The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-07-31
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.


is not in the bill for this year. -@ t
Mead, of Virginia, is appointed Min
lister to Brazil. B. F. Angel Of N. Y.
goes to Sweden. Many Consular ap-
pointments were made on the 10th, but
the public are not interested in them.
Vermont has nominated rs it's Dem
ocratic candidates for Gov, Willis Ly-
man, for Lieut., j. F. Thurston.
West Indian and South American &C
counts report decline in Coffee and
Sugar. i a-a.eEa .a.. g,u sfae as.4.
The reported Massacre Of part Of
Col. Summers command, by Indians,
turns out to be hoax. .-a r.a...
Capt. Harris, Of the Grey Eagle, re-
Gently thrashed the Editor of the St.
Paul Times, supposing he was the Edi-
tor of the Pioneer. The Captain was
fined $1,000 and costs. Steam Boats
are getting rather rantankcrous about
these days. .....
Col. Ward B. Burnett of the N. Y.
Regiment is likely to receive the Gold
box which Gen. jackson willed "to the
brayest Son of N. Y, in the nest war
with foreign foe.'' That war was the
| Mexican, and 80 of the remaining sol
diers of the N. Y. Regiment backed by
Gen. Scott, have united in a recommcn-
datior that Col. Burnett be the recipient
of this distinguished honor. ".' 4
Mr.. Mason and Mr.. Cox, Democratic
and Know Nothing candidates for Con-
gress in Kentucky, recently had a stump
quarrel and the former shot the latter
dead
The inventor of the metallic burial
case was the first subject placed in one
Mr.. Shell Of Cincinnati who had lust
patented the terra Gotta Coffin was the
first body placed in his invention! Sim
gular coincidence. ...
1t is proposed by a Kentucky Military
Convention that grand couvocation Of
all the volunteer companies in the Union
be held this fall On some Illinois prairie
and that the President land Gen. Scott
review them. Wouldn't that be a
show
Sweet Oil in large quantities, and in
some instances camphor, has been found
an ant;dote to strychnine.
Parrot, of Cascade, iowa, was not
lynched at the last advices.
A woman was killed by lightning one
day last week at Waucona, Faycttc Co.
AT Webster City, Iowa, July Ia, a
man calling himself Chas. Stewart, was
arrested on suspicion Of being coun-
terfeitcr. In his carpet sack $500
turned up, in bad ones, two's. three s
and tive's, on the Farmers B. of Kv..
and the Merchants Bank, of Madison,
Wis. He was taken care Of! 1..~.
! The Sioux River Is said to be iiasiya, isi
bic for 100 miles above its Junction witt,
the Mo. r.a -F .--
/ A marble quarry has been discover.
cd iii Fayette COUNTY. .. .9s ...
II is decided that the new License law
cf N. Y, does not Interfere with tn.
sale of beer. Sic transit gloria Lager
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The Editor of the Winona Republican
has seen good Coffee grown in that vicin
ity from the West India berry and there
upon said editor talks of supplying tn.
country with the Minnesota article, in
, stead of the "Rio p
The Grass-hoppers are said to b.
frightfully destructive in Northern Min
nesota, every vestige of vegetation dis
appearing behind them. This state 0
affairs is very alan ming-not singh
prairie hen, pheasant, Turkey, or bird 0
any kind should be destroyed in grass
hopper country. @ss
/ Mrs. Dalton who lately was defcndan
in the celebrated disorce case in Bostol
has eloped with her hus6and! He
father proposes to take legal steps t.
;: recover her." Mr.. d. by this tim
has saved him that trotible. .@5G
The inmates Of the Indiana Stat
Prison had as good 4th Of July a
; other folks-a fine oration was delivere,
> by l. T. Crawford whose time is ncarl
I, out. -a-A .#a@ &5 ra a#@
Mayor Wood has not resisted the dc
cision of. the Court as his political enc
!; mics continue to state. He bowed t
authority as soon as it was put in an un
Il questionable shape. ID.
b Ey~Humphrey Marshall describe
: the American party as ga broad an
). quiet river, that takes its noiseless wa
! though the plain, diifusing fertility an
beauty on all sides, and losing itself on
ly in the expanded ocean Of the nation
veal An ex-Know Nothing friend c
: the Louisville Democrat says, that, ae
; cording to his experience, it is like