The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-02-07
News as.ts Items.

Over Si3,010,00O, worth of property WAS
lost by fire in the U. S. during the last year,
against SIS, 500, 0COi in ls6i--Proprietor Of
houses in New York city held for rent, have
asreed..upon an advance after the first of May
equal to % per cent---Gen. Sheridan has
refused to allow cmigrants to leave his de.
partment for Mexico.--utah information
says that the Mormons contemplate emigratng
from that territory, and that Brigham Young
has selected the Sandwich Islands as the future
home Of the sants.-fiov. Curtin, in his
message, says that the state debt of Pennsy |.
vana has been diminished $500, 600 since SCI ,
in spite of her heavy war expenses.-There
have been II 900 deaths by cholera in Guada-
loupe--Gen. Wietzelha issued orders for
the arrest Of al! persons found lurking in the
in the districts of the Rio Grande-It is sta.
ted by the Board Of trade of Pittsburg in the
memorial of that body to the House that the
Aggregate value Of the manufactures of that
city is 75,Oo0,OoO. t1.. a.aI ,1-g
! The cities Of Minneapolis and st. Anthony,
Mimi, are to be consolidated under the former
U
OoO.--Dublin correspondence represents that
Ireland has been undermined by the Fenan
organization, and vigorous war measures are
! in progress. A large Number of mysterious
strangers are arriving at Sligo. The English
authorities are fully alive to the danger of the
situatien,-The members of our legislature
propose to join the Wis. legislature on an Of
fetal visit to Chicago-1he third auditor
of the treasury has decided that the govern.
ment is responsible for chartered transports de.
stroyed in the military service.-President
Johnson has requested an appropriation for the
establishment of a minister ship in the Domin.
lean republic. a Ma son letter states that n
| steamer recently sailed from Augusta, Ca,
| with party OF negroes, which were landed on
the coast OF Cuba. Several parties in Charls.
ton are reported to have made profitable ven
! lures of this character. -pox /. report.
cd to be alsrmingly prevalent in many portions
of the south-lt is reported at Washington
that jeff Davis is to be tried by military
commission, and that the generals now there,
have convened ostensibly to consult upon mill.
sary aaIairs, but ready to organize court for
the trial of the president Of tho late rebel con.
federacy.
Gen Sherman holds that his order turning
over abandoned lands to the negroes of the
south, was temporary one, and not Intended
to last after peace was declared. 1t is said
that Baron Saltard has been dispatched to Mex
leo by Louis Napoleon with orders to arrange
for the speedy return Of the French troops -
There are now 655 colored schools, in charge
of the freedman's bureau with ,296 teachers
and "a 600 rupils.-it is rumored that the
President will soon revoke the permission,
heretofore given, allowing armed emigrants to
pass into Mexico.-The public debt is now
put, officially, at $2,S2l,3 1871 ,500.7l.-The
Goth New York infantry, the last regiment of
the Potomac army, has been mustered out.
Two cargoes of Africans have arrived on the
coast Of Cuba---The aggregate amount ella i'm
cd by the loyal states for money expended Tor
the war, is said to be from $5OO,O0J 600 to
600 100000 a Madrid correspondent of
the London Times advances the theory that
the Spanish reb lion is an act of collision
between Gen Prim and Marshal O'Donnel to
force an abduction of the throne by Queen
lsabe!la,--ihe commissary warehouse ut
Fort Riley was burned week ago destroying
ST. 600 worth of government property -
The western cities Of Canada are in an intense
fever OF excitement over an apprehended Fe-
MAN raid. The military along the frontier are
10 arms, and trains stand in the depots at Ham
| ilton and Toronto. ready to convey troops
where ordered at a moments notice-A. r.
| Stewart, the New York millionaire. has sued r.
al, nh obi - : TIL.
unc, and Geo. KNAPP, one Of the proprietors of
the St. Louis Republican, for lbel.-l'he
Fenians in Canada have expressed themselves
opposed to the invasion OF that country The
arms contracted for by Gen. Sweeny are re-
ported to be closely watched by agents of the
British minister. $3,OO0,OO0 Fenian bonds
have been sold.