The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-03-13

The report occupies eleven columns Of the
Times and is very interesting. Iowa men
are all proud of Dubuqe and to give our
eastern readers an idea of improvement in
the west we condense the Times exhibit
JULIEN DUBuoUs, French trader, gave
his name to the settlement" or Indian vii
lagc in 1888; the wife or squaw Of Psosta
( showed Julien where the lead was. In 's3
the white population was only 200; in "a
it was 1000, and in that year Judge Hing
began to publish paper called the Vsiter
In SO the population was 1900. Tn .!
corner lots sold for $500 per foot, but the
crisis took the starch out of all western
speculation; Dubuque was set back i'm.
mensely and her population fell off; she
now numbers about $4,000 and is on tbs
increase. The D. s Sioux City +. 4. is
finished so miles west, to Jessup; the DI-
buqe, Marion & w. Il. R., is completed to
Marion, the seat of Linn County, 70 miles
from the river. For the year 1860 the two
railways have delivered at Dubuque 500,
900 bushels of wheat, 14o, 900 Of oats, 32.-
600 corn, 10000 bbls. flour, 75;o05 lbs.
hides, 46O, 900 Tbs. of pork, 10 car loads Of
hogs, Ga cars of cattle, besides other freight
of less Importance The lead region Of
which Dubuque is about tue centre is SO
miles in diameter and runs into Wis, Iowa
and Ill. The ore YVES first found by the
French in 1900; Julien D. got "pcrmis"
to dig it in 17s0-the permit was signed af
Prairie du Chicn, by the chiefs Of the Sacs
and Foxes. The country then belonged to
Spain, and Baron Carondolet, Gov. Of La.
also granted Dubuque the same privileges
in 1896. The Indians in 1910 drove the
whites away from the mines. In 1880
small settlement was rc-begun, but tho
Black Hawk war came on and until peace
and the treaty of 1882 no mining was done
Galena had the trade or smelling to do and
the Fevre river mines only were known at
the east In 1924 the product Of the lead
region entire was l75, ,220 pounds; in '29
it was 13, ,943, $50 pounds; in '39 it was 25,-
100000; in "A, $4,000, 900; and in '4e,
81, ,26s, 200 pounds, valued at about one and
half millions Of dollars. The yearly value
Of lead now shipped from Dubuque is frou.
a quarter to half million of dollars. In.
50 there were about 1000 men engaged ir
mining in the vicinity o; Dubuque-for
the season Of navigation in 1860, 67,225
pigs were produced; pig weighs y to Is
lbs. Fortunes are frequently made in a
short time by striking good lead. Du-
buqe claims to be ahead Of McGregor in
commercial locaton-wc 10 not care to
wranglc about this with our elder sister but
those who study Arithmetic can cipher up
the produce received and find out the facts
we want both cities to prosper. In 1860
Dubuque shipped 75l ,9cl bushels of wheat
and 3o,694 bbls. Of -four, equal to 9o5,4
bushels of wheat; there were also shipped
9O,221 bushels of oats and 246, ,941 bushels
of corn, 5000 head of cattle, 1855 barrels
pork, 377,50O pounds of bacon, 1885, ,633
pounds of hogs dressed, 7,135 hides, 40
900 heads Of cabbage, s262,500 in lead,
and other values making total of Sl,4l4,-
341 the lumber trade would add $1TO, 900
more to the aggregate.
Dubuque has three No. public schools,
got up at an average expense Of $4,000
each. The Methodists have had a College for
Females and the Presby yterians a College for
males but they both failed The Catholics
have 4 private schools in the city, all well
sustained. The steamboat arrivals for 1860
were 797 the departures, 7eS. The mail
receipts for the year were $7,O6s,02. The
Distributory Department of the p. o. will
sum up about $4,000 year there are
seven clerks employed. Dubuque insures
s4,752,l5l worth of property annually
the Am. Express Co., did bushes, with
Dubuque of over two and half millions Of
dollars in 1860. They are having Custom
House, P. o. and T. S. Court Room built
to cost $4,000 exclusive of $40, 900 lot,
The deaths in Dubuque and Clayton coun-
ties are one to l40 while in the more south
ern portion Of the State the ratio is to 70.
Scarlet fever and Consumption are the most
terrible destroyers Except quachs). Tho
County owes s337,OsS and has assets
amounting to s351,9l5. The Society Of
St. Vincent de Paul is o charitable organi-
zaton of great value to the poor Of all na-
tionalities, even to the distressed child of
Africa; the German Catholics also have
Benevolent Society it is called Plus Verien.
Manufactures are not extensive though
there are several respectable machine-mak-
ing establishments. There are seven good
Hotels; the Key City, kept by John Russ
and Charley Jones, is as good house as
any man need want. There are Military
Companies. Bates is Col. of the Regiment,
Wilkie of the Herald is Lieut.. Col. F.. j.
Heron is Capt. of the Governors GseJs;
r. G. Heron of the Washington Guards,
F. Gottschalk of the Jackson Guards, A.
II. Dillon Of the Light Horse, and NJ. NJ.
Hayden of the City Guards. There are 4
Masonic Lodges, Chapter, l Commandery
and Council. The Odd Fellows have
Encampment and Lodges. The Templars
have but one Lodge. There are Medical
Society, a SAINT Andrews Society, Young
mems Literary Association numbering zoo
paying members. it has fine Library
There are three Fire Companies; S. S.
Palmer is Chief Engineer. There are Is
Churches, viz: Three Catholic, three Pres
byterian, (assorted), three Methodist, one
Episcopal, one Baptist, one Universaliss,