North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-09
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is about to engage Rouse & Dean, engine
builders Of that city, to construct iron
barges for his use in go. If Reynolds
takes a notion to do something, and there
is money in it, he will see it through
Iron barges are said to cost less than
| wooden ones. Next summer will witness
active competition on the River. The
Oshkosh Times comes to us with an i'm
mense statistical report of the Wisconsin
river project, recently discussed at Prairie
du Chen. We preserve it fer future use.
1.-THE Dubuque & McGregor Ry., is
reported by Engineer U. B. Everts to be a
good line. Elkadcr and West Union are
confidently anticipating connection with
the world inside of two years.. Capital
lists of N. Y, are raising SlOO,0O0,0O0 to
dig n ship canal across the Panama
country, thus uniting the two occans......
Game, this year, is very plenty. All our
exchanges of the west report a great
abundance. The last steamer down from
St. Paul was loaded with the carcasses OF
deer and bear. About McGnEGoH and all
through this region, on both sides Of the
river, game is easily shot. The prices not
great No bears here at present.
California goes sos for Grant; Oregon
l64 for Seymour. Iowa 1882 for
we forget their names Say, Messrs. Re-
publican editors, hav'nt we had returns
enough for one election? Who wants to
read such repetitions every day. Please
don't aggravate the mourners with SO
frequent rehashes of your victory. Selah.
......Canada is froze up......The Texans
hang on to silver and gold for currency,
regulating green-backs by the standard of
the Constitution. Amt Texas and Cali
fornia disloyal ?......A printers average is
80 years Of life: prompt pay from sub
scribers prolongs the time. Do not let the
printer die ."Jennie June" says when
little boys are applauded on the streets for
ridiculing the Grecian Bend publicly, the
Bend has played. We insist that ladies
have right to bend as much as they
please, and boys ought to be whipped who
Snake fun" Of the bend. Marshall o.
Roberts has 100000 worth of pictures
in his gallery. Fanny Price, the actress
is niece of the rebel General Sterling
Price. ....An effort is to be made to release
Ketchum, the New York forgcr, from
State prison.
The jump from Lincoln to johnson,
broke Mr.. Stewards back-according to
Nasty. Young Mr.. Sears. heir of the
late Joshua Sears, of Boston, is the rich
est young man in the country. General
Warren, of the Engineer Corps, severely
criticises the manner in which the Pacific
Railroad is constructed. 1.-THE people Of
Augusta, Maine, who, to the extent Of
$500, 900, aided the Spracues to develop
the manufacturing interests Of that place,
complain that they are "put off with a
paltry brickyard." ......A beautiful yonng
actress at Martinique, Rosini Zerlini,
killed herself lately, rather than survive
her husbands death. Brigham Young
was stricken with paralysis in the midst
of business. one day last week, and his
| friends fear serious results. The New
York Mail says that solve Logan has not
visited Elmira, her birthplace, for thirty
years" Which is an ingenious way of
calling Miss Logan an sold maid.". .....
low. cast more votes than Wisconsin in
the recent election.
A young man rusticating in Prcsque
| Isle, Maine, caught pretty kitten one
evening, recently, and-buried his clothes
the next day.. "A silly Iowa elk tried to
overtake railroad train. The conductor,
| good-naturedly, stopped it, allowed the
elk to do as he liked, and carried him
along in the shape of venison.....A for
mer slave-owner has bcqueathed to an old
| colored woman, once his slave, his farm
! in Platte county, Missouri, worth $4,000
Tho new owner declares that she was
never so happy as when ia slavery......A
cable dispatch says that the Emperor Ma
poleon is seriously i'll, and that the
Empress is assisting him in discharging
the duties Of administration. :. Clinton,
Iowa, has manufactured So, 900, 900 feet Of
lumber during the past year; and the
freights paid for shipping lumber from
that point during the past season were
over $780, OO......In a speech at Sligo, on
the Both, Catholic priest, named Con-
way, declared that the Fenians in America
were stronger than ever, and should the
rights of Ireland be withheld they would
act at once, and all Ireland would join
them.
Five years ago Helmbold was roor......
Walkers Electromagnetic mile-stonc......
The strangers guide to Pittsburg-the
smoke......W Which State contains the hap
piest people? Merry land. Over So
600 copies Of Alexander II. Stephens
"Histo'y Of the Var" have been sold......
An English fashion paper contains an
advertisement CT ''elegant bridal presents
to let' ....Clearness, point, and precision
are tho rare, desirable qualities of all
editorial writing......"Nat, what are you
leaning on that empty cask for?'' 'I'm
mourning over departed spirits.". .....says
an editor, out west, "where will you find
any modern buildings that lasted SO long
as the ancient?'
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How TO PAY THE PUBLIC DEBr.-A
portly gentleman with large bank ac-
count, and the balance on the right hand
side, and with large special deposit of
| gold, soliloquizes thus: "Next Monday
my property is to be assessed. have on