The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-01-12

Aldridge the African Roscius is playing at
st. Petsrsburgh, at $500 per night.
One hundred thousand sheep are about to
be driven from New Mexico to California
Mr.. Spurgen, the famous Baptist Of London,
proposes to visit New York in the spring.
Ex-Governor Walker of Kansas is about to
20 to California on private business.
A mad dog ran through the streets of Gale
M last week, biting fifty other dogs. The
Marshall has ordered every dog found in the
streets to be killed.
The London and Sarnia branch Of the
Great Western Railway is completcd-it is
so miles3ong.
Chicago Commission merchants have ad'
vanced their rates to ~ per cent.
WHITE tribes have recently been discovered
at the head of the Nile.
The amount of breadstuf in store Mt Chi
caro on the 3Olh Dec, was equal to SIS, 900
bushels of grain.
A "Jour" in Rochester printing office has
become the father of twins, boy and girl !;
he says when the "copy" was given out it was
marked .'sold' but the foreman double loaded
the matter when he made up the forms.
Col. Abraham Van Buren, Of Columbia S.
c., recently cold 2l0 slaves at 500 EACH
He ia the son of Martin.
Madam lie Vert says that "the Cuban ladies
never talk i'll of each other -
A singing master in Barry County Mich,
dismissed his school on account of some rowdy
disturbance. As the teacher was coming out
of the house rowdy stabbed him to the heart.
young man caught upa stick and killed the
assassin at single blow.
Jacob Hotfner near Cincinnati made pres.
ents to 900 children on. Christmas.
The profits Of Wizards Hotel last year
were $4,000, of the National $4,000. Of
Browns $4,000, Washington is good place
for hotels.
Punch says "scandal is visitor who always
brings her work with her.
DR.. Hayes insists that there is an "oren
polar sea- and proposes to explore the Arctic
regions in 1860. The Doctor was q compan-
ion Of Kane.
Across the face of Russian bank note is
the Law OH oounterfeiting and its penalty
New Countcrfeits on the Bank of the State
of Indiana aud the Ohio State Bank have ap-
pearcd in Cincinnati.
A bill 10 before the Arkansas Legislature
forbiding the sale Of Patent medicines.
S. S. Ford of Louisville recently committed
suicide in his own saloon.
| A large number of thieves have left New
York for the west in account Of hard times.
William Roam and his wife are in jail in
Centrevills Indiana for the murder of thir in.
FAINT child-they had been married but few
weeks and feared the disgrace Of this early
birth. Ream was Methodist preacher and
his wife . member of the same chu rch.
A little girl died At North Wheeling Va.
lately. Her burial was postponed on account
Of the stormy weather; she astonished he1
friends by rising up and calling for a drink
she recovered.
The Louisville Journal says that an Gle.
plant escaped from his keeper in Kinds Co.
Miss, and frightened the negroes till they
turned white and afterwards became "fre,
whites: That elephant was an abolitionis
sure.
A new Catholic paper is to be started in New
York. We have been thinking for some time
that McMasters Of the Frecmans Journal wal
"going it, rather extensively in politics t.
suit Bishop Hughes.
The Vanderbilt is ashore on Fishers Islans
near New London Conn.,; passengers all sav
cd.
l..l vote y 81 e e. Cannon sa
His late receptions in New York asd Philadel
phia were on q par with the old Roman ova-
tons.
Ichabod Goodwin is nominated for Gov. N
H., by the Republicans.
The new Catholic Church of ST. James ut
| Montreal was burned on the night of the Sd
it took fire from the hot air f1ues.
Hodges, Democrat is elected to Congress to
succeed the late Major Harris of Illinois.
H. Ellsworth of Indiana, forme rly Commits
sioner Of Patents died recently in Conn.,
He was very wealthy and left 100000 te
Yale College.
The President has ordered public sale o.
300. 900 acres Of land in Wisconsin during
April and May including that belonging to tn
Railroad lines.
DR.. Blown. titular Bishop Ell gin an old frient
of O'Connell died lately in Ireland.
Attic Volks Garden N. York, on Sunday
evenings it 10 said fifty thousand glasses o.
Lager are sold.
The recall of Lord Napier is attributed to
the energetic influence of Senator Sumner
Napier was opposed TO the abbolitionism of the
U. s., and If the British Government.
At New Orleans 5000 persons have died the
past season from yellow fever, and nearly 4OO(
from other diseases.
Missouri has loaned bonds to the amount oil
twenty four millions TO Railroads.
Rhinehart who was in Jail for killing Bodell
in Minnesota, ID reported to have bsen re-
Gently taken from prison, b:u,ally beaten AMI
hung!
A woman in Dayton Ohio caught her hus.
band breaking up her hoops-his hair began t.
come out shortly after she discovered him ant
he quit!
Milpaakee Neps-The catching. tanning an,
localizing Of "Bick' by the rroprietors of thi
leading Democratic Daily, has added yer,
materially TO the former excellent reputation o
the Neos. sharpetsin 4 Lathrop, did not sto
to consider tn. morsl effect of this addition t
their corpse editors, but knowing that no mai
in The Northwest welded 50 handy, 50 racy, 81
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