The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-02-20

Letter from ssAshes.n
Winter Sports- -Business-Hks's Ftdk---'
Emiqration West-RocE Island BridgS
-Burch -Quaksr City CAieugo III
6uns.
CHICAGO, Feb. 18th, 1860.
Dear COL Among the most resdableand
spicy papers, hailing from East Or West.
that we get, is the "NosrR Iowa Trxss."
It's cheerful face meets us with eselts
smile, and we always enjoy reading to oar
"bctter half" (our Home Critic - you
would say,) the Anythings" and pointed
scraps which are always found in it. veri.
ly, Colonel, there must be IN intense satis.
faction experienced by you, after . hard
days work in the sanctum, to know that
your efforts to make lice newspaper re
so thoroughly appreciated both At homo
and abroad; and We rejoice with you that
other and more solid tokens Of approval
than words, are the direct result Of youS
labors.
Notwithstanding the intense feeling Of
excitement in relation to our Southern
troubles, which has pervadcd citizens Of alt
ranks end conditions in life since the early
fall, we have, in no former winter, had SO
long run Of gayety and real hearty cold
areasssr enjoyment; this has been in no
wise lessened by the two months Of fine
sleighinz with which kind Providence has
favored us, and has been greatly added to
by the several skating ponds which our en-
tcrprising young men have provided for the
amusement Of both sexes. Parties have
been numerous, and what is decided i,ns
provemcnt, less formal than heretofore, and
on the whole the season of 1ss0.6l, will
long be remembered as "gay one"
Business has been dull in many depart.
ments of trade, and merchants arc gener.
ally very close run for sufficient currency
to meet their payments at bank, but so far
there have been few failures and We hopef5r
the best. As spring approaches prospects
brighten some, and on Change everything
has assumed much moro cheerful aspect.
The news from Pixies Peak is encourag.
ing. Many Of our Chicago boys have
done we'll; three at least have had the title
Of JuDoE appended to their names within
twelve-month, and are now dispensing
law and justice" to the boys Of Denver.
Gregory's, and Mountain City, and one is
Sheriff and member Of the Territorial Coun-
Gil for California Gulch.
A large emigration will face westward so
soon as spring opens and the roads become
settled. OF late there has been some con-
siderable enquiry for farming lands from
the East, and there arc indications that not
few "hardy sons of toll" now dclving
away on the exhausted soil of New Eng
land will ere long pull up stakes and move
bag and baggage to the prairies Of the Gar,
den State.
The case of Bisscll is attracting some at
tcntion. You will remember that he was
indicted and tried for a conspiracy to burn
the "Rock Island Railroad Bridge" On s
technical question the jury acquitted him
he was Immediately indicted again, and
having unsuccessfully applied for chang.
we hope get his deserts.
The Burch matter has pretty nearly
quietcd down. We notice an Item of in
terest, however, in this connection which
we give, promising that it is probably
canard. The Albany correspondent of thc
New York Express writes to his paper a.
follows:
ut is cautiously whispered here now,
and among the familiar friends Of both par.
ties. that Mr.. and Mrs. Burch, whose di
vorce controversy recently created 50 muc'.
excitement in the country, are about To
come together again, q Ia Mr.. and Mrs.
Sickles. Mr.. Corning, it is understood
will acquiesce in any satisfactory arrange
ment that is acceptable to Mrs. Burch." !"
The failure of the "Quaker City Insu-
rance Company" of Philadelphia. has
created a temporary sensation. Some 6O0O
policies had issued from it's Western Branch
Office at Chicago, and scattered over tho
West and North west, and large loss il Of
course entailed on policy holders. The
failure, ii is said, was caused by heavy loss
es, amounting during 1860 to nearly $780,
600, nearly 100000 Of which had been
promptly paid. 1t is hard affair for tho
hundreds of poor people who have by hook
and crook managed to- sCrape together
enough to pay for policy. C. L. North,
the General Agont has been arrested for ol,.
tanning money under false pretences, III
selling drafts on the company which wero
not paid. 1t is not probable that sufficient
evidence will be disclosed to hold him for
trial.
The Chicago Tribune is becoming a nui-
sance. 1t grewls daily like bear with =
sore head, and is disgusting its own party.
This morning its columns contained articles
abusing Senator Seward ndJudge Kellogg
for the stand which they have taken in dc
clarins that ''the Union must be saved ut
all hazards first, and the negro afterwards"
So we go. ....... .......
II. L. Wilson, brother of the editor of the
Journal, died on Saturday. He is much ls.
mented. ASHES.
VALUABLE REcIr s.-Wc have often
tried the following recipes and know them
to be worth preserving:
To make a nice iam-Lay your head
under descending pile driver 5@
To see If man is your friend-Makc
love to his wite
70 get the frost out Of your Gngcrs-Put
them into hot water