The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-02-09
NAwa and Items.

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The Adams Elk, rsss was robbed in Georgia
If $4,000
A bill to exclude minors from the thra'res
has passed the New York Senate. Nonsense!
The Michigan Legislature has giTep Ms
Rogers of that State GAO acres of land for PR
ducing four little Rog:rses at once. Other
PARTIES are applying for actual Or prospective
labors of the same character.
Mrs. Mary Taylor Of Lee Mass. had her
fifteen children 10 see her on her Tooth birth
day.
Mr.. Ridgcly of s ,.ringfeld III. left pet
ty wife and two children rccently-a young
girl Of Is and $4,000 of his fathers money
went with him.
In Chicago last week little boy upset
coffee pot on the stove-part of this hot Ii
qud ran into his car and he died in a law
hours.
A woman in Lockport put her. children in a
wood box near the stove and ran down the
street on an errand-the wood-box caught fire
and when she came back the child was burnt
TO death!
An English lady named Bohicon has writ
ten book in which she states that many
American wom,n are the most useless crea-
lures in existence-s',hey do absolutely no
thing"
The Chicago Times predicts favorable bust
ness opening for that city in the Spring.
There are 81 ca plains in our navy and So in
the army % are Episcopal, s Presbyterian,
Methodists, Congregational, Baptist and
Catholic.
1t is estimated that there is SO, in specie
to every person in the U. States-this person is
minus his share by Sill 80!
Cuba, the Tariff and Central American af
fairs arc the chief topics of discussion in Con.
gress.
Mr.. Mccormick Patent expired Jan'y. 3lst
| and the Reaper is now makcable by anybo-
| dy.
Barnard Ewing Of New York mistook his
| servant girl for buslar and shot her.
The st. GATHERINGS House &c. w and an
entire block were destroyed by FIRE on satur-
lay--loss 100000.
Frank Buchanan, late P. NJ. at Beverly, was
committed at Milwaukee for robbing the mail.
Bill English has originated "A bill that advan-
ces the rates Of newspaper postage and re-
quires payment on publishers Exchanges
Six thousand turkeys were lately shipped
on an Ohio Railroad for New York.
Mr.. Grows bill giving to each actual settler
a quarter of land has been reconsidered in the
House and passed.
The HAy,ien revolution has resulted favor
ably to tho rebels or liberals.
The Senate will probably pass bill abolish,
, in the Franking privilege and giving to each
member $3.50 in Cash.
The N. y. nti-slavcry convention was il
session at Albany. All the darks and yellow!
present gave uncle Sam Il wipe for his mean
ness in holding the Northern states to a strio
Interpretation of constitutional duty.
: The year 1858 records 81 deaths by cam
. phene explosions, serious injury to SO other
: and fires involving a loss of near $50, 900.
The Spi-itualists Of the U. s., claim 23S me
diums, 349 lecturers and ,2S4 900 believers.
The President of Dartmouth College gen
tleman of ~ years recently beat all the boy
q skating.
. A prisoner was being carried per Railroad t.
Auburn N. York when he sprang from the cal
and fell dead after turning several summersets
;, The skeleton Of Blackhawk, the old hors
!, whose progeny is so numerous and SO valua
il e t 81 stq ass and e0''''d i" tn" Stat
!. California has population Of 100000 sh
will have six members Of Congress after 1861
A Scotch lady lost her wedding rins-a yea
: afterwards her cat caught rat and the rim
+ was round its reck it is supposed that the ra
g carried the ring to its nest and when the littl
Is rats were small the ring slipped over its hea
d and remained there. Rather ratty.
Il A fire occurred among lot of woode
- buildings on the north side of Lake stree
Chicago, between Wells and Franklin. Sout
:, Water street has any quantity of small woode
n buildings that are disgrace to the owners {
It the lots they stand on.
J The bill in the House to make citizens {
~ the Shawnee Indians and issue land patents
e them, was rejected.
J. In the Appropriation bill the item for 5000
y 600 for mileage was stricken out; box charge
a. 5000 also stricken out--the boxes are to SOL
al documents home in.
j; Mr.. Bayard from the Judiciary Com. repol
- adversely to the claim of Lane and McCarty
Mr.. Regain Of Texas proposes to punish p
lygamy by act of Congress-it will probab
er be done.
4, Each New York Indian in Kansas is
Us have 800 acres of land on tho reservation a
he signed them by the treaty of 1888.
at It'll propable that two rates Of postage wi
is be established, cents for 800 and for all ov
ie' that distance.
ed Counterfeit SIS on the Mechanics bank
ds Concord N. II. are extensively circulated
he New York.
ne In Brandon, Vt. Mr.. Trombly sunk q we
OF Is feet through-at 40 feet water was obta
10 ed which nightly freezes over three inches
'h- thickness! Who can explain?
nd tits reported that Keokuk has repudiat
her bonds. There will be more repudiati
when the bonds of cities and counties 90 fro
!, ly voted in the West become due.
-. The Delaware Lotteries are legalized by
-. Legislature of that State $4,000 was
nj consideration, by way of bonus to the sta
10 Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars 10 I
county (Del. has but three counties) would b
any state in the Union! Iowa would 1
sa Twenty FIVE millions for her 100 counties.
-, The Milwaukee Charter ia rejected b,
,on large vote.
;.h Anderson says Morphy will beat any livi
player and would have conquered the or
players Of the past.
,ry LaPorte. Ind. is city now sure enongl