The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-03-23
McGREGOR, IOWA. WEDNESDAY MARCH 3d. 1862

Editorial Correspondence of the Du-
buque Times.
McGREooR. February 2lst.
Three years ago. McGregor had less
than thrce hundred inhabitants it now
has two thousand. and is growing more
rapidly than any town which We have
visited this winter. Aside from North
McGregor, which is not embraced in the
corporate limits of the old town, nearly
a hundred buildings Of all kinds, were
put up during the dull year. 1853, and
day we notice score of stores and
houses under way. The hammer, the
saw and the forepians, are not idle and
useless implements in this young and
ambitious town. even in the most lifeless
winter which. Iowa has seen since she
became sovereign commonwealth
One year ago, Dut rsw sa.vusunl, or
rather hundred dollars were paid out
here for pork and other provisions {;
now NcGregor affords first. class mar.
ket for these things. Something like
seventy thousand dollars, it is estimated, ,
have been paid out for hogs alone dur
ing the last three months. Messrs.
Evans Il Egbert, Teabout & Olson.
Bradley & Co., Allen IL Southmayd, and
s. NJ. Hubbard, only Eve houses. have
paid out forty thousand for this one
article. Messrs. Evans & Egbert, who
bought on commission for a Chicago
house. have purchased this winter S2l,-
900 worth Of hogs, $4,000 Of hides,
$4,000 Of oats and corn, and sc 900 Of
furs, an aggregate of S36, 900. Teabout
e. Olsen have bought, Of hogs, Sl4,-
$50 worth, of beef about 5000, of wheat.
s2i 900; of oats, So, 500, and of hides,
$l75O. They are extensive packers of
pork, and in looking through their store.
house Of grain and provisions. one feels
that Iowa is not, after all, so very poor.
Bradley & Co. have purchased 1l5. 900
pounds of pork at cost of Sc. $780,
Allen & Southmayd have paid out. since
the middle Of Autumn. about S2, 900
for hides; nearly as much for pork
twice As much for oats; $1,000 for
wheat, and something for barley. Mr..
Hibbard has bought 95.l95 pounds ot
pork, at an average of about five cents
per pound. (s4.759 rs 800 bushels
Of wheat, at about 81 $50. and a few
thousand bushels Of oats and other grain.
We have made an effort get the transac-
tions Of other commercial houses. bu,
have failed. excepting in one case, the
parties not being at home or two busy
Mr.. Charles Coy has purchased 1000
bushels Of oats, and small quantity oI
wheat and corn. We do not think it is
an over estimate to state the amount paid
out here the present winter for produce
cannot fall short of Sl5O.OOO
The opening Of railroad from Mil
wauxee to Prairie du Chen, opposite
this town. has given to McGregor hcili
fafoYr dffeegRmssarejal. .bpsiResSSt tt~atb HsB
Several business houses on the east side
of the river have recently removed to
the west side, and stuck their stakes
here. Mr.. G. c. Cone. an extensive
hardware merchant, has just removed
from Milwaukee to this point. and open,
ed large store, making the third ex'
clusively hardware establishment in the
place. We notice at least eight or nine
general variety stores. Those of Mer
rill & Barron. Bradley & Co., Scott 4
Brother, Dearborn l. Jarrett, G. H
Flanders. D. s. Cook, and one or two
others are large and we'll stocked.
We also notice several fine grocer,
stores; also two large stores-the prop
erty Of H. s. Granger and D. K Hobar
in which boots and shoes erclusivei,
are kept. There are four drug store,
here: one book store, kept by H. E
Newell; one banking house. Lee 4
kinnaird proprietors half dozen tail
ors; two dentists t; three jewelers. /; two
hollew-ware merchants; an extensiv,
agricultural warehouse, owned by Gran
& Peck; tannery /; brewery a SOAP
factory; steam grist mill a steam
planning mill, three steam saw mills, ant
six lumber yards.
| In McGregor is the Bezer Lodge o
Masons, and the Itasca Lodge Of Ode
Fellows. The place has one publ.
school and three select ones. We hav'
had time to visit only one Of them, tn
select school of D. D. Fraser-a frs
class teacher from Livingston county
New York. He has thirty five pupils
In all the schools are about one hun
dred and seventy scholars. We hea
the teachers generally highly spoken OF
| The North Iowa Times, A. P. Rich
ardson, Esq, Editor and Proprietor, i
the ablest and best Democratic journa
in Northern Iowa. The people Of Nc
Gregor. where it is published. may wei
feel proud of it.
i McGreg has two livery stables. ant
in one of them, as we have had occasion
to know-that of Pearsall u Church
are some fine animals.
i Our headquarters are at the Nc Gregg
House, w. A. Durham proprietor. W.
6nd clean beds. good attention. and a
abundance to eat. This house and tn
American, are. we believe. the onl,
first class hotels in the place. Tho lat
ter hous, is kept by Scott 4 Wright. tw'
worthy young men who are rapidly re
deeming the once fair name of the Anne
rican House. We knew Mr.. Scott il
the Clarendon. At Niagara Falls. tw
years ago.
The several professions are fully rep
resented in McGregor. We have Al
ready spoken of Mr.. Wadsworth, paste
OF the Congregational Church. H. H
Keith is pastor of the Methods
Church. We have not made bis ac
quaintance.
The physicians are John Low. G. S
Akin. p. G.. Parker. j. Field. and II.