The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-02-16


ic politician and lawyer of Chicago is threat.
cned with mental arrangement; business Ier-
| plextics are the cause.
Chicago will give the 22d February formal
| celebration.
Mr.. Douglas has announced in the Senate
that had he not been unavoidably absent from
his seat he would have voted to allow NJ sss.
| Lane and McCarty seats in the Chamber
while their cases were pending before that bo-
dy.
The Agricultural College bill has parsed the
Senate by vote of Is to %, the opposition to
it coming from Southern Senators with the ex.
Gel ton OF Jones, Pugh, Shields and Rice
1t will probably pass the Horse with the Sen
| ate amendments and be vetoed by the Presi-
| dent.
The Asia arrived at New York Feb'y. nth.
A portal revival of the war ranic UPSET
confidence at Paris. Warlike preparations in
France. 1t is rel orted that France and Sar-
dina have agreed to fight for The same policy.
The British Government had resolved to
protect its interests in Mexico.
The India news is 60 generally favorable az
to have lost its interest.
The German papers denounce France in We.
~ intem crate language. Prussia las sieni.
fed to France that Arst'ia must be let alone
A fire at Grand Rvpds on the 7th, destroy.
ed Backus bock-loss $4,000.
Tho a.lA.A--6s - s'''<10 UT
| OF small Indian fights, some mule stealing and
sundry "rnmors''.
An arrival from Australia reports gold 49,
600 miles north of Sidney and tho excitement
| at Melbourne was intense.
A confectionery shop in Brooklyn burnt on
Sunday, causing the death of Mrs. Gill and her
two children and Ann Keegan. Several men
were fatally injured.
A fire occurred at Boston on the morning Of
the 9Th A Bakery at the corner of CONNER
cial and Battery streets was burned with loss
of $500 900 and the life OF fireman.
i Mary Hartung young and pretty woman
has been convicted at Albany Of poisoning her
husband.
spurgeon is expected at New York in the
next steamer Bonner has probably engaged
him for the Ledger
A member of Congress recently appeared
in the gallery of the House with a lady
whom he Rugged "before folk. The Door.
keeper told him that he was out of order and the
twain left for some less fastidious assemblage.
Robert Emmett was born Feb'y. ed, and
the Americans and Irish propose to make one
Job in celebrating. as......s r..# ..
} Mrs. Douglas was asked her politics recent
y ly-she replied 81 am all old line Wig .--
pretty s,rong Douglas rrocliyit'SNv .,,
The pedlnrs aAaaenfib hat smallpox prevails in
lns 5t1ts and thus they sell largely to the fear
! full. ...-. .-...
Congress is making some efforts to reduce
the public ex. enses TO less than $50, OO0,O 900.
The Peuns., lvania Avenue Railroad Horse
road) was defeated in the Senate.
An item giving Blair $67 ,579 for the Con.
gressional globe was struck out of the Arpro.
priation bill in the House by majority.
Mr.. Forsyth has rendered his resignation q.
Minister to Mexico; it is rumored that he and
Pryor OF the States are about to establish q
new Democratic organ in New York city.
Mr.. Taylor of Ohio has proposed to sus-
pend the tariff rates of 1857 for two years,
thus reviving the bill Of ls46-this is said Ia
be approved by the Southern free-traders.
Senator Fitch, will introduce bill requir.
irg the Government to use american Iron for
lublic buildings.
! tnd INV FFssT7ieit had reached the AE;sssaI
with 1000 cavalry. displaced Gen. Robles and
re.installed z loaga. The Liberals are get
ting the worst Of it.
Hay:i rel orts confirm the defeat of Solou-
qae. Cuba went into fits on hearing of the
debate about her purchase in the American
Senate.
A French steamer with 800 Coolies had AZ
rived at Havana. IS 4a
B. G. Benedict. extensively known in N. Y
and in Canada, died at New York on the 9Th.
black girl aged 20 killed her mother in
New York with an axe, to get for herself and
paramour few dollars which the old creature
had saved up.
The Kansas Legislature has provided far a
Constitutional Convention to be voted on in
March.
At Newton Jasper Co. Iowa, butcher
named Harvey Copeland, killed and disseeted
his wife-he afterwards hung himself They
we're from Henry county, Indiana.
| Col. Richard of Dubuque has been tender
cd the Secretaryship OF Kansas.
Three columns of Wednesdays Express e.
Herald are filled with letters from the Gold
Regions.
i Judge Douglas party on the night of the
Sd, was an immense affair. Fifty Southern
Senators and members attended with their
families--no Cabinet officers were present.
II is rumored that a distinguished Diplo-
matist of Washington is concerned in an in.
trigue involving the the character Of piece
of very valuable c,inoline of that city. AS
Jones says, "high position wont take the ma
tur out n body !"
), Hon. M. l.. Fisher Of Clayton Co., has been
named as the next Democr attic candidate for
,. Governor of Iowa. No objection up this way
The Express g. Herald suggests the 9th of
July az the time, and Demoine the place. for
; the next Dem cratic State Convention. The
Herald very correctly observes that If the Con.
ven'ion is to fight about Buchanan and Doug
las they had bes, meet July 9Th, 1900!
The Adams House at Chicago was closed by
/ the Sheriff on ajudgment against the proprie
, Dor w. l.. Walter. At the same time Q Sa
: loon keeper in his employ was arrested TO,
, larceny.
Mr.. Bigier Of Pa. made speech against
large public debt In time of peacs--thus fore
: shaaowing his support of an increase of du
! ties. MIR. Toombs OF Georgia, replied in a
lengthy speech insisting that the Government