The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-10-18
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Judge Halliburton ("Sam Slick" is dead.
Cotton goods are again at high prices;
perhaps the coming Congress will increase
the duties
The Sioux City Register says the horses
recently sold by the government in that
city brought high figures; buyers were ex
cited and the property brought, generally,
more than the real value.
At Pithole, Pa, there are only SO erin.
dimes to 5000 pantaloons!
Secretary Welles is called King Log. His
son is under bonds for insulting some
opera ladies Of St. Louis.
The cholera of Asia and Europe Is alarm
ing our eastern cities immensely. The
call for ss"cleanliness'' is universal, but i,
is not certain after all that ''pure atmos.
phere' is any better preventive than
foul one. The proprietor Of the Chicago
Glue Factory told US two years ago that
out of 800 men and women employed that
only one had been off duty for 1S months,
and if there is a greater agglomeration tf
stinks or villainous compound Of smells
than the Bridgeport portion Of Chicago can
furnish We don't want to find it. People
who live on such gentle" air and refined
food die about as often as raftsmcn, tan
ners, glue makers, miners, butchers, scav.
engers, &c. We make no apology for dirt,
but inssmuch as we were made Of It We
insist that it is not to be ignored entirely;
it may have its uses. q "a -
! 1t is said very fine brandy is now being
distilled from aoater- melons; the first part
of the name has been we'll acquainted with
the brandy which the last few years has
furnished us
Germany is one Of the best school dis
tricts in Europe; "a universities, 16 poly
technic institutions, 500 high schools,
1000 professors and $4,000 students makes
up the German first class learning hunters.
Dew is the condensed moisture of the
atmosphere.
Miss Br, the novelist is over 80;
she has m! lbo, 900 in the last years
with her pen; is said she is cross-eyed
aud has red hair We insist that red hair
is not only popular but Indicates talent
If any black haired genius don't like our
opinion let him pitch in.
Martial law in Kentucky has been revoE.
ed by PROCLAMATION Of the president.
An ordnance has been introduced in
the North Carolina state convention au.
thorizing the issue Of $500 900 in state
bonds to pay the interest and bonds alrea
dy due
Gen. Grant has ordered all colored troops
now in the field to be mustered on. of SER
vice.
The New York Tribune calls everybody
"coppcrhead' who don't measure the
exact length Of its iron (negro) bedstead.
People unable to defend themselves always
resort IN epi,hcts.
The Tennessee legislation tabled the re-
solutions endorsing the presidents recon
struction policy. ....-. ...
AT Petersburgh, Va, q bone mill Is in
operation by a Boston company; the bones
of rebs. and feds. are bought and ground
Gen. Grant is in Washington putting
into execution the plans agreed upcp for
the reduction Of the army to peace foot.
ing.
There has been an attempted revolt in
Hayti in favor of the ex- Emperor Soulique
In some portions of France figs, peaches
and other fruits are so abundant as to be
un-,ransportabls.
Some of the off GERS of Wisconsin cav.
airy regiment and battery have had their
pay stopped for stealing cattl. from friend.
~ Indians and pocketing the proceeds of
their sale.
Santa Anna is enlistng troops at st.
Thomas for the aid Of Juarez. 49,.
The cattle. plague of Europe is said to
have reached New York Give your stock
chambsr-lye and charcoal frequently if y, u
would keep them healthy. Cattle like Il Q
| first and hogs like both; notice their habis
and be convinced Sheep want tar ard
pine bushes; horses want salt as much as
humans.
Some of the friends Of Secretary Seward
admit that he notified the British govern
country, and justify it on the ground that
England notified Us of the rebel raids from
Canada. -sa =
The health Of JEFF Davis is said to be
good in his new and pleasantly situated
quarters at Fortress Monroe. There is
much speculation as to when, where and
how he is to be tried, but nothing is known
vet in relation to it.
! A "lady" Of Richmond shot man last
week because he would not marry her.
She bad been. "his wife, two years bat hi
was fastidious enough to object to the sam.
pile
| The president has released On parole
Alex. II. Stevens, Trenholm, Reagan, Elk.
Gov. Clark, of Mississippi, and John A.
Campbell, Of Alabama, VINO have been here.
to.ore kept in close confinement.
The garrison At Washington is REDUCED
to seven regiments, numbering about 4, oOl
: men. - u
Gov. Brownlow says idlencss will des.
troy the present generation of southern
negroes.
The Dismal Swamp in Virginia, tn.
grounds of Harriet's radicalism, is being
destroyed by fire. = ''.'ra
The revolution in Central America is
still progressing, and the rebels are having
everything their own way.
The chief, Of the Chickasaw and Choc
taw tribes want the government to assis
them with an armed force to carry out th