North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-01-05

Avondale horror, at the Nottingham
mine, Plymouth, Pa, on Thursday. A
fire caught at the entrance Of the mine
while there were fifty-6ve men at work
therein, but it was fortunately extin-
guished without any serious damage:
The men at work received no intimation
Of their danger until they came up at
noon, when they held meeting and
demanded protection in the futurc......
The Utrh Central railroad is now COM
pleted within eight miles of Salt Lake
City.
Miss Allie III. Jameson, Of Marshall
town, has been, has been commissioned
a notary public, by Governor Merrill.
......It appears that Capt. Jinks is not
the wasteful spendthrift that he repre-
sents himself. On the contrary, his ex-
pertinent of feeding his horse on corn
has proved such an economical success,
that $4,000 British cavalrymen are 60
ing to follow his example, with an esti-
mated saving of $3.50, 900 annually.
A Southern dentist thinks that one of
the principle reasons why people of forty
rarely have good teeth is the free use of
lard and butter. If We did not use
these articles, says the dentist, our teeth
would be as good and last as long as
those of other animals.
A man can give his neighbor prom
issory note moistened by fluid just in
vented by French chemist, and in a
month afterward the holder will have
nothing to show for it but little dust.
If this fact becomes generally known,
short credits will become the rule, in
order that the borrower may be COM
PEELED to come down with the dust be-
fore his note does. -. six thousand nine
hundred workmen were employed last
year in the celebrated iron and steel
works of Kruhp at Essen, Germany, and
they produced 125, 100000 pounds Of
steel. In 1866, 1875 engines were in
use; now there GAL. I'm the new
Lutheran church at Hagerstown, Nd,
a large hand is painted on the wall in
the vestibulc, pointing down to spit
toon, with the inscription, "Please leave
your tobacco there"
Green peas, from Florida, have reach
the Philadelphia market. 49,. Mcdonald
Clark, the ''Mad Poet" once said that
"any expression Of thought so arranged
so as to make man fight or cry is poet
ry."... The President has directed the
Secretary of War to prepare an order
requiring all military officers who have
been OF duty in this and other cities for
term of three years to report for field
duty in the West, and also to prepare a
detail Of the necessary officers to gil
their places from those who have had a
long term Of field duty on the frontier
..One hundred millions of people
speak English, or something that passes
for English. 1.-The Telegraph operators
of the Western Union Office in Pittsbure
left their instruments at $50 Tuesday
morning. The officers of the company
have secured operators enough to dc
business as usual in the main office. -.
The subscription being raised for tho
widow of the late Mr.. Stanton, in New
York, has reached $40, OOO..... The sub
committee appointed to Investigate the
New York gold ring conspiracy will en-
deavor to- close their examinations thi.
week.
The Eight-hour League in Oakland
CAL, has decided to disregard the eight
hour law, and go to work on the ten
hour system. The capitalists have con
sequently resumed building.........Ar
Iowa paper has the following information
for its readers Farmers, do you wan,
lot of Chinese laborcrs? You can gel
them wholesale, retail and pigtail."