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The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

Mas. CuNNrNcHAN.-We spare our
readers the details of the disco very OF
the attempt on the part Of Mrs. Gun.
ningham to provide false heir to the
Burdell estate. The main facts are as
follows:
One DR.. Uhl. who had been her phy.
stefan. was informed by her that she in
tended to bring forward a supposititions
child for the purpose, and he disclosed
the fact to the District Attorney. He
was told by that officer to affect read.
mess to engage in the plot. and coun.
ter-plot was laid. An infant was oh.
tained from the Almshouse. marked,
and taken to house in Elm street,
whittier Mrs. Cunningham went in dis
guise at about 9 P. NJ. all the while
watched by tho Police, and taking the
child in basket, returned to No. 81
Bond Street. There. during the night,
DR.. Uhl being present, but Dr.. Cutler
acting in the case, the bold. bad woman
pretended to bring the child into the
world, and presented it as tire heir Of Dr..
Burdell! Policemen were at hand i'm.
mediately, the child was taken and re.
turned to it's real mother at the Aims.
house and the guilty parties placed un,
der arrest Nil. Sen.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14
Notice Of Safe.

DY virtue Of Deed of Trust executed to
ID Allen d Wilkerson. of NEG regor, iowa,
by Joseph Carter and Nlillison Carter, dated
the 9Th day April. A. D. 1851, 10 secure the
payment Of a ccltain Promissory Note, dated
AcGrcgor, Iowa, April 18th 1857, due four
months after date. for Sixteen hundred and ten
96-lOJ Collars, payable to the orlcr Of Allen 4
Wilkerson, at Lee T. Kinnaid s Bank. Retire
gor, Iewa; signed by Joseph Carter, Nelson
Wade and Wade l. Carter; which note and
deed have been assigned to lis, we shall, On
the 9Th day OF September, A. ID. 1857, at ten
O'Clock A. NJ, at Lee d kinnaird Bank, NC
Gregg, Clayton County, Iowa, cell at auction
to the highest bidder, forcash, the following DIES.
cribed premises, and oil right Of Lower and
Equity OF redemption therein. to wit: The
Southwest quarter of section No. twenty-threc
and the South last quar- ter Of the So tn East
quarter Of section twenty -four, in Township No.
twenty-six, North of kange two West con-
tanning in all, two hundred acres, more or less,
together with all the arpCrtenances and priv.
ilcges thereto belonging being situate in the
County Of Clark, State Of Wisconsin.
Given under our hands, at McGregor. clayton
county, Iowa, this 18th Of August, 4. D. 1857.
&C. LEE.
JOHN II. KINNAIRD
BY Remick Drummond, their Attorneys.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14


MEN DREsMAKERs.-A CORRESPOND
ent of the New York Times, writing
from Frankfort, Germany, says. men
mantua makers aud millinery in Germa-
ny are as common as men tailors, and il
man tailor is the ninth part of man,
we have wondered what part of man
must be a man-milliner. One day,
where we were sitting, a man came in
with dress basted ready to try on
Well, we confess We looked with all our
eyes, wondering wha, could be DONE
But there was no hesitation-the lady
took the robe to her room and put it on,
returning in full dress sans sleeves
The man examined it to see where it
needed altering. took it in on the shout.
ders, pinched up the biasses and laid
the plaits, evidently used to his bust
ness. and evidently, as the lady said he
was, An excellent dress-maker, and al.
80 that dresses made by men kept their
places better and lasted longer than
dresses made by women. How would
it do to reverse the system and let wo-
men measure men for coats aud-hem
pants.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14
From the Detroit Free Press, July 81.
Dreadful occurance-A Boy Eaten BY Z
AAar,

