The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-01-14

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The ice on the river at this point during
the past week has been serviceable but for
ono thing-skating. II has been good.
nay. excellent for that purpose, and has been
we'll improved by the young ,nen and lads
Of McGregor, nearly every day Of the
week, not even, I'VE regret to say-exclud.
ing Sunday. Skating is healthy exhilir.
ating pastime, and we only wonder that
more Of our citizens do not employ the
opportunity so temptingly displayed. The
ladies also, should learn the poetry Of mo
ton, on ice, and give to their cheeks the
ruddy glow which testifies to natures
adornment. 1T. N. Hodges, Of the Elan.
ders House, has disposed Of tho same to
G. II. Flanders, who has already entered
upon the discharge Of his duties. Mr.. Elan.
ders is one Of the old settlers in this local.
ity, and has won fame for business integ-
rity, enterprise, and thrifty management,
which no other man in upper Iowa can
eclipse. We have no doubt he will make
a successful landlord, and add largely to
his long roll Of friends. We are very glad
to learn in this como ction, that Mr.. T. N.
Hodges will remain in the house and give
his undivided attention to the interests and
comfort Of its guests. We have had
another sable transaction in McGrcgor, in
which Banjo 10" figured as the party Of
the first part. The fair Desdemona was q
really interesting looking girl, and it is al.
legged was drugged and beguiled to elope.
The couple were arrested at Prairie du
Chen, though "Joe" succeeded in getting
away and is now at large. The girl was
returned to her parents who are represented
to be very fine people. The posse who
made descent upon "Joc," unjustifably
on their return, demolished his saloon had
they stopped short Of this there would have
been little to condemn in their proceedings.
1.-The worlds prayer meetings." ap.
pointed in evangelical churches throughout
the wsrld, for the first week in January
were duly honored in McGregor, by union
prayer meeting Of the various churches,
each evening Of the week. A favorable
religious interest was evoked by these
meetings. Nv. d. Merrill, dropped in like
a sunbeam athwart the Threshold of our
sanctum, on Monday. The grip is right;
call again, and call often. +. . The mite so.
ciety, connected with the Methodist church,
will meet on Wednesday evening Of this
week, at the house of our fellow-towns.
man, S. j. Case, Scott avenue. These so.
c'al gatherings are very pleasant, and Mr..
Case assures us that he wants to see his
house filled. . Lieut.. N. j. O'Brien has
established his recruiting office in the mer-
chant tailor shop of James McRaith,
O'Brien's new Brick block, Main street.
The regiment expects to he mustered in
soon, and paid off. An appeal is made to
the loyal lrishmcn of the country, in par
ticular, to come forward and fill I'D the
regiment Immediately that it maygo into the
service, ane participate in the gallant work
of opening the Mississippi. .. We have it
on undoubted authority that on Thursday
evenings respectable girl who works for one
Of our citizens, was assaulted while crossing
Ann street to attend the prayer meeting at
the Methodist church. At the first word
of alarm the villain fed at the top Of
his speed. A short time since. another
girl was assaulted on Ann
street, by some miscreant who, lying in
the shade, seized her vigorously by the
ANGLE. The girl Immediately called for help,
and the fellow released his hold, when she
ran home. A few moments afterwards.
disguised as servant girl, and armed with
a revolver, gentleman Of this city, walked
back and forth in the same locality in the
hope Of being surprised, that he might give
the devil in human guise a pill, which
would cure his peculiar disease. It's to be
that the villain did not attempt
to seize him. 1t is, we are sorry to say, un.
safe for ladies of McGregor to walk in our
streets after dark, unattended by an escort.
I'VE are pleased to see Rev. Mr.. Sloan
and wife, among the list of arrivals at
McGregor, Tuesday morning. Mr.. S., by
reason of his i'll health was forced to re.
sign, and we suppose will soon resume his
pastoral relations with the Congregational
church of this city. AN agent of Chi.
cago house, on Monday, desiring to cross
the river, refused the services of the Dy-
kens Brothers, and in five minutes after
wards went upon the ice where it was
weak, and brokenin up to his neck, in which
condition a hickory hooppole was extended
to him, by the aid which he got out a
wetter and wiser man.
Life Insurance.
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