North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-03-11
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our Dick. The hobcas corpus is to re-
main suspended in Irelund.....F Belfoy,
well known in this part of iowa, is pro-
prietor of the Glencoe Register, and the
Minneapolis Daily Tribune say he will
start a Democratic paper in Saltwater,
Wis, on the 18th of April next. The
postal order system is paying the Govern
ment S25, 900 annually. ....The claims OF
this country on Great Britain for damages
to our commerce by the depredations of
the pirate Alabama, are before the House
of Commons. ....... The ice at Muscatine
moved a short distance or Saturday.. ...A
bill to abolish the death penalty has been
introduced in the English House of Com
mons........The warrants drawn on the
treasury for the expenses of the Govern
ment during February amount to S24 ,0OO,-
600. Halfthe expenses of an entire year
before the war.......Among the eminent
persons who have been insane are Pascal,
Burton, Collins, DR.. johnson, Cowper,
Smart, Cruden. and Adler. Cruden's
Concordance was revised and completed
by the author during his insanity; and
Adler's German Dictionary was written
in q mad house. G# sfla1a
The following letter is perfect model
in its way. ''Dear Brother-I've got one
of the handsomest farms in the State, and
have it nearly paid for. Crops are good;
prices were meyer better. We have had a
glorions revival Of religion in our church,
and both our children 1.-THE Lord be prais-
ed) are converted. Father got to be an
incumbrance, and last week took him to
the Poor House. Your affectionate broth
er." Brigham Young, with six dozen
children said to be his, was at the Salt
Lake Theater one day last week. 1.-The
Pope has finally granted dispensation
| for the marriage of Prince Aumbert, heir
of the Italian throne, with his cousin, the
Princes Marguerite. The dispensaton
''fees'' cost 100000 francs $4,000 in
NOiu| ihC piIuC tlCucSGuu 10 uSilfS
prepared in Gienna and Paris. .Benja-
min Disraeli, the new British Premier, is
not, as paragraph going the rounds of
the press says he is, an Israelite in faith.
His father, Isaac Disraeli 1.-THE celebrated
author Of "Quarrcls of Authors" and
many other works., embraced Christianity
some years before Benjamin's birth; and
the Premier himself declared, during a
cross.examination in court about four
years ago, 81 am, what have always
| been, a Christian. The celebrated ac-
tress, Julia Dean, is dead
| A Washington dispatch says it is learn
ed from responsible republican sources,
tonight, that it has been virtually con-
coded. in view of conflicting interests that
Mr.. Wade will resign his position as pres
ident of the senate, in the event of the
conviction of President johnson, thereby
leaving the Office open either to new
election by the senate or to the speaker of
| the house, who, in the absence of any act
ing vice president, becomes president of
the United States. This will probably be
looked upon as a little sensational, but
the source whence the information is de-
rived fully warrants its publication. The
organization Of the high court of i'm
Peachincn. was completed on the 9th.
which adjourned until Friday the 18th
when the Summons, issued for the presi-
dent, is made returpable. An objection
raised to Mr. Wade sitting on the grounds
that, in case the impeachment is sustained,
he will be acting president was argued
with a good deal of interest and finally
Withdrawn by the mover and he Wade
sworn in......The president has bill be-
fore him, which passed congress week
ago, so amending the reconstruction laws
as to provide for the adoption Of a State
constitution when a majority Of those who
actually vote are in its favor. 1t repeats
that portion of the present act which re-
quires a majority Of the registered voters
10 ratify it. The president will not send
n veto of this bill to congress, but will
allow it to become law by the consti,u
tional expiration Of 10 Gays, 1t will then
be at once promul gated by the state de.
partment as a law. 1t will apply to all Of
the southern states but Alabama, 70,
which special bill is to be reported, al
above stated. aa b -a,.a
Gen. Hancock asks to be relieved from
command Of the fifth military district.
A Washington dispatch says: Intelligenc.
reached here from Richmond, that Judg.
Underwood has released the bondsmen Of
jeff. Davis. 1t is believed that is done
owing to the extreme improbability Of
Davis ever being brought to trial...... The
Bostonians want Charles Dickens to Civ,
his readings in the afternoon instead o.
the evening. 80. "A little bit of refined salt
petre dissolved in the mouth is said to bt
one Of the best Of remedies for sore throa
or sore gums. .....An English comic jour
nal represents a gentleman at dinner lad
ling up horse shoe from the soup tureen
and exclaiming, "This is the second time
the cook has forgotten to take the shoes
off," -. Paris owes Sl75,00O,OOO for Ma
poleons improvements. Punch calls q
badly told anecdotc "pOor relation
.....A. German doctor has invented an
apparatus by which thunder is made visi
BILE through the object-glass of telescope
1.-THE London Times advertises IL
invalid, hard-workcd and young clergy
men, six hundred manuscript church ser
mons. 1.-THE present winter has beer
the coolest since that of lS43 or the NORTH
| Pacific coast. The Columbia river is nov