North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-06-26
News and Items.

News and Items.
An English magazine has coined the
word statal, to designate all things relat-
ing to State, in the same way that ina
tional" characterizes those of nation and
municipal those of city,. The arch
bishop Of Paris is to be made cardinal.
......English photographers take pictures
of cannon balls as they leave the mouth
of the piece. California and Oregon
each claimed the highest mountain in the
U. s. Oregon is found to be the winner,
Mt. Hood being 1900 feet high while
Mt Whitney in California is only $4,000.
......Mrs. Lincoln intends to make Racine
her future home. 80. In two wards Of Pc
tersburg, Virginia, the registry stands
whites 65l, colored $685.. The Dubuque
Herald says Capt. p. w. Crawford has
been made U. S. deputy marshal for north
ern Iowa, vice Jesse Harrison, resigned.
...... Gratitude for kindness shown, &C.
knowledgment for favors received, are un-
erring marks of good breeding, and indi-
cations Of Christian character. -. The
Iowa State Dental Society meets at Lyons,
on Tuesday, July 9th and will hold two
days session.. The population of Bos-
ton exceeds that of Rhode Island. ....
John Tyler, Jr., son of the late ex-Presi-
dent, is lecturing.. The uncollectable
whisky tax in Cincinnati amounts to near
ly eight millions. The military tailors
Of London have followed their civil breth-
rem of the same craft and have struck.
They number about five hundred. >. Nine
hundred and thirty-four emigrants have
left the United States for Liberia within
seven months. They went from six States
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Va, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
About twenty trades are represented. .....
The dignitarics in the shape of senators
who visited the plains, recently, think that
the most Of the Indian troubles are caused
by designing men who do it for selfish
purposes--contractors &c......A diamond
weighing between twenty-one and twenty
two carats, it is reported, has been found
on the Orange river, in Southern Africa.
The Government at the Cape of Good
Hope has taken the matter in hand, and
we shall soon know whether that is to be,
as predicted, one Of the diamond. producing
countries Of the world.
Maj. Gen. Pope telegraphed Wednesday
to General Grant that it is untrue that q
negro has been appointed in the munich
pal government Of Mobile, and says that
the Offices are filed by the best men in the
city......A ritualistic riddle: Why was
Eve the first Ritualistic convert? Because
she began by being eve-angelical, and end
ed by taking to vestments.. The people
of Central City, Colorado, have subscrib.
ed $1,000 to be paid for Indian scalps,
with the ears on" at the rate of $40
apiece. -. Rock Island claims that she will
have the finest fair grounds and trotting
course in the State......To enforce the
practice of vaccination bill has been in
troduced into the British Parliament Its
provisions are very stringent. 1t is esti-
mated that ten thousand people died of
small pox in Great Britain last year......
Queen Victoria and the Emperor Napo-
leon have asked our government to inter-
cede in behalf of Macmillan. President
Juarez has been informed of the fact. 1t
is not true, as stated, that the secretary of
state has made formal demand that Max
.imilian's life be spared. .....A successor of
Minister Campbell of Mexico will not be
appointed for the present, there being no
immediate necessity. Broadway, New
York, is to be repaved.. 1.-THE First Ma
tional Bank Of Vicksburg has suspended
operations. ....A serious epidemic is repor-
ted to be prevailing in Ireland. The ca
BILE which was recently repaired is found
to work admirably. The Queen of Spain
will visit Paris and Rome in July......
The Sublime Porte has consented to the
proposition of the great powers for refer
ring the Canadian question to a commission.