North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-11-17
News and Items.

News and Items.
A minister on entering his pulpit said
"My beloved parishioners, last Sunday
evening I entered into an engagement O
marriage with gentlewoman of suitabl,
age, a widow, and childless like myself
With Gods assistance she will very short
ly take the place of that beloved wife
lying in the churchyard yonder." This
announcement is believed to have beer
exceedingly interesting to the lady. in
view of the place promised her at an early
day.......It only takes eighty days to carry
a hat around the world now......A report
coming from New York, says that Grant,
in his message, now being prepared, will
urge upon congress m early return to spe-
Gle payments, and no interference with
the Internal Revenue law or the currency,
at present.
It is predicted in Washington circles
that the approaching session Of congress
will be a very long and exciting one.....
The official returns from all the counties
in Wisconsin, except two, are reported
which gives Fairchilds 5000 majority
for governor. IAN attempt was made
recently, to destroy, by fire, the new
Davenport Democrat building. The
fire was discovered and put out; loss,
about $1,000. ...In the wild beast mar.
ket an elephant brings $4,000, giraffe
$4,000, a hippopotamus $4,000, a lion or
a tiger $4,000, a gnu 81 800, and an
ostrich $780,. Private letters report
that Senator Grimes, of Iowa, is not
improved in health by his summer So
journ in Europe. The second paralytic
stroke was not so severe as the first, but
it left him in a feeble condition. At
last accounts he was getting ready for
an extended trip on the Mediterranean.
It is not stated when he thinks of re-
turning to the United States.
In Russia, women work at harvesting
for forty cents a day.. The proprie-
tors of the Davenport Journal, who
announced their determination to
"skip this winter" and possibly discon-
tinue, finally, have sold to company of
gentlemen of newspaper experience,
who will hereafter issue from the same
Office an evening paper of the same
railroad newsboy in Ken
lucky is the latest favorite of fortune.
He has fallen heir to s13s,OOO by the
death of an uncle in Europe. One
of the "lost tribes" of the children of
Israel is said to have been discovered
ia the interior Of Abyssinia:....
treaty of alliance, offensive and defen-
sive, is being negotiated between
France, Austria and Russia, to continue
three years and renewable upon six
months notice. .... Prince Charles. of
Prussia, having been too intimate with
a wife Of his valet, paid the offended
husband $40, 900 in preference to suf-
fering an untimely death.
So far, Austin's (rep.) majority for
governor of Minnesota, is 1887. It is
believed the complete returns will not
differ much from this showing. OF
the twenty-four thousand streets in
London, six thousand are counted s'bu-
siness streets" The old republican
Wigwam in Chicago, was destroyed by
fire on Saturday night. Loss, $4,000.
......Gen. Escalante died recently in
Spain, and at his funeral the emblems
Of Free Masonry were publicly exhibit
ed in Spain for the first time. I'D. C.
Buell., chashier of the Second National
Bank in Cleveland, Ohio, committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
heart. Another victim Of the recent
gold panic.... California would make
eventeen states of the size of New
Hampshire. The original press used
by Benjamin Franklin, is said to be in
17G different American printing Offices.
Nashua elected her first city officers
on the 13th......A Lowell paper, speak
ing of Olive Logan's lecture, says:
1'Therc was the continual smile and the
cooking of the head one side when she
thinks she has said a good thing, and
the laughing over it, as though the au-
dience wouldn't know where tho laugh
comes in unless she gave them the cue
the one which they didn't always
take; and served her right" The
work on the bridge at Omaha has been
discontinued. Tubes having been sunk
20 feet without finding bottom; it is
generally thought the "big muddy"
cannot be bridged at that point. Gen.
Spinner is reported very i'll at Washing
ton. ....Gen. Wool left property valued
at $3.50, 900, which will be divided prin-
cipally between his nephews and nieccs.
Among his benefactions were $4,000
to the Rensselaer, Polytechnic School,
and $4,000 to the Troy Episcopal Or
phan Asylum. He added codicil to