North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-15
News and Items.

News and Items.
Poland is no more-Russia has absorbed
it......The French cookery is to use very
little grease, very little butter and nc
spices. Louis Napoleon's health is such
that physician is kept constantly within
call......More books are now published in
Germany than any other country.....
There is a little boy ten years old in Nash
vile who weighs 800 pounds. Reports
regarding the landing Of slaves on the
Island Of Cuba are exaggerated. %. The
Hartford publishing houses have sold
more than two million dollars worth of
war books. %. The interest on the Nation
al debt is 500, 900 an hour, and more than
So, ZOO a minute. The railroads termin-
ating at Chicago will pass delegates to and
from the republican convention, free oil
charge, upon application to the chair
man Of each central committee for a
sufficient number Of tickets for their dele
cations. Applications must be made to
the president or superintendent Of the
respective roads,. The provisional gov
eminent Of Crete has asked congress for
recognition and aid to secure their COM
plete emancipation and the independence
of the island...... "Noch Arden" has been
done into atin......Query: is man who
has made fool of himself to be consider
ed q self-made man ?......The young Men S
Christian Association of Troy, n. T.,
permit games and plays to be carried on
at their reading tables. These games,
sich as back CANNON, draughts and cards,
are played harmlessly, and the players
turn to books or journals when they are
tired of the former. Loves young dream
often turns out to lie the nghtmare.....
However muca mormans may like to WOO
women, they are never satisfied to have
won......It takes more than thovSand
years for sardine to grow up till he be-
comes whale. Like cures like. Sui
Ehur comes from Vesuvius, therefore
it is good for eruptions. fun
niest incident that has lately transpired is
the case Of a doting mother, who, being
satisfied that her child merited a Aogging,
first had him placed under the influence
Of chloroform. Little Bobby--"I say,
ma, is it true that we are made out OF
dust 2" Ma-"Yes, my boy; SO We are
told" Bobby-"Well, I'll be hanged if
believe it, cause Tiff we was, when we
sweat wouldn't it be muddy?'
We may joke when we please, if We are
always careful to please when we joke.....
During the services at St. Mary's Church,
Chicago, on Friday night, an alarm of fire
was raised. During the rush for the doors
one Of the galleries fell, and three persons
we're killed, and two seriously injured......
A young woman killed herself recently by
eating off the ends Of two boxes of match.
es......A Washington dispatch states that
General Grant has not issued an order, ne
has been stated, to the Southern military
commanders to suppress the KuKlux
Khan organization. The Nevada, Oregon
and California delegates to the Republican
National Convention are instructed to vote
for General Grant for President. The
people will vote for some other man in
the fall......The Michigan Central, Michi.
gan Southern, and Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
and Chicago Railroads have reduced the
fares to 500 from Chicago to New York.
......Tae 10th tomorrow is to be cele.
brated in the b. c. by the emancipation
ists..... Davenport claims to DO shipping
goods to Europe. The products of the
rich fields adjacent to McGrcgor feed a
large portion Of the people Of the entire
world......The Kentucky papers complain
that their state is fast becoming depopu-
lated Of young men, who are settling in
the fields Of wealth in Illinois and Iowa.
Their sorrow is our gain. England is to
have grand rose show shortly, at which
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