North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-17
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prorogued until February 25tb.. u. Bishop
Duggan, Of Chicago, has gone to Cuba for
his health. .!..The New Jersey Legisla-
'turc will pass the bill abolishing capital
punish ment. g. .Eairbank' slarge planning,
saw and grist mills, at Keene, N. II. were
nearly destroyed by fire Friday night
Loss estimated at $50, 1000. The cxplo-
sion of blast near Lamont, Cook county,
Illinois. on Saturday, killed two workmen
and severely injured several others......
Washington Hendley, who eloped,. with
Susan Jones, from Memphis, was found
near Bartlett Station, Sunday, perforated
with pistol balls......A shock of an earth
quake was felt at st. John, N. b., on
Saturday morning, lasting about one
minute, during which the vibrations were
quite perceptible.. ....ln the Georgia House
of Representatives on the 10th, motion
to rescind the act unseating the colorcd
members, and that they b. re-seated, was
lost by large majority 1.-THE Portland
Board of Trade passed strong resolutions
in favor Of reciprocity treaty with
Canada. Also favoring an appropriation
by the Government for, the Niagara Ship
Canal. i. atifsaaa aeslr
DR.. w. II. NJ. Howard, Of West Fair
lee, New York, was robbed Friday night
in the New Haven depot Of So, 500
$4,000 in bonds ana $500 in green
jacksonville. getting on the train for
Boston......ln Decatur, Ill, ON Friday
night, after a fancy dance, Mahar, Me-
vile and Dunnivan, three rowdies, assault
ed and killed James Chapman, the
result Of a fued between Dunnivan and
Chapman. The murderers were arrested.
......A young fellow, with but one leg, and
one fully developed arm, hoped mile in
mines minutes, at Plymouth, Ind., the
other day: for small purse. He makes
his living that way........T The fled-bair
movement is spreading in New York 49,.
Gov. Wise is described by southern
Journal as powerful man of prayer"
i......Anna Dickinson has written another
book and calls it "Something Else" ......
Coburn the bruiser, intends permanently
settling down in San Francisco. ..... Mr..
Ticknor, late of Ticknor & Fields, the
Boston publishers, intends to locate in
Paris. .....Strakosh is reported to pay Miss
Kellogg $500 night for her singing.
| A Masonic fair, held in Mt. Sterling
last week, netted sl,l00, which is to be
devoted to furnishing new Masonic hall
at that place. ....A blacksmith known as
Iii. Adams, formerly living twelve miles
northwest Of Alton, had invented ma
chine for getting out stumps, and while
experimenting with bis machine some two
weeks since was killed by blow from the
lever.........A velecipede festival is on the
( tapis at Galesburg, Ills......A plucky lass,
in Greene county. Ind, getting Tilted, in
stead of taking arsenic, took stout stick
and "whaled'' the fellow handsomely....:..
We have, letter from an inmate of the
asylum for the insane,at Worcester, Mass,
which concludes thus: elbow much long
er the wise men here think should be
confined because am little smarter than
they are, God, or his satanic majesty, the
Devil, only knows ......Barny Barnum,
of Jennings county, Ind, has fallen heir
to an estate from relatives in Germany, to
the amount of two and one>seyenth mil
| lions of dollars, the estate being worth
SIS, 100000, and he being one of seven
heirs.
Dubuque is forming "Science and Art
Institute. ....Emment county %fast set
Ting with New England people. .......A
$1,000 charity supper was eaten in Du-
buque on Tuesday evening last........A
rogue turned off the gas from the whole
city of Adrian, Mich, one evening last
week. Senators Pomcroy, Wade and
Wilson arc in favor of female suffrage,
but their wives are said to oppose it.......
Violet Stevens, once the nurse of Gov.
Seymour, died at Oswego, N. Y, last Fri
day, at the interesting age of 1O4........
Notwithstanding all the stories told about
the vices and debauohery of the prince of
Wales, says friendly editor, he lives hap
pier with his wife than 10 20ths of Eng
lish husbands live with theirs......A man
applied for license at Columbus, Ohio,
and when asked the woman's name said
he'd be "doggoned if he hadn't forgot it."
......A little boy seeing the religious ordi>
nance of immersion performed by a Bap-
fist minister, in Morgan county, Ind, un-
dertook to try the experiment on little
brother. The consequence was the drown
ing Of The latter. .......The city fathers Of
DesMoines have voted to give SIC, 600 for
State Fair purposes, and the Register
calls upon the board Of supervisors to give
$4,000 more........At the Congregational
college at Grinnell, out Of 800 students,
200 are young women. No liquors are
sold in the town. The college is $4,000
in debt.
The remains of John Wilkes Booth
have been delivered to his brother, Edwin
Booth and others of his family, and were
taken to Baltimore where they will be re-
inferred. ....A Washington dispatch of the
18th inst, says: The constitutional suf-
frage amendment is at last vibrating be-
tween the two houses of congress, in
conference committee Of three from each
branch. 1t came up in the house to- Gay,
and the latter refused to give the requisite