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SEND the paper containing the first insertion to this
Office for examination. ~
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PLANKETS, ENTIRELY CLEAN AND PER-
u ect in every respect at less price than they can
possibly be bought in elpha,-We feel entirely
sure in saying TO our usomers that this stock of
Blank cts is below competition and invite arson
Of prices with other stores. We are selling fret rate
l0-4 Blanket for $3.50 per pair. We offer Blanket at
ss per pair that sold before the war at this price
offer Blanket at $40 per pair that we sold last year
for over $40. You find any quality Blanket YOU
wish in this stock Grew Blankets So Der pairs Light
Grey, or rab B,anke s. Cradle and Crib Blankets;
keepers Hotels, and Institutions supplied at less than
wholesale prices. r. ID 81 w. IL. PENNELL, No. I02l
Market street. 1927
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16
A DIvoRcE.-A correspondent of the

A DIvoRCE.-A correspondent of the
Volksfeund, writing from "Indana Prai-
rie," April 30, relates the following:
In Sullivan county young married pair,
who had been united in the bonds of we'd
lock about six years, having become some
what mutually disagreeable of late, the
husband, in his anger, FASTENED to law
yer, and took steps to obtain divorce from
his wife. One day he came home to his
wife, and said to her: "Betsy, have full
filed your wish. You said you wished you
were separated from me. Here is the de-
cree of divorce His wife was at first
surprised, but far too indignant to betray
any emotion. She said she was ready to
leave. She only needed to pack up her
goods. She wished he would be present
to see that she took nothing except what
was her own. lie stepped into the ad joins
ing room where the bureau and clothes
press were. The wife proceeded in silence
to take out the clothes, when suddenly her
eyes fell upon small dress, and, quite
overcome, she broke out in convulsive
weeping. he.husband, hitherto an indif-
ferent observer, remarked her emotion, and
discovered the cause. 1t was the dress Of
their only child, little daughter of three
years, who had died almost three years ago.
The husband was not less affected by the
sight than his wife. lie embraced her
with emotion, begged her pardon again
and again, tore the decree of divorce into
thousand pieces, hastcned to the Clerks
office, took out new marriage license, and
and was married Immediately to his late
wife,
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16

The doctrine of polygamy, or of having
many wives, as entertained in Utah among
the Mormons, is one that can never be tot
Grated in the United States, and sooner or
later the Mormons will have to abandon
the docrine or the territory. They have
grown bold enough, at last, to imprison a
United States Marshal for obeying the in
structons of United State Court in op-
posing that doctrine, and to murder in the
open streets man who married one Of the
extra wives of one of their missionaries
We much mistake the character Of our
Government if it will endure such assump-
tons of superior authority among the Lat
ter Day Saints. The United States Court
very properly held that Mormon was on
ly legally welded to his first wife, and that
all his additional ones might marry any
party to whom they might prove accepta-
BILE. The Mormon courts insist that all
the wives of a Mormon are legally bound
to him, and that the Federal authority has
no control over them. The issue is thus
made distinct one, and it remains to be
seen how long the United States Courts
will hesitate before calling upon the Gov
crnment for n sufficient force IN "ompal =
proper submission to their DEGREES.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16

THE CoMING SrArE.-Montana, it is
thought, will be the next territory that
will apply for admission into the Union.
Colorado, with voting population Of less
than ten thousand, is now knocking at the
door of the National Capital, and seeking
admission into the sisterhood of States.
Montana, with larger population and ten
times the resources, will not linger behind.
In Idaho, already the ireipient steps are
being taken, looking to the framing of u
State Constitution, and soon we may ex-
pect to hear that the Seem of the Noun
tains," has added another star to the glori-
Gus galaxy. Of all the Territories, WASH
ington seems to be the least likely to-
emerge from the condition Of Territorial
vassalage, and, judging from the slow pro-
gress she is now making, the child is yet
unborn who will live to see her assume the
proportions of State. Fortunately, the
annexation movement gives to the people
of Walla Walla the hope Of an early es-
cape from lifcless Territory into an ac-
tive State.- Wolla Wa!lo Statesman.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16
OVER THE RIVER.