Bear.
A man named Joseph Raicmacher, Ger
Tnsn, living on MacOmb street, between Rivard
and Russell. went oft on Tuesday morning. in
coupany with little bother to pie X raspber-
rice. They carried th.ir dinners with them,
and went some five or six miles out, before
commencing their day,s work.
Rademacher deposited his dinner basket and
coat on the ground. ani Ga loyei h mself for
rome time in pit king Der les, when his attention
being attracted by = noise. he Looked around,
and, to his intense establishment. saw large
she bear, accompanied By three G; be, engaged
10 dsvouring his dinner. Il was but the work
II = moment 70 drop his basket and berries,
and hurry. with his young brother, away from
the spot.
He saw two boys not far {. ON him when he
leR the spot. bat he said nothing to them. Be.
fore himself and botler had got safe distance,
they heard terrible screams in the direction
they had left. which only served to arcele ate
their pac,. and place greater dis ance between
them and danger. They were soon oyertakcn
BY one of the boys. wha came rushing after
them in bcwildermsnt of iglt, screaming
that the bear was eating n, his BROTHER.
Rademacher received thrs intelligf nee in ut
ter Gismay. aud took to his heels with q will.
followed by the two Buys. an deserving tho
saGarer to his fate. The cpwarlly race soon
brought them u this city, when they sp cad the
alarin. and large party was q'i xiv formed for
the rsscnc. whichproceed.d 70 the scene Il dis
sister. accompanied by Radcmaclcr and the
father Of the unfort' nate bow.
"A long search rcsultcd in finding The remains
q the boy, The bear having eaten up about half
Of the corr se. and bu led the rest fr future
mcaa- Remnants Of his cloth 9 were fo,nl
scattered around, together with Radcmache. y
eoat torn to pieces. The contemplatin Of
such N occurrence. harpeRing within the limits
of city Of 10000 inhabitants. is sick ming and
terrible
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

HA &c od-looking friend of ours,
who is on this side Of forty, though
somewhat hoary. headed, while absent
from the city few days used Prof.
Woods Hair Restorative, and ON his
return called to see his lady-love, bu.
was surprised and amused to find she
did not recognize him, AMI imme liate-
~ determined to pass for cousin OF
himself, bnt was eventually chagrined
to find he was supplan,ing his former
self in the affec.io of the lady, which
caused him to make himself known;
but the lady still says that she likes the
counterfeit better than the original. and
insists that he continue (if necessary
to use the Hair Restorative. To be had
at ia Market street.-[St. Louis Morn
ing Herald.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

@N1cnoLAs LoNGworH, for refus-
ing to let Dr.. Cox. the public inspector
of liquors at Cincinnati test his Cataw-
ba wines, was arrested and holden in
$500 for his appearance to answer
Dr.. Cox, says there is very little, if any
pure liquor in Cincinnati, and Mr.. Loxe-
WORTH thinks he is an ass. On Satur-
day the case will be tried, whether
LoSGwoRrH's liquors must be submit
ted to Cox's analysis or not. Speaking
of Ohio beverager, the Lebanon Star
records the death of four men from
drinking whisky with strychninc in it.
1t also says that tens of thousands of
FISH in the stream below the distilIery
have died. Two tons of dead fish have
been taken out, mill-race being chok-
ed with them.-MI. Ners.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

CIstuLAss Cans &r-.We get good
many advertising notices from Merchants,
Manufacturers. Machinists and professional
men. Some are accompanied with an order to
publish for 3. or II months, while others arc
without remark of any kind. Those who send
US such documents as the last mentioned in the
expectation that We will do any thing more
with them than throw them under the table,
will be disappointed. We live by giving the
public notice of the business facilities Of buyers
and sellers and if our columns were devoted to
unpaid notices of all the machinery that is sent
t. US on paper. it would ruin our machinery
entirely. If responsible parties say "inselt this
- months and forward III" we will take
pleasure in introducing their A,sincss 70 our
large circle of readen-if they say nothing OF
this kind, then wen asy nothing too
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

GRAIN MARKET.-Next to the raising
of good crop the farmer is interested
in securing a good price, and notwith-
standing the abundance We feel conf
dent prices will open we'll. The mar.
ket has been cleared of old wheat and
the demand for new is brisk. Sales were
made at Milwaukee and Chicago on the
18th at LIS to l,l6 for new spring
The Canada reached Halifax on the ] tn,
her reports do not-favor sellers. The
first sales will be the best, in our opin-
ion; we learn that the McGregor mar
ket will open at about Sl.OO.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

