The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-04-04

Anythtmgs.
The whitewater Register 10 on our table
with complimentary to tho TrxEs. 1fRANS
ever comes to McGregor, invites US to billiards,
scoops Us, a. he did before, and then laughs at
our vsrdansy, he'll catch goed-lemon made OF
something stronger, We dare you to come
ovsr....,.B Bishop McClosky 10 immensely heavy
on the Fenians. He says no mothers son oi
them can gel further than pargatory. II We
were sure Of that we would join the society the
first opportunity. Seriously, the Church will
not absolve Fenian. and this Of itself lin OUT
opinion), however light in the estimation ol
Protestants, will break the order to pieces..-..
A temperance meeting is now called collec.
ton Of waterspouts. blscksmiths have har-
dened vices. women should beware Of them
......An insane man called Sterling King, cap.
tursd at Louisville, says he killed Lincoln
Booth is alive in Cuba-Mrs. Suratt was in.
inocsnt. He also says he, alone, attacked Sc v.
ard and his son. After confossing this to Gen
JEFF. c. Davis, he asked for "a pen.knifs and
proceeded to open vein with the design ol
committing suicide. He was stopped. Of course
and is now held for future examination ....-T The
papers say that Gen. Grant has cut of his
whiskers. This is a big newspaper item!...-.
1t ia said the Devil must have entered Paradise
ct night. because he came after Eoc......Two
lrishmen were drinking toasts to Corcorans .
N. Y. regiment. One says, "Herss to tho
69th-,he last in the field and the fret to lave
it." "You don't name that" said the other
"Thc divil don't; what thin do l name p
Tis this: Here's to the 69th-aiquH to
none" Drinks followed this correct ton, of
course.-A seamstress is now called Miss sev
and sc,o .. Cain hated his brother as long as
he was 1.-THE Sparta Herald says the
orc of Jackson county, Wis, can be cheaply
made into soft malleable iron. There are
immense quantities of it. The value 10 IS to
80 per cent. Hampstead of Milwaukee, or
Pomeroy, Of La Crosse, Sc nds Is several po.
etc compositions, set to music. One of the
productions is from Pomeroy We are obliged
for the favor, of course, but as We are not hef.
ty on music, and doubt very Sc riously the Pc.
gasus qualities of our friend "Brick," We can.
not "hyfalutin" much over the receipt Our
better half and her lady visitors have pianoed
all of them to pieces, We expect. Hampstead
Of Milwaukee is good music dealer.".A A
Roberts Fenian named McC ormck, endeav.
ored to organize Circle ut ST. Paul. Father
Ireland "a most appropriate name) got up and
gave the whole business splendid airing
Mccormick quit the field .... We often receive
beautiful newspapers of a new issue, request.
ing an exchange. We once we're soft enough
to puff them like steamboat, and that was the
last Of their attention to Us. We have qui,
that. Advertising circulars, concerts and news
papers, or blowing up local business men with
out pay, is not profitable to US, and we won's
do it. If a puff is worth anything to Mr..
Smith or Mr.. Jones, it should be paid for; il
not, Messrs. Sand J. have no use for is..-.
Miss Clara Barton, the "loyal" 'youug" lady
who has been collecting the names of missing
soldiers, recently received SIS 900 for the pat
riotc, self sacrificing job. She is from Mass.
achusetts, Of course, and congress recognized
her purity of motive" Soldiers 60 withou,
bounty, but this toothless old schcmer gets q
fortune at one sweep. The Fall River Moni
tor and the New Bedford Standard (both Re-
publican journals) very properly deaeunce such
conduct on the part of congress.