
of economy some people find i,
necessary to stop their county
paper. This Is all right; il you can't
afford it, don't take it-but don't be
surprised to find yourselves in the sit.
uation Of a gentleman who came into
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