The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-01-30

of the Wis. Legislature, has his wife seated
by him in the Assembly Chamber. Mr.
G. was hurt not long since and is not abb
to do his writing so well as Mrs G. is.
Judge Smalley Of Vermont, defines treason
in such way as to implicatc Colt and al
other New England furnishers of warlik
tools to the South. "a Danielr'. j. G
DAVENPORT the editor Of the Cedar Vale,
Times is a candidate for Post Master o
Cedar Rapids. If Davenport is not ap
pointed to that post or great deal bette
one there is no use in publishing first rat
newspaper, no use in being Republican
1--WE doubt thcu of this however, any way
no use in being gentleman, no use in hav
ing a Post Office at all. If Old Abe would
let us advise him DAVENPORT should b,
sent to Dubuque as P. Master, the same a.
Heath was sent from Washington. >.
WRIGHT Of the Milwaukee Nescs, objects tt
seeing married men at balls unless thci,
wives are present. lie says he has paid
carriage hire, bought new kids, agonized
himself into shape far in advance of Ado.
mis- as he appea red in that celebrated love.
scene with Venus, accompanied his young
Hebe to a party, and lost her after all by the
impertinent assiduity of some middle-aged
married man whose wife was at home with
six children. The young beauty when re-
preached for her GOODNESS gave the central
ornament of her face retrousse movement
and walked home with the Benedick .
Why Charley, bless your innocent heart,
don't you know that young ladies are al.
ways partial to those who have experience!
Get married and become favorite. d. ~. The
Mcthodists of Maryland who have hereto.
fore been connected with the Church North
are designing to "seccdc' and identify them
selves with the Church South. .. Col.
Gunnison Of MIL, recently delivered very
interesting lecture on Dancing, at Albany
Hall. lie is eloquent in denouncing the
polkas and waltzes of the modern Ball room
Fire another shot at them, Gun. The
Wisconsin Republican members of the
Legislature of the refused to pass compli.
mentary resolutions in favor of Mr.. Sew
ard. Who is right, the man who made the
party and built it up, or the runaway Dem
ocrats like Randall who joined it to get
office? Our word for it, gentlemen Of the
Republican persuasion, you'll find Abra-
hams bosom hard place to get into unless
you swear by w. II. Seward. He knows
more about "Old Abe's" intentions than all
the men in Wisconsin. 49," Calico parties
for the poor" are now in fashion. The par
ties to such fiummery had better take the
calico they dress in, the carriage hire, the
general expenses wasted on the ball, and
give it to the poor at once. We venture to
state that $500 spent at calico party, for
music, supper, dress, &C., &C., would not
nett "the poor" Fifty Dollars! Cheap
notoriety is what the leaders of the ton
want. :. Long John in the Chicago DEM
'erat, says: "Let us load our guns if war
comes, and fire them as aften as possible,
md leave the direction of the bullets to
God" The writer of this sentence is the
Mayor of Chicago! The new style of
'onnets is said TO be made of Estrcss pom
eau guipure, in the form of a carezou and
o be trimmed with tulle illusion. We
publish this for the benefit Of our lady.
last word in the description is
II the one we have practical understand
ng of.-The Illinois Militia Bill just passed,
provides for "Active Militia Reserve
Militia and Exempt Militia. The noisiest
'haps for war have applied for enrolment in
he last-named corps. II. Ward Bcecher
vas mobbed little at New Haven lately.
lie is glad of anything like an advertise
nent. Mr.. Jones of Indiana lately called
IN the President elect. Mr.. Lincoln work.
ID for Jones 80 years ago.. Greedy,
Evarts, Raymond, Field, Grinnell, Morgan,
Nye, and twenty others, want Stewards
Senatorial seat. =. Thus far, at Troy, N.
Y, eleven persons have broken their legs
~ falls on the ice. theoretically we learn
hat these "persons" were oil males ladies
IRE not supposed to have well, no mat
Ter. :. The N. Y. Wide Awakes first con-
,lqded to 60 to Washington, then they con-
GUIDED they wouldn't, and now they con-
dude they will 60. The next conclusion
will be reported soon.. -. One thousand
dollars worth of sheep were killed by dogs
in one night, for farmer in Sangammon
Co., III. The dorg is valuable animal
Southern Indiana, Southern Illinois,
md possibly Southern Ohio will join the
South in case Of separation. Greedy will
nave to find more oil to put on our troubles
Dr. the whole country will become disinte-
grated. ia freight of 900 kegs of soAite
reached N. Y. from London
asst week. This will not be SO popular on
he Ohio Reserve as the colored article. :.
Queen Vic's oldest daughter, the wife of
Frederick William of Prussia, is now Queen
Consort of Prussia. The crazy old King
is dead and the Prince succeeds to the
throne. -. Maj. Burns steam wagon which
was SO promising on paper, travelled So
miles in 60 hours. The st. Paul Pioneer
says the Sioux name for it is Gub-muh-
ta-erg," an Indian word that translates
itself backward. :. The Chicago Tribune
thinks talks as lift desires) that the streets
of that city will run with blood before the
sympathizers with the south can
be put down. We think it quite likely that
Abolitionism will have an interesting time
for an attack on the 10 States of
the South. =. An old bachelor of Albany,