The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-06-06
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John F. Potter, the man who wasn't kill
ed in duel, has sued the Madison Patriot
and Washington States for libel. :. "A Wis
editor has Just entered the matrimonial
moose. Inability to support himself prob
ably led him to this rash act. ;. An inter-
csting little boy of seven, son of I. Fl. But
Ter fell into the river at Milwaukee and his
body was found about an hour after. The
agony Of the parents was distressing to be-
hold. Will parents keep their little ones
from the waters edge?.. "A tornado swept
over Cat!aragus, N. Y, on the 31st, de-
stroying $25, 900 worth Of property, killing
one and severely injuring several persons.
The American Tract Society is free from
debt and has surplus of 81 900 cash....
w. A. Bartlett, whose daughter was the
heroine of the Diamond W edding, has been
sued for 1924 for wine furnished at the
marriage feast. 800. Congress appropriated
$50, 900 to entertain the Japanese, and the
money is about gone and the liquor not half
drank! 81
Scientific men say that $50 will be mar
ked by more tornudoes, storms, and high
winds than any other year this century,
The recent severe storms point that way.
The st. Louis brewcries have made 1922
400 barrels of lager beer, $500 barrels
Of common beer, and 4,4OO barrels of ale
within the past year. A capital Of $2,124,-
400 is invested in the business there. ". "A
crowd of 900 Mormons passed through
Council Bluffs the other day bound for Salt
Lake. Three-fourths of them were women.
We pity the other fourth. Two races
arc arrar gcd for the Union course, one for
June 9Th, the other June 10Th, between
Geo. NJ. Patchen and Flora Temple. The
first to he mile heats, the second two miles
in harness. -. Congress passed the bill es-
tablishing Government printing Office by
vote of 100 to Sc. The American club
at Buffalo repudiates the Aduertiser since it
went over to Republcanism.
A man in Chicago has left his boy to the
mercics of the law. The boy is only ten
years old, but his parent declares it impos-
siblc to prevent him from thicving, drinking
and other "boyish tricks "... John Van
Buren, declines the appointment of Minister
to Paraguay Mrs. Belle Stewart, late of
Iowa, handsome, only twenty years Of age,
was accused Of inidclity by her husband,
and in her grief took an ounce of lauda-
mum, but by great exertions she was saved.
This occurred in Cincinnati. The Tecum-
sch Bank, Toledo, Ohio, is not Gerry good.
A grocer advertiscs for it, "Takcn for pota-
toes, barrel for barrel r'.. The life insur-
ance companies now have over twenty-five
millions of dollars in trust, have insured
100000 lives, the sums insured $3.50, 00O,-
600, and about 100000 paid yearly for
losses to widows and orphans. :. The ia
panese Ministers will probably visit most
of the western cities. -. The city Of San
Francisco requires 90 becves, 20 calves, 200
sheep, and 14o hogs daily to keep the inter-
nal arrangements of its people in good run
ming order.
Fifty ardent Republicans have asked the
privilege of writing the life of Abe Lincoln.
"Can't make whistle out of pigs TAIL"
gentlemen, no use blowing!.. England
appropriates $3.50, 100000 this year for ma
val and military defenccs. Leaky vessels
require great amount Of caulking!....
The Hon. John Cramcr of New York, a
prominent politician, is the father of W. E.
Cramer, Esq, of the Wisconsin. The
boy who forgot to bring the lard home, told
his mother it was SO greasy that it slipped
his mind. The surplus wheat crop Of
Minnesota for last year is said to be two
million bushels, and it is thought it will
reach six millions this year. We regard
this estimate very hight. =. The cotton mills
of Lowell are reported as in flourishing
condition. 100000 more spindles are to be
started soon.
VIM. c. Preston was formerly President
of the S. Carolina College, and the students
arc to erect a monument to his memory.
:. Lincoln said once "hc had rather be
living dog than dead lion." He had rath-
or be live Lincoln than dead Seward !....
There are 700 paper mills running in Eng
land Henry Ward Beecher preached in
Theodore Parker's church last Sunday
week, to an audience of 5000 persons 80.
EVERYBODY knows that the Prince of Wales
is to visit America this season. He desires
to leave England for season, he having
got into difficulty with an English heiress.
"Boys will be boys. -. Queen Vicroria
was forty-one years old last Thursday....
A Republican candidate for Congressional
honors was defeated in convention in Ind,
it being evident that he had never split
rail in his life
A Chicago correspondent writes that he
has not seen drunken man in that city, al
though some gentlemen there seemed "un-
decidcd!'. "A young lady in Missouri,
trying to kindle fire in the stove, set q
lighted candle on the floor, her dress caught
fire, and she was burned to death.
New Railroad Projects.
1t is rumored, and the report is well
founded, that the Grand Trunk Railway
Company have leased the Michigan Cen. r.
r. Co., their ground, road; and fixtures for
the term of 900 years. 1t is further said