The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-08-22
Timess COMBINATIONS.


Johnathan E. Arnold is the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Milwauke e
district. Potter, of Pryor duel notoriety is
his opponent. . The official returns of
North Carolina give the Democrats 5000
majority. Gen. Harvey has appeared in
person before the Secretary of War, and he
will probably be court martialed for his
conduct in the San Juan affair. Prof.
Daniels, who assisted Booth to escape from
Milwaukee, was arrested at Fon du Lac, by
the U. S. Marshal of Wis. Millinery
goods were first imported into England from
the city Of Milan, and hence came the name,
Milan-ary, and Milan-ers. Did the admirers
of handsome Milliners ever think of "what's
in a name? p. Lola Montez is at n. Y,
very sick with consumption. .. A black
woman in Philadelphia is Ill years old, is
very sprightly, and when the census man
came round, she offered to dance jig for
25 cents. -. Mr.. Tuttle, of Strasburg, Can
ada, Graded seven and one half acres of
stout wheat in one day. The ladies of
certain fashionable church in London are
raising a subscription to enable their minis
ter to obtain divorce from his wife. We
can refrain from comment.
An Englishman said he was not surprised
to sec the froth coming out of bottle of
porter, 'but how the deuce did you ever
contrive to squeeze it all in ~ In Madi-
son, Wis, there are 2,24O children between
the ages of four and twenty. There is one
crop that never fails in the West. An
Indian walking along Broadway espied a
great number Of scalps in store window.
and relieved his mind by saying: ugh
him great man-big brsve-take many
scalps. AN Attorney being reprimanded
for taking less than the usual fee, excused
himself by saying that he took all the man
had According to the old "saw," wise
man keeps his own counsel, and in mod
ern times foolish men keep both an Attor-
ney and Counsel. :. When the sight of a
pretty girl causes young mans heart to
jump so fast as to derangc his digestive or.
gans, he ought to marry. So says an editor
who knows. The papers say another at
tachment has been served upon the steamer
Great Eastern. One would judge from the
growls Of some of the Cape May excursion
lists that not many strong attachments were
formed for either the vessel or her officers
90. A Wis. paper asserts that Sherman NJ.
Booth has joined the Sons of Malta. He
is evidently qualified for an upright men,
bership. mo levity."
The editor of one of our exchanges ad-
vertises that he has lost forty four dollars
and seventy eight cents. We guess the
printer who set up the notice made a mis-
take of $44,OO, for it was an Iowa editor
who claims to have lost the money . "A
Temperance Society, called the Band Of
Hope has been organized at Green Bay. 1t
is wholly composed of young children, but
it does not naturally follow that it is a band
Of little hopes. An exchange paper says
that the Breckenridge party is dead and
buried. We expect to see the Republican
party inferred too, at the next election. &. q.
Mrs. Holt, the wife of the p NJ General is
dead. There has been no rain at Calves
ton, Texas, since last April. Water bro't
from Trinity river is sold at three dollars
per barrel. At some of the interior Texas
towns, water brought from the Mississippi
river sells at twenty five cents per gallon.
Many are leaving Texas on account of the
extreme drouth.