The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-11-21

They had Russian in the jury in d
New York, court recently. lie paid the
greatest attention to the evidence, but it
was finally discovered that he understood
no English, and the sheriff marched him
of. .....A London dispatch states that the
rebel bond holders are about bringing their
case under the notice of the British Gov
eminent as sct-of against the Alabama
claims. ut appears there are some reput-
leans decent enough to be ashamed of But
Ter, for he was a long way behind his tick
et This should at least he put down to
their credit. The British Admiralty
have resolved to keep strong force of gun
boats on the China seas to prevent piracy.
......Secretary McCulloch is rapidly COM
pleting his annual report. 1t will show
that the public debt has been decreased
SllO,0O0,OOO in six months, and that un-
der the law passed in March the green
back circulation has been reduced SIC, 900, :
OOOmore.. 80. Prince Albert of Prussia will
shortly sail for the United States, accom-
panied Try tho members of commission
entrusted with the consideration of the or
ganization of the American navy, and to
draw up report thereon for presentation.
...... Prussia has acquired by recent annex
atoms 1913 square miles of territory, and
4, 2S5, 700 people. The present area of the
kingdom Of Prussia is $685. miles. Her
population is 23,59S, 543, or about two
thirds as great as the population of the
United States. The kingdom of Prussia
has purchased the United States ram Dun
derberg for 81 100000. Bismark is evil
IDENTIFY getting ready for the maritime pow
ers..... England has beaten us in the me-
teor business. A dispatch from Green
witch observatory the 18th, says that the
shower was of great brilliancy and beauty,
twelve thousand meteors being counted in
all, and five thousand in one hour. "A
New Orleans telegram has the following,
which is important, if true: I'm military
circles it is openly asserted that Gen. Sher-
man merely prccedcs an army of occupa-
ton in Mexico.
A grand banquet was given to Mr.. Cy-
rus W. Field, of New York, on the 5th
instant. Mayor Hoffman, ex-Mayor OPP
dyke, Henry Ward Beecher and 800 others
were present, and kilograms were received
from President johnson, Gen. Grant, Chief
Justice Chase, Lord Monck, and others.
1.-THE suit brought by Smithson, the
Washington banker, against Edwin NJ.
Stanton, Secretary of War, is to recover
100000 damages for the incarceration of
Smithson in the Old Capital prison during
the war. MIR. Stanton pleads not guilty of
trcspass. Miss Evans, the novelist, is 56
years old, and speaks three languages be-
sides English. She has written six novels
in ten years. ....A rich bachelor recently
died in England, at the age of Sc, who for
fxvo w. bod Srn~S:ro &,
takcr of medicines. In 1910 he took over
10000 pills, and in all he had taken 80, 600
bottles of different mixtures. ;. George
Francis Train is to have 100000 for his
commissions in negotiating for the Kansas
branch of the Union Pacific Railway......
Lord Stanley, the English minister Of for
eign affairs, has recently written private
letter to New York gentleman, in which
he states that the United States is now the
most formidable military power on earth.
1.-The New York SIN figures up the
amount spent for fruit in that city every
year as follows: Apples, 81, SOC, 900; pears,
100000 grapes, 1925, 900; peaches and
nuts, 81 100000; making total cxpendi-
ture annually, for fruit, in New York, of
Sc, 157 800. The Mobile Tribune pre-
diets that the South will be more prosper
Gus five years hence than it has ever been.
800. .Stcrne Says: "The grand error of
life is, we look too far-we scale the heav-
ems, we dig to the center of the Garth for
systems-and We forget ourselves. Truth
lies before us it is in the highway path,
and the ploughman treads on it with clodded
shoes, "......Josh Billings says, l hold that
a man hez just az mulch rite tn spell a word
az it is pronounced, az he hcz tn pronounce
it the wya it amt spelt. Gov. Stone has
Thursday, Nov. 10Th, Thanks
giving day.
, 'ohelora poll..i las boo., ,n,,l,l;.l,oa
in Vicnna......A colored man was chosen
foreman of Supreme Court jury in Bos.
ton last week.. .Bonnets, the shape of
stars, with jet stars in the centre, are the
last London style. ....A Connecticut divine,
of the radical school, recently preached on
a Sunday from the text, 1--WE are the chill
dren of the DEVIL and in the afternoon,
children obey your parents Eight
million bushels of corn have been exported
from New York the present year; twenty
six million pounds of beef: seventeen mil
lions of butter sixteen millions of lard
nine millions of tallow, and three millions
of tobacco. Vermont has village with
four churches and only one bell. but as the
without bell refuse to pay
for the ringing, the bell is not rung at all.
That's radical, amt it?..... Prentice says
''General Butler carries on war as little
boys sleep to keep themselves warm-spoon
fashion. '......A tipsy loafer mistook globe
lamp with letters on it for ''the queen Of
night" "I'll he blessed" said he, ''if
haint stuck an advertisement on
the MOON" 49,. .Eighty-fivc boxes, being a
part of Maximillian's baggage have arrived
Mt Vera Cruz. Letters from Mexico city
state that he has taken for his own use sew
eral valuable old paintings and Mexican
relies. The Government now holds $685.
600, 600 in gold-deducting the amount re-
unpaid of the November interest.
49,. Jane: "Charles dear, now that we are
you know, we must have no Sc
crcts. So, do, like dove, hand me that
bottle of hair dye: you will find it in my
dressing case" The total value of the
prizes to be given at the Paris Exhibition
is $50, 900 in gold. IA few drops of law
cndcr will prevent mould on the books of
a library, if simply placed in the case......
Some people would be astonished to learn
that the phrase, escaping 'with the skin of
my teeth" is from the Bible. 1t occurs in
Job, chapter 10, verse 90, and the correct
reading is, "My bone cleaveth to my skin
and to my flesh, and am escaped with the
skin of my teeth" ......A Gentleman in
Michigan asked squ.w if her papoosc,
which was quite white, was not ha.fbreed,
she replied: "No, not drop
Of white blood about it--half Indian and
half Missionary. LA clergyman, at the
examination of a Sunday School, put the
Of Israel set up a golden calf?'' Because
they had not money enough to set up an
OK" was the reply of a little chap who
took dollar and cents view of the matter.
,.....A Persian philosopher being asked by
what method he had acquired SO much
replied: SPY not being pre-
vented by shame from asking questions re-
specting things Of which was ignorant.
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