The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-06-27
News and Items.

) $50, consisting of l,o19, free blacks, /,
245 slaves, 1890 white males and G3,3
, white females.
, The whole number of criminals reporte,
r by the State authorities of New York i
, 10000, half Of them females, and over 10,
900 of them the victims of intoxicatin,
liquors.
Another fool died lately in New Jersc,
from overeating hard boiled eggs.
An acre of buck-wheat in full bloom
furnishes fourteen pounds of honey PEI
day.
/ Nine boys chew, and five girls smoke to
bacco in an Ohio school of 50 scholars.
The French Government promptly re
fused the request of Naples for foreign in
PREVENTION in the affairs of Sicily
i PAUL, the presiding genius of the Dun
leith Adpertiser, calls the Lacrosse paper:
1.-THE Spice-Mills." ''Brick" does tn.
grinding for the Union & Democrat and
Sally Seely Cooley for the Republican,
The matter furnished by both is very spicy
| tits reported that Brigham Young is
now in Washington negotiating for the
sale of his Salt Lake possessions, and tina.
himself and wives, as well as the balance
Of the Mormons will retire to the Pacific
The greatest novelty of the season will
be grand concert in the Mammoth Cave
on the 4th of July, to be given by the Or
phan Society OF Louisville.
The race horse 'Goodwood," by 'Lex-
ington," won the three mile race at Lexing-
ton, Ky. In the extraordinary fast time
of 5:3S 5:34i. .........
A young lady of Cincinnati just return
ed from Europe, says that an aristocratic
Englishman asked her if Cincinnati was
a slave State. .-'
A minister recently remarked to his con-
gregation that our blessed Lord first appear
ed to a female after the instruction, in Or
der that the glad tidings might spread the
sooner.
| Since September 1910, there has been
buried, in Greenwood Cemetry, N. Y, 76,-
797 persons. A grave record!
In 1859 the population of N. Y was
5000 more than in 1851, yet the num-
of deaths was not so great in 1859, by over
1000.
The young folks in Cincinnati, have
lately taken to marrying while on the
street cars, thus saving the expense Of
wedding parties. Those street cars accom-
date passengers by making rapid connec-
| tons.
The London, Neus very gravely states
that the Republicans of Chicago had no.
minated Mr.. Lincoln for President and the
Illinois Convention had nominated Mr..
Maine for Vice President. A Manchester
paper makes an equally ridiculous announce
ment. English editors know as little of
the geography Or politics of the United
States, as Guinea hen does of music
They write very 'learned' leaders upon
subjects of which they really knou, abso-
lutely nothing.
The japanese are attracting considerable
attention and causing much comment in all
circles of Eastern society. One of the
Philadelphia papers remarks that they are
like pretty girls or lager beer; the more
you see of them the better you like them.
At first they were taken to be as ignorant
as Orleans Mulattoes, but acquaintance de-
monstrates, that what they don't know is
hardly worth knowing at ALL They are
Trumps! Mostly ''clubs" and "spades {"
"Parents mind your Sons," is the latest
most modern translation of one of the
well known precepts of Solomon. That
precept is obeyed.
A disease similar to that which has des-
troyed so many cattle in New England, has
broken out among the sheep in Pennsylya-
mia, and whole flocks are destroyed in a
short time. One man lost thirty in one
day.
The report that the Tycoon of Japan had
been assassinated is wholly false. The
story was got up by foreign powers to
break off any commercial relations with
Japan which might be formed by our Gov
eminent through the Embassy now in this
country. The effort was failure as the
Embassy did not believe the report.
One of the oldest citizens of Duncan
county, New York died recently, and upon
his death bed made the startling confession
that himself and another man who ran away
several years since, murdered a foot ped
dler, some twenty years ago in that vicinity.
A live lizard, 7inches long and q inches
round was passed from the bowels of a
gentleman in Maine, recently, and both man
and lizard are doing well. old Bourboun'
in small quantities is remedy for lizards,
but two much Of it makes snakes in the
boots.
One Of the waiting girls at hotel in Sy-
racuse accidentally hirted some water on
the white pants of gentleman standing
near. He was angry, and attempted to re.
tort, but the whole army of waiting maids
pitched on him with brooms and mop-sticks
causing him to beat hasty retreat from
the seat of war, leaving the girls victorious
Garibaldi has established a ministry and
| appointed Governor of Palermo. He has
been reinforced by fresh men and arms.
A little son Of Doctor Kenney, was bit
ten by dog at Lacrosse, about five weeks
ago. Nothing particular was thought Of
the matter until few days since, the child
was attacked by hydrophobia, and diod
soon AFTER
The census returns of Ohio, thus far
taken, show that the population of that