The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-09-12

Prentice says: "A mans good fortune
often turns his head his bad fortune often
acerts the heads of his friends.
A writer to the Medical and Surgical
journal says that drop or two Of hot tai
low will etfectually cure improving nails.
We are obliged to MEAD, of the New
Oregon Plaindealer, for kind and patriotic
remarks, relative to Col. ueath's mcanness
towards the editor Of this paper.
Mr.. Hassareuk, of Cincinnati, in SO and
"a edited German Infidcl paper in that
city called "Der Hockwaechter. He also
published more radical Sunday paper
called Dee Wcspc (Thc Wasp The OBJ
ject Of these papers was to ridicule the
Christian religion. Hassarcuk is one Ct
State Republican electors in Ohio and is
fraternized by the over-pious clergy of that
party.
A Railroad Agent in sending a gift to us
for presentation to another, gets off the fol-
lowing elegant sentence: 81 make you the
medium of transfer, believing that the ef-
ficacy Of the presentation will be intens-
fled by the virtuous intcrmediaryw Who
will now say We are not saint or that
Railways have no literature among their
employees?
An Abolition preacher in North Ohio
was lately fined $500 and. costs for inhu-
manly whipping little orphan boy he was
raising. The boy had loaned neighhor
whip and his generous slavery-hating
master came near killing the little fellow.
Last year Sept. LIST, freights from Mil
waukee to Buffalo were only cents; now
they are Is cents. A large number of
Lake vessels have gone into the ocean trade.
This owners of threshing machines in
Minnesota agree to take the excess Of thir-
ty bushels to the acre for their threshing
pay. -a-.g ...... .s.
Mr.. Allcyn one Of the Provincial secreta-
ries of Quebec failed to illuminate for the
Prince of Wales and the populace broke
all his windows.
James B. Clay is hunting near Lafayette,
Indiana. He has several dogs valued at
5000 each.
A contemporary describing dance at
country village in his neighborhood, said:
"The gorgeous strings of glass beads glis-
tened on the hcaving bosoms of the village
bellies, like rubies resting on the delicate
surface Of warm apple dumping" Did
you ever? ..
John NJ. Gilman, of Ramsey and James
George, of Dodge, are the candidates of
the Minnesota Democracy for Congress.
Joseph Watson, Of Mt. Vernon, Ohio,
one Of the foremost Republicans Of Knox
county recently attended a Democratic
meeting there and announced the names of
7hirty-sir Republicans with himself, who
would vote for Douglas! es
Some distinguished traveller" announ-
ces that he had the felicity years ago of
seeing the Prince of Wales spanked by his
ma. Very surprising indeed
Some Of the Nova Scotians cbluc noses
Sam Slick calls them have presented the
Prince large grindstone. The New(ound-
landers gave him dog and collar worth
$500. ...
A Mr.. Nolan, of St. Paul, was told by
his wife that he must be content with a
cold dinner. He deliberately went to the
river and "took water till he was dead
Disease of the stomach.
kee was regular "hoss" show. Every
man there had collar on.
The meetings of political parties are call
ed Grand Fizzles'' by the opponents The
conversions recorded are oppositely and
perhaps appositely called all sham We are
losing faith in party reports, but we know
Lincoln will never see Washington, accord
ing to law.
A Scotch banker recently ran away with
his pretty servant girl and $4,000 in
cash. He left scold and seven children
to make their way through the world.
Twenty thousand people are reported to
have been at Galesburgh, Illinois, at the
Democratic meeting of the 9Th. Ten bands
of music and 1000 torches were in the
night procession. We insist that Illinois
and Indiana are the most populous states
politically that the Union can boast
The America arrived on the I'd. Wealth
CT bad, breadstuffs firm Garabaldi has en-
tered Calabria and will soon attack the Nea-
politans. Austria disavows the reported
assistance to Naples. France has 100000
picked troops ready to march to Italy,
Russia has fine harvest.
The Times reports white wheat at IL to
lbs or 2,64 to 2s6 bushel Large orders
have been sent to America for grain. Anne
rican securities have advanced
The Albert arrived on the 9th with later
news. 1t was believed that Garabaldi
would enter Naples without bloodshed, as
the army of Naples would not fight the
soldiers of liberty. The war in China con-
tinues.
The Orange men of Kingston behaved
SO badly that the Prince Of Wales would
not land.
The lodgings of the Orphan Asylum in
Toledo were destroyed by fire on the 4th.
One Sister and three children were lost.
observer" the Washington correspond
ent Of the New York Times is under bonds
for libelling the Secretary of War.