SThii beautiful poem, by an American writer Nil
Priest, has commanded the adm iration of all reade
during the many rounds 1t has made of the newspape
and magazine press the last ten years.
Overthe river they bcckon to me,
Loted ones whove passed to tho other side
The Aleam OF their snowy robes ] see,
But their voices are lost in the dashing tide.
There's one with ringlets of sunny gold,
AMI eyes the reflection of Heave's own blue;
He c1ossed in the twilight gray and cold.
Ans the pale mists hid him from mortal view
We s'w not the angels that met him there,
The gates of the city we could not see
Over alc River, over the River,
My brother stands ready to welcome me-
Over ae River the Boatman pale,
Carried another-the household pet;
Her bright curs waved in the gentle gale
Darling Minnie, see her yet!
She cossed on her bosom her dimpled hands,
And fearlcssly entered the phantom bark
We witched it slide from the silver sands,
And all our sunshine grew strangely dark,
We know she is safe on the other side
Wh.re all the ransomed and angels be;
Over ihe River. the mystic River,
Mychidhoods idols arc waiting for me.
For Dne returned from those quiet shores
Wlo cross with the Boatman cold and pale;
We lear the dip of the golden oars.
And catch CLEAN of the snowy sail.
Asd 70, they have passed away from our heart:
They crossed the stream aud have gone for aye
We cannot sunder the veil apert
That hides from our vision the gates Of day;
We only know that their barks more
Shall sail with ours on lfe's stormy sea;
Yet somehow on the unseen shore,
They watch and bcckon and wait for me.
And I sit and think when the sunsets gold
u flushing river and hill and shore,
shall one day stand by the water cold,
And list to the sound of the BoatRlans oar;
l shall watch for the gleam of the tapping sail,
shall hear the boat as it gains the strand
! shall pass from sight with the Boatman pale
TO the better shore of the Spirit Land
/ shall know the loved who have gone before,
And joyfnlly sweet will the meeting be,
When over the River, the peaceful River,
The angel of Death shall carry me!
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16
Think Of us when we are gone.

GEN. GEO. w. JONES, in a recent letter
to the Washington Constellation, takes the
hide off of I'D. D." FoRNEy for meddle-
somencss in the political record of men
like Buchanan, Pierce, Jones and others.
We would publish the Generals letter but
Forney is not worth the space. In justice
to our friend. the Ex Scnator-the best
worker that Iowa and the Northwest ever
had in Congress- clip a portion of his
reply to the grovellcr who lives only by
public plunder. JONES may swear occa-
sionally when he forgets his prayers but
he is no time serving sycophant. Candid,
honest, independent, socially warm heart
ed-you can sleep under his hospitable
roof in the city of Dubuque, without fear
of being Iscariot-ed before morning. Who
would trust life, property or character with
the Buffers, Forneys and Stantons of the
late loyal era
Forney and his co-workcrs in defama
ton berate me for. having had two sons
in the rebel army when he and all are
aware that was at Bogota, South Ameri.
ca-tive thousand miles from homG-when
the civil war here, and there too, began,
and when, because Of the great distance
and the non intercourse Of mails between
the two countries, | neither knew of the
war here, of what my sons had done or
were doing that could not, if had de-
sired or tried, have prevented either from
following the dictates of his own mind
both having been educated in the Western
| Military Institute at Nashville Tenn, and
being devoted to the people of the South,
amongst whom the most Of their blood re.
la,ions resided. My sons were both of
mature age, and were well educated, formed
their own opinions, and acted accordingly;
and without fear or the hope of pecuniary
or other reward, as privates, rendered their
service to the side in which they put their
faith, and breasted the storm of battle for
tina. side, what the heroic Colonel dare not
do for his, whilst there was an opportunity
for putting money into his expansive purse,
whether by fair or foul means.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16
RecOIls struCted.


A young woman, possessed of a fine per-
son and property, a member of one of the
Oldest and most fashionable families in
South Carolina, became engaged to young
man III her own grade of life; who was q
major in the rebel service, and was to mar
ry him at the termination of the war if he
survived. If he did not, she was to re-
main ever true to her vows, and, being d
Catholic, had promised to enter convent
and become only the bride of heaven
They were model pair of lovers, and all
who knew them believed they were tho
embodiments of poetry, tenderness and de-
votion to each other ; that they lived what
bards had sung and romanccs had describ-
ed. They were like two blossoms on one
stem--a planet and ray. As usually
happens, fate frowned ON their felicity,
and, jealous of their love, cut the materi-:
al cloud OF the sentimental majors being
at Fort Wagner. Eloisa was mad with
grief, and inconsolable forevermore. Her
parents believed she would not and could
not live and that if she did, she must be
bereft of reason.
Months passed. Charleston fell. Colum-
bia was threatened. Eloisa remained
She was anxious to be slain by the bar
DdIidIis WHO Hau murOercU nef lover. Inc
Union forces arrived, but had something
else to do than kill women, and Eloisa sur
vived in spite of herself She heard that
the regiment was in town that had charg-
cd upon the battalion led by her best-be-
loved, and she resolved to see the colonel
and denounce him as the slayer of her
prince of peace. Eloisa saw him, and had
tremendous scene. The colonel was
handsome and gallant and when the fair
girl thundered, as all her sex do at first,
and then rained, he was touched and in
terested in the unknown woman He COM
forted and consoled her, realizing the truth
OF the idea that the heart is never so sus-
ceptible to a new attachment as when it is
recovering from an old one. In four weeks
she had learned to love the Yankee savage
and expressed her willingness to be his
while he was resigned, as most men are,
to be worshipped by her, if she were bent
on any such folly. They were married in
spite of the threatened anathemas of all
her relatives and friends, and are now in
Europe.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16