A IL persons are hereby expressly forbidden
n from and after this date, to cut timber,
quarry stone, build, enter upon, or in any man.
ner take possession of any Lot in the town of
McGregor, or any piece or parcel Of the follow.
ing described lands, to wit
The N w and the N Is Of N e u of Sec.
ton q. Sections No. e. Z in fractional Sec.
ton No. %. Section No. I in fractional Sec.
No. &c. The n Section in the T. corner Of
the PAIL Giard claim No. J, all in township
No. IS N r No. w 5th P NJ, Wi,ho. t.frss
obtaining the written consent Of the bscriber
and entering into a written contract in reference
thereto. All persons hereafter so taking pos.
session OF any portion of the above described
lands otherwise than as above, and all persons
who have heretofore done 70, without the con.
s:nt If the undersi. ned, will be considered "a
tresspasscrs and treated accordingly.
AK. MGREGOR.
McGrcgor, Oct. 9Th. 1856.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

MIssoURI-The returns 20 far indicate the
success OF Maj. Roll Ms over Stewart the regu.
lar Democratic nominee. Rollins was SUI port
ed as X. N, Benton man aud an old line
Wing. He is called Republican by Northern
presses in the interest Of that party, bit he has
no SYM athies in common with the Republican
party-the latter Of course are strongly anxious
to see Democrat defeated no matter by whom.
Rollins is said TO he an emancipa,ionist. His
speeches contain this sentiment "When it is
the interest OF Missouri to abolish Slavery, l
say let it be abolished" Every sensible man
says that, no matter where he may live. 1t i
the attribution Of opp,site opinions to southern
men that misleads the readers of prominent So
called antislavcIy journals.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

@ There is no medicine within our
knowledge that has acquired SO great
and wide spread popularity. in so short
space Of time, as Dr.. Halls Balsam
for the Lungs. Its balsamic and heal
ing properties are magical. 1t is high
~ expectorant and tonic. 1t contains
not a grain of opium or morphine. the
narcotic and astringent properties ,ot
which have created SO much prejudice
against similar preparations.
For sale by MFRRILL T. BARRON in
McGregor. and by agents in every town
in the county.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14
| Fire /! Fire I! !!

Fire Eire!!
We scarcely pick up ar exchange that does
not c9ntain an account Of devastating f'e.-
At St. Paul, Hastings, La Cross and othe,
River Towns great damage has been DONE
Much property might have been saved had the
fire organizations been more complete ; but
people viii never net in a mater Of this kind
until they have lost enough to keep constantly
employed force sufficient to render them en-.
tirely secure.
This will be the case at McGregor; one Of
these days or nigh's, a fire will break out and
before any concert Of action can be had. hall
the town will be ashes We have no Engine,
no H'ok d Ladder Co., no Hose. no anything,
that would assist us in checking . FIRE. Is it
always to be sol Property holders should agi-
tate this matter.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14
The Circus.

The Circus.
1t is not worth our while to tell or readers
what the last Circus was because they have
seen it. and know for themselves We think
it was fair and nothing more but the merit one
All that is yet to come and few words in re.
la'ion to it may not be amiss.
Maj. Browns COLO Scum is said to be the
best Circusinthe {. States and we have scarcely
doubt of the statement Our columns contain
small account of their maneuvers but to see a
full history Of what they design doing at Nc
Gregor on Wednesday next. at Monona on the
day before, you should read the large large bills
which their Agent Mr.. Sutton has POSTED about
or town. One of the bills is show of itself
being the handsomest large exhibition of typo.
graphic art We ever examined. This Circus is
universally commended throughout Minnesota
and we have private advices that 1t took ST. Paul
by storm-creating almost as much excitcmcn,
as the two constitutional ~ conventions tina.
are now honoring that city with their sessions.
Brown We believe is a buckeye and there is no
doubt but the buckeye shows are the best in the
world-we thought SO, at least Is years ago
when we almost "dicd a laushin' 1t the origi.
nal witticisms Of that child's wonder the CLowx
alas those witticisms have been originated a
great many times since! ~
Bot let us give the Major full house and his
bo:s will perform twice as well as they are &C.
c1stomedt to. A little fun drives away the blues
Jet Is take stock in all innocent aniusemcnts
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

