North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-11-03
News and Items.

News and Items.
The new Secretary of War, General
Belknap, is said to be quite wealthy, and
has recently added to his possessions by
marrying an equally rich lady in Ohio.
......Ex'president Pierco's estate is estima.
ted at nearly one hundred thousand dollars,
the bulk of which will probably 60 to a
nephew, who is in Princeton College,.
The seceders from tho Washington Terri.
torial Legislature are still absent, and
consequently the disorganization there
continues at its full height. 1.-The grand
trade procession in connection with the
Southern Commercial Convention in Lou.
isvillo was nine miles ong......The cause
of the recent deplorable explosion in
Indianapolis, at the State Fair. is alleged
to have been the racing between two rival
saw'mills. ~. Cincinnati had mass meet
ing in opposition to the reading of the
Bible in the public schools. .....Goodhue
county, Mimi, has an apple crop of thirty
thousand bushels. ....A Montreal firm sold
two million fruit jars this season.
Salem Massey clergymen cannot agree
upon bell.hour for afternoon sabbath
services. The consequence is splendid
jingle of metal all the afternoon. Did
Massachusetts, ever agree upon anything
but dissension and its own commercial
profit? History and present observation
emphaticaly say NO! Her record is a
fearful one to him who reads the past
The text is large and we omit sermon
upon it......The Supreme Court, in the
Yerger case, has recently decided that the
Military Court in its assumed Jurisdiction
must succumb to the Civil Power. This
is point gained which political cowardice
would not concede while martinetts ran
tho rancho. We hope for health to see q
general reversal of the arbitrarincss which
obtained during the last few years Sus'
pend the writ Of Habeas Corpus,-the
safety of the citizen,-in time of peace,
when every officer Of the law has sworn to
support Constitution which expressly
forbids it! And this you called Law
The Cabinet agrees with the Court. There
is no doubt about Yerger's killing Gen.
Craine, but tits the business of Civil and
not the Military Courts to try him. His
punishment is small matter compared to
the proposed outrage on the Cons tuition
Of our country.
Florida is resisting the Revenue laws by
force. From the official reports we have
the more northern states resisting by
periured evasion. Nv. r. Winans, of
GAINESVILLE, hung himself in his carriage
house recently. lie was II and wealthy.
He sealed his will the day before. Prob
ably the old gentleman was tired of the
troubles of life. God will forgive him if
the frailties of humanity and the dissap'
pointments of earthly existence are worthy
of the notice Of Deity. .Thayers Circus
is in the hands Of the Sheriff Of Hamil'
ton Co., Ohio. The employees of the
Circus sued for S6,000......J. r. Waiver,
consul to an Italian poit, was married to
Mss Bishop Simpson, Oct. 2Sth, at Phila.
Gen. Grant saw it done. Our President is
nearly ubiquitous. sporting gentle
man wants to know when the "Anglo'
Saxon Race is to come off,. 1.-THE
President shook hands with several gem
tlemen Of the Philadelphia Commercial
Exch. He attended the S. S. Jubilee of
the 2Sth." We presume he did sundry
other things, such as taking cocktail, a
smoke, game Of chequers, or drafts, Of
which he is passionately fond retired for
a few moments and then sought his cosy
couch for repose. jenkins, the faithful
follower of all great men, does not tele'
graph all this, but it is safe to guess at.
Col. Higginson will have a reunion of
his SD Regiment of colored troops at the
Astor House, Nov. 10th. Col. II. is right.
We wonder why some commandant Of
colored soldiers had not done this prior to
the present time. Why not live square up
to social, military and political professions?
Well bet on a "aashy" time at the. Astor.
Bootblacks and BARRIERS must keep out of
rooms occupied by those who ''fought
nobly".. ....In Des Moines wheat is selling
at thirty to forty cents per bushcl ard
butter is forty cents per pound...... Radi'
calls tell US of continual decrease of the
public debt both State and National.
May We humbly inquire where the in.
creased taxes 60 to? Do they make new
Offices and fill them with cormorants to
eat, drink, wear and gamble away the
advantage obtained?. 1.-THE Legislature
of Iowa meets on the second Monday in
January, which will be on the 9th of the
month.
A teacher in Washington was fined IS
for swearing in school. This was wrong.
If there is place on earth where man is
entitled to swear little it is in school.
room. Parents swear at their children at
home and yet expect teacher to train a
whole neighborhood of unruly young
ones with the meekness of Moses. We
taught school 7 years, and if we didn't
think d-n it, some, we have lost all
recollection. President Baez, of San
Domingo, is negotiating the sale of the
Bay of SANTANA to the United States.
The l. O. o. F., of Iowa, are 1000 strong.
The most unobtrusiye secret order we
know of. We reflect on no others; be-
long to none are not anti toward any.