North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-11-06
News and Items.

TEODapIy tue tapc was passed rOund Twice.
......Parton is an Englishman......T hurlow
Weed is millionaire. -Four inches Of
snow fell in the vicinity Of Fort Wayne,
Ind, on the 30th ult..... ex-governor An
drew, of Mass, died in Boston on the 3Oth
ult.. 80. Twenty-Five hundred and eighty
nine vessels were lost or damaged by cas-
ualitiss on or near the coast of Great Bri.
/ ain last year, and the number of lives lost
was $685.. ..It is reported at Washington
the Fortieth Congress will continue in ses-
sion till March 4th, 1861. Russia is
about to abolish imprisonment for debt.
......Holy Trinity steeple ut New York has
got up 232 feet and is still going higher
The spire will cost about SOC, OOO... Gen
eral Sherman informs the authorities at
Washington that the Indian war on the
Western plains is at an end. The Govern
ment Commissioners to treat with the tribes
report likewise. freedmen of the
South are organizing and arming. The
president has referred the matter to Gen.
Grant; and it is said the military forces
there will be increased. 1.-The French
champagne grapes are only quarter of q
crop this year......Gen. Howard recon-
mends the discrimination of the Freed
mems Bureau next July, the time fixed by
law......The steamer Austrian, of the Mon.
treal ocean line, is said to have made less
than an eight-day triplto Liverpool twice
in succession. saaH sgssi +
1t is reported that the President intends
to recall Hon. Charles Francis Adams, our
Minister to London, and give him the APP
pointment of Secretary of State. IAN an
nouncement was made in San Francisco Of
an operate troupe composed of celibriti, s
who have been dead for years. ....Ag assiz
says the Florida reefs are scvaral thousand
years DID,. The department ut Washing
ton advcrtises for contracts for the mail
service in Mississippi for ten years from
March 18th, 1862. 1.-The first sleigh-bell
made in America was made in Chatham in
1850, by William Barton, and that town
has still the monopoly of the business. ;. !.
Cincinnati has l09,7S3 inhabitants be-
tween the ages Of FIVE and twenty one
years old, and records from that popula-
ton Of 800, OO0..... The sun shines eigh-
teen hours out of twenty-fou in some
parts Of Alaska......I 1t costs France 5000
for every man killed on her battle-6elds.
.....Cheyenne, the two month old town, at
the base Of the Rocky Mountains, has q
daily paper. -. Exercises at Yale college
have been suspended for a short time, in
consequence Of the prevalence of typhoid
fever. 1.-The first snow season, at
St. Paul, fell on the Goth Glt IA Texas
editor, on being asked how he got along
with his paper, said he had written one ed
itorial, and shot three men in the previous
twelve months. ....A waggish, sufferer calls
govt .'Shank's nightmare ai ga
The Evergreen, monthly Masonic jour
nal, will be issued for the first time at Du-
buque, on the lst Of Dec, and will be ed
tied by Past Grand Master Edward A..
Guilbert, and published by Guilbert, Barns
& Co. The Evergreen will, no doubt, be
a valuable assistance to the Order in the
interest of which it will be published.
The Paris Exposition is to be closed on the
Sd inst. ....Juarez recently issued decree
requiring all citizens to serve in the army
| five years.. Dickens is to give so read
ings commencing in Boston,. Napoleon
is recruiting his navy by CONSUMPTION in
Toulon and other maratime cities. ....San
Domingo has declared war against Hayti
for aiding revolution by ex- President
Baetz...... ''.p hHa a.' ,i@''E5.ii5t 03 -
Secretary Welles is seriously ill......The
Philadelphia Evening Star calls examining
little children into unventilated school,
rooms, !" legalized poisoning $3.50. Lord
William Rose, the celebrated astronomer,
died on Thursday in his 10th year.
Garibaldi still remains at Monte ROTOR
do, where he retired when he heard Of the
landing of the French and the advance of
the Italian troops, deeming it hazardous
to make an attack on Rome under the cir
cumstances, with the insufficient force un-
der his command. He has concentrated
all the bands of volunteers at Monte Ro-
tondo, where he has taken q strong posi-
ton and gone into camp. !, His men are
actively engaged in throwing up entrench-
ments, and are prepared for an attack. He
will await reinforcements and watch the
course Of events. ,atgaT s.tI - ,r..,.ff.,r
To the summons of the king to disarm,
Garibaldi replies by refusing to disband
his army Or give up his enterprise against
Rome unless a change is made in the pres
sent reactionsry ministry. ,aeou a eo.l
The Emperor Napoleon has made a pro-
position to, the king Of Italy to submit to
the inhabitants Of Rome and the Papal
provinces the settlement of the Roman
question by a popular vote, but the Italian
governmentdesires to occupy this place for
the solution of question in which the in
terests of the whole nation are deeply con-
cerned. - 4~@ @2
Sixteen Xears..--This Office needs a
stout, active Boy to learn the Prin ting
Business. Fair education, steady, and not
afraid to work. a7-sH 81 et lsAaaau 1@h
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The ,OUrsrDE.-Dexter's Speech to the
Chicago Christian Union. Connecticut
election. 80. Contingencies. Haislett on
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