The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-20
Divorce-Negro Soidiers-Nfa sonic.


Divorce-NegroS oidiers-Nfasonic.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 10Th, 1865.
EDiroRs TINES A divorce case (strange
case now-a-daysD Of little interest Is before the
courts in this city That there is nothing
ELECTED which would shock modesty in the evi.
dence, is apparent from the fact that said eyi.
dence is not paraded in our afternoon "family
paper.,'
The case, as near ss can learn, is this
Mr.. M. is a man of limited means and mod
crate expectations-Mrs. NJ. has great expec.
tations and draws on her chubby" for means.
Mr. M. deemed it economy, If not necessity, to
go for small rents, and hence, small dwell.
ing house. Their hired house was less odor-
Gus in smells of sweet character than the
olfactorics OF madame were educated to by
the readings of the Ledger and other novel
monthlies. She grew disguised with the fate
tha1 compelled her to endure such plebean pri
vations, and having tried every stratagem Of
woman's knowledge box, to secure "respec.
table establishment" as she said, and failed in
all, she then turned her attention to that last
resort Of mis- matched lovers-the CouaTs. She
now seeks to rid herself of the primary cause
of all her troubles-her Man. Among the
troubles which induced the action for divorce,
were "The chimney smoked" though she
did not attempt to prove that it chcwed or
snuffed-that "the cellar was full of water
that "the air in the neighborhood is unwhole-
some and effluv:ous"-that "tle neighbors are
immoral and filthy" and that her health had
been impaired while living in the nasty place."
Good and sufficient reasons for dissolution
much less, in Indiana. would have been enough
but the Wisconsin Courts fail, rs yet, to zee
the connection between the prudent conduct Of
NJ in the matter of rents, and the necessity
of a divorce. What pity it is she cannot
have her way in so triaing domestic affair as
trading off her husband for the prospect Of
better neighborhood! Oh, "Woman, thy name
is Fralty'-sometines. The immortal Shake
spcare wrote that sentiment, but thirty years
observation learns US that Man is about as
frail as Woman, and hence, we decline quoting
this remark without a protest against the ex-
elusive and sweeping charge TIMES EDS
The Hindostanees have proberb, or adage,
that eff you battle dogs tail in oil and bind
it in splnters, you cannot get the crook out Of
it" A womans persistent determination, in
anything she attempts. is equally impervious
to Cancellation or to force. We object to this
conclusion new dress, bonnet, set of furs,
or .uv oy;dopca If rar, ri mr. Love v,;ll INV
quer a wile-and make her rs weak in fight
as "any other"-maa. This is said by the old
of the TIMEs-the junior has had no expert.
ence, and, of course, is know nothing on the
subject]
Our city is honored now by the prese nee OF
two or three hundred soldiers of the coored
persuasion. Whence they came, where they
are destined, and how long they will accept the
freedom Of their city .favorites. are questions
yet to be answered. The "Main ques ion,"
as they say in Congress both parliamentary
and literally, is, care they black p This was
answered satisfactorily in our case, and there
Camp RENO, splendid Thanksgiving dinner,
begged Of the city by those who run such fan.
cy engines of progress, was given them the
tables were waited on by the friends of "equal
ity,' including, of course, number of deciu.
ing or hopeless old and young females loaded
with glossy ringlets and waterfalls, taken,
doubtless, from the heads of those who were
years ago wrapped in "the cerements of the
grave" little ridiculous, perhaps, was this
white-and. black reversion Of position, to those
who ''begged to be excused" from participa.
ton in the social "miscegenation" of modern
orodorthy but all went off we'll. only the pro-
ccedings were somewhat too highly "flavored''
even for the special friends of the "freedmen
defenders of our Qate) Constitution. Yes.
terday. "By request of Many Citizens the
dusky heroes paraded the streets, greatly 10
the delight of their admrers-hcarty bursts of
applause welcomed this new and valuable cle
mental blood, at every corner Of our streets.
A subscription paper is in circulation, we learn,
to raise funds to buy parlor stoves and mattras.
ses 70: their barracks, and to provide for them,
as BARRIERS, when the safety Of the nation will
allow them TO be mustered out of that service
which they have 80 greatly honored.
Last Wednesday, the Masons Of Wisconsin
assembled here to the number Of three hun
bred, for the elections and installation Of off
GERS. The Knights, led by the band, paradcd
the principal streets. dressed in full regalia-
they made fine appearance. At evening,
supper, wine, speeches, toasts and a dance
came off at the NEwHALL. All were delighted
with the re union.
THREE YEARS IN THE WAR.