The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-07-26
News and Items.

News ami Items.
A disease is announced among the sill
worms in France, which will largly lessen tn.
supply Of silks, and cause the price to al
vance.
A parrot is spoken of in France which i.
known to be sixty-ivc years old aud believed
to be seventy.
ain 1860 the average population Of Calves
ton and suburbs, was about IL, 900. The pop
ulation within the corporate limits at that time
was about 5000. At one time during the wal
the population was reduced to $500. 1t is now
about 5000.
The La Crosse Democrat speaks of seventy
four diroree cases on the dock ct, awaiting hear
ing at the next term Of the Circuit court in that
county. Quite collection for sixty days. Every
applicant so far 10 a soldier who, on returning
from the war, had reason for such acts, or from
soldiers wives.
The N. Y. Worlds correspondent, writing
from Montgomery, Ala, estimates the quanty
of cotton in the Southern States as follows: in
Moth Carolina, l20, 900 bales; in South Caro-.
lima, 100000; in Georgia, 1000 bales; in
Alabama, $50 900 bales The date upon which
he makes this calculation is not mentioned.
| The Russian Telegraph Expedition sailed
from San Francisco OH the 18th for the Gulf
of Anadir, and Behring's Straits. Five gov
eminent vessels and . land force Of 1900
men constitute the expedition. Col Buckley
| commands.
Alferd Tennyson, the poet laureate of Eng
land, is said to be failing rapidly. 1t is feared
that hc has the consumption.
| The Gold sovereigns gathered by Gen. Tom
Thumb during his visit to England. will consid.
| crably outweigh his entire party, baby inclu.
| dcd.
About 1000 tons of rebel ordnance il now
lying at the docks in Richmond, awaiting ship
| ment to the Northern arsenals
Since the close Of the war the Quartermas.
tcr's Department has sold at public auction
1880 mules and IA 67O horses, the receipts
amounting to 81 ,6l6,535 80.
An impression appears to prevail at Wash.
ington that Gov. Perry, of South Carolina, will
not be removed.
| Gen. Candy has issued an order from New
Orleans. to the effect that all soldiers who wish
to remain in the south shall be mustered out at
such points as may be consistent with the wei.
| fare Of the service.
The 18th annual state fair Of Michigan, is
to be held in Adrian, commencing Sept 10.
| Gen. Sully's Indian expedition left Fort Sully,
July 5th for Fort Rice. His scouts report
from 5000 to 5000 Indians encamped near the
battle ground of last summer, ready for battle
We do not know that the fat woman is en-,
gagged to be married. but she certainly had q
flame in Barnum's Museum Post.
| The two great commandments of Lord By.
| rons system of ethics was, "to hate vouI
neighbor and love your neighhor's wife,"
| A German writer says young girl is fish
ing rod. the eyes are the hooks, the smile the
bait, the lover the gudgeon, aud marriage the
batter in which it is fried
| There are over three million horses in
France. In all the world abont forty nine
million.
The assessed value Of real estate and per.
! sonal property in St Paul Min is a little less
| than $5,000ODO
The Nashville Dispatch, President johnson 8
| home organ, says that if the radicals think
they can make the President come to their
terms, they don't know the man.
Fifteen thieves was hanged by Vigilance
COMMITTEES at Walla Walla (Oregon,) on the
18th of June. The "committee," at last &C.
counts, were on the heels of "one hundred and
fifty more. with fair prospect of overhalling
them.
my dear Polly, am surprised at your taste
in wearing another womans hair on your
head" said Mr.. Smith to his wife. "My dear
Joe, am equally astonished that you persist
in wearing another sleeps ,rool on your back. ~
The authorities who managed the recent
Chicago sanitary Fair are in precious pickle
In addition to the fact that the expense nearly
ate up the receipts, the Iowa and other state
delegations are demanding their money. alleg-
ing that they were led into the enterprise by
misrepresentation on the part of the managers.
A lively hubbub took place on the subject ut a
meeting of the executive committee on Thurs.
day.
Mrs. Darlington recently saw an advertise.
ment Of patent skirt elevator. claws a me,
Ike" she said, 81 like the old kind the best 81
Old horses should be driven by old people.
Till you have had the rheumatism yourself,
you cannot properly sympathize with the spav-
ms of others.
The following is the number of troops furnish.
ed to carry on the war by several different
States: Maine G6,669; Vermont "a 400; Con.
necticut 54466, Rhode Island 1886; West
Virginia 20.Ol2; Massachusetts, l53 ,6O6; New
Hampshire 80, 256; Kansas 81 ,94s; Pennsylya.
MIA EGO 600, and Iowa 72,35s.
The Buffalo papers report that their city will
soon become great salt emporium They say
that in all the wells bored there tor oil, good
veins OF salt water have been found.