The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-03-02


MN nancd Brown. of Union Prairie, was
found dead in that nei- hhorhood on Tuesday
last. Her mother had gene fom home on
visit for few days and the child was alone
with her father. She left the house on Friday
evening without bonnet shoes or stockings. and
probably froze that night; her heartless father
made no inquiries for her:
Meeting has been held at Volney proffering
the County Seat vote of that precinct to any
place where the Pnblic buildings will be erect
ed gratis. A report from committee at Wau.
Aon advises the trans lc.ion Of Wankon bust.
ness at !ohn,cns port ior the Railroad trade,
az Colnn bus for The River trade. This selec.
ton of tuc points on the river 10 do their bust.
ness reminds one Of the tro holes in Paddy 8
harm for the large and the small cat. II Lam
sing has the facilities to furnish storage goods,
icmbes. ETC.. etc. stick to hes--your Railroad
business eau be done as we'll at McGresor as
anywhere els-. CAY iial is one of the neces.
stiles Of new town and it is not abundan.
enough 10 distribute 10 every eoulee OH the Mis-.
sissippi.
The Lansing Mirror piles into the County
Seat melee with an energy tina. merits success,
hut We now think the labor will be wasted
We regard it az out Of the reach Of the present
generation to etfec. div isinn of these two
counties and the construction OF third 1t
las been agitatsd at every election of local
nature for years, and sgmo of its warlnest
friends nre constrained to admit that the prcpo.
sition grows weaker with every presentation of
!; to the pu'lic. Why not drop it aud settle
Gown upon union policy that will add to the
reputation and convenience Of the county and
subtract from the expenses annually incurred
70 keep up the agitation. Lansing has great
commercial merit and needs no Court House to
give her prominence. Waukon is growing
rapidly; she has centrally of location and the
people Of the county will not be benefited BY
change.
The Nero, gives an account of the robbery
os the Post Office 3. that place on Tuesday
night last, by negro barber whose head.quar.
'srs were at "Bill FaulkneIs' Saloon. The
negro confesses to the burglary and duplicates
Faulkner. Nothing was taken bnt few mail
yaluablee. The mails stolen were for DEBORAH,
Elliota and Brownsville, and were vaueless !;
the negro said they were put through the ice
md on fishing for them bis statement was veri.
fed; one bag was recovered and the others
were expected to arrive" at the surface.
From tables in tho Mirror we learn that Ian.
sing has not been dead oridle, in business way
during the panic year of 1855, Her receipts and
shipments Of staples for that period sum UP
very handsomely, to witt
Wheat lo5.279 bushels, Oats $3.50, Corn
7,756, Barley $3.50. Flour 1854 sacks, Eutter
9o.9sO lbs. Eggs l5,2ol dozens, Hogs 3,43l
weighing 76l.7 s5 pounds, .. ..
This is necessarily IN imperfect account be-
cause there is a large amount of produce bought
Of which no report can be got, but We have
made calculation of the value of the above
trade and find the amount to be about $3.50 900.
A pretty good shew for young town in very
new country. When our western farms are
opened the public will hear from these river
towns to the tune of Millions
MsGREaoa will report in short time.
t1f, the March--Three terms left McGIegor
this week for Pixies Peak and more will fol-
low in few days. The teams were manned
as follows R. Davidson, C. S.Ennis, Ed. Nc.
Kinnie, v schm. OK, Fred Bradley.W Benham
and Fred; rick LeGrusse-S. A. Hubbard,
George Church aid J. Benton. Samuel Cor.
don left a week ago on foot. We have list OF
90 who are preparing to so their names will
be published in the Times when they leave
We expect full correspondence f!om the bog
Is they travel and on arrival at Cherry Creek
Several copies Of or paper ara ordered to
Denver City Mr. Beach of Garnavillo hat
handed US list of 81 who will leave that place
III a short time. Clayton County will be repre-
sen'ed in the new Territory Of Jefferson by owe
400 men. OF, about one and half per cent o
Is population. 'Iora will lose at least 20 oct
Of hor people.
A P:eturt.-No man or boy should 80 Il
Pixies Peak without iea-ing his daguerrotyrt
nth 10 flicnds. The title Of dollar OR two
will enable you TO preaen. the home circle viii
spic.ure more valuable TO them in your alb
renee than all the gold you may dig And yor
should reflect that death may come to :ou in
that far of country-how invaluable thel
would be your counterpart.
a young man should CARY with them 4
Pible and the portrait Of his sweetheart-bott
are excellent to keep him out of mischief We
are rot professor Of religion but we commend
he Bible because we never knew its peruss
" do any thing but good.
KEsYos, over the Post Office, can take you,
pictures and NEWELL will sell you the Books
Death.-Henry Hills, on section I, McGre
scr r. Road six miles vest Of North McGrc
gor. was found frozen to death OH Tuesda,
last He was at North McGresor the evenin:
before and left for home (somc say in state
Of intoAication He had waded Bloody RuI
waist lgi, and when founi he wss guardcs
by his dog the faithful animal for lonl
time prevented any one from coming to tn
body OF his lifelass master. Tie deceased
said to have lett two daughters. one of whou
kept house for him, the other 10 attendin
school at Garnavillo,
The above facts are reported to rs
Northern Le,c--see the Advertise ment o
the St. Louis d St. Panl Co. A note iron
Cspt Griffith eonveys the information that
boat Of this line will run up as far a. McGre
gor Is soon Va il 10 possible to hazard tn
weather So We may expect . ST. Louis Boa
10 b the fffss arrival for the Spring Of So
The warehouses here are grcaning with Pro
ducs awaiting River shipment.
0xf2sd EIprsss.-Frank Hyde, the tai