The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10
The --latest.

There is a movement on foot in New
York to send the famous 7th regiment to
the Paris Exposition. The second Ma
tional Council of the Catholic Church in
this country opened in Baltimore on Sum
day. This highly important gathering.
The Catholic churches of the entire coun-
try are represented. Seven Archbishops,
thirty-eight Bishops, one hundred and
twenty-five Priests, and a large number of
Supervisors of Orders are included in the
convention, which will continue its sessions
until the third Sunday Of this month.
The convention of the Congregational and
Presbyterian churches of Wisconsin has
appointed a committee "to consider the re-
lation of secret societies to church fellow
ship. to report at the next annual meet
ing" with special instructions 'to inquire
particularly concerning the orders of Free
Masons and Odd Fellows. Rev. Mr..
Tuttle has been appointed bishop of the
new diocese of Nevada and Montana. 49,.
The Fenian alarm in Canada is subsiding
again, and the volunteers are disbanding.
......General Dix has accepted the French
mission. ....Dion continues the champion
of America in billiards, having beaten Nc
Dewitt in Montreal on Friday night by
226 points.
A fire in New Orleans on the evening of
the 9th destroyed block of frame build
ings. Loss $4,000. Another fire in To-
ledo caused loss of $4,000. .. During
the month of September, the total number
of deaths in Chicago was 739, of which
l66 were from cholera. The number of
deaths in the last months is 1879 from
cholera. The cable across the straits of
Northumberland has been successfully
laid. Prince Edwards Island is now in
Geographic communication with New Brun-
swick and Europe. The peace treaty
between Austria and Italy has been finally
signed......A fearful famine is dccimatine
the Bengalese population in: India. =. The
Turkish soldiers are committing indescri-
bable atrocities upon the male and female
inhabitants of the rebellious island of Can
dia.. ...Emma, Queen of the Sandwich
Islands, met with a very courteous recep-
ton at San Francisco, Gen. Halleck act
ing as her escort on tour of inspection of
the Notifications. 1.-The National debt
now amounts to S2,573,337 900. During
the month of September the public in
debtcdness was reduced SOD ,346, 326,54.
The first report of the battle on the
island of Gambia, between the Christian
| insurrectionists and the Turks, was that
| the former were defeated. Later reports
show that the reverse of this is the fact.
......Judge Cooley, of Dubuque, commits
sioner of Indian affairs. has been removed
and l.. N. Bogy, of st. Louis, made his
successor. :. One of the British cunboats
recently put on Lake Erie boarded and
searched the steamer Congress, hyinc the
United States flag, under pretense that she
was in the Fenian service. The Canadian
authorities are investigating the matter.
1t is reported that our government has de-
manded an apology for the insult. The
quantity of glass panes necessary for the
| exhibition palace in Paris would cover
eight hectares twenty acres)-that is to
say, $4,000 square feet.
Sec. Seward has retired, temporarily,
| from the state department to regain his
health. F. S. Seward has been commits
ed acting secretary of state ... On the 9th
the Oregon legislature virtually expunged
the former ratification of the constitution
al amendment, by vote of "a yeas to %
nays......A Detroit lady was recently scald-
ed to death by the explosion of can of
| tomatoes. Large orders for grain have
been sent to the United States from France.
| 1.-The Prusslan army had five times the
| shooting power of the Austrian. ... The
paper mills Of Great Britain manufacture
$4,000 tons of paper weekly. Prentice
says congress ''has negro on the brain, but
precious little brain on the negro.
Phillips threatens the block and the axe.
Brownlow torch and turpentine, Forney
impeachment, Sherwood murder, Stephens
the penitentiary and hell. Gen. Rousseau
is seriously i'll a. Louisville, Ky.
Gold sold in New York on Monday af.
ternoon at l ,4S 7-S. -. Commodore Stock
ton, one of our Oldest naval heroes, died at
his residence at Princeton, N. J. on the 7th.
......Short dresses have been introduced
into the fashionable society in New York.