The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-09-05

Any ihings.
Seven thousand visitors were at Saratog:
on Saturday, Aug. 25th. No rain ir
Texas since April water is only $500 {
barrel. =. q. oil has been fonnd in Canad,
West in as great quantities as in Pennsyl
vania 80. Three women were recently killed
at Longs Corners, N. Y, by a runaway
team. -. Oshkosh, Wis, seems to be
doomed the fifth fire occurred there recent
ly.... The emigration to Texas is checked
by the extreme drouth. :. Two girls Of
Albany, N. Y, have been ruined by Span.
ish fly appliances. The father of one Of
them has gone crazy. Edward Fisher,
Of Shullsburg, Wis, was killed by Bennett,
Of the same place. Both were saloon keep.
ers. Alabama papers fear that the drouth
will cause famine. :. AT Lake Village,
N. H., woman cried murder; this
frightened Mrs. Smith Davis till she went
into fits and died. The Catholic popula-
ton Of Philadelphia is 100, 900. In Stock
ton, CAL, it is said 1850 bushels of wheat
were raised on 20 acres l.. :. The Prince of
Wales had barber at his head and the
hair sold for large amount of money. The
water left by his Royal Highness at Quebec
in his Mushroom, has been bottled up and
sold at fifty cents a vial 80. Asa Wing, of
of Augusta, Me-, aged 50, eloped with a
girl Of Is; Wing leaves . wife of So and
flies to the haven Of youthful bliss. .Tru-
man Davis, Of Conn.,, killed his wife because
she hid jug from him; he is now jagged
It'll deth.". The King of Dahomey has
lately burnt 1000 of his subjects to appease
the ghost of his deceased father. Equal
ity with the European stock" eh!. :. The
Republicans Of N. Y. derisiyely call the
union ticket, "the succotash ticket" Corn
and beans run pretty well out West. In
November one million and quarter acres
of land will be sold in the Fort Dodge and
Sioux river districts. 80. Another name
given by Republicans to the N. Y. union
party is ''Bell-zebubs." We suppose the
Republicans begin already to smell-sul-
phur :. E. An old man named Mummery,
of Crown Point, killed his son and son in
law.....A Leavenworth banker is selling
pies at Denver; a Kansas deacon is selling
whisky, and two actresses, of Cincinnati
arc keeping hotel on the way to Pixies
Peak. -. The London Critic is claiming to
be in favor of Mr. Lincoln. We are pre-
pared to hear that England will vote for
"Abe.". d. The drouth in Indiana and Hi
nois south and further toward the Gulf, is
becoming arlarming; corn is about a fail
ure and as that is their great crop the loss
of it will cause starvation; hogs will be
scarce in Cincinnati this season.. &. =. Arch
bishop Hughes is to receive a Cardinals
Hat from the Holy City. He will be the
first American Cardinal. :. Pickpockets
are doing good business on the route of
the Prince Of Wales. .Tye, of Breckin-
ridge, Mo-, shot Hamblin, of the same place,
for domestic familiarity. -. The Southern
Hotel, in St. Louis, is to be 565 feet front by
100 feet high! This will be "buster,"-
to the owner. The Sherman House at Chi
cago is 81 feet high. One firm, of Lam
sing, Mich, is said to have offered bonus
of three acres of potatoes on the arrival Of
Gov. Seward at that place. Is the irrepres-
sible Senator an Irishman, or is he in the
f'omme de terre trader. The Detroit Board
of Education resolve to discharge all "school-
ma'ams" who marry. An effort to dry up
the fountains Of production which should
he condemned by the Woman's Rights socie-
ty. G. H. Larrabee is re- nominated for Con-
gress in the Sd Wis. district. The WIS.,
consin says that 100000 have already
been paid for wheat IN that city, and that
$4,000, 900 will be paid there before Nov.
49, The Prince has danced with Miss
Moor, an American lady. Blow the trum-
pet throughout Yankee-land that United
States girl has danced with an English
Prince. The poor fellow is be-deviled so
much that he falls asleep at dinner, on his
horse, and in all places where he is unspo-
ken to for ten minutes. 1t is said the
Douglas Convention at Raleigh, n. c., was
very large and that he will carry the State
Thn So, ~
Monday the 10th. 1t will go Republican,
of course. Miss Castella is on the rope
at Niagara as o rival to Blondin. Her
friends should lay the rope on her. Votes
on the cars and steamers indicate the sue.
cess of Douglas. We do not put much
faith in such tests. LeGrand Byington
has challenged Gov. Kirkwood to stump
the south part of Iowa with him.. Some
editor captions an article, "How ladies sho'd
Dress" If the editor is married he knows
all about the how, and if he is BACH, it is
none of his business. 4. Gen. Walker is in
Central America with about 500 dupes. -.
The City Hotel at Galena was burned on
Monday the 9th. Loss 10000. The
colored men Of Pittsburgh have formed
Zouave company.
A CoRREcrIoN.-The Fayette Observer
INDUCES in laugh at US for stating that
Prof Brush of that place is the Proprietor
of the Observer, and that he will vote for
Douglas.