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 TIPPAH of carriages and wagons, 1 of machinery, _ of pianos, 1 of printing paper, 11 flour mills, 12 tanneries, 35 saw mills, and 9 planing mills. Capital, Owego. II. A N. county of Pennsyl- vania, bordering on New York and drained by the Tioga river and its affluents ; area, about 1,100 sq. in. ; pop. in 1870, 35,097. The surface is hilly and heavily timbered, and the soil bet- ter adapted to grazing than tillage. Iron ore is found, and bituminous coal is abundant, of which large quantities are transported to Buf- falo by the Corning, Cowanesque, and Antrim, and Tioga railroads. The chief productions in 1870 were 163,719 bushels of wheat, 236,313 of Indian corn, 564,684 of oats, 116,263 of buckwheat, 282,618 of potatoes, 89,788 Ibs. of wool, 145,209 of maple sugar, 1,574,825 of butter, 65,889 of cheese, and 82,572 tons of hay. There were 6,148 horses, 16,017 milch cows, 15,149 other cattle, 32,729 sheep, and 8,331 swine; 3 manufactories of agricultural implements, 28 of carriages and wagons, 7 of cheese, 12 of furniture, 2 of glassware, 1 of woollens, 10 flour mills, 13 tanneries, and 46 iw mills. Capital, Wellsborotigh. TIPPAH, a N". county of Mississippi, bor- lering on Tennessee, drained by the Hatchie and Tallahatchie rivers and Tippah creek ; area, about 500 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 20,727, of whom 5,091 were colored. The surface is undulating, and the soil fertile. The chief productions in 1870 were 37,429 bushels of wheat, 582,988 of Indian corn, 15,255 of oats, 43,125 of sweet potatoes, 15,457 Ibs. of wool, 188,439 of butter, and 6,307 bales of cotton. There were 3,116 horses, 2,010 mules and asses, 13,761 cattle, 9,942 sheep, 32,629 swine, and 9 saw mills. Capital, Ripley. TIPPECANOE, a river of Indiana, which rises in a lake of the same name in Kosciusko co., and flows generally S. W. into the Wabash river 9 m. above "Lafayette, Tippecanoe co. Its length is about 200 m. It is famous for the battle fought on its banks, Nov. 7, 1811, in which the Americans under Gen. Harrison defeated the Indians under Tecumseh's brother. TIPPECANOE, a W. county of Indiana, inter- sected by the Wabash river, drained by the Tippecanoe river and several creeks, and inter- sected by the Wabash and Erie canal and sev- eral railroads ; area, 500 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 33,515. The surface is generally level, and the soil a rich black loam. The chief produc- tions in 1870 were 552,677 bushels of wheat, 909,367 of Indian corn, 177,578 of oats, 94,516 of potatoes, 54,286 Ibs. of wool, 267,971 of butter, and 16,654 tons of hay. There were 9,095 horses, 5,836 milch cows, 12,608 other cattle, 16,310 sheep, and 27,293 swine; 4 manufactories of agricultural implements, 6 of boots and shoes, 25 of carriages and wagons, 5 of machinery, 1 of paper, 1 of vegetable oil, 3 of woollens, 14 flour mills, 3 breweries, 1 distillery, 1 planing mill, 6 saw mills, and 1 beef-packing and 8 pork-packing establish- ments. Capital, Lafayette. 789 VOL. xv. 49 TIPTON 767 TIPPERARY, a S. county of Ireland, in the province of Munster, bordering on the counties of Galway, King's, Queen's, Kilkenny, Water- ford, Cork, Limerick, and Clare; area, 1,639 sq. m. ; pop. in 1871, 216,210. In the K. part a range of mountains extends completely across from the Shannon to King's county, and there are several groups in other parts of the county, the highest of which does not exceed 2,500 ft. above the sea. The principal rivers are the Shannon, which flows along the W. boundary, and the Suir, which intersects it and partly bounds it on the south. A portion of Lough Derg is in Tipperary. The soil of the level country is a rich loam of great fertility. But- ter is largely exported. Coal, copper, lead, and slates are found. It is divided into the North and South ridings, of which the chief towns are Nenagh and Clonmel. The town of Tipperary, on the Arra, an affluent of the Suir, has a large trade in agricultural prod- uce ; pop. in 1871, 5,638. Carrick-on-Suir and Cashel are also in the county. TIPPOO SULTAN, or Tippoo Sahib, the last in- dependent sovereign of Mysore, born in 1749, killed at Seringapatam, May 4, 1799. He was the son of Hyder Ali, and was first known by the appellation of Feth Ali Khan. He distin- guished himself in the war against the English, and succeeded his father, Dec. 7, 1782. He at once gave a new impulse to the war, took Bed- nore and other cities, and concluded a peace, March 11, 1784, on advantageous terms. He then assumed the titles of sultan and padishah, and subdued the Nairs of Malabar, carrying off from that province, it is said, 70,000 Christians, and forcing 100,000 Hindoos to become Mo- hammedans. Under a flimsy pretext, in De- cember, 1789, he broke the treaty with the English by invading the territory of their ally, the rajah of Travancore. The English in turn invaded Mysore, took several of his strong- holds, were joined by the Mahrattas and the subahdar of the Deccan, and, under Corn- wallis and Abercromby, besieged him in Sering- apatam, his capital. In March, 1792, Tippoo was forced to conclude peace, agreeing to pay within a year 33,000,000 rupees, to give up to the allies nearly half of his dominions, and to deliver two of his sons as hostages. The earl of Mornington (afterward Marquis Wellesley), then governor general of India, subsequently Siscovered that he was engaged in intrigues with the French and making preparations for war, and in February, 1799, on his refusal to desist from arming his subjects, gave orders for the invasion of Mysore. Gens. Stuart and Harris defeated the Mysoreans in two encoun- ters, at Sidasir and Malaveli; and the sultan himself was obliged to take refuge in Seringa- patam, at the storming of which by Gen. Baird he was killed. TIPTON. I. A W. county of Tennessee, bor- dering on the Mississippi river, and bounded N. by the Hatchie ; area, 370 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 14,884, of whom 6,891 were colored. It