North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22
News and Items.

nominee for Representative of the 69th
Iowa district. Will his election be a
Miracle 1t is said ''gentle Anna" of
the Dickinson family, rode astride mule
throu sh the Yemosite Valley. Well.
what if she did? Is it anybody's business
/ how lady sits on horse? Indicate
! ideas will obtrudc themselves into coarse
minds, but for our part commend us to
any horseback position where you are
most sure of holding your scat. ANNA
has our consent to do her riding az suits
| her best In England it is not allowed
to carry fowls with their heads downward:
the law pronounces it cruelty. ....John |.
Blair will take the construction Of the
Dubuque, Turkey Valley and Minnesota
R'y......A Boston dispatch, of Aug. 9th,
says: Last night I. Douglas, jr., son of
the Frederick Douglas of notoriety, led TO
the altar the accomplished daughter of
Professor A. Molyneaux Hyatt. of Harry
ard University. Cards and Cologne!'
Pendleton is sure he can carry Ohio in
October. Why not? Is he not an advo-
cate for equal favors to rich and poor, and
will not honest men support him?. Take
care of your pillow and your ploy will take
care Of you......IIigh houses are mostly
empty in the upper story. Persons who
put on high airs are chust te same......
Geo. Peabody has swClled his donation to
Peabody Institute to 100000. We can
not hear of gift of bis to Gen. Grant.
Can this be the reason why the President
has not rendered Mr.. Peabody an Office?
The packet Phantom exploded near
Paducah, killing 4, wounding and ,
missing. A little more ambition to beat,
on the part of R'y and Steamboat lines
will finally result in killing or manning
every one that travels by public convey
ance. Never preach to a hungry man :;
it is meat not morals he is looking for.
The late unprecedentedly quick rise Of
water on the upper rivers upset the falls
of St. Anthony badly. Several million
feet Of logs went over the dam. The loss
is rot so great however as was at first
reported. ....A gentleman of 81. Louis
of legal prominence has sued peer of
his for spiritins away his wife. Price,
$50, 600. Discount, we suppose, for cash.
Worcester, Mass, is to have labor
reform convention next month .Michi-
gan has 20 cities with population OF
5000 and upward. The building of the
t Nebraska State university is contracted
| for at Sl2S ,4s0.. Tho University OF
Deseret, in Salt Lake City, contains l2C
men and l03 women students......S. P
Gaskell, of Auburn, N. Y, planted g
single bean with his corn this season, the
vine of which grew II feet and produced
694 beans......Gov. Holden, Of North Car
DINA, has signifed an intention to break
D up the Kuklux and dissolve the radical
t leagues in the state. This is q consum
Z nation devoutly to be wished.
y The amount Of fractional currenc,
received at the treasury department. las
. week was S3lS, o0O.........A doe with :
branching pair of antlers has been killed
u in the Saranac region. 1t has been pro
II posed to stuff the hide, and set it up in tn
Sorosis rooms.
II Several fruit trees at .Kankakee. III.
:" nave put forth second blossoms. .....Th
mayor of Fulton, H., has been fined TO
> assaulting citizen. The Tremon
IF house and several adjoining stores, il
s Dunleith, H., were burned down on Fri
I! day night. ....Dr. Thomas NJ. Taylor, Q
Norman, met with painful accident
few days since. He fell through a scuttl
G door. way to the floor below, injuring hi
n thigh and groin. arren county is. t
vote, on the Odd, on the question of sui
scrlbing 100000 to the Rockford, Roc
f. Island, and St. Louis railroad, on cond
% ton that the town of Monmouth, TIL
st county seat. be made Il point on the read
'. ......George d. Bently, lumber dealer Q
Of DeKalb, lad a bright little boy killed, tw
IL weeks since. by pile of lumber fallin
,e on him. Charley asked his mother,
in little while before, if he died, wouldn't h
$ be an angel.
J.! The last Of PENIS descendants ha
t. just died in England. The last of Penn
G. principles died in this country some year
D ago......A goose-race is pending, whic
&c will take place in the basin. Whethe
the geese will be harnessscd to the tub, o
A will occupy it, is a matter of considerabl
Sc doubt. ROCHESTER, New York, Sep
Is Gothic Empire Hotel, Fullcr's hare
l. ware store, Healey's drug store, an
:. several other stores were burned thi
al morning. Loss, $50, 900 mostly insured
IN ......Twenty-two counties of Indiana hay
&c lately held elections on the question {
of voting aid to railroads, and not one {
ct them refused. Great abuses have bee
ID discovered in the converts Of Prussia an
Saxony, and rigorous investigation of tn
re facts is to be made. 1t is thought tina
,e most Of the Austrian converts will b
Sept. 20.-The Commercial Bank Z
Bristol, which has been under control {
a. the State Commissioners, because of tn
= Cashiers Irregularities, has been enjone
!, by the Supreme Court, and Receive
:, appointed to wind up its affairs. 1t is
- - State institution, and has no circulation.
- ."...CIscINSATI, Sept. 20.-The Protest
: ant pulpit Numbered yesterday agains
the exclusion Of the Bible from the CON
u mon schools. The morning papers ar
erammcd with sermons on the subject.