North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-09-23
News and items


News and items
The Iowa State Fair commences at
Lyons and Clinton on the Goth inst, and
closes October the %. The case of John
III. Surratt, indicted as one of the conspi-
rators to assassinate President Lincoln,
came up in the Washington Criminal
Court, on Monday, but was postponed.....
China has sold out its mint to Japan .....
The water power of the Falls of st. An
thony is estimated at one hundred thous
and horse power...... Late adviccs from
Spain Indicate the breaking out of Il really
formidable revolution against the Govern
ment of Queen Isabella. Her Prime
Minister has resigned the Admiral of her
navy has joined the revolutionists, and
several towns have risen in rebellion. A
rumor that the Queen has abdicated is
probably not true.......St. Louis is organ
izing a buffalo hunt at the Rocky Noun
tains. Tickets, S20.......Thcre are more
than one hundred houses in Fifth Avenue,
New York, that rent for $40, 900 year.
Thirty thousand Europeans emigra-
ted to the United States during the month
Of July last....... Saratoga hotels have yet
about eight hundred guests. The season
will probably close the first week in Octo-
ber..... Snow fell at Meadvillc, Crawford
county, Pa, on last Thursday afternoon,
Ice formed in Pittsburgh on Thursday
night. .Encke's comet is visible through
glass. After the latter part of Scptem-
Der it may be seen without glass from
in the evening until in the morning..
Six miles and 500 feet Of the track of the
Central Pacific Railroad were recently
laid in one day. This is claimed to be the
biggest days work of the kind ever
done.
England is only four hundred and sixty
six miles long..."..Somc hopeful Italians
think that after the present eruption
. Veruvius will become extinct. During
, the last twenty-five years the Odd Fellows
have educated forty frye thousand children
in this country. Some capitalists are
about to introduce into this country man
uiacturing machinery for making the
, fabric known as French delaincs, which
have never been made here. ....Arkansas
) has sixty four hot springs. There ar,
> five hundred safes in the new Park Bank
, in New York There are few people
, who have not been occasionally puzzled
whether to write eli or &c in the words thai
f so represent the sound of longe A very
simple rule, says schoolmaster, removes
all difficulty. When the dipthong follows
c, it is alwayseEc cling, conceive, etc.
, when it follows any other letter it is al
{ ways ie-gricf, friend, niece, etc......Ons
of the operatives of Messrs. Richards
| Co.'s paper mill, at Gardner, Me-, found
. last week diamond cluster pin in the
rags. 1t is worth one hundred dollars OF
, more. This is the second time that 6
diamond pin has been found within Il year
, All such treasures are allowed by the
proprietors as the pcrqu;ste Of the girl:
who pick the rags over......A romance has
, occurred in the White Mountains. A
I beautiful young lady Of great wealth has
become enamored with guide, and there
is trouble in her family in consequence
......Sewing machines are to be declared
among those trade tools which, under tho
7. french law, are free from levy Of execu-
ton in satisfaction Of debt. One Of oul
: merchants advice for selecting a wife is
''to get hold of piece of calico that will
wash" And, he should have added, one
who can iron--so as to get along smoothly
you know.
McCoole has agreed to fight iIeenan for
$1,000. .Bismark is ordered to England
to regain his health. lit is said tina,
, Gov. Brownlow has issued proclamation
threatening to squclch any and all organi
, cations in Tennessee which DO not agree
, with him politically 1.-The women n
f Manchester and adjoining towns, in Eng
r land, numbering over 5000, have demands
, ed that their names be placed on the list
of voters. Reports from Santa Fc state
: that thirteen democrats have been elected
to the legislature. This is said to be q
gain of seven members. When gentle
men steps on lady's train, the lady
should turn around and say politely, 81
: beg your pardon, sir" and the gentleman
J should bow and say, ~ accept your apol
gy, madam. -. The reports of famine
in the Red River country have not beer
without foundation, but news from Selkirh
represents matters there as little more
| favorable. Trains were constantly leavin.
for st. Cloud, and 5000 barrels of -four
and other articles of food will soon III
supplied.
The N. Y. Sunday Times thus takes of
| the Herald. The election in Maine has
transpired since the publication of the
E Times article and we suppose the Herald
will be rampantly Radical till it hears o.
the democratic successes in October:
' HERE SHE GOES AND THERE she GOES
q Since we last referred to the New Yorl
). Daily Fluctuator, it has again swung
: round the circle. The result of the Ken
tucky election democratised it Tor a few