The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-10-30
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A>oucH'S ulc Iact tnat tnc people OF the
southern Atlantic cities refuse to pay their
northern debts, Prentice remarks that il
they do not shell out they are in fair way
Of being ''shelled out" Tie Madison
Argus has dropped the words "and Demo.
craft from its heading. The new head we
regard as being "lcvcl." 49,. The Connect
cut Legislature which has been in session
but little more than one week, adjourned
on Monday. Model Legislature &. . A new
death-dealing rife has been invented in
France and firm in Scotland have con.
tracted to make them for the Fr, nch gov
ernmcnt. The barre els are of steel and
have chamber wherein sixteen cartridges
can be placed and fired off seriatim; by an
ingenious contrivance another slide can
quickly be inserted SO that soldier can
easily fire off thirty two rounds in one mo-
ment. What next r.. Prof. Anderson.
the magician, recently offered two gold
watches worth $4,000 each for the two
best connundrums which would be offered
at one Of his entertainments. Here is the
one which took the first prize: "Why is
it impossible for the government to grant
the request Of our southern brethren p
Because children in arms are never left
alone" Prodigious! Now, why is a
prize cOnnundrum committee like figure
4? Because they can't keep hotel
At Hamilton, G. W., on Thursday, a girl
fourteen years Of age gave birth to twin
children, male and female. The male chill,
is black and the female white. We pro.
pcse that they be denominated the northern
and southern confedeacy .. Tell me an
gelic hosts, ye messengers of love, shall
swindled printers here below have no re-
dress above? The shining angel band re-
piled: ''ro US is knowledge given; dcln
quents on the printers books can never
enter heaven !". -. The duties of a local
editor are thus summed up by cotempo-
rary who was on the witness stand in
libel suit: ITO pick up news; write out
news; get together news, and publish
news, about everybody that lives in town,
about everybody that has ever lived in
town, about everybody that will ever live
in town, or ever expected to be in town"
That will do ..Jcnks Of the Dubuque
Times is quite wag in his way. In ia
cetious report Of the New Orleans markets,
he says in regard to pork "Thc half bar.
rel imported overland via. Santa Fe in
March last is nearly all in the hands of job,
bers. Sales Of three lbs at $l,OO, half
cash, the balance in one bushel Of G. S. A.
bonds A half barrel will accrue in No
vember if the mans pig does not die Of
starvation" In regard to tobacco we read
that unusual activity exists in Kentucky
leaf Four plugs were sold on chang on
Saturday last to parties who wished to ship
to Memphis. A good trade has sprung up
in old guilds. They are collected by the
slaves and put up neatly in tin foil and sold
to new beginners. The price ranges ac-
cording to the number of times chewed.
The third chewing is worked into snuff"
80. Louis Paulscn Of Dubuque, has con-
quered DR.. Wilson, the conquerer Of Stan
ley, at chess. :. 1. The following account of a
every nice BALI is going the rounds credited
to the Cedar Valley Times. 1.-The dance at
Daniels Hall on last Friday night was a
grand affair; the company was not large
h,,tS .1a o1 Il l,a,
Ply. After tripping the light fantastic toe
till the wee sma' hours ayont the twal'
each one took a gal to himself and retired
to roost 49,. Prentice says: az, after hav-
ing administered the oath of allegiance to
a seces>ionist, you hang him on the spot,
he won't break it," Earnun has been
sold by coun.ryman who sold to him for
$500 a natural curiosity in the shape Of a
cherry colored cat" Barnum had never
heard of such a novelty, and when the GU,
riosity was brought to his presence and thu
cat let out of the bag, the sharp man of the
Museum was both surprised and sold by
the appearance Of hlach cherry cat -.
The advertising columns Of the n Y Her
AID contain skeletons for thousands of ten
cent romances. The following from a late
copy is a specimen: "To J. NJ. R.-Thc
idol of my affection has forsakcn me en-.
tirely. The promise to call on me on Tues.
day was not fulfilled. My thoughts are
ever Of thee. Will you come to your dear
Jim, darling jim, best Jim in the world
! Tell no one who this is" The Idol" tina,
rcsists such an appeal as the above, must
be brazen image and unworthy the adora.
| ton of "Jim."