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

Two thousand gambling hells are said to
adorn New York.
Losses on the Paris bourse for July
amount to 3O,OOO,OOO Of francs.
A new form of government is about be-
ing devised at Madrid for the Island of
Cuba. .a .t ina
A boy lately broke his neck in Holyoke,
while trying to see how long he could stand
on his head. .l... .....
A French journal gives currency to a
rumor that the King of Saxonp is about to
abdicate in favor of his son.
The late riot ut Palermo is stated to
have been caused by party which aims
at the experimentation of Italy.
1t is authoritively denied that Great
Britain has advised the Turkish govern
ment to cede the Island Of Gambia.
The Ohio State Fair has been postponed
till October 16, in consequence of the flood
and the arrangements of railroads.
Ir some mems bodies were not straight
er than their minds, they would be crook
ed enough to ride on their own backs.
WOMEN seldom exhibit their hearts,
though very many Of them exhibit where
their hearts beat.
Which should take precedence, the
skunk or the weazel? The skunk-he
0utyanks the weazel.
The ladies sometimes get up bonnets of
diminished size, but never of diminished
cost.
The Ceylon pearl fisheries have declined
in value from nearly Sl,OOO,OOO year to
absolute nothing.
Austria is acting in bad faith towards
Italy, and Prussia is ready again to draw
the sword in behalf of her late ally.
A cloud of grasshoppers, sixty miles in
width, are travelling across Kansas from
west to east, at the rate Of about five miles
a day. 4
A new musical instrument of simple
construction but yet, it is said, of striking
power and sweetness, has been invented
in Paris, and excites great admiration.
The receipts at the Paris Imperial thea
tres, secondary theatres, concerts, &C.,
during July, amounted to upwards of
9OO, 900 francs.
! A steer was recently photographed at In
dianapolis, Indiana which was seventeen
hands and three inches high, fifteen feet
long, and weighed four thousand one hum
dred and eighty-nine pounds.
A Jewish house, entire, has been exca-
yated in Syria, dating two centuries before
/ Il . ,schn al Of %ho
| fashion, and parts Of the Old Testament
were found in some Of its rooms.
A tourist at Niagara Falls writes that
when he sees the approach of man, wo.
man, child, or Indian, he puts his hand in
his pocket, and inquiries, swell, how
much?'
There were los applications for admis
sion to the new freshman class of Yale
College, of whom about l4O will be receiv
ed. This is not SO large a class as last
years.
| A brewer in Berlin purchased house
costing 81 100000 for his daughter; he
also presented her with shawl worth
SIG, 900 which the Queen declined, as too
expensive.
| "AH, dear doctor, how IS my wife to-
day?' .a
The doctor shook his head solemnly.
"What,' said the husband do you think
she is likely to get over it p
An alligator, about two foet in length
was discovered in cellar, 543 Broadway
New York, one Monday morning. 1t wa!
supposed he was Matched from an egg acci
dentally dropped during the recent stay o
Van Amburg's menagerie next door.
| A pretty young Americaness, who's
Christian name is Anna, on receiving ci
gar from a young gentleman who had no
pluck enough to say he wished to MARI.
her, twirlcd it playfully beneath her nose
and, looking archly at him, popped tn
question: Havc:Anna?"
Il The Order of Ancient Druids, has in tn
United States l3 Grand Groves, ll6 Sub
ordinate Groves, and 9,736 members. !
|. is rapidly growing in numbers and import
f ance. During the past year, from Angus
lst, 1865, to August lst, 1866, there hay
been added Grand Grove, II Subordin
ate Groves, aud | ,5O2 members.