The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-11-05

HoMe ANA Other Helms.
On Thursday evening OF last week a splcn
did company from DEBORAH for the GIL
Iowa cavalry, commanded by E. w. Bur
dick, Captain, Sherman Page 1st Lieuten
ant and Timothy Finn, I'd do. The com
pany is filel to its maximum number
eighty arrived in one body the remainder
will follow as soon as they can arrange
their business and domestic affairs. |,
Col. Wilson has as sturdy men from other
portions Of the state, as he gets from north.
ern Iowa, the rebels will soon learn to fear
them. =. The walls of Dearbon & Shaw s
new building are rapidly approaching com.
pletion, and the structur. when completed
will be an ornament to our narrow city, as
we'll as probable barrier to the progress
Of general conhagraton rolling up or
down Main street. This leads us to the
remark that the common council of this
city should pass fire enactment provid
ing for the erection Of none but the most
substantial buildings on either side Of Main
street. These little rookerics which adorn
Main street, are but temptations to the in
ccndiary .. The Davenport Nc,os pays a
handsome compliment to the heroic wife OF
Colonel William Hall, of the 18th Iowa
regiment She left home about year ago,
determined to share with her husband the
dangers and privations of military life, has
been with him through all his campaigns
in Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and
has been ministering angel to the dead
and dying on several Of our battle fields
All honor to this noble Iowa heroine. >.
On Saturday comp anics II, Captain j. NJ.
Miller, I, Capt. G. r. Miller, d, Capt My
ers, and X, Capt. Granger, Of the 9th Iowa
regiment, saluted McGregor with such cheers
as only Iowa soldiers can give. They
were on the steamer Northerncr, bound for
Cairo. The remainder Of the regiment ex-
pected to leave Monday morning, and the
whole regiment is certainly destined ere
long to be Il terror to the secesh Of some Of
the rebel states. The whole exploit of NOV
| ing this regiment to Fl. Smelling and back
again, reminds us forcibly Of the celebrated
exploit Of that king Of France, who march
ed ten thousand up the hill, and -march-
cd them down again" The regimental cx-
cursion to St. Paul, Fit. Smelling, and the
beautiful falls Of Minnehaha, was pleas
ant one, and this kind indulgence of the
Pope and has given the gallant boys anop-
portunity to vi,w the beauties Of the upper
Mississippi, which otherwise they might
never have seen. ."Joe Thompson" has
handed us card denying the soft impeach
mcnt that he and white girl left this city
in company, and asserts that the girls were
missing before he went away furthermore
he desires to inform the white folks" Of
this place that he stands ready at any time
to fully satisfy any one that he is innocent
Of the charge laid TO him." We have only
to remark that what we said last week was
upon the authority of the father of the girls.
o.. There vii! be German Union ball at
the German Music Clock Hail. corner Of
Upper Main street, and Garnavillo avenue,
on Saturday evening Of this week. BEST
Of music in attendance" John E. Knoebel
is the n,astcr of ceremonies -. The Davcn.
port boys were here last week, and many
strange didocs were cut up inside and out
side of their box, while the mediums were
,o,1 cd I'd ;,L T.
most singular pheno mcna, and our people
are as mysttied as well can be. Belief that
these demonstrations were made by disem-
bodied spirits, however, prevailed only to a
very limited extent. We are glad to
state that the public schools Of McGregor
are to be opened about the middle Of the
present month. Two buildings-one on
Ann street near the Methodist Church, and
one on Upper Main street. have been late.
ly erected for the primary departments and
the walls of the large brick schuo! building
have been strengthened by the erection Of
a large abutment against the west end, and
the insertion Of several rods running the
entire length and securely bolted upon
either end, making it perfectly safe. The
intermediate and higher departments will
be in the Academy buiding---the interme-
date occupying the first floor, and the
higher department the second floor. The
reader will find in another column clasifi-
cation Of tho studies in all the depart
ments. The following excellent corps Of
teachers have been engaged higher depart
ment, Miss James, assisted by Miss Peck
intermediate department, Mis-. Soenberger,
seconded by Miss Barnes; up town school,
Miss Petu, aided by Miss Albright; Ann
street school, Mss Updegraff. assisted by
Miss Chaplin =. Gov. Krkwood has APP
pointed no day Of Thanksgiving for Iowa,
as yet. He is probably waiting to hear from
the November elections. Events OF Tues
day morning upon our lcvee, indicate that
hogs are not the easiest Kind of animals in
the world to be driven-by no manner of
means 6 E .."~a.
Classification Of schools.
We have been furnished by the Board Of
Trustees with the following classification of
the graded schools Of McGregor, which will