North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-03-27

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strongly Republican, has once more rejec-
ted, by vote of two to one, a proposition
to strike from the Constitution of that
State the word "white," and let the ne
groes vote......In st. Paul a negro "boy in
blue" slept out in the cold four nights
without roof, within one square of where
TlLroN was lecturing on humanity and the
elevation of the imam and BROTHER ......
Jenny Lind is expected to visit this coun-
try again. 7. Stewart, the merchant
prince, has sailed for Paris, as one of the
commissioners of the great exposition......
MIR. Spurgeon, the great London minister
is comeing to New York. 1.-THE Atlantic
cable company have refused to reduce its
tariff rates......At San Jose, CAL, the oat
crop was four feet high, and new potatoes
as large rs goose egg on the eth of Jan.
...... Badeau's work entitled Gen. Grant
will be out next May......The Astor House,
New York, is to be turned into stores this
season.. -. The London Times has four spec
ial correspondents at Paris, to write up
the exhibition. The ruler Of the new
dominions of Canada gets salary Of
$4,000 in gold year......It is stated that
the Falls Of Niagra on the American side
have gone back about one hundred and
fifty feet within two weeks, in consequence
of the fall of huge masses of rock. Mag
gle Mitchell is to be married soon......
Robert Mcknight, of Cahaba., Ala, aged
eighty-four, is said to be the oldest printer
in the United States. IAN heir of Anneke
JAMS, who lives at the capital of Ohio, pro-
poses to attack the corporation of Trinity
and right the wrongs of his race, if he has
to 20 to the Supreme Court of the United
States. .Meerschaum, similar in appear
ance to that found in Europe, has been
discovered in Franklin county, Missouri.
The farm stock in the state of New York
is estimated at $50, O0O, 0OO.. The bish-
op of Richmond diocese allows potatoes to
be fried in lard, but not in butter, during
lent.......The new orleans Picayune con-
graduates the people on the fact that but
two men were killed in that city on Mdri
Gras day. .....There are about one hundred
and fifty thousand men employed on the
railways of Great Britain.
How many days belong to the year i?
325-the rest are Lent. damsel was
asked, "When lady and gentleman have
quarreled, and each considers the other in
fault, which of the two ought to be the
first to advance toward a reconciliation.
Her reply was, "The better-hearted and
wiser Of the two. .....All soldiers claims
for additional bounty, must be filed before
the LIST of April or, according to the rules
of the Department. their payment will be
delayed until those filed are all paid.....
The Winter Garden Theater New York,
was destroyed by fire on Saturday. Loss
fixed at $500, 0OO.. Heavy snow storms
on Friday and Saturday were reported in
Philadelphia, Washington and elsewhere
......It is reported that the British Govern
ment has advised the Minister at Washing
ton that The Fcnians now in prison in
Canada will be pardoned.. Troops are
continually arriving at Council Bluffs,
preparatory to marching against the hos
tile Indians......Al large quantity of Eastern
mail matter bound for Chicago was des-
trsyed by fire on the Great Western
(Canada) Railway. on the 22d. by an acct
dent......A proposition is before the VIE.
and Ill. legislatures to submit to vote of
the people, at next falls election, the ques-
ton Of giving females the right of suffrage
......A great naval battle is expected soon.
The Spanish squadron, when last heard
from, was cruising in the South American
waters, in pursuit of the combined fleets
of Chill and Peru. The last Of the
French troops in Mexico sailed from Vera
Cruz on the 18th instant. =. The French
mint refused to strike medal commemor-
alive of Mr.. Lincoln..... Grant and Lee is
the New York Hearald's last presidential
ticket......A London paper says America
is home for old world errors. go. Senator
Wilson introduced bill in the senate
providing that if JEFF. Davis cannot be
tried at once that he be rele ised from con-
finement. A substitute to release him on
bail, it is believed, would pass both houses.
......It is found not to be practicable to
enforce the bankrupt law at once. Senator
Anthony therefore introduced a proposit-
ion suspending its operations except in the
matter of appointments under the act, I'M
til June l. The matter was referred to the
judiciary committee, where bill is PEN
ding, transferring the appointment of reg
listers under the act from the chief justice
to the district judges of the United States.
......Gen Rosecrans has sent his resigna-
ton to the war department. MIR. David,
twice appointed postmaster of Dubuque
by Mr.. Lincoln, has been removed and V.
j. Williams, radical, has been appointed
to succeed him......A million of people in
London never see the inside of church
church or chapel. woman's paper is
IS be established in New York. A pair of
female Photographic reporters have been
imported from London to do the,city affairs.
The editorial staff is to consist Of Mrs. Ann
S. Stephens, Mrs. Calhoun, Mrs. Cruly,
Mrs, Parton, and Mrs. Serhune. Miss
Olive Logan will be the dramatic critic,
and Miss Anna Dickinson foreign cores
pondent......Gen. Fremont has bought the
Memphis and Little Rock railroad. II. :. i.
Sec. Seward has insured his life for $780,
OOO......A friend of Forney says that he
"grew like rough oak among storms and
whirlwinds." Prentice says; "Never