North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-04-17

22,2l5 lashes with the cat. Geo. +.
Train is member of the Cincinnati bar
......Houston, Texas, has a population Of
$4,000 inhabitants. In 1861, it had only
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS majority over Hawley
is 979. The vote is the largest ever cast
in the state. lawyer engaged in a case
tormented witness so much with ques
tions that the poor fellow at last called for
water. There" said the Judge, 81
thought you'd pump him dry. Hearts,
the best card in the chance-game of matri-
mony, sometimes overcome by diamonds
and knaves, often won by tricks, and occa-
sionally treated in shutting manner, and
then cut altogether......It appears the ter
ritory proposed to be coded by Russia to
the United States was encountered by GER
tain franchises. and our government would
not accept it thus hampered, though it was
offered at 100000. Russia then agreed
to assume the franchise for S2OO, 900 addi-
tional, which was agreed to-. ......" Bridget,
how come you to burn the bread so A"
" Och an is it burned it is ? Sure, then
ma'am. but it's no fault of mine, for WASH
you after telling me the last thing before
you went out, large loaf must bake an
hour, an made three large loaves. so l
baked 'em three hours jist, for what else
should do?"
The penalty for stealing horse in North
Carolina is death. Gen. Cowan will open
law Office in Washington.. Man cannot
distinguish space of time that may be
less than the tenth part of second. ....A
party of radical congressman is going to
the plains for buffalo hunt. The Paw
nees are to be profoundly commiserated.
......Thad Stevens is IS years old. .Du
Chaillu found the chignon" worn uni
versally among the Ishogo African women.
......A few more annexations would in
crease the population of Prussia to hum
dred and twenty millions. go. Harsh words
are like hailstones, which, if melted, would
fertilize the tender plants they batter down.
......Some of the inhabitants of Lynch
burg, Va, have decided to camp out during
the summer on account of the high rents.
......Lewis Schade, counsel for Wirz, of
of Andersonville notoriety, has written a
letter to the American people asserting the
innocence of Wirz.......The Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, describing his new organ,
says: The swell died away in delicious
suffocation, like one singing sweet song
under the bed-clothes. The La Crosse
Democrat hoists the name of Thos. II.
Seymour, Of Conn.,, for the next president.
......Gas is not a genteel light in Paris.
Wax is used by the tom. The printers in
the south agree to set thousand ems each,
towards Artemus Wards monument, and
ask their northern brethren to dc the same.
......Peoria, Dubuque, St. Paul, Rock Is
land, Milwaukee, Columbus, Springfield,
Ill.) Chillicothe, Cleveland-the first time
for ten years-Bucyrus, Leavenworth, St.
Joseph, Omaha, and about fifty other cities
have gone democratic at the recent cleo
tons.
A gentleman in Portland lost an envel-
ope on the street containing $500, on April
first. Several people passing supposed it
it to be an April fool joke, kicked it and
poked it, but no one lifted it until boy
came along, took it up and developed its
contents, which were returned to the own
er......A Worlds Fair at New York in 1876
has been decided upon by the American
ms titute.... Another appeal for more men
and more money has been issued by the
Fenians of New York. ....Gov. Seymour
declines to be candidate for election to
the Con sttutional convention. .... Last year
California imported $4,000, 900 pounds of
raw sugar. Now they are going to make
beet sugar, and have sent to Europe for
the seed.