The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-11-14
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and shortly afterwards sold them to two
neighbors boy for two dollars and the
girl for two pairs of children Shoes. 80.
The General Land Office has directed the
approval of 2OO,O 600 acres of land to the
States OF Wisconsin, on account of the
Green Fay and Lake Michigan Canal. !. j.
The House in which Grant and Lee made
terms Of surrender is offered for sale. 90.
A law exists in Germany to prevent drink
ing on the Sabbath during divine service.
1t runs thus: "Any person drinking in an
ale house during service on Sunday, or
other holiday, may legally depart without
paying. ..:.Therc is contribution box
ut the Corn Market Of Canterbury, Eng
land, for the Canterbury Hospital. On
being opened at the close of the year it
contained the munifcent sum of two-pencc
ha!f-penny......A New Orleans physician
is trying to prove that mosquitoes arc a
blcssing-their bite being healthy. ..1tis
stated that there is to be another prize
fight for the championship of England and
POO pounds the comlmtants being Bald
win, the Irish giant, who recently won the
belt, and man who has been selected by
Mace, the cx-champion, whose name has
not been made public.
News received from Greek sources re-
port that a great battle took place in Can
dia, on the 18th ult., between the Cretians
who numbered 10000 and the combined
Turkish and Egyptian forces amounting to
$1,000. The latter are stated to haYc
been repulsed and IH:...oi 2ascha wounded.
......Thc president has appointed James B.
Williams, of Iowa, Register of Land OF.
ficeat Fl. Dodge, Iowa. and T.. w. Bed
ford Of Nebraska, Register of Land Office
in Nebraska Territory. .. There is more
lager beer made in the principal cities of
the United States than in ali Europc...........
An old bachelor says that the talk OF wo-
men is generally about men. lie is mista-
kcn-it'is dry goods. The personal ex-
pcnses of the Pope do not amount to five
shilling a day.. John Morriscy is elect
cd to congress, from the 9Th New York
District. Tho u. S. Government has
employed eminent counsel to defend the
Fenians on trial in Canada. 90. The Toron-
to Globe has dispatch from Montreal say
ing it is understood that the government at
the late cabinet meeting resolved to COM
mute the sentence Of Lynch and McNa-
hon. .....An extensive business is carried
on in England hunting up portraits of
Americans in order to make galleries of
A gold brick, weighing one hundred
ounces, has arrived in Hartford from Col
Orado.. The newest Yankee notion is an
umbrella with gutter round the edge and
a spout Mt one corner. Immigrants from
North Carolina assign as reason for
leaving the state, that they desire to settle
~a,l>o~n 10, -.
i......A London dispatch of the Sth inst,
says the case of the rebel steamers seized
at Liverpool, which was brought before
the Admiralty Court, has been allowed, by
consent of all parties, to stand over. 1t is
believed that the matter will I've privately
adjusted. ....A dispatch from Constantine
pie, of the 9TH inst, says: The trouble he
tween the Sultan's government and the
cabinet of the United States, CROWN. out
of the conduct Of the Turkish officials to-
wards the consul and consulate of Amcri-
ca in tho Island of Cyprus has been settled.
...Butler, Ben, is elected to congress. Give
him scat next to the "prixc-fighter' 80.
There are now in British America about
10000 troops of the regular British army,
Of whom 5000 are in Canada. -. The re-
firing editor of the Circlcville, Ohio, Union,
say that during thirty-four years continual
editorial service he wrote 5000 columns,
and all for victuals and clothes.
"Was Shakespeare myth? p asked an
advertisement. Mr.. Quilp suggests that
he was probably a mithcr.. :. a doctor in
st. Louis, who had been absent on n week $
his absence had been published as follows:
There were, last week, sevcnty-fiye less
deaths than the week previous Some
body says that advice is like the snow
tho. softer il falls the longer it dwells upon
and, the deeper it sinks into the mind
Sometimes, however, it is too soft. but it
sinks just the same. ;. Macmillan left the
city of Mexico on the 23d ult., resignins,
virtually, in favor of Bazainc.. -. The Pres
itlcnt has issued the order for the lem
statement of Thos. w. Sweeney to his for
mcr position in the regular army. :. :. The
instruction in Cochin China was far from
being suppressed. The rebels still occupy
Tavnim and Trambing, and only await the
approach of the rainy season to assume the
offensive. Horace Greeley is worth half
a million. ....After Queen Emma had Wis
tied Greenwood cemetery, she remarked,
"YOur people live SO fast, wonder they
find time to bury their dead SO superbly."
......Four men sfiinglcd house in North
Spencer, Mass, AZ years ago, and last
week tho same four re-shinglcd it.
Last month l,943, 900 new copper FIVE
cent pieces were coined in Philadelphia
and put in circulation, which will account
for the increased numbers of them now in
usc......Apples decay for want oflooking
over......A vein of coal 3 feet in thickness,
ut depth of 800 feet, has been struck ut
Lcavenworth, Kansas. And old bache-
lOr being laughed at by a party of pretty
girls, told them, "Ybu are small potatoes. "
1--WE may he small potatoes, cried one OF
them, "but we are sweet ones 80. ;. BY
means of an extremely thin layer of sill
ver placed on the object glass ola telescope
the rays of the sun arc SO. modified that it
can be observed without injury to the eyes.
The French sayant, Foncault; is the dis
cOvcrcr of this process. The rogucs are
after plumber in Dubuque, Iowa. The
Times recommends the serving them as
they do in Galveston, Texas, where safety
has been secured by hanging the whole
gang......At the banquet to Mr.. Peabody
in Baltimore S72,OOO,O00 were represent
cu.. .s.ehOsc uICcA HIS UGH llcIu Ia pow
bail in pittsburgh, on the charge Of being
"a common scold.''....A Bostonian, writing
from Rome, says he has seen the only iiv-
ing descendant of christopher Columbus.
The modern Columbus is o fine old Italian
swell, and possess, among other interest
ing relics, two authentic portraits of Chris
topher. The republican majority in Wis.
is estimated at 10000 in Maine 10000;
and in New York $4,000.
NJ The California end Of the Pacific rail-
rond will be higher than the passes of the
Alps. The grade at Cisco, the present
terminus Of the passenger trSins, is 5,9ll
feet above the level Of the sea-. only .3l5
less than the top Of Mount Washington,
the, highest peak Of the White mountains.
When the grade reaches the summit sta
ton, it will be ,O42 feet above the level of