The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-08-05

Anythings.
The bounty offered for redskins in Min
nesota is $75 per head, or without head
Decidedly the most valuable game in the
state. .Morgan's raid is said to have cost
Indiana and Ohio six millions of dollars.
go. The Boston coal merchants were so
sorry when Lee came into Penn. that they
commenced charging $l2 a ton for COAL
49,. Little Grow is so named from his
grandfather, who, in 1912, did great danger
to the frontier whites. The present chief is
about so years old and Of spare figure
1t is late report that his followers are de-.
serting him. :. The Irish boys at Cleve-
land are said to be going into the army by
battalions !; they get curses enough in other
places for not enlisting, but we notice those
who curse them don't move a hoof to 20
themselves. The steamer Flora struck a
rock up the river a few days ago and was
ruined. "A lazy fellow in town wishes to
mary rich widow with bad cough.
A delicate female wished to purchase q
black postage stamp to put on letter con-
taing death notice: the P. NJ. was Just
OUT. Capt. Adams, Of Dubuque, is in
receipt of 957 full military rigs for drafted
men when caught. The suits run from a
tin cup to an Enfield rife, but it is thought
there. will be many persons hard to suit
even though the clothes arc made presents
of. .Brashear City, louisiana, recently
taken by the rebels, contained Federal
stores and munitions of war valued at sew.
cral millions; but little official notice has
been taken Of it,. In Lafayette county,
Wis, the miners were said to have organ.
lied body of 5000 armed men to resist
the draft, but later reports do not confirm
the rumor. .. Why are the ironclads down
south called Rams? Because they 60 for
wool. .. "A dandy met beautiful girl in 4
narrow passage and said he was like Ba.
laam, stopped by an angel" more like
Balaam's ass" said she, "for you have
spoken. >. Eugene has ordered grand
hunt in the forests Of Fontainbleau: the
dresses of the ladies are required to be Of
one color throughout-all green, all blue,
or all yellow, as the wearer's taste and
complexion may be suited. >. An afflicted
fellow in Michigan says he don't care abe ut
the high price Of wood so much, if his
neighbors were not so disgustinsly parlic
ular about locking their woodhouses at
night. Gov. Seymour, in his recent or
der, says New York has furnished 226, O0O
for the war, and yet has 800, 900 men liable
to draft. Powerful old State Solicito,
Whitney is off on special mission to
England. Is there so large screw loose
over the water as to require specia
, agent? 1t looks so to Il man in McGregor
..."Brick" says the water is SO low above
La Crosse that they contemplate mud
turtle line. The want Of whistle to guard
against collisions embarrasses the prcjec
| as yet. An lrshman with Gen. Curtis
secured as prize from seccsh dwelling
only an old style spinning wheel, which HI
piled up in front of the General. "Wha
the devil do want that for" said Curtis
Sure Gineral," said Nick nate thing
to spin your cotton on, and after that y,
II ieht use it to wind up the war !'..
Secretary Seward in his speech on the &C
cassie n of the Vicksburg celebration a
Washington said in substance, this wa
might have ended before it began, if tn
counscls Of the true patriots had bee,
needed" Why don't Seward spot tn
facti onists who have plunged us into tn
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