The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-08-28
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The McGrcgor Rangers are Company K
of the 1st Iowa Cavalry Regiment-th,
second position of honor in the regiment
and the left wing of the resimental line.
On Saturday noon, Capt. j. II. Powers will
80 men of the Northern Lights musteret
in the counties of Howard, Chickasaw
Mitchell and Floyd, arrived in town an,
took quarters at the McGregor House, t,
await the down boat Their destinatio,
was Dubuque, where they are to 90 int,
Col. Vandever's regiment. Thirty of tn
company went down by way of the Ceda
Valley, and ten more were to arrive Satur
day night. They were stalwart, hearty
robust fellows, right from the harvest field
and tough as pine knots. In the afternoon
by the courtesy Of Capt. Sherwin, who has
thus treated every military company which
has embarked at this point for the wars
they went over to Prairie du Chen ant
passed pleasant hour IN the vicinity O.
Fort Crawford. About 10 o'clock Satur
day night, the boys were rallied from thei,
beds and embarked on the Ocean WAGE 70,
their rendezvous. There was one stalwar,
file leader in the ranks Of this company
that measured in his stockings six feet three
and one half inches, another six feet three.
and dozen or more reached and o'e,
topped six feet. They were proud of thei,
Captain, who seems to be the right mar
for the right place. &. {. Our devil goetf
where he listeth, and that is as drumme,
boy in ex-editor Greene's military company
at Prairie du Chen. Consequently there
is vacancy to be filled, and the first young
chap that comes up to the standard, shall
be counted in. :. The ladies of McGrego,
are very patriotic and have to a highly com.
mendablc extent contributed to the comfort
and enjoyment Of the Clayton County Vol.
unteers. We suggest that the next step in
the path of their benevolcnce he to provide
each one of our boys with pair of substan.
tial woolen socks for service in the an.
preaching cold weather. !. H. P. Clinton,
Of Wis, well known to many of the oldest
residents of McGregor, has been commits.
stoned as Quartermaster Of the 9TH Wis.
Regiment. Henry is a trump. On Thurs.
day last Capt. Sherwin, of the Alamakse.
brought over on his Ferry two loads Of
sheep, destined for Northern Iowa. The
owner is fortunate in having found the ex.
act place where tn wool ought to grow. !. /. /.
Wooliscroft & Ryan on the Public SQUARE,
are selling great quantities of green and
dried fruit, at wholesale and retail. They
will be obliged by-and-by to move into lar
ger quarters to accommodate their rapidly
increasing business, or decline the trade of
some OF their customers. They wouldn't
like to do the latter. "A couple of inter-
esting chaps longing for sport, stepped out
in front of the Mississippi House, on Fri
day evening last, and played with knives
and clubs. Clubs were trumps and the
man of cutlery held poor hand; little
claret was drawn and the fun stopped, to the
disappointment Of gathering crowd of in
terested spectators :. Main Street begins
to present very lively appearance; the
foretaste Of the fall trade. On Sunday
morning any observer going down town
might have observed philosophical indi-
vidual who few hours before, had evident.
~ become tired of enjoying the quiet beauty
Of the evening and laid down with his chair
to enjoy an informal repose on the brick
pavement. To be sure his head dropped
over the edge Of the sidewalk, in position
scarcely favorable to beauty or comfort,
but what mattered that to a man who had
learned to accommodate himself to circum.
stances Lieut.. Lefingwell left McGregor
last week to join the gallant Clayton Co.
boys. He went freighted with substantial
tokens Of the regard of the ladies and gen.
tlemen of McGregor. The third military
company from this place and vicinity is
now filling up for the war. We alude to
the Home Guards, who have almost unani-
mously concluded to go and help the rest
Of the Iowa boys arbitrate with the. rebels
the question of secession. :. D.. We learn from
The Clayton Co. Journal, that a son of A.
d. Cook, of Elkaker was accidently thrown
from horse one day last week and injured
SO severely as to leave but little hopes OF
his recovery .. The man with ''trihes
lighter than air" in the shape of miniature
balloons, visited this burg on Monday morn
ing to the delight of numerous juveniles.
go. Within the past week we have received
calls from Mr.. Young, of tho Prescott
wis Transcript, and Upton, of the Clay
ton Go. Journal Both gents appeared in
a good state Of preservation. We regret
to state that financial embarrassment has
overtaken the McGregor Press, and the
Deputy Sheriff has seriously interfered with
the publication of the paper this week.
They will probably get new press and be
all right again. No matter what our rela-
tons may be with any newspaper, we feel
no pleasure at seeing it hors du combat
We notice the familiar face of j. S. Case in
town. Bishop Lee Of this diocese, preached
at the Congregationalist Church on Monday
evening. 80 Messrs. Sharpe and Walker
names indicative Of active temperaments-
are proprietors of competing stage lines
from this point westward. We will just
hint to everybody outside Of Iowa, who may
wish to come in, that McGregor is the gate
way, and travel from this PORT out is "dog
cheap" T-i.c-k-e-ts!. I'VE hear it sta
ted that Captain Cochran, formerly of the
N1'oaukee, and very popular steamboat
man, is now in Cincinnati after q boat to