&0On0y @0tt0Yo.
The Nv York Economist has an article on the
bnsincss future fum which the follow ing extract
10 taken:
elm the last ten years the elements 0f wealth
have organised themselves in the whole country
with immense rapidity, until they arc now pro.
ducing results. Thus there have arrived in the
country in that time 9, 100 600 active podrccrs
who, Joined to the active youth of the older
states, have Toured over the West. bringing
under the piougl, . quantity of new land equal
70 twice tho entire surface oil England. and Of
unequal Trodrctivcness. In the same time
$lOOO,OT',OO0 "a Thousand million of d,llarsl
have been spent in building means OF commu.
nication to make those lands, and that labor
applied to II available to commerce. Tina
land, labcr and means of communication have
combined on an immense scale 10 reduce RI.
salts which are now alb ,ut to be realized. An
that labor. and the capital it commanded. has
rel reduced from the virgin soil it attacked.
msny fold its own value. and the railroads
built at such cost-a;c now ready to car, off
the 81 plus to the best markets.. The roads Are
built, and absorb no more capital, but many Of
mem bring from new regions in sine lie year q
quantity Of cari'al equal to their own entire
cost, to enrich the marts of commerce. This
year the seasons have favored COM ined labor.
and the produ Is are immense. The producers
OF natural wealth are ever, where bic. scd with
abundance, and as natural result their demands
upon manufacture for goods m, st be great
far greater than the supplies of raw material il,
warrant"
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14
From the London Times, July lsth.
Mr.. MarcyS Letter onPriva&eex3og

When the Convention of Paris wss trans
mitted to Washington Mr. Mary with an ami
sblc candur, declared his intention Of consider
ing Il with view to the interest Of the Unit ed
States in the contingency of war with Eng
land. The Americans have as much to lose
ut sea as ourselves, but they have compare
uvely insignificant navy. 1t was. therefore,
natural that they should wish to diminish cap
lures but they were likely TO suffer disad.
vcntsge BY allowing ships Of war monopoly of
plunder. The Secretary Of State was perfectly
Justified III looking to the interests Of his cou,-
try. although he used an untenabfe argument
when he assumed that private enterprise would
make up flr the deficient strength Of the ma
tional marin". 1t is we'll known that p,ivateers
never fight, but It cannot he denied that in war
With England they might tie formidable
weapon in the hands Of tho United States. Mr..
Marcy offered to subscribe three ont OF the four
articles Of the E ropean C Invention, but The
parties to the Treaty Of Paris had agreed to
mako the concession Of any part conditional on
the acceptance Of the VIII, lie.
As an alternative he m Me bold and com.
prchensivc proposal The American Govern
mcnt undertook to renoance the use of letters
OF marque on condition that the property IF
belligcrcnt. at sen should BE- wholly exempt
from cal ture and if the offer was made in
good faith, is to he regretted that England did
not At cnce close with the suggestion. Lord
Palmcrston intimated in his Manchester speech
IN inclination to ac3uiesce in the project, but it
was necessary TO consult the powers which had
signed the TIC a'v Of Paris, and it was thought
desirable to examine the various results which
might arise from such revolr ton in Maritime
Law. Before a decision co, Id be formed the
Cabinet at Washington became alarmed at the
possibility that its offer would be unaccepted.
Mr.. Buchanan and General Cass have animated
their disinclnation to follow up the discussion,
nor 10 there any reason to hope that SO desirable
on object will become attanable. In the mean.
time the laws Of war between England and
America are wholly unaffected by the Conven.
ton At Paris.
The ma thine wearo which is really indis-
pensible 10 England il the right Of blockade -
Mr.. Marcy's plan would have relieved trade
from the necessity of proc ring conveys. while
it would have enabled the English fleets to close
the principal ports Of the enemy, and in this
manner the maximum Of eff cheney in the navy
would have been combined with the minimum
sf less t. commerce. Tae tidings Of the pro-
posed bargain were, rs experience las since
proved, much tao good to be t ne. IF. however,
the Government has net oitlined everything
which might have been wished. it has done the
eorntry soiid service in procuring the abolition
OF European privateering.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

L. BENTON Ese.-This gentleman. .
prominent member of the New York
Bar. has purchased Mr.. Ingersoll's prop
erty aud he designs making his home
among us. Mr.. Benton proposes to deal
quite extensively in buying and selling
Real Estate. His business Card will
appear in our next paper.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

Mar. O. CROSBY Esq. Of Garna-
villo has presented this Office very
handsome Map of Clayton County Iowa.
The map is sectional, handsomely CO.
lorcd and said to be very correct. Eve
ry man in the county should have one.
Mr.. Crosby is the getter-up and the
work is creditable TO him. We think
so much of this present that We have
pasted it on the wall in full view SO As t.
be ever reminded of the kindness Of
the donor.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

