The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-12-09
Anythings.

All cHCtlauSc says Wnlte uecT WIFI
pink eyes has been killed in Minnesota. v
1t is probably in the potatoe.raising bust.
ness. .. Colfax is said to be paying $240
per month~for rooms in Washington.
In some Minnesota town not long since,
1--WE forget the name of the town or the pa
per which gave us the in:ormation,) a
lady (?) appeared in the streets astride a
horse, man fashion! The paper stated
that no special notice was taken Of it,
What order of bloomers prevails up that
way ?... Generals Garfilll AMI Schenck
have been requested by Mr.. Lincoln to re-
sign their military commissions and take
their seats as Members Of Congrcss-this
step is desired to strengthen the Admins
tration in the Lower House. Frank Blair
has been informed that the Administration
would as leave he would stay in the field
Owing to the speculating outrage BY
hay dealers in st. Louis, the Government
has settled the price of hay at $25,OO per
ton, and hereafter if the holder wont sell
at these figures, his hay will be taken from
him for Government use. To sustain it,
self the Government will be obliged to set
tie the price Of all its requirements, or pro-
vide some way to stop the depreciation of
paper money 80. Next summer the new
French patent for the manufacture of ice
will be brought over and sold in this coun-
try. Each family can then do its own ice.
making 49,. The New York Tribune is not
in sympathy with the efforts Of the work
ing women of that city to secure protec-
ton for themselves against capital. The
women are white :. :. In district Of Per-
sia the women choose their husband. A
lady is enamored, she sends her slave to
the gent and the slave pins handkerchief
to him calling out the name Of the lady
who has put her mark upon him. The
gent proceeds to marry or to commit sui
eide. Prentice says Memphis is ''the
abode of cotton spectators, adventurers,
gamblers, strumpets and secessonists' a
pleasant place for missionary. A leaden
coffin has been dug up in Dromclihy, Ire.
land, containing the bones Of giant who
was over nine feet in height, the ;high-bones
were two feet eleven inches; the Uranium
was half an inch in thickness. No Sh.
lalah ever disturbed that gentlemans brains.
IA Wisconsin doctor borrowed his
minister's wife, and after brief period sent
her home; he then borrowed the wife oil a
farmer nelgnbor and the farmer shot him
Gen. Tuttle.
Judge Samual Murdock, one Of the Iowa
Election Commissioners, in one of his pleas
ant and instructive letters to the Neus,
thus describes in visit to the distinguish
ed officer whose name captions this article.
The Judge in wishing the General 'another
Star" does not mix we'll with the jackalls
rate candidate with patronage and military
power to assist him got more votes for
Governor than did this model officer:
wandered up to his tent, but the Gene
raj had gone out, but found his lady
there with Mrs. Burdck, Of Decorah, and
Mrs Ranxan, of Waukon, one Of whom
recognized me. received from Mrs. Tut
tie polite and pressing invitation to stay
to dinner and await her husbands return,
which gladly and willingly accepted.
found Mrs. Tuttle to be one of those
kind, gentle, interesting and intelligent
women which We often meet with in Iowa,
without pride or airs of any kind in conse-
uuen.e Of her husbands nOtoriety
After an hour or two the General return
ed, and introduced myself. He was much
pleased, he said, to see me. He said was
the only one OF all the commissioners who
had yet done him the honor 10 call on him.
found him a man of superior intelligence,
kind and gentle in his manners; noble,
majestic and solderly in his bearing, a fin.
shed gentleman with what call a hand.
some face. He is rather above the medium
size Of men, and when mounted on horse.
back he makes the finest looking officer
ever saw. The soldiers say that he is
perfect lion in battle, and they love and
adore him beyond almost any other officer
in the army, and although by far the larger
part of them will not vote for him, yet it
is out of no want Of respect or love for
him that makes them do it. | spent the
whole OF the afternoon and all of the night
in his tent with him, and a more agreeable
man or more intelligent companion have
seldom met and hope and trust that ere
long another star may be placed upon his
shoulder, as fit and just reward for his
daring and noble conduct on many hard
contested, well-fought, bloody field.
STRANGE INcIDENr.- A singular incident
occurred at Secretary Chase's house on
! Thursday evening lust as the marriage