North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-10-13
News and items.

Ddliot'.'...C. ~. coIuan, CdshicI vi tHc
New York Third National Bank, has
been appointed receiver Of the Gold Ex-
change Bank, with power to adjust all
claims for or against the bank. Col.
Jno. Screvcn, the Democratic candidate
for Mayor, and an entire Democratic
Board of Aldermen, were elected at
Savannah, Ca, on tho 18th by about
5000 majority. LA negro girl, aged
sixteen, of Walton, Boone county, KY,
gave birth to four children, all boys
Mother and children are doing well......
An Irishman, from Dublin, worked his
way out to Jacksonville, Fla, year or
two ago, and borrowed money to stroll up
the st. Johns. He now refuses $780,
600 for the place he settled upon.....
The Collector Of Customs at Portsmouth,
n, H., appointed blind man Inspector
of Customs at Dover. F. .s...
One of the New Orleans papers, which
keeps up department of ''thanks" for
favors, could, the other day, find moth
ing calling for paragraph in that de-
partment but the delivery of the Mobile
papers through the MALL. Tho Scran-
ton (Pa.) Republican reports that the
West Pittston shaft Knight yein), last
Thursday, came very near burning in a
manner similar to Avondale. The men
were hoisted out of the shaft very rapid
ly..... The Troy Wing has made cal
culation from which it appears that
enough rain fell in Rensselaer, and AL
bany counties on Sunday and Monday
last to supply every man, woman and
child upon the face of tho earth with
two and a-half gallons of water per day
for year......Wt long ago, the work
men in great powder factory in Eng
land were stopped and searched just as
they were entering the works. Fifty
eight Of them were found to have in
their possession tobacco pipes and
matches, and were Immediately dis
charged.
Two Americans, dining at Paris
contracted bill of 81 francs,
which they thought rather steep and
rendered 100 franc bill in payment,
when, to their astonishment, another
franc was added for the trouble of
changing SO large bill !..... IT is denied
hat General Lander's horse, which car
led him through many hard-fought
'attle, is being used to draw a hacks in
Boston. It is being kindly cared for
n New Hampshire, where it was placed
y Mrs. Lander, with strict injunctions
hat it should not be submitted to hard
abor.
At funerals in Massachusetts,, for two
r three generations after it's settlement,
he prayer was made by the nearest
male relative of the deceased who was a
In Chicago the ex-
'eriment of mounted letter-carriers Is |
hortly to be tried, since the complaint
5 general that letters are not as promrt-
y delivered as they might be-. Lat
Wednesday the town of Westfcld, Mas4, |
Celebrated its bi-centennial. The streek |
'ere decorated with flags and bunting
nd there was general holiday......A
ldy excused her extreme love for dia-
londs and other precious stones BIZ |
aging. f'That they were only bright
Kings on earth which never fade.
The Hartford Evening Post. after hav-
NC entertained the idea of sclf-enlarge-
nent for a considerable period, has at |
ength carried it into effect. :. The
latest news from Gibraltar is that the
United States steamers Richmond and
} uniata, and the frigate Sabine have
arrived there. The City Council of
independence, Iowa, has raised the IL
cense of beer shops from twenty-five dol
lars to five hundred dollars year. =. :.
The troubles in Spain still continue.
An attempted disorder at Madrid was
promptly quellcd without serious re-
suits. A defeat Of the republicans at
Valencia is reported. ..Senor CASTILLO,
the celebrated leader in the cortes, has
flod into Portugal from Saragossa, hav-
ing been threatened with assassination
in that city. Suner,a republican leader,
has been abandoned by his partisans.
He himself fled to France. Sales, anoth-
.er leader, was killed. The Dubuque
Herald reports Jennie Day, owned by
Senator Hammer, Boy PAGER, owned by
William Moshier, of Pr. du Chen,
Prince and Major Jones, owned by G..
G. Clark, also of Pr. du Chen, at the
Park in that city, and entered for the
races which were to begin to-day. We
have no report at this writing.
Our neighbor, Dubuque, is not salts
fed to be less than the largest city in
the State, as shown by the last census,
and has, therefore, counted her own
noses which sets her up again to num-
her one Heavy storms are rnnort