The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-20
News and Items.

| News and Items.
The proprietors of Earls Hotel, New
York, have been held responsible by de
cision of the courts of that city for over
$4,000, deposited by boarder in their
safe and stolen by the clerk who received
it. The proprietors were not aware that
any such deposit had been made, but the
fact was proven at the trial.
The rebel Gen. Holmes was severely
wounded at the battle of Monocacy.
A fire occurred at Brooklyn, New York,
ON the pier at the foot of Joraemon street,
which destroyed 100000 worth of pro-
perty.
II is said that Gen. Sheridan has gone
on another raid.
The latest report from New Orleans says
that the strict censorship of the press Of
that city prevents the .newspapers from
furnishing any news from the army that
the Picayune, which was suppressed by the
military authorities, has been allowed to
resume publication that the business of
Mobile has been suspended in apprehension
Of raids both by sea and land, and speaks
Of produce being very scarce in that city,
except -four, which sold for $50 the sack !;
sugar $3.50 pound; bacon SO.
Gen. Lowell, commander of New Orleans
before its capture, has been restored to
service.
A steamer run the blockade, at Mobile,
with an unusually valuable cargo, including
large amount Of military stores. The
name was suppressed.
The railroad from Vicksburg to Jackson
will soon be completed.
The expedition to jackson under Gen.
Slocum, which occupied that place on the
9Th and 9th, has returned with loss of
$50 men. --.
The Iowa Homestead, published at Des
Moines, is on our table with an entirely
new dress and is much improved generally.
Petit is a good writer and has made the
Homestead one Of the most useful and
readable journals in the country.
Ira G. Mitchell has retired from the edi-
torial department Of The Iowa City Press and
is succeeded by John P. Irish.
The Mayor of the city of Des Moines has
caused all the saloons of that city to be
closed. We know an individual about our
size willing to bet half glass Of lager
that that honorable mayor, if from home,
would contribute more to the support of
the government by Furnishing "forty rod
than the most gifted Of his subjects.
1t is stated, on information derived from
bushwhackers now in Platte county, that
Prices rebel army has been dsbanded, and
sent by squads into Missouri. The appear
ance of so many bands Of rebels and guer-
rillas in different parts of the State gives
color to this statement. ,ra &c.,. ."
Private letters from Matamoras say that
the rebels are sending all their cotton over
the Mexican boundry, as fast as possible,
and that the opinion there is that the rebel
leaders are preparing to abandon the whole
of the trans Mississippi department. 1t is
understood there that their forces are now
reduced to about $4,000, and that in the
late operations against Banks they lost
1900 men.
A convention of railroad officers met in
New York on the 14th and raised the rates
of freight 20 per cent. " 70
The English receive annually sixty five
thousand tons Of sugar from the Dutch re.
finers. "=n@ #.EEs
A wag says that Gen. Lee probably sent
his rebels to Washington to attend the sale
of his personal property under the confis.
cation law, appointed for the 10th.
Strawberries are so called from custom
long ago prevalent in England Of children
stringing the berries on straws ana selling
so many strings for "penny."
The recent election for the council. gen.
eral in France has terminated largely in
the choice of liberal members. OFT ~
An old bachelor in New York offered a
young lady a pony for kiss. She gave
him the kiss. He refused her the pony.
She sued him. He pleaded mo considera
ton" Prentice adds to this :-"Certainly
it has been often a matter Of earnest con-
sideration with us and, we have no doubt,
with good many other young fellows"
Pr Gen. Hancock is to have house pre-
sented to him by the Philadelphians. i
The receipts of the Boston street railroads
was, on the 4th, $4,000. ..r...,
Miss Olympia Brown is pastor of the
Universalist church of Weymouth, Mass.
Tombstones are taxed five per cent. of
their regular value. s~
Queen Victoria and her daughters are
said to make full and open war with the
princess Of Wales. Her beauty and popu-
larty are unbearable to the old lady.
President Lincoln has proclaimed mar
lial law in Kentucky. The opposition
party in that State claim that it is done be
cause an election is at hand there, and I'M
der martial law the polls can be manipulated
BY military authority as they were both in
Delaware and Maryland. The administra.
ton followers declare, per contra, that Sc
cession is so rampant and so overrides all
loyal movements in that State that, unless
the military power be made, temporarily,