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/ Mrs. Watson will have "Bene6t Ball"
at Guthiel's, on Friday of this week.
The lady is needy, and Charity says COM
bine pleasure with kindness. Mrs. Far
rcll's Ball at the same place, and for the
same purpose, u few evenings since, was
one of the happicst We ever attended. The
handsomest girls and women were there,
and no thanks to drug store either. The
bill will be S2,O0......An exchange says
somebody was shot by one Douglas
Why -didn'l he get shot by tro Douglas !?
What a balderdash style Of writing.
The Atlantic Monthly for November con-
tains coarse article entitled "The Con-,
spiracy at Washington" written hy some
bitter animal Of the radical genus. The
fright which recent elections have given to
the late dominant party, deceased, remind
them Of that old Scripture fellow who was
carrousing with arissocratic thieves while
CyRus, Of Persia, with the hosts Of
the Lord wore entering the city. The
thieves aforesaid see "Aene, Tskel, Up
havsin' written on the wall, and hence
their alarm. Let the alarm continue
Mr.. McChesney, late partner in the De-
corah Register, has cold his interest to
Geo. w. Haislett, leaving George the COM
mander of the whole rancho. Harvey
D. Lindley, late printer in the TINES, is
now editor and proprietor Of the Clermont
Leader, Judge Edmonds retiring to Wau-
kon for Law practice. .HAvENs is just
raising Merry Christmas in the sale of
Chicago Ale to all the people roundabout.
See his card and order from him.. VIM.
Dickens, of Pleasant Ridge, wants to sell
timber farm partly improved. Our
city is full Of strangers looking for situa'
in business some as principals in me-
chanical and mercantile trade, and some
as assistants and laborers generally. 49,"
The old Canada steamer, one Of the most
faithful and safe on the line, with Capt.
Ben Cougar, the -"Judge'' & Co. for boss.
es, went up on Monday. If we happen to
like Canada is it any proof Il .. We are
not Fenian? Guess not. BEN. and his staff
are nearer to us in social life than all the
Generals Of the late war, Or any other war.
......Esq. Hulburt, though successful So
licitor for Gen. L. C. Baker, intensely alb
clifton (Detcctiye) Book, went to White
water on Monday to vote, on Tuesday, for
"the noblest Roman of them all,"' JOHN
j. TALLNADGE, the Democratic candidate
for Governor of Wisconsin. We trust the
Squire will make JOINS election sure
"All right on the Potomac = The negro
may rule the South by the MD of money
and bayoncts, but up this way white su-
prcmacy is ahead. Lr. -a.,
We are in receipt Of a jolly letter from
Gold Run, CAL, (Oct. 8, J signed by Orlan.l
do tJesse) Lampson, sending regards to
:Tim, Line, Curley and the whole lot,
lie will be back in the Fall of 1868. JEss
says he 6 devours the old NoRrH Iowa
TINES with relish unknown to those who
have not been from home. 49,. Capt .Sher-
win made his first trip through from Nc
Gregor to Minneapolis, on Monday Of this
week. Several gentlemen from Minneap-
oils, bound home, left the steamer at this
point and took the rail This tells some.
thing Of the t-avel. No sand bars, no low
water, 70 storms 20 miles an hour ag'st
S---these things elect railroads over steam
ers only a few years from now we will see
through passengers here labelled "From
San Francisco to New York. and others
I" From Pembina to the Gulf y It's won
derful to think of, but the realization is
close upon us.:.....Chas. McLaury writes
from an Office in Montana, that the editor
called him liar, whereupon the McGregor
typo knocked said editor down, and "at
present. says Charley, II am temporarily
out Of business !''.....John Grinnell, Of
Clayton the grape-ist, apple-ist and gem
tleman-ist, spent Saturday and Sunday in
our city. Mrs. G. remained till Sunday
4io'clock, when she took the train for the
east on visit. JOHN G. is always well
come at this shanty 1.-The Cong. Church
is being much enlarged, and the work is
nearing completion. -feg~. r.aa
The Ball for the benefit of Mrs. Watson
will take place on Friday of this week at
Gutheirs. Terms 81, Co.,. Our last weeks
ALARM was false one. The three hum
tiers who went up the river in a small ca
noe land were 'lost'') were found near
Johnsonsport as comfortable as could be.
Itseems they told some friends they would
not return for week, but those who rails
ed the alarm had understood them differ
entity, hence the search for them.... 1--WE
are in receipt Of miserablyn botched-up
notice of the marriage Of J.2W. Norton,
formerly Of McGregor." to o Miss, Shoe
maker all Of Milwaukee. Aug, 2sth was
the marriage day and Nov. 9Th the date Of
our letter. Itis signed -. w. Norton"
but the writing and spelling persuades us
there is "sell''' in it,.....We regret to
hear that Milo Lacy and lady, of West I'm
ion, have lost their infant Child.
Moshers horse, ss..Cub,''' beat them all
atlthe Dubuque races M. handed us o
paper giving all the particulars, time, &c.,
&c. Three thousand dollars was offered
and refused for "Cub''' before Mosher
left the ground. This is q round price for
D horse so newly known to fame. The
Baptist Sociablc goes Of this Tuesday