The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-08-15

choked him off after a few remarks.
A most brutal murder was committed
near New York City last week. A South
ern Planter was butchered by a negro
waiter.
Barrett is elected to the short, and Blair
to the long Congressional term from the ST.
Louis District. The Republicans are said
to have spent good many more dollars
than there are men in the District and only
got partial reward after all.
Charles McDougal who ran away from
Cincinnatiti, under the charge Of embezzle-
ment was tracked to Hamilton, c. West,
There his clerk, Montague. and woman
were arrested and $685. recovered. Nc
Dougal escaped.
1t is reported that an imperial ukase by
the Emperor Of Russia places foreign mer
chants on an equality with the native mer-
chants in Russia.
The Bell and Everett men are making a
thorough organization in Ohio and will
poll heavy vote there.
For three days ending August 9th the
mercury ranged from 90 to 1O1 in the
shade, and papers report 10 cases of sun
stroke in Cincinnati.
jackson county Iowa has been favored
with several cases Of hydrophobia lately.
A German refused to pay for a drink he
had ordered at a saloon at Suspension
Bridge and was killed on the spot.
A great deal Of damage was sustained in
Southern Iowa by very severe storm
which occurred about two weeks ago.
The friends of Douglas hold their State
Convention in Mississippi to-day.
Brick" he of the Lacrosse Union, ad-
vises young girls Of six years old and up
wards to stay at home pretty closely while
S. NJ. Booth, the great light of the Repub-
lican party in that State is at liberty, as his
time is about equally divided between Lin
con and Crin.-con. We suppose Brick is
not satisfied which candidate Booth expects
to getin. Oh, you naughty Brick! when
will you become an altered man!
A horrible accident occurred on the 28th |
ult., at Freeport, Armstrong county, Pa,
by which man named Frank McCallom
lost his life in the following shocking man.
ner. He was boiling salt, when by some
mischance he was precipitated head FORE
most into the cstern Of boiling salt water. -
He succeeded in crawling out, but there be-
ing no one near to assist him, he unfortu-
nately fell back again into the scalding brine.
Notwithstanding this second and terrible
mishap, he got out without assistance and
walked to his home. He was actually fay
ed alive, and suffering unknown tortures,
at last found ease in death, twenty -four
hours after the accident.
A New York Court has decided that
marriage by Notary Public is null and
void. There are those who wish they had
been married by Notaries. A good way
to slip out of the moose.
The Harlem and Housatonic Railroads
are to be consolidated.
Efforts are being made to break up the
will of the late Senator Broderick on the
ground that it was a forgery.
A Wisconsin paper says that the Brock
inride men in that State are dying off with
Administration. on the BRAIN" We guess
their brains are in the vicinity of their
breeches pockets.
Rev. Mr.. Neill, d. D. of Philadelphia,
is dead. He was formerly President of
Dickinson College.
Jack Harris proprietor of disreputable
house in indianapolis was shot by police
man on Thursday.
Near Vancetown, New Jersey, John II.
Conover shot George Aiken. The excuse
was that Aiken had ravished Conover's
wife. He was arrested.
COL Lewis, of Roundbrook New Jersey,
was jealous of his wife and chokcd her to
death and then killed himself.
In New York city, Mrs. Dotson heard re-
ports of the infidelity of her husband and
undertook to kill herself by taking lauda-
mum, but was prevented from the rash act,
by the interference Of friends.
A lad named George Webster, living in
Burlington, suffered a horrible death in the
following manner: lie was riding horse
and had tied the strap of the halter around
his waist. The horse SHE'D, threw him off.
and dragged him nearly quarter of
mile, managing him in terrible manner,
and of course killing him.
A Democratic paper is about to be start
ed at Cedar Rapids.
The fall term at Cornell College, in Linn
county Iowa, will commence on the 9th of
ne 1t month. es t. "
Geo. p. Morris is talked of for Con- rcss.
He is one of the editors of the Home Jour-
nal, and author of "Woodman Spare that
tree" That song will be used with great
success against the Rail Splitter. George is
Democrat.
According to the late census one ward
alone in New York city, the 18th, contains
100000 inhabitants.
Scroggs, the famous Know Nothing who
would not eat turtle soup because it was
foreign invention, has come out for Lin
coin. How bad the Democrats feel about
it. scroggs has gone over; oh dear!
James B. Howe has been appointed Mar
shall for the Northern District Of New York.