The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-10-12
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III Medford. Mass, there is band Of organ
lied thieves, composed of boys from 10 TO Is
years Of age; they have signs and passwords,
and have recently been detected in bold rob.
berry of store. There 10 negro boy in Mem.
phis who 10 nine years old and weighs $40
pounds he can lift 300 pounds with ease. In
Hampton, Mass, there is Il pair Of oxen weigh.
ing three tons they are only four years old
aud are still growing. A woman of st. Louis
carried her husband (who is an engineer in a
chemical manufactury) his breakfast in hand.
ing her his pipe, part Of her dress caught in the
machinery, and she was literally ground up by
the iron wheels before they could be stopped
A man named Frost, and his son, were found
by the Pixies Peak Express, nearly dead ; they
had lived several days on grasshoppers stewed
in cup with pieces Of buffalo skin. Four Of
the managers of the us. Fair have never used
rum or tobacco it is unnecessary to say they
arc hale looking men. A young lady u Of
Pittsburgh was recently put in Jail for month
or two because she showed herself naked to a
Daguerrean Artist-thc artist was also Gala
boosed. A heavy wind and rain has damaged
the tobacco crop of Caroline Co., Va, to the
amount Of 100000 A Cincinnati lass of six
teen, tried to kill herself. lately, because her
ma slapped her. A pretty girl. during a recent
gale, expressed herself thus " How good is
Providence the same vino that muses. our
crinoline throws dust in the eyes Of wicked men
who would take advantage Of our coi}ldsion' 81
"John," said the doctor, "did Mrs. Green get
the medicine ordered p 81 guess sol saw
Grape on the door," The cheapest route to
California is via Cape Horn, the best by the
Isthmus, the most interesting by land. The
steamer Savannah, of $50 tons, crossed the
Atlantic III 1919 she left New York on the
18th, and get to Liverpool in 26 days. Sir
Robert Peel fell from his horse and was killed
July, 1850. A town called Shirvan, in TiAis
(India), was recently buried by the tumblirg Of
a mountain on it. A young girl at Coreze, in
France, was ruined by her cousin she con
fessed to her father, and he, in despair, attempt
cd to hang himself; the poor daughter prevent
ed the suicide, and in his phrenzy he seized a
bludgcon and killed her; he was recently tried
for the murder and acquitted. A tradcsman al
Lyons, filed his pocket-book, on collecting
tour on'his way home he stopped at a saloon
to drink, and when he arrived at his home the
pocket-book was gone. Himself and wife were
inconsolable, but happening to look at their dog
they saw the treasure in his mouth (; the faith
full animal had seen his master drop it and had
quietly carried it home. The library of Hum
boldt is 90 immense that the executors of his
will have not yet concluded a catalogue of it
Lord Bloomfield and "Jo" Wright are com
petitors for it, purchase-they are the respect
i've ambassadors Of the British and American
Governments at Berlin. A negro woman found
marble pedestal, in Maryland /; it is covered
with hcroglyphics, and is evidently relic Of
the ancient people Of this country It was dis
covered in sand bank