North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-08-12
News and Items.

Cretans nave applleu 10 queen NlctOrla
for assistance. .........Gen. Butler has an
nounced himself a candidate for re-elec-
ton to congress. 1t is said he will be
stoutly opposed by members Of his own
party.....Jef Davis is in Liverpool.
Several deaths from yellow fever are re-
ported at the guarantees in New York
and Boston. Mrs. Senator Trumbull is
sick and but slight hopes Of a recovery.
......Sirius is said to be travelling towards
the solar system at the rate of 194 miles
per second...... AS one of the phenomena
of the heated term, the Halifax Colonist
says the Nova Scotia coast has not been
free of fog since the first Of June.........
The cattle disease is frightening some per-
sons in different localities. The little
remaining life in Executives circles in
Washington is about to die out. The
President contemplatcs a trip which will
last a fortnight. Only two members of the
Cabinet are in town......The receipts of
gold at Denver are said to have been
greater during the months Of June and
July than the total for the preceding
year.
A tunnel to unite Scotland and ireland
has recently been suggested by an English
engineer. This under sea passage would
run from the coast Antrim, Ireland, to
Lakes Point, ia the Null Of Oantyre, a
length of fourteen and q half miles. 1t
is estimated that it would cost SIS, 750,00O.
1.-THE entire district swept by the great
flood in Baltimore is coated by a sticky,
Shiny mud to the depth of six or eight
inches, and the smell arising from this
mixture is beginning to be very offensive
and dangerous to the health of the citi-
zens.. $50. Doesticks thinks it conclusive evil
| dence of drunkenness when he sees a man
"sticking q postage stamp behind his left
ear and attempting to get into a letter-box
to get by the mail train.''......The New
York Observer tells of a clergyman whose
horse died of bolts. Some of the worms
were put into spirits of turpentine and
other fluids commonly fatal to vermin,
but they were not at all affected. They
were then put in the juice of the common
potato, and died instantly. Another horse
in the same neighbvrhood was suffering
severely from bots, when a quart of potato
juice was poured down his throat, which
soon relieved him of his pain and a con-
tinuance of the treatment effected a per-
manent cure.
An application for more troops for Ten.
nessee and Florida has been made to the
President by Representatives in Congress
from those States, but General Schoield
decided that there were United States
troops enough there for all immediate pur.
poses, and the request has been refused.
1.-THE following news has been received
from Hayti:
A battle took place near Jacmael, on the
Oath of July, between the revolutionists
and forces of Salnave, which ended in a
victory Of the former......The revolution.
lists have concentrated 1000 men, well
provided with provisions and ammunition,
around the city of Port au Prince, and
are pressing the siege with renewed vigor.
......General Lynch, one of the revolution.
airy commanders, has issued a manifesto
protesting against the cession Of any
Haytien territory to the United States. .....
The Dominican troops have crossed the
frontiers and commenced the invasion of
Hayti.... General Boyer and his son have
been murdered. $500 obberies and depreda.
tons are reported in various parts of the
country. ..Adviccs from st. Domingo rep
resent that the revolutionary movement
against Baez is steadily progressing, under
the leadership of General Luperon. A
decisive victory over the forces sen
against him had heen gained by Or
gando, one of his Generals. The speed,
fall of Baez, and the expulsion of his Gov
eminent, are anticipated.
The approaching eclipse of the sun, OIL
August 18th, will be remarkable for it
duration, viz, six minutes and fifty seconds
1t will not be visible in the United States
.....A couple named Ellsworth, and tn
wifc's sister, were drowned in the Thames
on their wedding-day by the upsetting o
their boat.......The Frontier hder say
that Seth W. Payne, who is professedl,
> walking to San Francisco, is not walking
, but riding in every conveyance he gets
free chance at......The Citizen states tina
there is a Republican public officer a
, Long Branch this summer, who, between
, gambling, fast horses and fast women, i
probably spending 100000 a month";.
A clergyman in Springfield, Mass, VIII
:, has the habit of adding 'ah'' to many Q
!, his words, recently spoke to his congrega
s ton of "those who have been brought u
on the Lords side-ah !'......A good woma
: bottled up a lot Of nice preserves an
: tabled them Put up by Mrs. c." lie
y boy Johnny discovered them, soon ate tn
$ contents of one bottle, and wrote on tn
bottom Of the label: Pat down by john
, C."......Mr. Pike is thrown overheard b
the radicals of the 9th Maine district be
cause he goes in for taxing the bonds
They call him a turn-Pike.......The rad
{ calls of St. Louis attempted to get up.
Grant ratification meeting the other nigh
but there were more Democrats than Re
publicans present, and consequently n
!: radical enthusiasm. The radicals calle
it a ratification meeting; the Dem
%ocrats, a qualification meeting......