The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-05
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ALT. p. Swineford from the Lacrosse Demo
c'at and Union Office. Good for Brick.
! DR.. Wise, editor of the Cincinncti Lrucl
tie, requests rogue who had entered hi
sanctum twice to steal something, to Il
him know when he will come again so tina
he (the DOCTOR can place some smal
change on the editorial table to convinc
the thief that the Office is not entirely bank
rupt.
The storm Of Saturday, Nov. 23d, wa
more terrible on Lakes Erie and Ontari
than ever before experienced. Thirty YES
sells are ashore or lost; many lives ar
known to be lost and millions of dollar
worth of merchandise have gone under.
The Iowa banks are reported to hav
serenity per cent. of the amount of their cir
culation in gold, silver and convertible Sc
curities. Iowa is sound beyond question
Indiana is also reported as strong beyont
peradventure in her State as we'll as in he
Free Banks.
! A Mass Union Meeting is called for Dec
14th, at Fincastle, Virginia. 81 -
South Carolina has got so hot that sh,
will be obliged to step out in the air of sep
aration just to cool off. - ... IL.
Col. Robinson of the Green Bay Adro
cate, tells Of an old wood-saw hanging ir
his office presented to him by one of three
German brothers Of Green Bay, who arr
three of the wealthicst men of the city
Twelve years ago they arrived at Greer
Bay with capital enough to buy saw and
an axe. Energy did the rest. ID,
| A Charleston writer wishes he could del
uge the North with 40, 100000 of the mean.
est negroes that over lived. Oh!
The fleet of the Prince Of Wales reached
| England on the 18th. Great rejoicings took
| place. 1t was feared at one time that the
feet had gone down in storm Eugene
is ia London incog. She goes to Scotland
to recover her health. The Bank had rails
ed its discount rates to 6 per cent though
no gold had been drawn out Alarm was
beginning to pervade business circles in
London--in Paris there was a more conf
dent feeling. Brcaastuffs dull and declin-
ing 1t is believed that English vessels
were engaged in getting arms into Hungary.
The italian news by this arrival is not i'm
portant. .' E.s
Capt. Cross Of Milwaukee, was lost on
the Propeller Dacotah in the storm of Sat-
urday, on Lake Erie. ...... -
A gentleman was sick at Toronto; it was
telegraphed to his family that "he is no
worse'-the family got it sis no more" and
sent promptly for the remains. ..
AT LaPorte, Cal, a masquerade ball was
held. At the entrance porter required
gents and ladies to leave their firearms and
cutlery at the door. We send copy of
the Times to that town. Pray heaven our
subscriber survived that ball! .'
Rev. DR.. Cumming, the Second Advent
prophet Of London, will wind the world up
in 1867. The figures are said to be very
correct this time
In Chicago there is a religious orsan,za-
ton which admits neither priest nor deacon.
Each member goes it alone and talks any
doctrine that suits him. A "higher law
church.
There are five American officers with
Garibaldi.
Iowa gives Lincoln $4,000 majority
Samuels is beaten 10, 900, and Cole is atte,.
Curtis about $500. a
Greeley says we should hear the grievan-
ces of which the South complains, and if it
does not suit us to correct them let our
Southern sisters peaceably quit the family
and 60 by themselves!
1t is said that in Indiana there are two
Methodist churches where the members
have deducted one.fourth Of their pastors
dues, because they were each sick three
months! If they don't pay the selfsacri-
ficing ministers of that church any better
than they used to there was not much loss
sustained by the pastors in question. One
fourth Of 0 amounts to naught.
Mrs Sparrow, poor widow and mother,
of Lansing, Mich, has heired $4,000.
A young gent on steamer remarked
rather smartly that hoops took up too
much ROOM" A young lady responded
"not SO much as whiskyr' .a.t
1t is reported that families are actually
found in Kansas starved to death. A
woman and five children were thus found
at Topeka. -..s.l
| Mrs. Lincoln will take Mrs. Miriam Ed
wards and od-looking niece to thu
White House. A cotempory remarks tina
it will take several good-looking women t
balance the male proprietor of that establish
ment
The hanging of Douglas in efigy a
Waukon few days since is severely con
demned by Mr.. Babbitt of the Journal
(Rep.) He says it was put up in the nigh
by few foolish chaps and taken down q
day light by Republican who discovere
, it. We are glad to hear that so pretty
village did not disgrace itself fool or tw
+ can be found in any town or party but
, whole community should not suffer in pull
lie estimation for the coarscness of few
Lyman Trumbul's speech at Sprinl
field, on the occasion of serenading NJ
Lincoln, does mt seem to take well with Il
!, negro-maniac portion of his northern SUI
: porters. Abraham has got his darke
friends pretty foul this time, and from Il
indications we gather from Corwin, Trur