The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-03-16

News and Items.

News and Items.
D. N. Cooley, of Dubuque, is nominate'
as commissioner of taxes for South Carroll
ma.
Captain Wordcn is in command Of tn
j. D. Perry-St. Louis to Memphis. Lei
Eldred will clerk the Canada with Captain
Parker-Davenport and St. Louis in tn,
spring and through to ST. Paul in the sum
mer.
Dubuque is preparing against genera
visit of the small pox. McGregor shoule
also provide pest house and employ ply
sicians to see that all our people are vac
cinated. We must not be unprepared-
there is no telling when this loathcsome
disease will strike us.
A western orator tore passion into tat
ters and closed with the following sublime
peroration: FINALLY, my brethren, final
ly, there was Alexander the Great, the con
qucror Of the world he. even lie TUX pi
zen and committed assassination on It's
SELF"
Hon. w. B. Allison sends us the speech
Of Hon. Gen. Garfield, from North Ohio.
The keynote to this speech is: "Whcr-
ever great people desire to do thing
which ought to be done, they will find the
means of doing it," Exactly; whenever
Power wishes to over.r ride the restraints OF
Constitutional Law the job will be dcne.
TO cure chilblains sprinkle salt on cab
bage leaves and place next to your feet; il
enc application does not cure, the second
will. Wear them day and night for eight
or ten days. We know this is effectual: a
stage-driver told US of it 25 years ago, and
we proved its genuineness.
The administration sent soldiers home
to N. H. on condition that they would vote
the dictated ticket. How magnificently
'free' the elections are. We suppose the
toadies will soon deny that Lieut.. Edgerly
was dismissed the service year ago for
voting the Democratic ticket in the Gran
ite State!
If the Prince of Wales lives to be King,
his title will be Edward VII.
Sheriff Mahoney, of Dubuque county,
arrested Mrs. McCardIe and her three sons
for the murder Of her husband and thei,
father few weeks ago. Two of the boys
have been discharged, but it is likely the
mother and one Of her sons will be convic.
ted. Great God! What is this miserable
world coming to-?
"What made you marry that dowdy ~
said female parent to her son. Didn't
you always tell me to get wife jist like my
ma ?" was the dutiful reply.
The quota Of the city of New York is
reduced IL 900, after an investigation.
The Chicago Tribune more than init.
mates that the President is responsible Tor
the recent terrible reverse in Florida.
Gen. Thomas has ordered the removal of
all restrictions relative to newspaper circu-
lation in the Chattanooga district.
Hon. G. c. Cole is appointed 4th Su-
preme Judge in Iowa. The latest convert
gets the most milk!
An effort is being made in the Legsla.
:ure to repeal the apportionment law. We
object to such sudden changes in the laws :;
it is not difficult to accommodate our busi
ness to almost any law if it is let alone.
The destruction Of the Housatonic by a
torpedo in Charleston harbor was dread
ful affair. The Canadaigua went to her as
sstance, but number of brave fellows
were lost.
The flowers on Mrs. Fernando Woods
table at the late Washington levce Of that
lady were labelled "With the compliments
Of Mrs. A. Lincoln" What ,oretc. the
Presidents wife must be!
The local Of the Dubuque Times tells OF
an old bach, who grew stingy Of his hair
oil, and suspecting that the beautiful
daughter of his land-lady used it up too
fast, he substituted "prepared glue" for his
hair oil, and the young girl ST roiled her hair
with it! Wasn't this very coarse re-
venge? Such bach ought to die Of star,
vation, be buried in unwashed clothes, and
have no mother or sister to mourn for him.
In the classic language of R. II. F. NJ, Of
Winona, she's hog!'
The "calls" Of the present day are not
worth "shucks." Why not visit, as we
used to do? take the whole family, stay all
day, eat chickens and talk over all the non
sense that the past month has developed {?
The Abs. seem dreadfully tckled over
the fact that somewhere down South ne.
gro slave was found guarding his Master,
and endcavoring to make him love the
Union. If negro associations are prefera.
bic to white, why not declare at once that
no white person south Of the line Of rebel
dom is fit to associate with the immaculate
blood Of Dahomey, Guinea Coast or Hot
tentot.ry
There are nearly $4,000 voters in Iowa
who have not bowed to the Presidential
edict of "Grand Muggins'' Lincoln. These
O,00o ere "ccpperheads" Of course.
~ General Jackson in his celebrated
South Carolina message Of January 10th,
1884 used the following language:
The right Of the people Of a single State,
to absolve themselves at will, and without
the consent of the other States from their
most solemn obligations. and hazard the