North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-11-24

'O"a0 VIVA Will AdtAcu1y...'..A CouUA-
,rn exchange tells Of negro who insist.
ID that his race was mentioned in the
Bible. He said he heard the preacher
read about how "Nigger Dcmus wanted
20 be born again." The voting of
he Ecumenical Council will be done
With colored balls. Red will signify
Affirmation, blue dissent, and white doubt,
hesitation or skcpticism. The Suez
Canal is success. The feet of vessels,
with the French Empress and other dis
tinguished pcrsonages, passed through
it in safety on Saturday On the
evening of the 18th pair of desperados
entered the house of Mr.. Perghtals,
in the village Of Pleasant Grove, Penn
sylvania, and shot the father and son
and split the wife's head open with an
an ak. The murdercrs have been ar
rested.
1t IS reported that the President will
not make more than two-column mes
sage.."..It is expected that there will
be an avalanche of bills introduced the
first week of the session on the financial
questions. There are already pending
in the three financial committees Of con-
gress over five bills providing for the
resumption of specie payment, and four
on the national bank and currency issues
...... President Grant is reported to have
offered a farm worth 5000, near St.
Louis, to the county authorities for the
benefit of the poor. "A stranger visit
ing the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, con-
versing with some seamen who had been
engaged in the navy during the war,
asked one Of them if they had received
any prize money. "Och, indade, yer
honor, yis, little; it was sifted through
a ladder, and all that fell through wint
to the officers; all that stuck to the steps
was lift to the men,"
The New York Tribune calls upon
the Supreme Court to declare the re-
sumption of specie payment in case Of
he failure of congress to do SO.
Great damage was done in Colorado
Territory by a terrific hurricane on Sat-
lrday. In Denver, Central City, George
own, ETC., many buildings were either
destroyed or damaged...... The govern
nent has determined to take hold of the
Darien Ship Canal with view of its
pecdy completion. The N. Y. Times
links the financial question can be
olved by the adoption ola free banking
ystem, with national circulation en-
arged to four hundred millions of dol
District Attorney Pierrepont,
# New York, has had an interview
With President Grant, it is said, on Gu
IAN affairs, and reports that the Admin
stration has come to the determination
% do something relative thereto. JEFF.
Davis has been elected President of the
Carolina Insurance Company, of Men,
,his, and will reside there.
Miss Annie Lockport, the actress,
lied on Thursday morning at Salt Lake.
She had been sick for some time. .....
The furious storm of wind of Saturday
ast seems to have been general. Heavy
amages resulting from it are reported
a eastern New York and Pennsylvania I
nd throughout New Jersey and New
1.-The insurgents in the south /
f Hayti are victorious over Salnave,
is most trusted Generals having desert
d him and joined their standard.
The Ministerial Journal still thinks
hat the Italian government will accept ,
he Spanish throne for the Duke of
ienoa. .....An account is received of
destructive earthquake in the PHILIPPINE
Stands. The sea rose, and buildings
7ere thrown down. The loss of pro-
erty was very great. At the port of
Vanilla eight persons were killed and
many injured. ....A London dispatch
avs the Suez Canal is not considered
success. 1t is believed that improve
ncnts must be made before it can meet
IL the requirements of commerce. -.
n the Territory of Wyoming the Dem
'crats carried every county and elected
very member Of the Legislature in both
branches. For Delegates to Congress,
Suckolls, Dem. had 3, SO1 votes; Cor
'ett, (Rad.) 1868 votes. "A ssstay
avn is being pretty strongly urged by
many of the Minnesota papers. :. "A
telegraph cable will be laid from Port
Said to Suez on the bottom of the canal.
Vermont is said to be the richest
tate in the union. =. Geo. Peabody
ever owned house or kept carriage.
.....Most Of the nickel used in making
ents comes from Camden, N. IT,.
The steel works of Pittsburg supply
ixty-five per cent. Of all the steel used
n the United States. ..Gen. Sheridan
$ sick in Chicago. Many heavy fail
res in the Liverpool grain market are
eported. ...All of Victor Enanuels
'ahinet Minister'S have RESIGNED