North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-28

$4,000 public lamps cnlighten Paris.
There are 100000 Norwegians in tn
West.
The population of France was SO, OCT,
O96 in 1866. ...
Hamilton Itch is the name the Italian
have given our new Secretary of State.
There will be more removals in New
York the coming first of May than fo1
many years previous.
A New York blind beggar says that HI
considers it poor day when he does no
make five dollars.
Train has increased his assets by max
ing out bill against the Union Pacific
Railroad for 81 100000.
The Lmperialist is not dead, as was re.
ported. 1t is still alive, although it could
hardly be described as "kicking.'
It il said that the Spanish troops in
Cuba are being armed with Remington
rifles, purchased in the United States.
Bismarck's translation of the first six
books of the Eneid, which he made &c
years ago, will be published this fall.
A man at milford, Mass, claims to be
the champion pegser," having pegged
l 200 boots in nine hours and twenty min
utes.
The Upper Des Moines (Iowa), in pub.
fishing wedding notice, adds: "No cards
No cake for the printer, and no fee for the
minister"
Roman Catholic Cathedrals are in course
of erection at Pekin and Canton, China.
The estimated cost of each is 5000, 900.
Lord Chesterfield once remarked that
even Adam, the first man, knew the value
Of politeness, and allowed Eve to have the
first bite of the apple.
This is the year of the Dartmouth Cen
tennial. The commencement exercises are
July %. There is to be big tent and
special trains, and the Chief Justice is to
preside.
Rev. Mr.. Ross, an Episcopal clergyman
of Indiana, has been tried before an eccle
siastical court and sentenced to be admon.
ished by the Bishop, for having gone to
see the Black Crook.
White gunpowder is made in Russia, to
which the explosive quality is impaired
only at the last moment of manufacture,
and so may be withheld until the powder
is needed for shipment.
A metallic cartridge company in Bridge
port, Conn.,, has received an order from
Madrid for 100000 cartridges, of the
Berdan (sharp-shooter) patent. This
proves that the Spanish Directory means
business of decisive and not pacific
character.
Judge Archer, of Marshall, Ind, was
recently moving some books in his library
when mouse seeing an opening before
him leaped into his throat. With difficulty
he threw it out Moral: Keep YOUR
mouth closed when moving books-and at
other times.
Ten of the continental nations of Eu-
rope, embracing 30,OOO,OOO inhabitants,
have adopted the uniform gold coinage,
and Mr.. Ruggles, who knows more about
it than any other American, says that
Germany with its $4,000, 700, and Russia
with its 6S,000,OOO, will probably come
into the arrangement this summer.
The press rooms in Harper's establish~
ment contain thirty-fve Adams presses
for book printing, and eight cylinder
presses. Ninety-six men and women are
employed in the press rooms alone. One
hundred and seyenty-six are employed in
the bindery. The total number of en-
ployees foots up FIVE hundred and two,
one-third Of whom are women.
We are to have a two-and-one- half.
hours eclipse of the sun in August. The
representative science of all parts of the
world will be on the alert to make minute
and useful observations of it. Has this
approaching eclipse anything to do with
the earthquake shocks which have been so
common latterly?
1t may be important for some people to
know that where widow re-marries be-.
fore the issue Of a pension certificate, the
children, if any are living, are alone
entitled to the back pension. If a widow
re-marries during the tendency of her
claim for pension, she is entitled to the
pension to the date of her re-marriage,
unless the soldier left minor children
surviving him.
The highest store rent paid in Broadway
is that of E. S. Jaffray's dry>goods store,
corner of Leonard street, which brings
100000. The highest hotel rent is that OF
the Fifth Avenue, which rates at 500, 900
per annum; but the most profitable of all
its edifces, is Trinity Building. This is
occupied by Offices. 1t cost about $780,
600, ard rents for nearly one-half that
sum. Single Offices bring from 81 900 to
$1,000.
A plan for cutting canal through the
valley Of the Garonne, France, to unite
the Mediterranean and the Bay of Biscay
is receiving much attention and is favor
ably regarded. The cost of the scheme i,