The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-02-08
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Brevities.
Sully, the painter remarked of bcauti-
full girl 'she has mouth like an elephant
and when called rude by some lady friends
he said that her mouth was full of Ivory.
Clancy the city leader of the N. Y. dele
gates to Charleston says that very larg,
majority Of the delegates from the state
are for Douglas. The Buffalo Courier own
ed by Dean Richmond says that 81 out of
the 70 delegates arc sure for Douglas and
that the State will cast unit vote.
PAUL, of the Dunlcith Advertiser, has
met Miss Scougall, the trance medium, On
a train. Mrs. Croly advises Mrs. Paul to
keep an eye on those young lady med ums.
They are dangerous that's fact.
Mrs. Lydia Maria Child was almost dis
tracted to go to Virginia as nurse to John
Brown but she was not heard of round the
ruins of the Pemberton Mills.
The striped or Balmoral petticoat is to
be the rage on Broadway the present season
The N. York Dispatch says "Iti is well
known fact in natural history that women
will collect where men are to be found'-
Who disputes it?
Andrew johnson, of Tennessee and VIM
l.. Dayton, of New Jersey, are spoken Of
for President
Mr.. Southworth, an opulent merchant Of
Rio Janeiro has enjoined Bonner of the
Ledger from publishing any articles from
the pen Of his wife, the popular and we'll
known Mrs E. d. N. Southworth. They
are both rich and undivorccd but for IS
years they have been separated.
Judge Collins, of Ohio, has decided that
a check for baggage is good against any or
all the roads which are in ticket-selling
connection.
A Mrs. Joy, of Paris Illinois, on the
18th Jan'y in attempting to kill her hus-
band, put load of shot in the eye of their
little boy and killed him instantly. JOY
was jealous of his wife and was in the
habit of beating her.
A young married lady of Chicago highly
accomplished and respected has found a
gentleman whom she likes better than her
husband-the devils own time among the
scandal mongers of that city is the conse-
quence. A divorce is applied for.
The New York Sheriffalty is worth $780,
900 per annum.
Wilhelmina Dictman, who killed her
infant in Milwaukee, has been acquitted
This is right-they should have hung her
seducer.
At Port Clinton Ohio, young German
girl was engaged to be married. Her in
tended husband had rival who got assist
ants to carry her to a neighboring village
under the pretence that her intended had
sent for her. She was then drugged
and the beast who thus treated her was
married to her by an apology for a Justice.
The next morning the poor girl ran away
from her villainous husband and applied
for divorce
Joseph Hirt was killed on the 14th by
becoming entangled in the machinery of
Bigelow's Mills on the Iowa River near Ga
lie ma.
1t is being talked that College will be
established at Wawkon
Julia Ann Cada, of Illinois, is arrested
for killing her little girl bastard child of
years old.
The value of the slaves of the South is
estimated at 4OcO 90 900 of dollars.
Thomas Hoyne is appointed Marshal for
Northern Illinois.
There is a Spiritual Revival at Rockford;
every man in the circle has become me-
dium and every female is blessed with "se-
cond sight"
The Iowa Lunatic Asylum is yet unfin-
ished and all spiritualists in this State will
endeavor to retain their senses few years
longer.
Burns Festivals are chroncled in all the
papers of our leading cities and towns;
strange as it may seem there arc very few
Scotchmcn at MAcGREGoR.
Mrs. Croly in a very sensible article On
the love-suicides of the present day says
that plenty of employment is the best remc-
dy for dsappointments of any kind and that
if girls were taught to be more useful and
less eager "to catch beau" they would be
more likely to succeed in getting good
husbands.
Snow at Chicago on the Goth was six
inches deep and falling.
TeYa& &COrreSNnMdeMce.