The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-07-25
News ana Items.

| "oilu. IHe papers He gets III yea
would form monument fourteen miles
high if piled together.
The Colleges at the South are more
crowded with students this season thar
ever before.
Nine million pounds of wool has been
shearcd in Ohio this season.
The Republicans of the New Hampshire
Legislature opposed the bill to abolish mar
riage between cousins. The Democrats
there think the more fools there arc born,
the more Republicans.
Rev. Mr.. Stanley, of Wisconsin, became
perverted from the doctrine Of endless fu-
ture punishment, and has recanted to the
Congregational Church.
c. G. Washburne wants to be y. S. Sem
ator from Wisconsin and his brother wants
to return to Congress from Illinois.
Jacob Rheider who murdered two wo-
men at Brownsville, blew his brains out at
Lacrosse on Monday last week. He put
the muzzle of gun to his mouth and fired.
Several Georgia papers publish articles
favoring union Of the Douglas and Bell
men. Union men everywhere are for
Douglas.
US. Deputy Marshal John Dugan shot a
man named McDermott in saloon in New
York on Wednesday. Nobody killed.
Up to Wednesday last $4,000 persons
had visited the Great Eastern.
Tori & Co., large Bankers at Mexico
have failed.
Mr.. Douglas seems to have triumphal
march through the country. At Boston
on the 18th, the streets were packed full
on his arrival and sevral hundreds insisted
upon shaking hands with him and the
thousands who could not get to him were
not satisfied until he made short speech.
The annual commencement exercises Of
Harvard College were held on the 18th.
The Persia lief: for Liverpool last We'd
nesday with 10s passengers and $45O,0OO
specie.
A Cincinnati Coachman noticed that a
certain gentleman visited his Masters wife
when her husband was abse. t. Coachy
got a daguerrean to take picture Of the
guilty couple while they were on sofa,
and-hc got $4,000 for the picture. The
gentleman paid for it. Thereby hangs
tale"
They have commenced setting the tele-
graph poles between Lacrosse and Vino
ma.
Fanny Fern says women only dress for
the sake Of embarrassing each other.
Marriage is the arithmetical art of max
ing one out of two, with one to carry
sometimes. Crosse Union.
Indeed! That's been done, and more
too, without marriage, in Iowa, if reports
are true.
A Republican paper in Wisconsin has
just died of starvation. They fed it rails
or the next to nothing.
Two farmers in Dresden township.
Chickasaw county, Iowa, have purchased
seven hundred sheep for their Wapsi farms.
The Iowa Supreme Court have decided
that the Appraiscment law of the General
Assembly referring to the appraisement Of
property on execution, does not apply to
contracts made prior to the passage of the
act.
There is wild boy running loose in the
woods Of Iowa. The little dears will look
out for him.
Mr.. Straw, of Illinois, has married a
Miss Barns, if he is not careful he will soon
become fodder.
Baltimore has population of 23O, 900.
A pedlar ran away from Michigan and
his seven living wives are anxious to see
him, but he has not been heard Of He
left excellent likenesses behind him.
A man in Wisconsin has clock 25O
years old. 1t keeps excellent time.
A farmer of Chickasaw county sheared
nine pounds and seven ounces Of clean
washed wool from two year old sheep
Wool growing is profitable in Iowa, and
rapidly increasing.
The Press & Tribune advertises the
Campaign Life" of Lincoln for sale at four
cents per copy. Light literature is low.
An Oregon paper advises Joe Lane to
stake water" thing that Joe hasn't done
for the past twenty years.
"Let us resolve brother Republicans that
we will all hang together" said Republi-
can speaker, the other day. 1t is needless
to pass such resolve gentlemen; if you
continue on your present political course,
you twill all hang together without reso-
luton.
VIM. B. Aston of New York City is said
be worth twenty five millions of dollars
enough to make dozen men miserable"
all their lives. He is son of John Jacob.
During last year no less than $50 agricul-
tural articles were patented in this country
Of these 1T were seed planters, 1l3 har-
vesters, or cultivators, 43 plows. AZ churns,
etc.
Garabaldi is plain in his daily dress
He wears buckskin trowsers, red flannel
shirt and slouchcd hat.
The probabilities are that there will be a
united opposition to Lincoln in New Jersey.
1t is said the Mormons will 20 to one OF
the East India Islands, for permanent re-
sidence. The farther off the better.
The Treasury of the Republican State of
Michigan is said to be bankrupt. The
smallest demand cannot be paid.
Three women were arrested in Philadel-
phia for knocking man down and robbing
him of $500.