The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-03-21


The Lafayette Clnd.) Journal, in de-
scribing swindling printer named Good
win, says she has New York accentr'
That is decidedly new, out this way The
Dubuque Herald also mentions q ragged
looking T. c. Of printer who bcgs money
Of the craft and gets drunk. Such chap
is cheating the members of the craft, in this
particular, and the "Billy Barlow in ques-
ton ought to earn his own drinking money,
like the rest Of US. :. . The Germans Of Da-
venport do not like Bates as aleader. There
is not much love lost, if 3. is yet X. N.
-. .Colfax's Register (South Bend, Ind.) is
hauling off from Bates. This is caused
probably by having Wheeler at the helm.
"A son Of Capt. Read, of Garnavillo, ar.
rived at home last week from California; he
had been gone since ls49. "A Catholic
writes to j. w. Gillett, of Clayton county,
enclosing ten dollars which he states he
wronged Mr.. Gillet Of years ago. The Priest
informed him at the Confessional that the
money must be returned. Gillett tells us
that he don't know the penitent. : The N.
w. Expedition from st. Paul to Oregon last
summer, was q signal failure. A writer at
Portland, Oregon, says there is no valuable
country on the route for many hundreds of
miles. This fact must defeat the proposed
mail route on that latitude. q. If "Doug-
las man. eats beans, drinks grog, or gets bit
with snake now, the Republican papers
charge his conduct up TO the Little Giant,
~ the legitimate result Of the squatter doc
trine. . Col. Richard, Of Dubuque, is charg-
ed by the Herald with having deserted q
wife in New York, and he is negotiating for
another in Dubuque. The Herald publish
es sharp letter from = Mr.. Osborne, the
father.in-law of Richard. i. The Alamakee
county-seat fight does not come of. The
Judge refused to grant an order foran elec-
ton; there were not enough names on the
petition. =. :. There is boy named Leon,
at Niblo's, New York, who plays female
character so life-like, that half the old ro~es
are in love with her. The papers very inn
politely say he has learned the ''art Of grim
ming" and "wiggles" equal to Broadway
lady "A man named Tinker, Of Syracuse
N. Y, became jealous of DR.. Searlc, his
family physician. Tinker poisoned his
horses, his two children and himself, leaving
. letter explaining the cause. Searle was
locked up to prevent being lynched. -.
Plant tomatoes in turnip-shell filled with
earth, and when fairly growing, put them
out in your garden, turnip and al. The
plants will grow rapidly and bear very early
fruit. IA religious daily paper of decided
Republican STYLE is soon to be started in
New York. This isright-if your religion is
Republican instead Of Christian, let us
know it. Il. The Lacrosse Democrat fire.
quently "annexcs" these items of ours, and
heads them ''Shavings," ''Filings," &C., &c.
If the Democrat will set them solid we don't
care, but if Leads arc put in, please head
them "Stealings," and omit this sentence.
I'D. G. Boxer, the German merchant
whose daughter Irish John Dean stole for a
wife, is dead. He disinherited Mrs. Dean,
and is probably on the wrong side of the
river Styx, for his meanness. Captain
Stone,nan (brother of our JOHN, the lawyer)
is the regular army cavalry officer on the
Rio Grande. Judge Murdock's letter to
us on Fruit, is extensively copied by our
exchanges. 1t is most valuable paper to
Western farmers. i. F.. Bclfoy is about to
publish paper at Vernon Springs, Iowa.
....Robert Knox, of Cleveland, left his
wife and child, to run off with Miss Trigg.
The wife followed them to Cincinnati, had
her husband locked up for adultery, and she
returned to Cleveland. {. g. 4. The Homestead
Bill has passed the House, and It is now
claimed IS one of the leading measures of
the Republican party. Senator johnson of
Tennessee, Democrat without guile, was
its father, and he backed it up for years.
The Republicans never dreamed of it as
favorite measure till it promised to be fruit
full in votes. Lager Bier was nota lead.
ing Republican measure in Iowa till the
German vote was wanted.