The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-10-31
Anyt1lings.

are covered with snow, and all railroad con-
struction has ceased Mrs. Paulcs, Of
Chicago, in pulling open a coffee-pot lid
scalded an infant in her lap, to death....
The population Of Virginia will be increas-
ed by this census 25O,ooo... The Prince
of Wales can marry any lady he chooses
without destroying his eligibility to the
throne +. . The Savannah, in 1917, was the
first steamship that left our shores for
England. The Sirius, from England reach
ed New York April 23d, 1888; the Great
Western arrived few hours afterwards.
A movement is on foot in Indiana, to raise
a monument to Gov. Willard, at New Alba
my; contribution agents are appointed in
every county of the State ....A woman in
Rhode Island cut her husbands head off
with an axe while he lay drunk on the floor
80. A construction train was lately swal-
lowed by bog in Ireland; two laborers
went below the earth, the others escaped -
Six men at Dresden lost their lives at
mill trying to save dog from drowning,
The dog was being drawn into the suck Of
the stream, and the rescuers in small boat
met their fate. Three widows and four
teen children are in mourning. -. "A snow
white coon was killed at Wilmington, Del.
This coOn is fit representative of the Wings
of 1910, who now 60 for white mans
government. The other coons are Of the
brown, biloxi, and striped order. !. Mrs.
Bowen, of Fishkill, supposed hersclf enci-
ente. She took oil of tansy to prevent con.
sequences, and she died in two hours
Rev. l.. Morse, of Aroostook, Maine, has
decampcd, for seducing.a married lady,
He was burnt in effigy. DR.. Feasal, of
Hannibal, No., died in four days from the
bite of spider. u. Samuel Austin, Of AM
boy, is indicted for incest with his daughters,
one thirteen, the other fifteen. "A man at
Oshkosh is cultivating 1000 acres of cram
berries of kind much larger, and far SUI
perior in flavor to the common article.
Phoebe Jcsromc was burned to death in ST.
Louis, by going too near the fire with her
hoops on :. Several thousand Polish Jews
arc on their way to the United States. 80.
A. P. Wykoff, of tennessee Co., was a
rich farmer; he forged a note for $4,000,
and he is now boarding at Auburn! 49,.
~. j. j." asks the N. Y. Sunday Times,
"Was Henry Clay ever Whig?' That
is certainly very verdant question to be
asked less than ten years after Mr.. Clays'
death. "What is Fame !'... Negroes vote
in n Y after three years residence, the
possession of $3.50 freehold, and the pay
ment Of a tax. They are unrestricted in
Mass, except as to residence. /. . The Gov
ernorship of Madras is worth nearly $40,
600 per year, and yet it goes begging
Let it Ego to Boston ~ s. Fifteen hundred
galley slaves (white criminals) at Castell-
mare, demanded days play, and pledged
their honor to come back at night-fall. The
keepers on that particular day being too
few to resist the slaves, they were allowed
to 60. Not one failed to return as agreed
upon >. "A son, at Balkcns, Turkey, was
absent many years, and at length returned
rich to see his widowed mother. Desiring
to remain incog till morning, he went to
bed in antirinatinn Of a joyful time the
next day. Thinking he had money, the
mother killed her guest in the night. Her
other children knowing of their brother
arrival, and the ruse he was playing, came
the next day to hold feast. The announce
ment of her unnatural crime struck the
mother senseess She was tried condemned
and thrown into cauldron of boiling tar
80. The Great Eastern was to have sailed
for N. Y. on the 18th but it is not likely
she did so. She carries 1000 tons of coal
-. Forbes, the Scotch Kansas schemer,
was an officer of the Italian Liberal army,
but Garabaldi found him troublesome and
discharged him. The abode Of Love"
is the title of an institution in England that
resembles the Shakers of this country, ex-
cept in selfdenial-the English style is
self-indulgence. Some distinguished ladies
of the Mrs. Quincy school have joined this
Free Love party. When it is remembered
that most of the girls of wealth in that
countr are sold to the highest matrimonial
bidder, it is not strange that they desert
their husbands. The Rev. Mr. Price has
rescued his wife from this society The
question of Sunday shaving is now before
the Supreme Court of Vermont 1t is
proposed to form a regiment of Zouaves in
Chicago. y. Canada has passed law tina,
death. bed requests shall not be valid il
made. The population Of Dubuque Co.
is 81 ,348. !. Gen. Jones, accompanied br
his son Chas. S. d. Jones, will return to
Bogota this week ]. :. /. Clifford was hung pri-
vately at Dubuque on Friday, the 18TH
Sheriff Cummins and Deputy Hewitt offici-
ated. About fifty persons were present. :.
Daniel Woods, Of Castle Rock, Wis, Jagged
35) ran off with his niece, aged nineteen and
left wife. They embarked at Cassville for
-'Dixie's Land"
Buchanan and Miss Lane were not at
the Princes Ball :. AT Boston the Prince
was rivalled by LEO, black prince from
Nubia. The Richmond Enquirer. says
Virginia is not dis-union State, but the
election Of Lincoln will result in such wide.
spread and out spoken dissatisfaction in
the South, that it will be impossible for
Virginia to resist the influence Of her sister
States - The Herald foots up the torches
(by companics) in the great Union demon
stration Of last Tuesday night, and makes
the tremendous aggregate of TnIRrY-sEvEN
THOUSAND. 80. Frank Bates, the most fas-
cinating dry-goods clerk in Council Bluffs,
and the liveliest beau in the city, turns out
to be girl. Her success in captivating
the fair proves that all the ladies require to
beat the males in gallantry, is coat Of
bread cloth, pants, plug hat, cigar, and a
few other triaes. A picture maker at