The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-05-30
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A fire at Hudson, Wis, on TINT windy
Saturday Qsth May burned IS buildings,
including l6 stores and the City Hotel. ....
st. Johns Day Gath June) occurs on Sum
day. 1t is proposed by the G. M. Of ILL.,,
to have Is or 20 lodges meet on the fol-
lowing day (Monday) and have a high old
Union time. ...Hon. Mr.. Chanler, of New
York, was recently "censurcd" by the
House of Representatives for offering a
resolution condemning malignants. He
could not have received a higher compli-
ment praise from such a set of Constitu-
tion-defying political traders would ruin a
mans future propccts and make him
ashamed worse. .. ARMSTRONG, of the Lam
sing Journal, wrote a few lines of jingle
charging Charley Seymour with not pay
ing forhis bread. Armstrong was at La
Crosse lately, and Charley asked him to
carry an order to the baker to test his
(Scylnour's) credit. The order was for ga
loat of Bread A. took the order cool-ly
and told the baker to make as large loaf
as possible the baker made 3s-pounder |!
Seymour smelt mice, and slipped into the
bakery requesting the knight of flour to
construct dough "coppcrhcad'' and coil
i the loaf; Armstrong also smclt some
thing singular, and just before the loaf was
put in the oven he persuaded Mr.. baker
to put little dough darkey in the snakes
mouth When the loaf "came OUT it was
admitted that JOHN G.. A. was ahead
John is well up in the line of tough and
Charley Seymour isn't re'y tender. We
have no choice between the Celtic wags.
......At the French court yellow flowers
are the taste for hair adornment. Napo-
leon has white waiscoat on the brain,
and Eugene ''gocs for" red colored dress
es......Gov. Morton, it is said, cannot long
survive. Alas poor "Nol." we sincerely
sorrow for your troubles. Though Gov
ernor of Indiana and one of the most eff
cient of the batch Of Executives, you can
find no escape from pain or the dread sum
mons of the Destroyer. .....A spring in Cal
ifornia flows a substance resembling in APP
pcarance Arnold's Writing Fluid. Give us
Wine, Mill, land Honey spring and then we
can get along acknowledgements Utah the
estate of dead man goes to the Church
and not to his wives and children. i. >. Me-
dairy, Of the Lansing Mirror, has our
thanks for announcing that Lemonade is
now our exclusive drink. What will the
world say now, after such reform Is
not there hope for everybody ? We should
say so !......The Monroe County (Wiscon-
sin) Oil borers have got 3G7 feet below the
surface and find lots of elegant drinking
water forcing its way 40 feet above the
tubing. 1.-THE Soldiers League of Wis
consin suggests that the battle flags of all
the regiments of the State be presented
formally at Madison on the 4th of July
The idea is accepted, and a ge-lorious celc-
bration will come off. 30 Dion, of Mon
treal, and John Deery, of New York, play
cd billiards at the latter place on the 23d.
Dion 1900 to Decry's 1866. .Birdsall,
Pres't of the N. Y. Security ms. Co., took
strychnine and quit on the DID,. Senator
Ira Harris, of N. Y, is elected Pres't of
the Baptist Miss. Union. The Hudson
(Wisconsin) fire was terrible. Only one
place of business is left ! Loss S35O,OOO,
insured less than one-third.. Lists of in
comes will not hereafter be furnished for
publication persons can see them in the
Office of the Collector. This is right Many
of the reports are based on vanity fool
being willing to pay a large income duty
to make an impression. Don't you remem-
Der the fellow who had only $500 in the
world-he paid it all as income duty. Got
the blind side of rich old chap who had
pretty daughter, married her and then
confessed that he was strapped The old
governor was obliged to yield to such
financial skill......Morc reports of Maxi
millian's abdication are current. Don't
bet cent on it. When the French-Aus-
trian Empire is well established the French
troops may withdraw-for some other sim
liar field of opcrations-but not till then.
L. N. Buonaparte isn't much of baby.
......Gold reached Al ION the Oath, under
a panic caused by the shipment of mil
lions during the week to the old world
Breathe softly, you financial gents who are
castle-building-gold is the basis and if it
caves in goodbye to your calculations.
......In the Paris hospitals the nurse is en-
titled to the hain of the dead female pa
tient. If hair could speak what lively
lecture would come from the ringlets, rats,
mice and cataracts that SO charm the male
fellows! We dare not think of it. Miss
Propriety wouldn't aid fallen one of her
sex to recover, repent and be forgiven, but
if her hair was pretty she would kindly
ask her what would be the price of it after
the death of the natural owner! A devil
of world, this, amt it ?.... Hon. "Bo6."
of Dayton, Ohio, moved reduc-
ton of the Tobacco tax and the dealers of
Cincinnati passed resolution thanks to
thanks to Robert. This is about the first
sensible thing we ever knew of Schenck.
Fish are now reported to have worms
in them. If the reporters and microscopes
keep on they will find that the most valu-
cd articles for food or ornament are wor-
my......Gen. Butler is elected Maj. Gen. of
State militia in Massachusetts,. The Hero
Of Dutch Gap will accept if there are any
spoons and cotton init..... The Baltimore
election Of the 2lst went against the radi-
cal candidate. Mcbride Of Sparta p. O.,
Wis, acknowledges the receipt of notice
to quit. ....A seizure of 81 cases of Fenian
arms took place at Erie, The Vir-