North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-01-15
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News and ltems.
Iowa has one hundred newspapers.
The amount derived from the special tax
es (liccnses) for the last fiscal year was
SIS, l86, AN, so and from sales, auction
GERS and brokers, including sales by the
wholesale liquor dealers in excess of $780,
600, M,l "a ,675, Al, making u total OF S22,.
SOC, 1921 ,97..... Bishop Hopkins, of YER
mont. the senior bishop Of the Episcopal
church in the U. S., died at his home in
Burlington, VT, on the afternoon of the
9th, aged IS years.. The supreme court,
in Portland county, Me-, is blocked up
with 1900 cases. A correspondent says
man can no more than hope that his
grandson may live to see the end Of the
present suits. The Chicago and North
western road has more miles Of track than
any railway in the world. ......Zaccheus
Greeley, father Of Horace Greeley, died at
Fort Wayne, Pa. on the 18th ult.. aged
Sc years. o. Baldwin the "Irish GIANT
and Tom Allen, New York pugilist, have
agreed to fight for 81 800 a SIDE. News
from the Alyssinian expedition is favora-
bic. Soldiers healthy, natives friendly,
and no sign Of any fighting. Poor mans
Cake Two cups -four, one Of cream, one
of sugar, one egg, one tcaspoonful soda,
two Of cream of tartar, mix with four......
The reported sinking of Recluse Island,
in Lake George, N. Y, proves to he a
hoax. The brides veil got it's origin in
the Anglo-Snxon custom Of performing
the marriage ceremony under piece Of
cloth held at each corner by tall man,
over brideg. DOM and bride.
A signal alarm has been introduced up
on the Hudson River road, and doubtless
will soon be applied to other routes. 1t
consists ola torpedo, which is fastened on
the track and exploding As the train pass
es. makes known its approach. They are
designed for foggy weather......A railroad
company advertises that it ''runs through
sleeping cars" Qailp thinks it must dis
turb tae sleepers.. ....A gentleman who has
for two years refused to contribute any
thing toward the support of the gospel,
recently surprised his friends ~ contribu-
ing to the purchase Of a bell for church.
On being asked the reason, he replied that
he always pu his money where no could
hear it ring......The Princess Of Wales is
twenty-thrcc.. Steamers ere running
from Kcokuk to points below. IF peg
.ed boots are occasionally dressed up be-
tween the soles and upper leather. with
petroleum. they will not rip. If the soles
are dressed with petroleum they will re-
sist wet and wear we'll. The pegs are not
affected hy dryncss after being well oiled.
......A new kind Of oats called SSurprise. =
is exhibited ut Davenport--says the DEM
ocrat-which were raised hy Mr.. VIM. S.
Dixon, Of Jasper county. From one pint
Of seed he harvested 6S.po .nds Of oats
They are large and weigh IS lbs. to the
bushcl.. Mount Cork, on the west coa,t
rs New Zealand, is II, 3ti2 feet high. 80. "A
gentleman setting in the gold room, in
New York, recently, Ind s. 900 in stocks
taken from his breast pocket by an expect
thief. Cotton socks next the skin, and
woollen socks outside Of them, are repre-
sented rs sure to cure cold feet. At night
the cotton socks will be quite dry and the
outside ones damp. ~
1t is reported that Secretary Seward is
not at all anxious to have the Danish trca-
ty for St. Thomas and ST. Johns confirmed
by the senate. The government OF San
Dumingo gives signs Of favoring u sale of
Samara, which the Secretary considers a
better bargain than St. Thomas. -. Queen
Victoria is growing in breadth !......Wal-
lack has bought the Twenty-thi street
Presbyterian Church, in New York, and
will tear it down and replace it witt, the
atre......If small boy is lad, big boy
must he ladder. Some fishermen use
cotton for bait. so do some women. ....An
old bachelor in New York offered young
lady pony for kiss. She gave him, the
kiss. He refused her the pony. She sued
him. lie pleaded "no consideration.
The Court decided that kiss wis legal
consideration. ......If General Grant was
President, he would want to buy Cuba at
any price, for the sake Of tho Havanas.
......A young lady Good Templar of Bath,
Steuben county, N. Y, the other evening
explained her position on the cidor ques-:
ton, in conversation with a young gentle
man Of the same order. (" Ah,'' said she.
Il rot out Of it nicely when he asked me
il drank cider OF course answered
Not You see, since father bought that
barrel Of cider FROM Mr.. L., that you
like SO well, have always used straw,
for knew our officers would not ask me
anything about sucking.
Thomas Ewing has his eay on the
finance question in q long letter, which has
just been published. He inclines to But
lerism. .....A greenhorn ent ~ long time,
very attentive, musing upon a cane-bot-
tom chair. At length he said: II won.
der what fellow took the trouble to find
all then. ar holes, and put straws around
EN-. '......T The President has sent proc
Iamation to Congress concerning Span
ish vessel seized by Genera; Sherman ut
Fort Royal in 1861, havin. on board rebel
dispatches He asks an appropriation Of
s2s, 600 to indemnify Spain. "a school
mistress. while taking down the names and
ages Of her pupils, and the names Of their
parents, at the beginning Of the term,
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