The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-03-02
News and Items.

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$ OF the 23d takes ground directly against tt
}. denomination of Mr.. Lincoln" Senator Pom
roy OF Kansas, signing himself, Chairman N
. tional Rep. Committee, has written lett
condemning the Lincoln movement, and war;
y advocating Chase. The Washin ston REM
lican doubt' its authenticity, but other orca,
OF the Administration say the letter is senuir
| or Mr.. Pomeroy, himself, would repudiate
0 We have no choice
\ John F. Potter, of Wis, is to be the head
I the Negro Bureau at Washington, provide
such Bureau is established by Congress
every appropriate
Voting on the cars has commenced. NJ
Lincoln is ahead thus far.
At Monroe, Wis, Lincoln mass meet;n
was recently held. The mass was not extensive
The London L.der Jeff's English organ
says blockade running don't pay.
Brooklyn shepherd and his beautiful choi,
leader became too thick for the domestic com
fort of the shepherds fcmily, and unpleasant
yarns are spun about it. We were not tber
and hence only give the rumor.
A party of 10 Or Is soldiers by request O
the SUPERFICIAL of the village stole into the oc,
OF the LA Porte NaJ Democrat last week apf
destroyed large amount of material Tn,
citizens condo mn the act, but this does not re
store the property of Mcdonald, proprietor
Morgan. at Columbus, was held as a hostage
for Col. streight of the Union army they both
made their escape in the same underground
way q!
Montreal gets water through pipe 81 miles
long.
New York will vote on the soldiervoting
amendment to their Constitution in March.
The Tribune complains that every train ar
irving there brings regiments of prostitutes to
the city of Chicago.
In crossing the River Credit on the Grand
Trunk Railway, the cars ran off and fell 1873
feet, smashing three employees of the road in
to a jelly. An axle broke, but it was not dis
covered in time to prevent the accident.
Oil has been discovered at Albion, Michigan,
and great excitement exists among thc.Wolve-
rines.
"A pew in "Stone Chapel" Boston, sold re-
Gently at auction for $5,4OO. Mr. Foote is Rec.
tor; the church dates 1857 1t is Unitarian.
Gen. Price has gone to Mexico. Let him
stay there.
River business men are called to meet at
Red Wing on the Mississippi, March 3, to pass
resolutions protecting them from exorbitant
freight tariffs the ensuing season.
"Whiskey Bill" is the most exciting bill ever
Introduced into Congress. Highwines slide up
and down tSn cents every time Washington
Telegraph is received. -,
VIM. Greenwood, "disti ne uished" villain
and murderer of Toronto was to be hung in
that city on Tuesday. Feb %, but on entering
his cell at lO1s O'Clock. he was found dead,
with common towel round his neck, the other
end being tried to the bars of his prison sew
eral feet above his head.
In the Canadian Parliament on a vote con-
Mrs. Wales g. Co., on the birth of a
IS rnce.a sensible member named Mcdonald
condemned such stuff as "snobbery" and moved
to insert ''boy"or "son." The motion carried
The Gin. Gazette is paying lelt-handed re.
spects to Conceal Grant. The General is a
democrat and the fear Of his popularity is what's
the matter
The rebels donot discharge wound ed soldiers
if it is possible to use them in the service
They are cured quickly, mostly by the atten-
ton OF female nurses and reported to quarters
"A writer says he saw fine looking man, ,cittout
lands, grooming artillery horses To the
stumps of his arms were strapped comb and
brush, a9d he was going it like sailor.
The North has enlisted over two millions of
men, and it is now stated that our effective
orce is only 100000 This certainly cannot
be true.
Parson Brownlow's paper is not much well
coined by its late buffers and blowers in the
North. The old bruiser's blasphemy and coarse.
ness are enough to gag whrlwind.
Pat Robb late Of the Missouri Slope, is now
ocal of the Dubuque Herald. Wen call on
'ou, namesake, when the river opens. In the
Meantime we are proud that there is pair of
Is III the Iowa. corps Of editors, to kape the
est of thin straight, jist.
The military standard is reduced to 5 feet.
II the war goes on a year or two longer, the |
onr-ieeters will come in, when the standard |
gets below yard, or the length of ladies
apron,w shall cry out for "Pcace =" at the
hazard of being thought disloyal by our watch
ul cousins of the colored SYMPATHY.
When the steamer Orient sunk last week at
cairo, the wife of Capt. Harton and the brother
IT Gen. Grant were drowned. Mrs. Harton |
vas the eldest daughter of Judge Ira B. Brun-
son of Pr. du Chen.
The Philadelphia Press in attempting to dis
parage McClellan's report, uses the following
'ery truthful language:
"On the whole, Gen McClellan's report will |
mpre1 the reader with three grand things, as
necessary to the war as the war itself. First,
zen. McCle Han ; second, Gen. McClellan's
'olicy third, Gen. McCIelan's strategy"
Forney might have also added that it impress.
'es one by its simple array of indisputable facts
md figures of the stupendous incompetency
Of this Administration to conduct war.
A reb came into camp at Chattanooga and
aid, "fve EFT jist about enough Of Jefiis mule
neat, and now I'm gwine 70 try Old Abes
butcher shop"
A fellow kept bar on the ice at st. Louis
n January. One day he was warming himself
y the fire he had, and the ice gave way and
lnder he went, "lor keeps" His assistant, a |
,oung gent of the Irish persuasion, was stand
ng near and affectionatey exclaimed, "By the
mortal ! if the boss hasn't gone into the cell