The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-01-11
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News and Items.

A writer to an Illinois paper says that two
men take out $4,000 worth of orc in q
day and that claims Of fifty feet sell al
twenty to fifty thousand dollars. s
Seth Paddleford is nominated by the Re-
publicans of Rhode Island for Governor
1chabod Goodwin for the same place in New
Hampshire. -.---~y.... ......s -.
There arc near five millions Of pounds Of
tobacco consumed in one day. There arc
over five millions of acres cultivated in tho
weed and its value is about $3.50, 200, 900
Washington Irving never made speech
in his lifc--hc dreaded sitter dinner speech.
cs and invariably broke down mortified.
A sectarian, seeing Gabriel Ralston o.
Virginia give poor woman ten dollars
inquired ii he knew she was worthy
"Worthy" said r. Good God, Sir! Didn't
you see how thinly she was clad and that
she was drenched with rain.''
It is said that from 80 to 60 persons were
frozen to death in Texas during the late
cold snap. " of @N
At Toronto, hay is selling At $50 and
straw at GA. ,..s @E"
A company Of men Of Mount Pleasant,
Ohio bespoke a supper or spree At q neigh.
boring villagc-their wives heard Of it and
organized lady's party which got there
first and cleaned al the dishes.
There are now 1873 convicts at Fort Mad.
ison. Five escaped a short time since.
A man named Morgan, Of Bristol, Ten.
nessee is under 1000 bonds for whipping
q negro to death.
At Shcboygan Wis, the brick block Of
Often was burnt. The county loses papers
worth $4,000. # nn|
The Dead letter Office has restored the
past year 1914 dead letters and 5,71s-
there remain I 1852 unclaimed letters and
about $1,000. The amount of registered
enclosures not received by the owners is
over two and half millions Dead letters
have been sent back to Europe to the
amount Of 133,6S1. .#E9& S+ f'
Mrs. Childs and Mrs Senator Mason of
Virginia have had pen war Of a spicy
character. Where are the gloves? Form
a ring !2@, -@Esr.s"..@ a
Samuel Casey, Treasurer Of the U. S.,
under the Scc'y. Of the Treasurer died on
the 22d aged II. <..75. t-E3
Hecnan went to Europe last week to
fight Saycrs. TO- ED. 1.1'f# s
n The Jerseyville (Tll.) mill was burned on
the 2d-loss $4,000. .ss53...9= '.- III
Is Mayor Wood of New York lost his wife
on the day of his late election-his infant
child was buried last week. 7.'. ".'l . ..
g w. H. Robinson, Land Agent at Du-
buque was frozen to death on Friday last
week. tg-- ef# ,..zsoa# EH"f &. Asr r.
I Neal Dow of Maine, while walking on a
rafter of his tanncry fell Is feet and nearly
killed himself. What business had a sober
man on q rafter? So gegas an s#Hs 3
A Raccoon supper is announced in the Mil
waukee Sentinel A revival of that same
old coon" party is probably contemplated.
Mr.. Breckenridge is the great-grand-son
of DR.. Witherspoon, one of the signers Of
the Declaration. aT ,.a's LE'as.a alF' -
A bill is before the legislature of Virginia
to repeal the anti-duclling laws OF that
State. .Ga .garrr a. .,.s4 asss.sa5Ea ~
In Milwaukee the style Of marriages is
becoming very aristocratic; churches arc
garlanded, preachers are bcdecked in all the
display Of the I. o. s. NJ. and general
exhibition of snobbcry is given to the curl
osity hunters. Do quit this mode Of join
ing lovers together! The picture Of Burns
aud his Highland Mary in . ten cent photo
graph looks to us more like Love than all
the trimmings you can get up about q
charch. .aa. sf 3'tan y a.a 4
Rev. DR.. Pomcroy the man whom the Ia
dies fleeced so numerically is out in card
stating that he feels bad for his errors but
that Providence doubtless took this course
TO punish him. @ ss5t...f ...a-
There are 94s Episcopalian families in
Chicago. s'e
Somebody says: "Troubles are like
babies-they grow bigger by sursing.
A New York merchant recently lost $3,-
600 in gambling saloon and tried to poison
himself, but on recovering his health he re-
covered his senses and went back improved.
7 1t is said that Mr.. Douglas has govt in
the stomach and that his permanent recov-
cry is doubtful. We hope he will digest it.
A man in Toronto married pretty girl
Of 16 and in three months he became blind
she left him. She did not fancy love
that was blind. s42 4slat "
A man in Ohio ran away with girl to
avoid the blame of his family the son of
the same man ran off with another girl on
the same day. At the Burnett House Gin,
they all met and after the surprise was
over they got married and went home
Rev. j. Mason of Hamilton ILL.,, denied
the Trinity and the eternity of future pun
whercupon the Congagrationalits
turned him out. aa saagi a s.
g John Traverse went to Relviderc lately
and made the acquaintance of q Miss Smith
by pretending to know her brother in Min
ncsota. She married John in few days
The lived with her day ana night and
left for q fairer flower NJ 9aaataes egra
During 1859 the fatal railroad accidents
in the S. u, were 79-killed 1919, wounded
Ill. For seven years the accidents have
been 903, killed l,lO9, wounded Soil,
The accidents have decreased ono half with
in the past two years. s2'tsE 100 u $500
The Medical students have mostly come
back to Philadelphia They say they only