North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-16
News and Iten,s.

......One millisn postage stamps are daily
used in the United States. Religious
papers ore attacking Smoking cars on
railways. They arc attacking all private
rights that fanaticsm can reach, but We
hope they will not get back to the old
Spanish Inquisition or to the time Of
Calvins cruelties, while we live. We cop-
fess to be jealous Of Power in any shape
it may nssume.....An elephant thirteen
feet high, and which eats bale of hay
per day, arrived at New York on Nednes-
day......A flushing damsel of forty sum-
mers says: "There is no difficulty in get
ting 'engagrd : the trouble is in keeping
81" Another oldest Mason has been
discovered. Ills name is Andrews. and
he lives in Ovid, New York. This is the
twenty "A contemporary in no.
ting the drowning Of two men in He'll
Gate, super6uously adds that the locality
is near New York City......The recent ex~
plosion of the Cincinnati gas works was
caused by striking matcht to ligh to-
bacco pipe. The man who did it was VIC
tim to the disaster.
A little boy was once asked if he had
any fixing for cats. "Oh, yes" he rcpli-
ed, 81 like them very much-to throw
stones al" ......It is said, and we give it
only as saying, that George Thompson,
of Red Hook, killed on Monday "chick-
en- which was twentyone years old.
The boy who, when asked to what trade
he would wish to be brought up, replied,
81 will he trustee. because ever since pa
pa has been trustee we have had pudding
for dinner. was wise child in his rener-
ation... The horse that bore Phil. Sheri-
dan into the Shenandoah fight, "from
Winchester, twenty miles away" eats
corn and hay in the stable of G. II. Mer-
~, Dubuque, Iowa.....A Chicago negro
whipped his child to death with raw
hide, and as murderers are not hanged in
that city thH Times Suggests that he be put
in charge Of public school.
A Nebraska editor says ''hell is tree
less" and taking that original assertion
for text. he warmly exhorts his readers
to 'splant trees" in order to make differ
ence between Nebraska and hell.
A statue of Lord Byron is to be erected
at Missolonghi, Greece. where he died, in
1S24..... Last year 2,230,936 postage
stamps were issued for the London Times,
and 4O4, 648 for the Hdndard.... He
brew Bible, dated l49l or 1892, printed
upon parchment, was lately sold in Lon
d IN for $780,. ....Queen Victoria's illustra-
tons of her own book are excellent. She
draws clearly, and much better than she
writes. ....Newspapers in China are
circulated from hand to hand after being
copied by clerks. 1t is now proposed to
establish an extensive press and type
foundry at Suchow, and adopt the foreign
mode Of printing. Charles Dickens is
suffering from the 'scriveners' palsy" a
malady affecting the muscles Of the arm
and hand in consequence Of long use Of
the pen, and he is able to do but small
amount of york. ....Since the removal of
the Restrictions from the press of Spain
and Cuba there has been great newspa-
per revival some thirty new ones having
started in Havana, while fifteen have
sprung up in Madrid. MIR. James B.
Manson, editor Of the Edinburgh Daily
Reciew, was found dead in his study lately.
His pen had dropped from his hand, and
a portion of freshly>written manuscript
was before him. Mr.. Manson was native
of the north Of Scotland, and graduated
at Aberdeen.
Texas has s. postmistresses... London
has thirty five thcatres......Utah exhibits
specimens of raisins...... The democrats
hope to carry Alabama......St. Louis is
exporting hams to France. Mississippi
has negro in its high t......The Cable
does a business of 9645 per day. Gro
quet is popular game in the Sultan's
harem. 1.-THE Roman Catholic Orphan
Ball in New York netted $4,000. The
earth is said to be the first revolver in
vented. Giving negro barbecues in
Alabama is called 'stuffing the BALLOT.
......California has given up the idea of
growing nutmegs......It is estimated that
there are SO, 100000 hogs in the United
States Seventeen towns in Mississippi
are preparing to build cotton factories......
Wine is cheaper than milk in the Calfor-
MIA wine region. ....Of the 100000 chill
dren in Missouri, only 100000 attend
Sunday school,. 1.-The nomination of
Washburn's successor to Congress Was
reached only after 353 ballotings......
Eugene has sent the Countess Girgenti a
gold and pearl rattle for the expected
baby......Miss Kate Reynolds is in New
York preparing for tour Of the cities of
New England. -. General Beauregard is
expected to visit Staten Island in few
days. The widow of Mr.. Colt, of pistol
fame, has an income of 100000 year.
A rumor has been circulated in Wash
ington that Secretary Borie will resign his
position in the Cabinet, and that Governor
Geary, Of Pennsylvania, will be called to
the head of the Navy Deparsment......Sec
Fish has again been strongly urged to
recognize the Cuban belligerents.........
When it was announced that Robinson,
charged with the murder Of General
Mcconnell, of jacksonville, H., was
acnu;tted. the whole audience rose and