The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-03-27

| Anythings.
N. Mires, a Jew Banker, in 1s4s the oc.
cupant of a garnet in Paris, now the owner
of the Constitutional and the Pays newspa.
pers, has failed for sl2o,O0O,0oO. All the
| rascality known to the sharpest Office
thieves on both sides of the Atlantic is re-
ported to have been practiced. Such an
| extensive failure was never before heard Of.
49,. Three miners took $4,000 in quartz
gold out of vein on Feather river in three
days....In Charleston, Mass, there is a
school taught in which whstling is branch
of musical science; the girls hum an &C.
compartment while the boys whistle :.
Mr.. Lincoln retains all the old servants of
the White House. ). Twenty one Louisville
cocks recently whipped 81 Detroit cocks, at
the latter place, on a bet Of $1,000. -. The
importations of grain from the United States
to England in the six months ending Feb
ruary 1861, were eighteen millions Of bush
| els, at cost Of thirty millions of dollars,
being six times the amount imported for
the corresponding period Of 1860.
A Cotton-spining Convention is being
held in Georgia, at Atlanta. The object is
to engage in manufactures, South. >. st.
Patricks day, in New York, was celcbrat
cd by a procession of thirty thousand Irish
/ a.. L
was never before seen on top of the earth.
Our namesake God bless him y is growing
popular An Englishman named Geo.
Taylor, elopcd from Palos. ILL.,, towards
| Minnesota, with young girl named Caro-.
line Appel, IA years old, full face, blue eyes
and rather pretty Taylor is so; he left a
wife, wears no whiskcrs, and is a little gray
-. Mrs. Goldthwaitc. of Lacrosse, was
stopped at Chicago by Capt Bradley, of the
police, and detained at tho Briggs House till
her husband arrived. The latter tried "co-
ercion,' but Mrs. G. threatened to whip
him, and Re was glad to let her go on east
in search of her affinity, who is supposed
to be Lacrosse merchant now in New
| York buying dry goods.
The loss to the country by the agitation
of the negro, is not less than one thousand
| millions of dollars. Quite an expensive
price for luxury. LIN New York city
are 1000 john Smiths. 90. The French EN-
press is going to Jerusalem to fix up the
Cave of the Nativity and the Holy Sepul.
chrc. A married man, Of Prairie du
Chen, ran off with a young lady,-a few
days since. The fever, Of elepomcnt is
coming quite near us; We advise the girls
of McGregor to be quite reserved towards
run.a-way-looiing men: wives hcreabouts
will not permit their husbands to. 60 out
nights without guard. These precautions
| may prevent a spread Of the disease.
awful" Grdiner the reformed New York
rough, has gone crazy with religious ex-
| element. ssn.-'e.sa.
Miss II. Colfax "a cousin to Schuyler, we
think is appointed keeper of the light
house at Michigan City,s Indiana .Eu-
gene Scribe, who was lately buricd with
great pomp in Paris, was the author Of
over 400 plays. -. Edward Bates, the At
+! torney General, advises Mr.. Lincoln that
, the revenues can only be collected on shore,
and only there by resident appointce of
the district where the collections are to be
mall, Tho noprnr nonnla RI 1n1;rI,f Tod
4 with their Territorial organization. -. The
Crystal Palace, in England, was blown
be "glass- blower. The Inauguration
Ball at Washington, was an immense fail
ure in the money way.
The coal of Pcnnsylvani is specific for
restoring the hair; its use in tanning leath-
er is therefore impossible -. Husband,
| can't express my detcstation of your con-
duct" I'm glad CT it my dear" Wits
Ky is reported to be sold at Is cents glass
in the seeding States; this itself (the whis,
ky, we mean,) will work reaction in a
short time. G. B. Roberts is appointed
p. M. at LaPorte, Indiana; John Andrews
at Michigan City; Ball, at Waukcsha, Wis.
The chopping machine is coming round
pretty rapidly -expectants will wait their
| turns. ~. Judge 4. M. Chamberlain, OF
Goshen, Indiana, died recently at the age of
So. He was formerly in Congress, and was
! regarded as one of the strong men Of the
State. ;. Whenever you hear a man exces-
sively complimentary in speaking of his
| wife, you may bet that his love for her is
all talk. We reccllect an old jockey in Hud-
son, Indiana, who used to buy goods Of US
at New Carlisle; he invariably referred to
his wife as ''my lady," 1.-THE partner of his
joys ''the dear girl" and SO on, and yet it
was no uncommon thing for him to press
her, with the toe of his boot, to take the
| ''ouIside of the cabin" lid
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GRocERIEs.-By a circular received from
WM. NJ. SINcLAlI, Wholesale Grocer Of
Milwaukee, we are advised that he has pur.
chased the large Grocery stock Of Jewell,
Davis & Co., of that city, and that he has
removed to Nos. 2 and 3, Of Rees' Block,
4 WEST Water Street. Mcssrs. Jewell,
Davis 3 Co. recommend Mr.. Sinclair to
their customers as a gentleman worthy Of
the utmost confidence, aud if our humble
l ipiorc arnapf xx.ara yal,,a1 ,va cho,,lL Gov,