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

| It is satisfactorily proved new that Anne
Bilanski who was lately hung in st. Pau
for poisoning he's husband, had poisoned :
former husband named Simpson in Fayette
vile N. Carolina ~.s..-,-s.. r-.----
| The Railroad Agents of ST. Paul hav,
signed private temperance pledge. I
| Gen. Twiggs in his expulsion from tn,
I. o. s. NJ. is disgraced with the initials I'D
o. s. A." The initiated understand it
and those who don't had best touch thu
cabalistic words easy.
| The Knickerbockcr says"a beehive i.
like bad potato, and Knick. proves i
thus: = beehive is a beholder, bcholde,
is q spectator and spcck' later is bad
potatoe.
The amendments to the Chicago Chapter
are laid on the shelf by vote Of the pco
| pie.
The Chicago Tribune has deserted
Horace. The Editor Of the first has the
Chicago p O., and Horace "haint got
! nothin."
The N. Y. Pest (Rcp. Free Trade) calls
Simmons Of Rhode Island Woodscrew
Simmons. The Post seems rejoiced that
| the Southern tariff win destroy the effect
Of the Northern one, -
I Mr.. Wil,not has taken his seat IN The U.
s.. Senate. Mr.. Breckenridge has made a
speech on Douglas resolutions and insisted
that Lincoln should talk out plainly without
any farther shading Of his policy. The
Republican Senators object to showing the
entire hand Of the administration. 49,.
Col. Waite is instructed to withdraw the
! U. S. troops from Texas. rs
The stable Of s. r. Taylor Of Frceport,
filled with horses, carriages and slcighs,
worth 100000 was burnt on the 18th.
Waldo II. johnson is elected Senator
from Missouri. Green is shclycd and we
are glad Of it.
British papers arc much alarmed at the
increase Of Catholicism in the United King
dom.
An freshman took drink Of whiskey in
Iowa City, sat down in corner and in a
few minutes was dead. Our friend Mike
says he didn't get the whiskcy soon enough
to save him.! ...... ~..-s..s.,
A man named Watson, OF Cassopolis
Michigan, is charged with rape on his
daughter, aged ten years.
The Jewish Passover begins on the 26th.
"Unleavened bread" is the order then.
Mayor Wood and his pretty young wife
have fallen ut-ofbcd-they sleep and eat
apart. 1t seems the Mayor has not settled
that 800, 900 on her and her pa has broke
the peace between them. Fifty three years
tied to II! Who wouldexpecta life Of hap
pincss? ..-s ~.
Virginia will vote down the secession or.
dinanccs. .g-'E -, ... a
Paper neck ties and shirt bosoms are in
common use now, Paper. dresses for ladies'
will come along next
Geo. Hammond, prominent man of
Platteyille Wisconsin, committed suicide
lately. The poor man wanted to be brought
back to life but it was two late when reme-
dies were applied. sa an. -.5-s Is
Mrs.J. II. King, Of the New York thea
tire, killed herself because she found . pair
M7swxAte ira a-laEes FL II 10 ffd5fngrtofii
citizens should represent the United States
abroad.
J. II. Buening is elected Chief Engineer
Of the Nil. Fire Department.
Pomcroy, Of the Lacrosse Democrat has
beaten Josiah Noonan Of Milwaukee, in a
law suit involving the ownership of the
Democrat Office and material.
There have been received since Nov. LIST.
at New York, Nineteen millions of dollars
in specie from Great British. But for this
our ''crisis' would have been much more
fatal.
1t is said "there are $500 fleas to a man"
in Florida. II this is true the Southern
Confederacy will have hard scratching to
get along.
c. F, Lauprecht is elected Post Master
at Gutenberg: F. S. Palmer at clermont.
Eiboeck, of the Elkader Journal is lee
turing on the Elements of True Woman.
hood What can our young bachelor co.
temporary know about Won,anhood? The
Jossphs arc notorious for declining an ac-
quaintance with the SEX. a..
j. g. Davenport, of the Cedar Rapids
Times is elected Post Master by an awful
vote. Good enough for him.
The Irish, to the number of 80, 900 have
petitioncd the Queen for Parliament.
Thompson, Of Chicago, lifted s,1o6
pounds and DR.. Winship only 1917. A
prize Of 5000 fell to Thompson.
Will "Tertium Quid," our South Bend
correspondent please drop us letter and
say what the actual name is? We are
| 'dying to know and we snever tell"
The st. Louis Democrat says: The
Wide-W axes Of that city, animated by a
patriotic sentiment, have disbanded. Is il
true the order or organization was unpatri-
otto? EE
Henry Clay Deans speech as published
in the Keokuk journal is one Of the ablest
We ever read. Why can't the Reversed
gentleman fix up his clothes as well Is b.
can his language 2
Maj. Anderson says II will take 90, 0Ot
| men to reinforce Sumptcr. The Trihun.
and other papers Of that stripe are growing
cross toward Anderson Scott and Hol,
also. come in for share Of condemnation
nv the ct,-ercionisfs II "a hor;nn;nr IN u.