The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-12-07


some other man Of course. The question
requiring this answer is asked by som,
silly head correspondent Of an eastern
paper. %. The Queen of Portugal is now in
he, list year. Egypt, this year, will
raise 100 millions worth Of cotton Ohio
produced 7 million pounds Of maple suga,
in 1864. Gen. Washington, Gen. Scott
and Gen. Grant are the only It, Generals
known in our military history. -. 1t is now
admitted by Republican papers that Ali
gust Belmonte is not Jew and that he
had no connection with house engaged in
the handling Of Confederate Bonds. "Good
enough Morgan till after election ~ =. =.
Since the election the demand on New
England factories for woollen goods of a
military character has largely increased.
Two Oyster dealers, of Boston, made
a bet on the election. The loser was to
buy barrel of. shell oysters in Providence
Rhode Island, and wheel. barrow them to
Boston. Such foolish bets are not credit
able to the parties making them. We see
that jackass in New York was policea
the other day for drawing riotous crowd
about him while fulfilling the terms of a
burlesque bet. A McC. man wheeled a
Lincoln man through the streets of Spring
field, Mass. The wheeler had six blown
bladders about his neck-the wheeled man
smoked regaia on the trip; the crowd
was immense, but the next day 81 fine
was paid by Little Macs" man for wheel
ing on the sidewalk. Served him right
Miss Muller, of Berlin, demands $4,000
Of Mr.. Peter Bernard, of N. Y, for. .seduc
ton. Peter says he wasn't to blame, as
the lady was the oldest and should have
Known better than to seduce youth |!
A yankee editor has stored away his ex
changes for several years and is now selling
them al three cents piece. LIT is said
that the brave Phil. Sheridan has captured
artillery from the rebels as fast as all their
machinery can make it. San Francisco
has population Of 10000. "A family
in Salem, Mass, have small portion of
the original tea that raised the devil in
Boston harbor. An inventor waited on
the Duke Of Wellington with "bullet-
proof vest" The Duke proposed to test
it on the person Of the inventor, but while
the preparations were making, the ingenius
cuss left the room and was not heard of
after. ...JEFF. says: (Thanksgivingly, ),
"God has vouchsafed US many signal vic
torres" The Charleston Mercury says
sour late disasters have caused the re
constrnctionists to raise their heads ~ The
Sunday Times asks if JEFF. and the Mer,
curry Editor will eat off the same kind OF
Turkey?.. The French ladies not only
dye their hair red or yellow, wear striped
hose and abbreviated dresses, but they car.
~ walking sticks or canes, and in these
canes are swords to repel attacks Of the
grosser sex. What do our American pro
gressive ladies think Of these steps in the
march of Improvement. 1t is rumored
in foreign journals that Denmark has Of.
fered to sell all her w. India possessions
to the United States. Denmark may be
poor enough 70 sell, but really we cannot
see where Uncle Sam is rich enough to
buy Gen. Lee forbids the use of con.
scripts for pickets-sO many having desert.
ed. -. A man died in Waterbury, Conn.,,
who on examination was found to he the
owner of but one kidney !....A patriotic
lady in Jackson, Michigan, marries all who
enlist, if she can receive the bounty money.
The marriage of the Crown Prince OF
Denmark and the Swedish Princess is
broken off. :. The Richmond Enquirer
says: "Confederato currency has ceased to
be standard Of value" Is the Confeder-
ate ensign any better?. The Paris spec
ulators have "the waters Of Jordan in
which to bathe or baptise those who re.
gard the sacred fluid' as of merit.
Billings says: woman will sometimes
confess her sins, but not her faults."-
"Thare is only one advantage kin see ir
goin to the devil and that is-the road i,
easy and you are sure to git there" 81
am violently opposed to ardent spirits as a
beverage, but for manufacturing purposes
l think a leetle Of it tastes good" Gen
Butler, in his speech at New York, pro
poses Peace to the rsbels by the 9Th o
January. II not accepted by that time
then DETERMINATION. Offer them the Con
stitution and tho Laos, General, and il they
refuse to accept, you will find unitet
North against them Gen. Tom Thuni
and lady embarked for Europe few days
since, :. 4. The two millions willed to Gen
Butler are reduced to 5000 900, one hall
the assets goes to the General, the other to
the widow and son Of the deceased.
Richmond papers come through now a.
regularly as they did before the war. :.
Petroleum, is discovered in St. Clair Co
Michigan =. The bridge between Cincin
natl and Covington will cost one million and
a half Of dollars. 1t will be 80 feet abov,
highwater and 400 feet longer than Nlagars
bridge. ;. Brignoli, who has been cheeret
in the musical circles Of America, has beer
hissed out Of Spain, as a singer with Z
nasal twang.". "A French lady wore a
muslin dress at Dieppe alta party. Th'
u Il -
259 francs 80. One half Of the postal 81
cent pieces are counterfeit. The Dutcf
(Hollanders) have long had the exclusiv,
trade Of Java, Japan and many Of the ricl