The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-02-01
News and Items.

News and Items.
Cyrus Uamlin, eldest son of the vice
president, has been commissioned . brira.
der general.
A fifteen cent fractional brandy or other
suitable reward is offered for such infor.
nation, rs will lead to the discovery OF
one single military honor, Cyrus has ever
carried Off
a farmer in N. Y. whose taxes were
" Ss six years ago, has to pay 1888, 40
for 1864 on the same property, but says
he "can't stand it great WHILE" An ex.
change says the government will probably
sell him out to somebody who can.
1t is common and favorte notion with
many people that the morning air is the
purcst and most bracng; but the very
opposite is the fact. The air is more full
OF dampness, fog, and miasma, at about
sunrise, which the sun, however. soon
dissipates. Medical Journal.
We know q good many strong advocates
Of the Journal doctrine hereabouts.
Tew be suckcessrul polly tysian nan
should be buttered on both sides and then
keep away from the fire.
The coolest joke of the season was per-
pe'rated by the Richmond Dispatch, when
It pronounced the loss Of Fort Fisher "a
blessing in Disguise" A pretty effectuaI
disguise" we should say.-NI. Sentinel.
New York State has sent four hundred
and thirty-seven thousand seven hundred
and one men TO the war.
Newspapers are not all in starving
condition. The three pr,prietors Of the
Chicago Tribune pay taxes on about $26,.
600 income each; Wilson of the Journal
has an income of $685. and Storey Of
the Times about $4,000. The income
of Potter Palmer Of Chicago is $333, 4s5.
OF Aster Of New York, over $500, 900; Of
A. 7. Stewart over 1900, 900.
Russians are said to be excellent at in.
vitatiuns, but poor in invention.
A gentleman named Worm,cood petition.
ed the N. Y. Legislature for change of
name, and closed Ivy saying. "surely no
gentleman Of taste will object to it.
1t is said that King Highw;nes is the
greatest monarch now in America he rules
the camp and the council chamber. One
dstil'er in Pa. pays 1925, 900 government
tax.
The lowest sum accepted BY beggar in
Richmond is S. in currency.
The literary style Of asking for slice
OF ham at diuner is. an thank you for
an elegant extract from Bacon"
Iowa is not only out Of the draft, but
has 5000 men to apply on future calls.
1t is an honor to be citizen of Iowa.
An effort is being made through the
Legislatu of ILL., to make Chicago the
capital Of that state.
The powder boat" experiment before
Fort Fisher is said to have cost only $780,
O00 That's the way the money goes"
The total population of the city Of st.
Louis, is 1880.
"Soldiers mus. be fearfully dishonest"
says Mrs. Darlington, "as it seems to be
nightly occurrence for sentry to be reliev-
ed Of his watch"
The Rev. Mr.. Beecher said in one Of his
recent sermons: 1.-The nation, in voting
for Abraham Lincoln, voted to double its
taxes" True But Mr.. Bsecher was very
careful to avoid all allusion to that fact
before election.
OF the soldiers from Ohio, twenty six
per cent have left families at home.
The internal revenue receipts in Gin
cinnati amount to an aggregate Of $1,000
600 since 1852
The lunatic asylum in Paris will cost
three million of dollars.
In Pennsylvania there are $4,000 public
schools, with 10000 teachers, and 100, 900
pupils.
rtsre soy. 6"A -hnnirzd SOS of small
pox in New York city week before last,
resulting in forty deaths.
A fund is being raised for the erection
Of statute of the late Mr.. Everett. The
franklin Medical School, Boston, gave
81 900 to the fun .
The first decision of Chief JUS ice Chase, in
the supreme court ofthe United States, was
that West Virginia is legally state. The
decision was given on the question of plac
ing the name Of the state on the list when
calling the docket.
Mr.. SALISBURY, the Senator from Del
aware, in opposing Mr.. Wilson's bill to
free the families Of cQlored volunteers.
employed the familiar language Of the de-
caying dynasty:
II do not wish to hear speeches on the |
evils of slavery, or the wickedness of slave,
~. / wish t. meet the question in this |
light: Have We the power, have we the
under the Constitution of the |
United States, to pass bill Of this kind p
The people mean that the law Of the
and hereafter shall not b. quoted against
the law Of God.-NR Sentinel
John Brown, whose ''soul is marching
,n," dida't mean that the law of the lard
should be quoted against the law of God.
A writer from Richmond says coffee is
worth forty dollars per pound, and one
lollar in gold is worth sixty Of Gu rency.
One thousand one hundred and fifty.
our nominations, principally military, are
low before the senate military committee,
awaiting their action.
A few greedy adventnrers have combin-
ID to obtain from the Pennsylvania legisla
ure an act to give them the fee simple Of
he bed Of the Allegheny river in the oil
region. Its value is estimated at $40, 1000,
200.
The quota Of Wisconsin under the last
call, is 1856.
A worlds convention of spritualists will
be held in New York, on the 23nd of
February.
The nomination of Chas. A. Dana to tho |
assistant secretaryship Of war, to Gil the