North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-06-17

ut Wabasha., ....T The reflections by the Sen
is. ate. If Gen. Mcclellan as Minister te
ENGLAND. and of s. s. Cox to Austria, was
n snecimen of very low spite; as a matter
of nolicy these men should have been SEN
out of the way Of the Republicans in the
coming canvass. The rejection of STAINS
berry was right. He resigned the Office
TO speak for the President and now he
wants to come back. Let him stay out.
......Crete has become a part of Greece by
annexation. This will mix up Greece and
Turkey and their war will involve most OF
Europc......A we'll verified statement is
going the rounds of the papers that a
girl was born, in Kentucky, we believe,
with 4 distinct legs. She has one body
but in all respects otherwise she is a
double female .....Printing was invented
143s......First English comedy written in
154O......The first English almanac was
printed in l5OO......The first English news-
paper was printed in 1885,. Copyright
first granted by statute in England 1909.
......Liberty of the Press was established
in England 1902.
There are eight men of prominence now
engaged on a life of Grant. They should
be careful to draw largely from ellis
Father in the Ledger. We think the
old man exhausted the subject. Canned
beefsteaks, from the Texas prairies, are in
the New Orleans market. ....One of the
Saratago hotels will allow no crying ba-
bies to receive its hospitality this year,.
The once famous Count Johannes is prac-
Using law in an obscure town in Maine.
.....Prcnticc invites Winnie Rcam to come
to Louisville and go on a ''bust'' with
...McCoole's sister sold her property
in order to bet $4,000 on her brother......
Th. New York Mail learns that Greeley
has experienced a change Of hat.........
Madame Parepa- Rosa sailed for California
from New York IN Monday, with her
husband, by the steamer Arizona......Last
year Paris consumed 1907, 266 sheep
The French butchers are so expert in kill
ing cattle that twenty sheep are killed in
forty-eight scconds.......It is stated that
President Bacz, of San Domingo, is try
ing to sell SANTANA to France or England.
......!Santa Anna, who is at Brownsville,
Texas, is said to be organizing an expedi.
ton for the invasion of Mexico......The
German Confederation is about to open
negotiations with the great powers Of Eu-
rope and America to secure private prop
crty from seizure in time Of war.
A fire at Williamsport, Penn, on the
10th, destroyed Potter & Co.'S planning
mill and Smith Kimball's dwellings,.
President Juarez has appointed Garcia
Governor of Tamaulipas, and as the SOL
diers favor Guerra, a revolution is antici-
pated... ..Paymaster Charles w. Upham,
of the United States army, was foand dead
in his bed, at Montpelier, Vermont, on
the lOth......The yellow fever is raging in
Peru, and two hundred deaths are occur
ring daily. The French Minister is
among the victims.......The Democratic
AConvcntion of New Jersey met on We'd
nesday. Hon. Joel Parker is presented
rs the frs. choice of the State for Presi-
dent......The Chicago Tribune is building
itself a $4,000 printing house. This is
too bad for the stomach's of the Journal
and NE Republican: these papers charge
the Tribune and the Post with supporting
the 'sseven traitors. The young ladies'
of Portland, Maine, for want of work or
because they hate it, are collecting varil-
ties of buttons: Miss Colley and Miss
Merrill have each collected 900 varieties.
How would they fancy a pair from the
tail of an Iowa rather? These would
complete their thousand. They are very
pretty when in lire use and musical withal.
......Parties are selling cigars in New Or
leans with HAVANA wrappers and moss
filings. A few more Yankees down there
will result in moral reconstruction of the
South.
Grant inspires no enthusiasm. Colfax
Aus Ny con'risSt W iesSeh Tic Sreat caPIaih
of the age. In Galena the editor of the
Democrat is mayor by $50 majority. This
is a small affair but it shows that the per-
4onal popularity of U. S. q. is not hefty.
Oregon goes Democratic by 1900 against
600 defeat last year. Nevada is radical
by a reduced majority. Grant and Colfax
arc being packed for Colorado shipment