North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-01


haye been sl4l,550, AGA. Napoleon is
said to be preparing manifesto in regard
to his foreign policy. ...Governmeut de-
tectives in Texas have discovered immense
frauds on the revenue. The new tax
bill will be reported in the House about
the first of May......It is proposed to re-
duce the marine corps and the engineer
department in the navy......The represcn-
tatives of Nova Scotia have addressed
petition to the British Parliament asking
for the repeal of the act of confederation,
and characterizing it as most destructive
Of the interests that province. ..Aby:ini-
an advices are to the 10th inst. The army
of King Theodorus, $1,000 strong, was
posted near Lake Hiak, two days march
from Magdala. Gen. Napier, with 5000
English troops, was moving forward to
attack them. His soldiers were suffering
from dysentery and fever.
Another heavy snow storm occurred at
Omaha and along the Pacific railroad on
Thursday. Work on the mountains is
suspended on account of the snow. .. Gen.
Sherman left for Omaha on Monday to
meet the Indian commission. .. Weston
walked mile in 6 minutes and 5 seconds
for consideration, and gave the amount
received to the poor.....At the New Eng
land Poultry Exhibition, at Worcester,
Mass, on the 9th instant, John B. Cough,
the well known lecturer, exhibited lie lots
Of poultry. They embraced almost every
variety, for some of which he paid twenty
dollars a piece. Fourteen years ago,
March IA, the first locomotive crossed the
Allegheny mountains.....T fare between
Omaha and Cheyenne, on the Union paci-
fc Railroad, is to be reduced from S5l,5O
to s3O......A bridal pair in Detroit weigh
five hundred and fifty pounds. What an
amount of happiness. 49,. Cleveland, Ohio,
has violin valued at $500 in gold. The
father Of Ernst Perabo, the pianist is its
owner......The daughter Of a gentleman
connected with one of the leading Boston
papers has by the sudden demise of an
uncle in England, become heircss to a
property valued at 100000. Tho Ar
kansas constitution has been ratified by
about 5000 majority. ....The revised esti-
mates for river and harbor improvements
for the next fiscal year amount to 81 ,Ol2,.
5O0......There is a rumor that General
Banks is about to be appointed Minister
to Russia, rice Cassius Nj. Clay......It is
stated that 10000 German emigrants will
come to this country during the year and
find homes in the South. And nearly as
many of them will die during the season.
There are 277 soldiers orphans in the
Iowa House at Cedar Falls, and it costs
500 day to support the institutions.
Dunn bellies, an exchange pronounces,
women of iron constitutions. Mount
Nesuvius, it has been wittiy said, exhibits
none Of the exhaustion which denotes old
age; but, on the contrary, remains appar-
emily actuated by its youthful fire.
London has knocking ghost, which
disturbs the inmates of very respectable
house. Rochester knockers are not ap-
preciated in London..... The territory OF
Wyoming is seeking admission into Union.
There are five hundred and seventeen
miles of railroad in Texas. The British
Government refuses to mitigate the sen.
tence of Rev. Mr.. Mcmahon and other
convicted Fenians in Canada. :. Governor
Merrill declines signing but withholds his
veto of the bill authorizing cities, towns
and townships to aid in the construction
of rail roads. 1t therefore becomes a law.
......One man in every thousand in Amer
lea is a lawyer......The trustees of Trinity
New York, will soon erect new $50, 00O
church. The proposed National Charity
Fair will be held in New York early in the
summer.... The New York millners
opening day is March 25......An exchange
calls the bills of the gas companies the
heavy charge of the light brigade.
Government officers estimate that the re.
building Of the two bridges at Rock Island
and Moline will cost $40, 000......It is said
that Judge Chase has concluded that hil
functions as presiding officer Of the senate
when trying the president on an impeach.
ment, are in the nature of those of a Judge
presiding upon the bench; that, therefore,
Sc TO, oil
tons that may be raised by either the
prosecutors or the accused in the progress
of the trial and that the supreme court
Judges coincide with him in this decision
1.-THE treaty between the United States
and the North German confederation,
providing for free emigration and natuli.
cation changing nationality, has been
ratified. a
Gen. Hancock took command of the
Division of the Atlantic on Monday. The
Canadians are having another Fenian
scare. Raids across the border are ex-
pected at Buffalo and st. Adams, and the
military have been ordered to be Ready for
defense. The McCardle case has been
postponed until the next term of the Su-
preme Court. ....A Memphis dispatch says
the Arkansas constitution is defeated by
1000 majority and Washington radical
dispatch says it is adopted by 5000 to
5,00o... Both houses of Congress have
passed the bill for the abolition of the tax
On certain manufactures. It is thought
the President at Secretary McCnlloch's
request, will veto it......The Alabama
Provisional Government bill it is thought
stands no chance in the Senate. The e.
| S. Supreme Court has decided in case