The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-13
News and Items.

News and Items.
The wife Of a clergyman writing to
friend, closed her letter with, "Pray for vs..
We expect soon to move to Lacrosse"
Texas contracted deb, of 50, OoC, 600
during tho war
A gentleman just from Aptomatos
Court House states that there is nothing
left Of the apple tree under which General
Lee surrendered but red hole in the
ground, and it is feared that unless the
hole is fenced in that also will be removed
by curiosity seekers"
North Carolina will have only $4,000
bushels of peanuts to export against 14O,.
900 heretofore. ,aE. '... ..#...
Land in the heart Of London recently
sold at $3s per square foot.
The Richmond Enquirer says "this
country is fast tending to tho lowest and
most vulgar style Of royalty the monar-
Eesy Of tho mob and the aristocracy of the
Dollar" ....r- '.t 'rs' p T.
Mrs. Wirz dsnie. the story that she a..
tempted to convey poison to her husband.
There sra Gs2 students in Yale college.
Mrs. Macmillan, Of Mexico, recently
reviewed tn Mexican troops in = carriage
that cost 100000 1t was construc ted
entirely of glass and silver, and The inside
linei with white satin and gold lace. She
expensive t. somebody. ".t ."= ID" ."
Tbs population Of the world is sstinated
b; N. Dicterei, statistical authority of
Europe, at 800. 900, 900, of whom IS per
cent are christiang.
The latest foreign, announ ees the escape
from i'm priSonmsht of Stephens, the Feni-
al Head Centre Of Ireland. There was
| great rejoicing in New York over the news.
The bill before the Tennessee legislature,
allowing the n.gros to testify, was tabled
BY that body. q -s- .'..a ...7"
The Lieutenant General Of the United
States receives salary Of 1920 per an.
mum. so s. r..... ..s..... ..-a ,a
There arc now over two thousand
deaths year by suicide in England.
Gold has been discovered in the British
possessions. A nugget worth $4,000 has
been picked up. ."'
Marriage is mis- called 'tender tie"
1t is so tough that Death or the Divorce
laws OF Indiana alone can break it. Eo@
A married man is like a candle, because
he sometimes goes out o nights. ..
Artcmus says he met an editor at Vr-
ginia City who WAS % inebriated that he
walked ten minutes on the vsrandah in
front Of the hotel 10 recall his name. ut
was PEpPEE, and the poor soul was 50
tickled to remember it that he could skers-
" contain himself" '"~
Lucy Stone says 1.-THE cradle is wc-
mans ballot box" In CASE of twins is
there an unlawful vote (?
One man said his wife Was q Tartar
his cIum replied "mine is tho cream Of
tarta.-!" 4 ,at.,.
The frs. rail OF the Atchison and Pixies
Peak Railroad vas laid on the LIST inst,
with great rejoicing. 1"+-' ''o"
The cattle plague is on the increase In
England. The Feniar excitement c"ns'n-
uss, and the forts at Dublin are strongly
garrisonsd. The British Government ha.
determined to demonstrate with Spain on
the subject Of the Spanish blocks de of
Gillian ports. A fatal mslady has broken
out among the poultry in France for which
no remedy eau be found.
A California paper, speaking Of some re.
markable discoveries of silver in Idaho
says:
I'VE hear that the Oregon Steam Navi
cation Company have found mi ,e that
produces blocks Of native silver % large a.
candle-boxes, and they hammer 1t out like
wagon tire. Several other mines of extra
ordinary richness have been discovered in
the same neishborhood. if the story be
true Il is a well known fact that blocks
o native silver rs large as candle boxes
nave been found in the silver mines Of
Mexico and Arazonia, and it is settled be
y md any doubt that the Owyhee region,
IN Southwestern Idaho, is rich in silver
tOdes"
The Louisville Journal is thirty Eve
years ole.
Thirty thousand canary birds are annu-
ally imported to this country from Ger
many.
Gems. b F. Butler and John A. Dix
nave resigned.
Gen. Sully will make Clinton the head.
quarters Of his new military district.
The Conferences of the NJ. E. Church in
Iowa for the year 1865 are to be held by
Bishop X ngsley, They are to be held as
follows: DesMoines Conference, at Boons
boro, August 29th: Upper Iowa, at De
corsh. Sept. 18th; Iowa, at Knoxville,
Sept. Goth.
A lecture at Keokuk, by John G. SAKE,
is announced. d
Our exchanges state, apparently from
authority, that the net gains Of the North
ern Line Packet Company for the season
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