The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-01-23

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| A horse ran off with a cutter in ou1
streets on Friday last. The driver wa.
thrown out and injured in the knee but ro
seriously. We could not learn his name
80. .Dorr Hoxsis, has received the appoint
ment Of Deputy from Jonathan Kaufman
Esq, The Sheriff of Clayton County,
Dorr is steady young man; he will attend
to the duties of his Office with promptness
and fidelity Judge Baugh's Justice Of
flee is in the Baugh & Stoncman Room
nearly opposite the McGregor House i.
Two weddings are ION foot" in McGrcgor
We are not at liberty to give any palmer in.
timation but there is no mistake in the
approaching bliss of four persons idcn.
titled with McGregor society. .......
The stories about the running of the Ice
Boat are all "sel1s." The Lady Franklin
is on land at Prairie du Chen under going
repairs preparatory to a trial trip. Mr..
Wizard her inventor is not here at present
and with all respect for him we arc com
PEELED to say that the public in this region
arc disappointed at his absence. His per-
sonal friends here think that he should be
with the LADY" about now and prove his
''faith' by her works. Rev. j. B. Sanford
will preach at McGregor on the evenings of
the soth and 3lst, and at Monona on the
evening of February LIST. We don't konw
his style Of religion but if he advises good
works and light professions he will suit our
platform. Now is the time to build an ice
house and stock it with the CONCEALED
aqueous fluid. We have no wish to dis
turb the summer profits Of Mr.. Tuttlc, but
it is so handy to have ice close by, and it is
so easy to constructs place to keep it that
we cannot avoid suggesting it ....T The Ian
sing Mirror of Dec. 2Sth reached this Office
January 18th in good condition. The
-N:roris one Of the papers we look for and
its absence caused us to think that CHAT.
had got an appointment from ABE" and
had retired from the chair editorial. >.
Court is in session this week and scarcely
alawyer is left in McGregor. If the peace
should be broken now who would be able
to mend it,. Some cnterprising e MUS
has built Grocery on the ice halfway
from this to Prairie du Chen. Like many
other institutions Of the same kind, it Is
founded on soater. Jack Church and
"Uncle Sam" arc selling Oysters and Fresh
Cod Fish very low at this time. The latter
article is luxury not often obtained in this
market. A New York man has fatted
Turkey which already weighs 45 pounds.
"Bll' Paul threatens to give us taste of
one that will beat the New Yorker. =. Thos.
Burns. Produce dealer of McGrcgor, paid
a DEBORAH man Fifty DOLLARS for one hog
delivered here last week. 1t weighed in
the neishborhood Of 700 pounds. Burns
paid an extra price for it to send in to Mil.
waukee as an exhibition Of the Iowa style
of fatting pork -. There is to be a Masonic
Ball at Elkader on the 18th of February. ;.
An oyster supper IN town on Tuesday even
ing of last week was attended with several
remarkable events. One gentleman in 60
ing home mistook the steps and upset him
self from bank 10 to IL feet high; anoth-
or gent got lost in the dreadful snow storm
of that evening and but for information
kindly given would have wandered house.
less till morning; and the host. after wait
ing on his company in the most hospitablc
manner, took a notion to faint away. The
entertainment was an excellent one, as we
can bear witness, but we never saw so disa-
greeable night to travel in. Several of our
business men are getting up checks for
small amounts to meet the demand for
change. They are all good for their face
....Dan Lacy Of West Union had a wash
ing machine here last week which is said to
meet the wants and satisfy the expecta-
tons Of the women folks. Those who have
used it say it is the best thing of the kind
ever invented. Dan has the control of four
counties from the patentec. "Jelf'' is
about startinga Grocery under the TINES
office.