The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-04-18
News aud Item 8.

short of point lace and her father pinned
ten $1,000 greenbacks to her vicl. !! Il. ID.
Ingersoll, now of the Muscatinc Journal
and author Of "Thc Colonies OF Iowa"
dcnounces the story that he is begging the
Legislature of the State to purchase copies
of his work at the public expense. We
are glad of this--both on Links account
and our own. Being one of ''the Co.'s"
in an humble way, we should rcgrel to have
people taxed to pay for or life. And be-
sides we are not dead yet and hence arc in
no condition for obituary notices ......S.
NJ. Booth has broke connection with the
Milwaukee Wisconsin,. He, like others Of
his crazy opinions, goes east where fanati-
cism is not so well subdued as it is in the
west......D. S. Dickinson died in New
York, suddenly, of hernia or rupture.
Once a prominent pcmocrat--thcn sup
porter of Davis and breckenridge at Char
lesion and Baltimore-thcn an intensely
loyal Lincoln man--thcn silent Cor year
then johnson man--now silent
forever !..... Hogan. NJ. c. Of Missouri,
said in a recent speech that the present
Congress was collection Of magazine
writers for the Glale. \ good HIT.
Alex. W. Randall wrote to the johnson
meeting at Elmira, n. u. saying: "Thcrc
is no excuse for the war upon the rrcsi-
dent He win outlive it. His policy en-
braces the only constitutional mode of set
Ting our difficulties" Aleck. is "a copper
head and traitor" though an assistant p.
NJ. General, Ex-Governor Of Wisconsin,
ex-minister to Rome, ''loyar' orator Of
the west in the canvass Of 1864, &C., &c.
......Congrcss is piling up millions OF ex-
pense in ordering the publication Of docu-
ments not worth the labor Of mailing. The
Gin. Cam. iRep,l says this is anpardona'
able.
Columbus, Sandusky, Toledo and Day.
| ton are some of the many important Ohio
cities that have gone democratic......R Rive,
, men say Lake Pepin will not Sesame
: till the 18th of this month. If the wealth
, er continues it will not open till Indian
: Summer. DIR. c. A. White, state geo!o
( gist will visit Clayton and Allamaket
G counties preparatory to the commencement,
of his stony expedition. Kelly.
ghost paid the widow visit and told he,
, he was sin purgatory at present. Said
: she, ''what sort of a place is it?' ''Faix
, its about halfway between you and HEAVIER
and sthand it aisy after lawn you" .....
E VIM. Backhouse, of Fayette Co., Indiana
seduccd Miss Mary L. Lake and a jury
gave her 81 600 for the damage. The
senators who voted for the Civil Rights Bill
, over the Veto were each presented with q
boquet from the colored ladies of Wash.
i, ington. The flowers of colored ladies
must have been exquisitely aromatic to the
olfactories of the 'loyar' dcstructionists..
Hon. A. w. Hubbard, of this state, de.
sires a reelection to Congress. New.
burg, Mitchell County, is to have a bridge
across the Cedar worth 81 1900. Cedar
Falls is moving to establish Starch Man
ufactory.. The funeral expenses of Mr..
Lincoln are provided for by a Cong. APP
preparation of Three Hundred Thousand
dollars! Government bonds, be it rcmem-
bercd are exempt from taxation and the
Treasury is too much depressed to give the
war-heroes any equalization of bounty.
| Rless ia UvOt q hepnles ~
Capt. T-t-t-om -El-Levins of Dubuque,
one of the Oldest miners and one of the
best hearted gentlemen of that city, except
Charley Hewitt, Jno. Rusk, Jones, Plus
Emerson (Oh, what misnomer !! 10.
Rhomberg, Capt. Playter and several
others who are his equals, has struck lead
of lead that will make him a fortune. This
is not the first strike of Capt Lcvins, but
the liberal heart that bumps inside of him
generally suggests division of his luck
with friends and he has so many of them
that Tom comes out minus after divide.
The Madison Democrat and the Capt.
toll Wis are to be united and run as a
conservative paper, titled the Union. Each
of these papers has been credit to the
state, Astounding in sharp things and most
ably edited; what the partnership will re-
suit in no one can guess farther than this
The Union will be the nonparcil of the
State of Wisconsin. If Hyer and Col.
Calkins will allow US to come and see them
we will tell them the balance. We arc
highly grati6ed to see this Union Of two
personal friends whom we have always es-
i. teemed :. There are three million bushels
. wheat now in store at the various points
On the river and railroads in MINI.
Quicksilver has advanced ten cents the
+. pound. =. Gov. Morton has returned to his
I home in Indiana. He is not much improv
. ed in health.
Six Of the largest cities Of Mexico arr
! given as follows: The City Of Mexico
) 300, 900; Puebla, $4,000, Guadalajara, 20,
GOO; Guanajuanto, 10000; Queretare, 4S,
600; Matamoras, 4l,000... The death o
e e Mormon bishop is thus announced in I
}. Salt Lake paper: ''He was thirty-sevel
years old, and leaves an interesting famil.
g Of eleven wives and forty-scven small
a children TO mourn his DEATH" ......A ffteel
4 cent postage stamp is being printed wit
: the portrait of Abraham Lincoln on II
face. The Quartermaster's sales of an
finals since May 1, 1865, comprise lOS,75
: horses and lo3,432 mules; total 2l2,ls
q animals; for which the Government has re
: ceived the sum of Sl4,62l ,O22.. Con
pound interest notes received at the Treas
!. ury in exchange or for redemption are t