North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-07-27
News and Items.

News and Items.
, j. Orr, of Boone county, is the re.
publican nominee for congress in the
9th district. 80. .Chas. Aldrich is prin.
cipal editor of the Council Bluffs
Nonpariel. .......A battle between the
French and Prussians fought at noon
would be reported to us by cable soon
after sunrise the same day, or seven
hours before it occurred. Fast time, fast
ge......The Delaware Union dominates
the Hon. W. B. Allison for Congress.
man at large, and says the Third Dis
trict will give him its support. The
Union is either we'll posted or it amt,
which ?......It is etiquette when lady
preacher marries u couple, for her to
kiss the groom. There is, consequently,
quite an inquiry among gentlemen
about to commit matrimony for pretty
female ministers.
The new Opera House in Paris will
cost S6,5OO,OO0 in gold. Colonel
Add Saunders, of Davenport, has been
appointed Secretary of Montana. ".
The Rock Island Union says the follow
ing are the governmental appropriations
for this section by the last Congress.
Des Moines rapids, 100000. OF this
sum 100000 were appropriated in the
early part of the session, by seperate
bill.
Rock Island bridge.........~.s15O,O 900
+" rapids. 100000
This sum makes, with previous appro-
priations, one million dollars for the
bridge and will be more than enough to
it.
Moline Water Power. $500 900
Rock Island Arsenal. ......... 100000
In addition to the latter item there
is an unexpended balance sufficient to
keep the Island work in active progress
during the year.
-Four letters, each warranted to be
he very last one that Dickens wrote,
awe already been published. The
President, during his stay at Long
Branch, will give public reception to
'isitors once week, in order to escape
,eing bored by office~seekers. Won
Moltke, the Prussian chief of staff, is
IS noted for taciturnity as for his strate-
,ic skill. In Europe he is known as
the man who is silent in six languages"
IAN Irish woman, q years of age,
nd unable to read or write, whose prop
'erty was ascertained to be worth $685.
100, was found, by census-taker, liv-
ne in the third story of a large tenement
ouse, in the Eighteenth Ward, New
lork.. ....As Governor Fairchild, of
Wisconsin, and friend were riding by
all from Madison lately, two young
aides, with their beaux, entered the
rowded car, and the distinguished
Gentlemen surrendered their seats to
he fair ones. But great was their sur
rise to see the young men occupy their
eats and take their fair companions
pom their laps. "By George" said
he Governor, "we might have done
hat"
Congress at the session just closed,
'assed 1919 public and rs private acts.
t also adopted 81 public resolutions and
3 private. 49,. Elections will be held this
all in all the States except Oregon, Cal
fornia, New Hampshire, Conn, and
rhode Island. Twenty-one states are
choose U. s. Senators, including five
7hich have already acted. 800. The croc-
diles In Java will long remember with
leasure the year 1869. In that year
hey destroyed 1876 natives. .....A man
n Albany, N. Y, realized from one acre
f land, the past season, $1,000 for
raised on it.. -. The first
locomotive for the Davenport & Saint
'aul Railroad has arrived at Davenport.
IA little boy 3 years old, who has a
rother of 3 months, gave as a reason
Or the latter's conduct: "Baby doesn't
ry tears because he doesn't drink any
'ater, and he can't cry milk. Gov.
lerrill has appointed Maj. S. Z. Ran
in, Quartermaster, and Gen. N. A.
rant, Commissary, during the exist
nee Of the Soldiers Reunion at Des
Ioines.
j. W. Stewart has become an equal
wner with Mr.. Talmage, of the West
MON Gazette. 1.-THE "Pionecr boy, is
he title Of life of Abraham Lincoln, in
ne Hawaiian language, which has been
in Honolulu. :. -. .Cadetship
Vhittemore will try it again. He thinks
hat patience and perseverance may over
ONE the greatest obstacles, and that he
an be elected and admitted to the Forty
econd Congressman wealthy lover of
ne game is about to start paper at Du-
uque devoted exclusively to the inter-
SITS of chess. 1.-THE Viscount J. De
'rellhand has been appointed by the EN-
error Napolean as Minister of France to
ne United States. ..Iswa has two thou
and and ninetY-fiye miles of rail,uau In