The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-12-14
Ncws and Items.

day and the 10th anniversary Of his mar
riage!' Wasn't he married pretty young,
by those figures?
Mrs. Child will write the life of Brown
for the benefit of his family. Mrs. Child is
pleasant authoress and We hope she will
haveher work bound in yellow covers to
correspond with the other bandit stories Of
the country.
At Saratoga Springs, they arc about
building dining hall capable of seating
1000 persons.
Thos. Slaughter (black man) married
Eliza Watson (whitc woman) and they liv-
ed together but few days--her father
''busted" the romantic attachment.
The Emperor of France is said to have
quarrelled with the Pope and trouble is ap-
pretended. A quarrel with the papal Head
is no new thing for a Buonaparte.
Browns execution occurred on the Cd
December the celebrated day when Napo-
con executed his coup de tat-thcrefors
according to the 6reaon papers Ossawata-
mic must have been great man. This
is logic "done Brown
The Peosta House in Dubuque will be
rc-opened in january; it is said that several
of the hotels Of Dubuque have been closed
the past fall.
The lead discoveries within few weeks
past in the neighborhood of Dubuque have
been immensely profitable. One man
now worth $25 900 could not get barrel
of flour on credit month ago!
Breckenridge will probably succeed Crit
tenden in the U. S. Senate.
Irving died very rich; his annual income
for ten years past from his books alone was
$4,000.
1t is said that the patent for straw cut
ter sold lately in the west at $4,000, a
threshing machine patent brought 1000.
We saw patent-vcnder the other day who
paid 1854, 900 for simple affair to be used
in the western States-the payment was
made in swamp land at One hundred DOL
lars per acre; cash value about $4,000.
Rev. Dr. Bellows of New York recent
ly preached sermon defending card-play-
ing, dancing and novelrcading. The Doc
tor isalmost as good as an outsider.
TIE British have abolished fogging in
the army.
The grandson Of Tecomseh is an accom-
plishcd physician of Natchez Mississippi.
Fernando Wood is elected Mayor of New
York. The vote stood, for Wood 10000,
Havemeyer $4,000, Opdyke 10000; the
latter was the Republican candidate, the for.
mcr two are both Democrats.
In seventeen Of the Ohio Congressional
districts the delegates chosen are unani-
nous for Douglas. There is but little
doubt Of his securing nearly two-thirds of
all the Charleston delegates on the first
ballot. ...
Mr. Seward in letter from Africa says
II am weary of the land of Ham,"
Hall d Winch, extensive blind and sash
manufacturers Of Chicago lost their large
establishment by fire on the night of the
9th. s...
Pomeroy says the Devil beat grown
woman in old times, but nowadays lit
tie girl can beat the Decn Brick" then is
beaten by the weapon that Stayed Booth!
The report that bells were tollcd in the
Churches Of Milwaukee on the day of
Browns execution is not true. In one En-
| CINE house they were tolled and when
that is said the whole story is told.
The Erie Railroad Company is introduce
ing iron cars for passengers and freight
From the description giving of them in the
Tribune they must the look like the cages of
the celebrated lions which our avoritc Don
vanquished in old Spain. ....
The Persia has arrived. Austria has got
another quirk in her head and the delegates
to the Congress had not yet been invited.
France is reported to have proposed to
England a general disarmament. The Eng
lish papers treat it with derision and the
army will be increased to eleven new regi.
ments. ...,... e. a.
The National Democratic Convention is
called for April 23d at Charleston.
A preacher of Cincinnati said that the
sword welded by John Brown was the same
one that Frederick the Great presented to
Gen. Washington. True enough, but the
preacher should have told us that the old
fanatic robbed Col. Washington of it after
taking him prisoner at Harper's Ferry.
| The Clerks in the st. Louis Post Office
"strnck" a few days ago because there was
no fire in the building. The mails were
not delivered for twcnty-four hours-the
Evil One was to pay and Mr.. P. NJ. had tt
60 and buy stoves instanter.
On Thursday night Dec. 9Th there wa.
good slcighing at st. Louis, for LITTLE
while. The livery men charged only So
an hour for horse and cutter.
Breadstuffs Market by the Persia report
ed dull and declining.
"My dear you always call me your little
birdan how does bird look without Jeath
ers?" The feathers flew home the mex
day.
At Philadelphia on the 18th, flags wer
displayed, salutes fired, and in the evening
mass meeting was held at Jaynes' Hall a
which Union sentiments of strong char
acter were embodied in "a series of resolu
tons.
The Edinburgh has arrived. DR.. Bar
ryth, Catholic Bishop of Savannah died re-
Gently at Paris. The father of Mortara thu
Jew-child is in Paris determined to insis,