The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-11-09
News and Items.

| News and Items.
North Carolina furnishes to New England
alone, annually, over Too millions Of dollar
worth of tar, pitch and turpcntine.
Brown was convicted Of treason and mur
der and is condemned to die on the Cd Decenl
Der. A Massachusetts, lady named Childs ha
requested Of Governor Wise, the privilege o
waiting on the old man and dressing hi
| wounds; her request has been granted.
The Arago arrived at New York Nov Is,
The market for brcajs.uffs was firm politica
| news unimportnnt.
The New York dry goods market is reported
to be very active, but not profitable to sellers
1t is reported that a French manuscript ha
been discovered which contains the story on
of which has grown Bunyan's Pilgrims Pro
grses.
The ladies are reviving the fashion Of wear
ing aprons-it is a beautiful fashion and shout,
never have been abandoned.
The "Plug.Uglies" had it all their own va,
in the Baltimore election. They took posses
sion of the ballot boxes and shot or knocked
down whoever intcriercd with them.
Wendell Phillips is the only open public JUS
tifcr Of the instruction or attack at Harper's
Ferry. He has delivered lecture appro wing
the course Of Brown.
The Kansas Constitution has been adopted
by vote Of 10000 for to 5000 against.
An excursion train, with / 900 persons on
board, ran off the track Of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad on the LIST Nov, killing
NJ }. Thomas U. s., MARSHALL of Wisconsin
and thirteen others and wounding great many
others. The accident occurred near Water
town, Wisconsin, and it was caused by the sud.
den jumping Of bull on the track-the road
is not fenced, but 'nobody was to blame ~
The fishing trade Of Lake Michigan il equal
to one and half millions per annum. ....
The Patent Office reports an importation Of
large Lombardy bees with larger bills than the
American bee and consequently better gather.
ers of honey. From the length of their bills
they should be called "!Esculapian Bees !'-
They will be ready for distribution in 1861.
The Georgia State Railroad has paid into
the State Treasury $4n2, above its expen-
scs for the year ending September 80.
The Cincinnati Enquirer thinks there il no
reasonable doubt of Douglas nomination in
| $50.
Tue Simcook Mills New Hampshire,) we're
destroyed by fire OH the 3d-loss l3O, ZOO.
The bagging factory of P. Scott ut Licking.
ton Ky, was burnt on the 3d.
Seven squares in New Orleans were burnt
OH tic Sd and the fire still raging.
A "slaver" has been taken possession Of in
the port Of New York-she is called S. p.
Hopper and at present there are no evidences
Of her having been engaged in the traffic. The
captain died at sea and the mate has not vet
been discovered.
Tom Corwin delivered an address to 1000
Brooklynites on the I'd. He said the "irrerrcs.
sible conflict" began with South Carolina multi.
fication he counscIled submission to all law !;
defended Webster, Clay and Fillmore upon
the charge of being favorable to slavery, op-
posed popular sovereignty" aud stated that
John Brown the spectre of insanity and trea.
son grew out Of squatter sovereignty in Kan.
sas.
A Wall street man informs the Philadelphia
Press that the amount Of gold dug in Califor-
nia and Australia in the last ten years is Four
teen Hundred Millions of dollars;
AN American traveller in Europe says the
rule in the cars there is smokng-a small
apartment being provided on the train for those
who do not smoke.
Henry Ward Beecher has preached sensa.
ton sermon on the Harpcr's Ferry affair; he
sympathizes with Brown. respects his oren
avowal of his principles but condemns his mad.
ness.
In town in New Hampshire they have no
I'D maids when girl gets to be % the "boys"
club together and draw lots for her
The entire armament Of the United States
National vessels consists Of $500 guns.
The Great Eastern will not come to the
u. States for several weeks and possibly not
ill next spring.
Maryland elects Democrats and 3 Aneri.
cans to Congress.
Burlingame of Massachusetts, at dinner in
Cambridge declared Edward Bates Of St. Louis
o be his presidential fayorite.
At Rutland Vermont the sleigling was good
N the 2sth October.
The safe of the Bank Of Eau Claire was
blown open by buglars and robbed Of $1,000.
up. Hale lectured in Milwaukee last week.
Tom" Marshall Of kentucky is lec,uring this
We elk at Dubuque and Galcna.
The State election took place in Wisconsin
IN yesterday.
The receipts Of Wheat and Flour at Milwau
zee for the month of October were l,773,4l3
bushels against $50, 1905 bushels for Oct. 1885,
1t is rumorcd that Bishop Ouderdonk threat.
ms to sue the Bench Of Bishops for damages.
Frank Leslie's illustrated Magazine says
hat the Harper's Ferry tmeuts swill damage
he Black Republican party" We did not
know before that Leslie took sides in politics
An artist in New Orleans painted young
adys portrait and the family declined to &C.
cept and pay for it; the painter threatened to
hang it up in brothcl gallery and thereupon
the father Of the girl gave him an awful whal-
ing.
George w. Curtis, the lecturer, in illustrat.
Ing the decline Of respect for the Ministry
says that petition signed BY 300 soap-boilers
would have more influence than if 800 Minis
ters had signed it.
At Cronstadt gentleman saw his wife in
one Of the boxes OF theatre with fascua.
ting Count The jealous man fred pistol at
his wife and it is supposed she will die of the
wound.
Adams Menageric. known at the Pacific
Museum is on its way TO Ne~ York from Sal.
Francisco. Mr.. Adams has several grizzly,
black, brown and cinnamon bears and alsO