SuICIDE.-lt will be remembered that a
Mrs. Rogers, ofGrant County, Wis.,, kill
ed herself and her two boys, about the last
OF March. She was high-minded, intel
lectual woman her husband a coarse, un-
feeling man. 1t is always charitably as
sumed that suicide is the result of partial
if not entire insanity but we have never
believed it. We think people sometimes
leave this world by their own hands as
calmly and as scnsibly as others would
take voyage to Europe. A friend of
ours, prominent politician of Central
Indiana, used to say to us, when talking
of death ~ am so tired!" In two years
after our location here, he shot himself
1t will not do to justify suicide, but the fol-
lowing letter written by the Mrs. Rogers
above mentioned, proves that sound
mind can do the deadly work. The Ian
guage of this lady to her husband, is ono
of the most affecting things we ever read
Well, Lea,
| never expect to see you again, and wish
to let you know little Of what my mind
/ is; | take this way of doing it, for could
not talk with you if you were here. have
made up my mind that we cannot live
agreeably together. have thought so q
great many times. don't want you to
think it is the damning you gave me this
morning that makes me feel so altogether,
but it is a thousand times. You think
don't perform the duties of a wife at ALL
and | think if don't, am perfectly will
ling to let some one else try it. l shall
take the boys with me SO that when YOU
come home tonight you will be happy and
free, Tor free at least,) and all ask is to
bury us decently. And l wish you would
get some tombstones for the boys. l sup
pose you may wish l had left the boys,
but cannot leave them. know you will
feel bad at parting with them, but know
your natural disposition too well to leave
them with you. am going to wash lit
tie so there will be some clean clothes to
lay us out in. l hope you may enjoy your
self better when am with YOU no more,
and go on your way singing and rejoicing.
Everything seems mournful to-day to me,
but it will not last many hours. l have
lived in fear ever since we have lived to-
gether. had rather be in hell than to
tremble with fear of being damned every
time you come in. The fact is, am tired
of such life and am going to try to blot
it out with strychnne. Remember that |
have tried as hard as any woman could to
please her husband; but all in vain.
Good by, forever.
Think OF us when we are gone.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16
McGREGOR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1866.

Post Office Bill for vcrtooally deprivin tho
President of the apontin power. and he
couldcnt get away from that hilalutin dem
agog.
| hev given you the account Of the Cab
net mectin jest as | heerd it, without YOU
chin for its truth in evry partickler, bu,
you will probly :agrec with me that it is
jest as likely as not.
The RUNNER is that Harlan intends to
resign. Ef he does it will be the first
pruff he has ever given that he luves his
kentry. 1lopin that for wonst he will she
hisself paytryit. remain,
Yours allus,
A DIsBANDED VOLUNTEER,
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16
From Rev. VIM. Smith, formerly Pastor of the Vincel
ta,x and llyiIl i \ Ralti Churches /
III

From the Rev. Joseph H. Kennard Pastor of the 10th
Baptist Church
Ihave been frequently requested to connect my name
with concentrations of different kinds of medicines
but regarding the practice out Of my appropriate
sphere have in all declined; but with clear
proof in various instances and particularly in my
family, of the usefulness of Dr. Hoohands German Bit.
ers depart from usual course, to express my
ull conviction that for general debility Of the system
aud especially for Lirer Complaints, ii IS safe and
raudble preparation In some 1t may fail; but
usually doubt not, it will be very beneficial those
Who suffer from the above Truly yours
J. Ii. KENNARD, Eighth below Coats st.
Philadelphia, Dec. "a, 1864.
Rev. J. s. Herman, of the German Reformed Church
Kutztown, Berks Co., Pa, cured of Dyspepsia o
years standing -
A. NJ. Spangler, Editor of the Ctuyist No. 25 North
Sixth street. PHIL says this Bitters recommended
To him by medical friend and six bottles cured hin
of complete prOstration of tho nervous system.
Rev. J. Newton Brown, d. D., Editor of the Encylo
pedn of Religious knowledge and Christian Chronicle
Phiadx.; Rev. Thos. Winter ID. D., Pastor Of Roxbor
ough Baptist Church Rev Levi g. Beck Pastor of tht
Baptist Church, Pemberton, N. j., formerly of ths
North Baptist Church, Philadelphia, at present Pastor
Of the Baptist Church, Chester Pa-These gentlemen
express in tho strongest TERMS their favorable opinion
Of this Bittcrs.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16
False calves have made their advent I'M
Glnvafap1 n Tho DI.inIoolnr

