The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-19
News and Items.


Congress are patronage, mileage and post
age. f. &
The Bishop Of louisville in pastoral
letter or proclamation objects to the mar
riage Of any of his flock with Protcstants.
The Homestead Bill passed the House
December 5th. 1t will probably be vetoed
by the President even if it should get
through the Senate.
Mr.. Bolts letter is death OH secession
lie advises force. towards the southern
states
The Burch trial occupied 10 days and
resulted in acquittal Of the lady. Twenty
carriage loads of the leading citizens, male
and female, of Dupasc county escorted the
''little woman" from Napiervlle to the Rail-
road Depot at W heaton. She was receS-
ed at Chicago with as much honor as Joan
dare was by the people Of Paris 1t was
difficult matter for the Mayor to restrain
the ladies of Michigan Avenue (Burch's
rcsidence) from mobbing the pious old
scoundrel who had been honored as her
bed-fellow.
A negro in Cincinnati proposed to go
home with white womani she spit in his
face. The colored gent sued her for as
sault before "Helper" Judge and he fined
her only Five Dollars This woman evil
IDENTITY don't understand the Declaration OF
Independence! .#
The Lady Elgin wreck took s7s persons
to the bottom Of Lake Michigan. ..
|. The Republican papers call Senator lver-
son of Georgia drunkard. This is said to
be mistakc-Iversen is about 60; his hair
is as white as snow. He docs not look like
a drunkard .F.
In Iowa there are two prominent gentle
men with very singular names c. Ben
Darwin and P. Cad Brown. We suspect
that their names have given them most of
their notoriety. A man who writes his
name in this style is not generally worth
more than par.
Bells Life says that Sayers is acting the
mule about the champions Belt; he will
not surrender it as agreed upon but insists
on cutting it in two and sending one half
to Heenan. 1t is believed here that the
whole British sporting public played mule
on the day of the fight.
E. l.. Babbitt, Editor of the Waukon
journal has been elected Post Master of
that place over w. II. Morrison, Morrison
got plurality and Babbtt moved to make
his nomination unanimous; this motion
was objected to and on the final ballot B.
got a majority. He will make a neat and
attentive Post Master if he succeeds in get
! ting the appointment.
A Branch of the Iowa State Bank has
been recently established at Council Bluffs.
The Iowa State Register is the neatest
printed paper in the State. Its type are all
new, it is of large size and published week
ly at Des Moines by John Teesdale, Esq,
an intense Republican and an able writer.
The good humor' at Washington on
the opening of the session was only the
politeness of gentlemen prior to repairing
to the battle ground; sharp words have sue
ceeded the smile of the adverse partlsans
Ind it now looks as though they would like
| to eat each other.
Dr. Cahll the Irish Priest, Lecturer, Ora
tor and controversialist, is lecturing at Syr-
acuse.
Geo. Harris and John Shook played cards
at Kcokuk; the lie was passed in dis.
putc; Harris shook Shook by the neck and
Shook put a knife blade in Harris heart.
Shook escaped.
The N. Y. papers have another great sen.
sation murder Mrs Shan cks millineI
of 40 was found dead and horribly multi.
lated in the back room of the store. All
the money was taken from the safe. A
| young carpenter named Buchanan has beer
arrested at susquehanna and it is quite
certain he is the murderer. He acts in
sanity pretty well now.
Bob" said Tom 81 hear your father is
going to marry again. Does he get an old
woman" 'No sir--he gets neao one"
Gov. Hammond has said that rs. c. viii
be out of the Union high and dry by Dec
18th" We suppose then that yesterday
/ (lsth) the spunky little state LETT u.s.
She'll be "dry" enough doubtless but no
very-high in the scale of nations.
i A young girl named Magaret Hoover wa:
found nearly frozen in the streets of De
troit. She was taken to saloon and res
tored to consciousness but after telling he
friends that she did not thank them 70
their kindness she slipped out of the hous
and has not been heard Of since.
A pretty widow of Marysville California
was annoyed with visitors on washing day
One John Smith, Esq, was very trouble
some She showed him boquct as h
was standing near the table and adroitl
slipped basin of hot suds to the chair i'm
mediatcly behind Mr.. Smith. Then invitin
, him to take a seat, the poor man accidental
: scalded the seat of his pants so that he ha
not been able to call on the pretty wido,
e since. A warm reception.
G The robbers of Kansas have kille
e Mogan Walker eight miles from Indeper
i dencc Mo. Neither Montgomery nor Jer
@ nison can be found.
o 1t is reported from Hayti that the cor
spiracy to change the Government had faile
r and that many suspected persons had bee
5. shot, including some citizens of Baltimor
!. 1t would almost be blessing now if II