North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-04-27
News and Items.

News and Items.
Frank Blair, better acquainted with
Grant than most men are, thinks he will
not let 60 Of power without struggle +;
that his ambition will make him dictator,
and that "bayonets enough will be found
to support him in the attempt. The
Des Moines Bulletin says that "Mr.
Palmer would have done for the Capitol
bill all that he had ability to do, had he
held the position occupied by Mr.. Kasson,
we have not doubt. If any Of his friends
claim for him, as is rumorcd, that he did
more than was done by Mr.. Kasson, they
are very foolish friends. The congress
ional contest should not be conducted in
that silly STYLE" In any tax'paying Sec
ton of the State, except that which is in
the immediate vicinity Of Des Moines, his
friends would indeed be "very foolish"
and unless foolish, 70 attempt to conduct
the Congressional contest in that silly
style would be made.
The Turkish Minister at Athens reports
to his government that the captives re-
tanned for ransom in the hands of the
brigands near Marathon have been killed
1.-THE Des Moines Register, speaking of
the passage Of the Capitol bill, thinks
that IA combination of all the friends of
Dss Moines, and of the measure, secured
its passage, = and the influence of any
one man of prominence among its friends,
if withdrawn from it would have defeated
it." Not one man man Of prominence
among the tifty.two in that body who,
knowing the rights and wishes of the
great majority Of the people of Iowa,
dared give his influence to protect the
wishes of that majority! How many
could be elected now ?......A London ca.
BILE report, Of the 24th, has the follow
ing: "The Observer says the Fenians
here meant mischief. The government
has been automatically warned Of their
intention to destroy the Offices Of the Times
and Pail Mall Gazette, and other projects
equally mischevous, but the publication Of
particulars is withheld.
There is a rumor aAoat in London that
the queen intends to marry prince of the
house Of Schleswig- Holstein.. ........ The
bishop of Brussels, responding to the
urgently expressed desire by the episco-
pacy for an immediate settlement Of the
question of the infallibility of the pope,
repudiates distinctly any wish for delay.
cocoa woman in Montezuma has lately
given birth to perfectly healthy child
weighing only two pounds.
Mr.. j. W. Compton, of Lucas Station,
Lucas Co., in this state claims to have
maidstone in his possession........The
Boston Post calls the proposed female
suffrage amendment to the United
States Constitution the ''sweet six
tenth. The tobacco tax collected
in 1869 was s143,776 greater than the
amount collected in 1860. And the
tax on fermented liquors 81 ,228, 26l
bigger. An English financial writer
at Frankfort on the Main says the eager
ness for American railway securities is
we'll nigh exhausted. Lord Kenyon,
in sentencing butler convicted of
stealing his masters wine, described the
culprit's conduct in an unparalleled series
of broken metaphors dead to every
claim of natural affection, and blind to
your own interest, you burst through
all the restraints of religion and moral
ity, and have for many years been
feathering your nest with your masters
bottles"
We forgive too little-forget too much
Pay of employees on the California
Pacific Railroad was reduced 20 per
cent. on the 18th instant. -. The New
York Herald is claimed to be worth 50,
5000, the Tribune 81 ,250, 900, the
Times 500, 900. the Journal of Com
merce 100000, the Evening Post $780,
900, the Sun 100000, the World
100000 and the Evening Express
$500, 900. ....A little Connecticut boy.
asking a mate who Good Friday was,
received the whitening reply, swell,
you go home and read your Robinson
Crusoe."
The King of Siam is seventeen years
old, and is simply known as Somdetch
Phra-P ora- mendz- Maha-C hu-alu-Korn
He has no other name... Over one
hundred young women are at present
studying law in this country-many in
the universities, but more in lawyers
Offices, where they pay their tuition fees
by writing...... Iowa is classed among
the seven leading stock raising States
in the report Of the Agricultural De-
partment.
Iowa has 1888 dogs-enough, if
properly prepared, to belt this world of
ours with glorious cestus of bologna.
The Young Ladies Society of the State
University is discussing the question,
lis it right to marry.sfor money!