PERsoSAL.-During the week past
we have had the living protraits of hall
q dozen Editors and publishers in our
sanctum; Col. Heath Of ehe, North
West, s. Hutchins of the North Iowan
ut Usage. S. K. Read who is about to
establish an Independent paper at Mason
City, Sterling P. Rounds Esq. of Chi
cago one of the best Printers in Ameri-
ca. and Editor of the Cabinet, j. Earl
late Of the Usage Democrat and J. R.
Flynn late of the DuDleith Com. Ad.
vertiser. These are all good looking
men and worthy representatives of the
"art preserative of all arts.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

Col. HEA1H.-We had the honor of a call
from the Editor of the North West on Friday
last. He came in by stage from the West, and
as might be expected he was enthusiastic in
praise the country .'rbutury to our young city.
The c:ois he assured us were beyond all des.
criltion in excellence and abundance. We &C
companied the Col. to the Wisconsin side OF
the River. It afforded us much pleasure to en-.
JOY the society of 30 able Democrat and 80
polished gentleman for the time he remained
with u. HEATH and GHAaxv Of the Pioneer
have settled without pistols this 10 gratifying.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

ExcELsroR.-Wells' Medicines are
too well known to require US to do more
than merely says. thes, medicines al
ways gain the confidence of all who use
them; and the more they are used, the
better they are liked. From our knowl-
edge Of the medicines, and the propric-
tor, We can freely use and recommend
them. Prepared by E. NJ. Wells. Chi
cago.
Sold in McGregor, BY Merrill &
BARRON. and by one or more dealers in
every city and town in the west.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

CR1xE.- We could I'll our paper
plumb full" every week with para.
graphs of Crimes that are floating to us
in our exchanges. but we do not admire
that mode Of making a paper interest
ing. There are many persons who read
that only which is introduced with large
capitals announcing MURDER Rape
CARSON" "SuIc1DE etc, and if their
tastes were consulted We would publish
all the minute details of every horror
that weekly whe,s up the morbid appe-
tite for blood. We regard the present
mode Of lionizing every criminal who
irvents new system Of destroying char.
acter or life, as having an extremely
bad effect upon public morals. We gen.
orally refer to criminal records briefly,
but we beg the indulgence of our read.
ers If We fail to fill our columns with
horrors. Something pleasant has bet
ter effect upon the mind of a reader,
AMI we want ali our patrons to 60 to sleep
without the fear of seeing the mangled
corses or ghosts. about which they have
read in the eastern papers, fitting before
them. In addition to our unwillingness
to render sleep FESTIVE and uneasy, we
have not room to tell these stories. We
hope these reasons will be esteemed salts
factory by those who have asked us to
publish one or two sir-column reports
from the N. Y. Journals on the never
ending Burdell murder trial and its re-
Gently reported disgusting finale.
Mrs. Cunningham is bad woman.
She escaped the proof of legal compli-
city in the murder of Burdell. but in her
attempt to palm 6orro,ced child upon
the authorities as the issue of her own
body and the heir to DR.. BIS. estate,
she has been caught, and now lies in
prison to answer charge the proof of
which will throw upon her all the weight
of suspicion which at first attached 10
her as partieeps crinainis in the murder,
but which had been dissipated by the
sympathy Of large class Of persons,
because she was woman.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

LOOK OUT Three men were disco.
vered few evenings since near the barn
of J. Brown with his favorite and very
handsome mare outside Of the stable
1t is supposed they were intending etc
elope" with her. Upon being spoken
to they left the premises, rather hasti.
ly!
Locks, bolts, bars and load of sluge
are good prevcntives of crime
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-14

1xPRovExE sr.-Our town exhibits q
weekly advance in improvement that ia
very cheering. Jones 4 Bass large
Brick store is steadily mounting towards
the sky under the masonic superiptend-
ance Of P. Nc Donnel while Evans new
Block east of the Waverly is moving
towards completion in the hands Of ].
Hubball. Many new dwellings, are be-
ing built, enlarged and improved; the
American Hotel will have new base
ment entirely when Harding gets
through with his Improvement. Paul
mot the Apostle) has turned his late
saloon into . convenient marke.
Hou Sc, the bluffs of main street are civ.
ing way before the persevering effort
of those who handle the shovel and the
barrow--things begin to look as
though we would find ourselves in q
City before We are aware of it.