North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-02-05
Nevya and Items.

About 30 of the so Iron-clads owned
by the government are to be sold-pro-
vided the bill becomes q law......The bill
for the abolition of the tax on cotton, as
agreed upon by the Confederate Commit
tee, has passed both houses of Congress,
and now awaits the signature of the Pres
ident. 1t abolishes all tax on domestic
cotton, and the tax on imported cotton af-
ter next November......A brush between
the United States and England is limited
at. The New York Tribune's special
from Washington says: "All negotiations
for settlement of tho Alabama claims
having been closed by correspondence be-
tween our Government and that of Great
Britain, the matter stands as though moth
ing had been done by either Government
tending to an adjustment. There is au-
thority for saying that these claims will at
once be pushed to finality with vigor, and
that the Government will demand imme-
date reparation for the wrongs suffered
by our citizens at the hands of the Ala
bama and other vessels fitted out in Eng
land under like circumstances during the
rebellion. ......Ks., is the authorized alb
brcviation for Kansas.
The Germans begin to find that the 2o-
man type is much better for the eyes, and
much clearer, and so are using it for their
books......The manager of school near
Philadelphia has cut down the fruit trees
and destroyed the grape vines which adorn
the premises over which he has charge, in
order, as he says, to remove from the pu-
pills the temptation to steal...... "A Ken
lucky paper says there is man in that
State who has no ears. He has not even
hole in his head, save his mouth and
nose. Where his ears ought to be, his
head is perfectly smooth and bare, except
small warty excrescence. He hears to
some extent through his mouth, which
flies open when he wishes distinctly to
catch sound. ..Ex-Fenian Head Centre
Stephens is still in Paris, and the fact is
well-known. He does not attempt to
conceal his residence, which is a small
lodging in the Boulevard St. Michael
but he may be unaware that two English
police agents have arrived in Paris for
the special purpose of watching his move
ments. They do not lose sight of him by
day or night. This surveillance has now
existed for some time past. Gen. Han
cock is being urged to reopen the registry
in Louisiana. 1t is feared that by not
registering or not voting, the reconstruc-
ton Of the State may be defeated and as
many of the whites have not registered
the reopening is asked to do away with
the difficulty. 1.-THE best kind of pape,
is made from the Okra plant. Brus-
sells paper has twenty-five correspondents
in Paris.....A radical journal in Louisian,
is printed on yellow paper.
The Virginians arc asking congress fo
a better bankrupt law.....-...Kansas ha
nearly thousand miles of railroad....
The most destructive fire which Chicag,
has ever known occurred on the 18th uit
The buildings destroyed were of the mos
expensive in the city. and occupied b,
the heaviest mercantile establishment
west of New York, which were yer
nearly all consumed, leaving the foot q
Lake street mass of backened ruins
The estimated value of the propert
burned is not much below three millions
and including the Farwell Hall, and other.
during the first month Of 1868 that cit
has lost near S3,25O,OOO of the fines
property it has ever owned.