The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-30
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The choicest Green Apples are now Of
fered at low figures by the barrel or
retail by Geo. Atwood at Lis stand oppcsit
the McGregor House. George las til
finest selection to be had on the Lowe
river, large an! luscious, and he offers then
at prices only few cents in advance Of iii
common article of the market. Call an,
look at his asset tment :. James Bromle,
of Plattville, has purchased the Saloon
fixtures Of Simon Armstrong in the TINE
Block. .Jamcs Redding has added III
Milk Trade to the News business; he i
now as busy as married man. giving hi
customers printed information and lactea
consolation. %. ."Gibbs" Douglas, the Com
missioner Of the 9th Iowa, left for St. Loui
and Dixie on Monday morning last to col
lect the soldier vote of that regiment. =
Judge Murdoch, Of McGregor, left for 81
Louis also on Tuesday to poll the vote 0
the 4th Iowa Cavalry. Gen. Schofield vii
probably be able to direct these gentlemen
to the point where their respective regi
ments may be found. 49,
John Rauh, the Marshal Of Wauktsha
died suddenly at his residence one day LAST
week. Col. H. G. Heg, of the Wisconsin
Norwegian regiment, was killed at the late
battle of Chimpanauga, near Chattanooga
He was brave officer, and we, in common
with hundreds in North Iowa, deplore ths
loss his adopted country haspuffered ,ip bis
nntimely hut glorious death ::fhe "Day
Of Atonement" was observed by several o.
the Hebrew Mercantile men on w ednesday
last. OF two battalions Of fhe 18th In
fantry, engaged at Chimpanauga, but '45
are left for duty. Maj. Coolidge was killed
and Lieut.. w. F. GOODWIN, formerly Of
this place, is wounded. Capt. Lewis, now
Of Oswego, IS senior Captain.
Mr.. Lincoln has recently written Ia
Hackett the Tragedian giving the need Of
praise to Macbeth, Of all Shakespeare
plays. II it were not dsloyal we would
hint that "Othello" suits his taste better.
....Capt. James Call, one of the best
fighting men of Iowa is in want Of 20 men
to fill up his company in the 9th Iowa
Cavalry. "Jim" is full team in all res.
poets and docs not ask his men to lead him.
See large bills and take the bounty.
Judge Williams in certain case has
has virtually decided that the Supreme
Court is the proper authority to settle the
constitutionality Ct the soldier vote. As
the vote will be taken before the Court is
in session, the decision, for this year will
receive the "go-by.". 49,. Sheep, to the num-
Der Of 100000 head, have been brought
west Of Lake Michigan within the last three
months. Nearly 1000 have crossed the
river at McGregor. The work of exca-
waiting on the burnt district is progressing;
the streets filled with lumber, stone and
brick. .. The Teachers Association will
take place here on Monday Oct. 9Th. -.
Our City is improving wonderfully, but
we learn from the Fathers that corpora.
ton improvements must stop unless money
can be borrowed. If the Council can get
along without issuing bonds we pray them
TO avoid the precedent. Several arrests
have been made of men suspected of MUIR.
dering Sherman, but on examination moth
ing satisfactory could be elected and all
were discharged. V. A man named Parker
was badly hurt near the Innnt;e~-
OF Monona by threshlng machine, but
he is getting along we'll and is not in forty
miles of being "dead!' !
Jas. Wiley & Co., one door east of Ken
redy's store, have opened out a good stock
of merchandise which they want the public
to purchase for cash. Our friend HOWE is
one of the statesmen. Mr.. Drummond is
to be made the Lieut.. COL of the 9th Cav
airy we limited it quite plainly in our last
issue. .Mre. Brown, the widow of John
Brown of Harper's Ferry, is stopping with
her sons family and her own, at the Amer
lean. She looks like good woman and
does not seek notoriety. She informs US
that her son, the Captain, grew sick, and
resigned his position. The old lady is
designing to purchase land west of this and
settle down. She awaits the arrival Of her
son. .. The N. Y. Central is now running
a passenger car made entirely of iron. -.
& Co., have the biggest
and reddest sign in town. They are splen-
did men to trade with and they spare neith-
er time nor money to let all know what
they have to sell. Before you get to Pear
sail & Church's Livery Stable, turn your
eyes to the left and then 60 in !....A
young lady eloped with gallant Major and
in few months came homo with minor
She was unsteady inclined. :. (. C. II. Skin
ner, in the Strouse wheat trial at Elkader,
was condemned by the Jury, but his sen.
tence is deferred till Saturday. A motion
has been made for new trial. Two
more weddings will turn up in town during
October, If the weather is favorable. The
initials Of the pair are - but we promis-
ed not to tell for some days vets. The
ladies of Iowa are anxious to havea State
Sanitary Convention at Muscatine sometime
in October. Would not the expense iof
gathering at Muscatine be better sunk in
purchasing vegetables in local districts ard
forwarding at once to the suffering sol
diers? A meeting the Of McGregor Sanitary
Society will take place this P. M. AZ 4