False calves have made their advent I'M
Cleveland, O. The Plaindealer says:
"Wc have a very startling arrival to
chronicle: False calves have come to
town! They arrived a day or two ago.
There are two kinds, One is stuffed with
hair-the other with saw-dust, tie latter
Of course being the cheapest. Yesterday
afternoon, young lady with fitting hoops
and false calves was perambulating thro'
the park, when suddenly one of the calves
burst. Our readers can imagine the re-.
suit. The poor young lady could be trac-.
ed by a trail Of saw-dust from Rouse $
block to the post-office. Excuse tear.
Thus the maiden, who entered the park in
form resembling the Venus de Medicis,
and emerged therefrom in state of spin
dle-shanked angularity Her great mis-
take consisted in not getting hair calves
they being less liable to burst, and Of a
more pliable nature. Believe US, dear la
dies, if you uiU wear the new-fangled inn
provcments on natures pattern, that the
hair style is the cheapest. We presume
the young lady tainted when she learned
the extent of her misfortune. But, as an
exchange says, what's the use of railing ut
false calves-they arc mere matter Of
form ~
Are not such inventions cowardly?
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16
Rea Il who Says So:

From the Rev. W. d. seigiried Pastor of Twelfth Bap
tist Church, Philada.
Gentlemen: have recently been laboring under the
distressing effects of indigestion, accompanied by a
prostraton of the nervous system. Numerous rene
tested, but without relief Your Hoofand's German
Bitters were recommended by persons who had tried
tLem and whose favorable mention Ut these Bitters in
duced me to try them. must confess that had an
aversion to Patent Medicines from the "tho,Isand and
one quack ..Bitters' whose only aim seems to be to
palm off sweetened and drugged liquor upon the COM
munity in sly way, and the tendency OF which,
fear, is to make many confirmed drunkard. Upon
learning that yours really medicinal preparation
took it with happy effect. 1t action not only upon
the stomach, but upon the system prompt
and gratifying. feel that have derived great and
permanent benefit from the use of few bottles.
Very respectfully yours.
WI. SEIGFRIED, No. 254 Shackamaxon st.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16

QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE FENIANs.-A
London correspondent of the New York
7i.ibue writes:
''An interesting anecdote of the Queen S
humanity and attachment to her army has
just come to my knowledge. You may have
noticed in the news from Ireland the trial
of Sargoant Darr"h for Fonianisn,, of
which he was found guilty and sentenced
to be shot. When the warrant was brought
to the Queen'for signature, her consent was
urgently solicited ON the ground Of the ne
cessity of making an example, and at
length obtained, though she burst into tears
in the act of according it. Within an hour
afterward she sent for the warrant again
and tore it to pieces-and God bless her for
it! The act will effect more toward extir-
pating Fenianism in the ranks-if it exists
there--than all the constables, spies, law
yers, judges, and hangmen within the fair
seas of Britain could do"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16

A clergyman on ono occasion receiv-
ed no fee for marrying parsimonious
couple, and meeting them several months
after in social gathering, took up the ba-
by and exclaimed II believe l have q
mortgage on this childr' Baby's father,
rather than have an explanation before
the company quietly handed over IS bill.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16

Themistocles had daughter to whom
two men We're wishing to make love one
was very rich, but D simpleton, and tho
other poor, but a very wise man. The
father preferred the latter, saying had
rather have man without riches than
riches without a man
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16

The fastest time recorded as having
been made by a Mississippi river steamer
was made by the Nominee a few years
ago. She made the rosand trip from Galcna
to St. Paul and return in fifty-fve hours
and nine minutes, distance of not less
than eight hundred miles. The Itasca
made excellent time in coming from st.
Paul this week. She left that city at ten
O'Clock, a. M, on Sunday, and arrived at
our levee in Dubuque at l-2 o'clock, p
m, Monday.
Such puffs as the above have bad ten.
dency. We like to travel so that we are
as sound at our destination as ut the start
ing point. An explosion resulting in the
death of 80 or 100 persons, is lawful =
and the encouragement of fast steam-boa,
men is a prime cause of such accidents.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-16
.IIuman praiRe Ia sweet"

But SO many thousands Of persons have
been permanently cured of Catarrh by the
useof DIR. D. II. Seelyes' Liquid Catarrh re-
medy, that to hear this invaluable Medicine
praised is nc longer novelty. For sale
by all Druggists.