The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-12-02

| ooWe eaSteTh EeilGlonlStS suggest the eS.
Enlistment Of an order of Protestant
Sisters to look after those sick and unfor.
tunatc ones who hold it but slight choice
between dying and being waited on by
Catholic Sisters !! :. The Iowa contest for
o. S. Senator to fill Grimes place is begin.
ming to brew little. 1t was talked in the
canvass that j. w. G. was the man for
sure, but Kirkwood and Warren, and Cur.
It's, and KasSon have friends, and no such
prize as this will pass to Grimes without a
| struggle. -. b. Gra.z Brown, Editor Of
the Missouri Democrat, and an intense
radical was elected recently by the Missou-
ri Legislature to the short Senatorial seat,
while Henderson, the conservative, was
elected to the long term. Two years of
radical to six years of conservative that's
the proportion. 80. Chicago has contracted
for a two mile tunnel into the Lake to Sc
cure drinking water for the city. The
cost will be, by contract, over $500, 900.
This work when completed will rank with
the Colossus Of Rhodes, the Appian Way
Of Rome, the Chinese Wall, or any other
great work in historic Architecture.
The Methodists of Columbus, Ohio, have
raised funds for the building Of church
that shall not be an echo to the voice of
political trimmers.. -. In the Lansing Un-
ton We notice Thanksgiving poetic med
ley of column length. SAM, are, you
trying your hand at the old busine sgain?
80. Brigham Young boasts he can see
more gold and silver from the door. Of his
house than would equal the currency of the
world; but he is fearful of opening the
mines lest an unnanageable set Of miners
may come there aud scoop the Mormons
out OF Utah. From Denver to Colorado
City there IS station called Pretty Wo.
mans Ranch" Who wouldn't like to live
there?... The Mark Lane Express says
the English crops are the best on record
....Col. Walker, the daddy of the Milwau-
kee Horse Railways, says feed is so high
and custom is so low that his cars must
dry up; the omnibus and livery men are
mad about ill.,. Lansing papers give US
pleasant accounts Of Temperance revival
at that place among groom men there who
can be most benefited by the reform. We
should be pleased to commend McGregor
in this regard. Who will begin the music
here. We havn't time to attend to it.
GEO. PAUL, Esq, the able editor of the Mil
waukee Daily Nesos, has been presented by
his friends with gold headed cane, prop
erly inscribed, as testimonial of the es-
TEEN in which he is held as writer and
gentleman. He deserves wagon load of
canes with pound of gold on the head of
each. In New York City 1850 con-
scripts have "put out " since the draft
80. Some editor tells Of a patriotic friend
Of his who was found saving wood for a
war widow at II o'clock at night. Would
not the.wife Of that patriot prefer to have
her husband hire the saving done or else
take daylight to finish the job? "You
bet."... Gov. Dodge, of Wisconsin, re-
Gently became member of the Episcopal
Church. He is 81 years old. ;. Peat has
been discovered in great quantities and of
good quality, in Minnesota Nichols
Of the Chicago Insurance paper, and an
Insurance man himself of great distinction,
has had his carte de uisete sent for by the
General Insurance Director at New York
The editor aforesaid is tickled shereat and
solaceth himself. JOHN, maybe the old
New York cuss wants it for detective pur-
poses. 80. The Baptists have increased in
Sweden from no church at all to 161 in the
last twenty years. -. The Methodist Epis-
copal Church has appropriated $4,000 to
send pastors to the redeemed portion Of the
South. 800. Bishop Hopkins Of Vermont, is
one of the ablest men IT. the Episcopal
Church but he has not sufficency of ia.
natacsm to be considered "loyal." In
Monroe county, N. Y, 900 bushels of On.
ions were raised on three quarters of an
acre of ground. Tears almost flow from
our eyes because We did not plant onions.
....Storey, of the Chicago Times, says the
fasting Of the rebels on certain occasion
drew victory in thirty days, while our
.teasting Of the Goth brought victory to
Grant three days before zoe began the attack
on boned turkey, champagne, etc He
therefore gives the preference to Feasting
There is only change of one letter, after
ALL. :. Lord Palmerston now so years Of
age, is charged in the courts with seducing
a young Irish lady Of 90! Don't this
beat the devil entirely ?. The Chicago Tri.
bune is fernenst Messrs. Blair and Bates of
the Cabinet, and calls Halleck a =" cabbage
head" The poodles of N. Y. ladies are
now charged one dollar week for board.
Nothing is said about " Washing. An.
drews, the New York rioter, is out of Fort
Lafayette and on trial before the courts.
80. The BARRIERS Of Chicago now charge
Is cents shave. :. T.. Thirty editors and
printers were killed at Chickamauga. !. -. .
A Swedish songstress named Enequist is
said to be equal to Jenny Lind. Maxi
MILAN parts his hair in the middle" II
he is half as smart and has half the swell
that Fremont has, the Prince will make Q
bully Emperor for the Greasers. :. Il. Ire.
land is losing most of her young men BY
emigration.... Contrary to first reports j,