The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-10-21
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The Key City steamer is again on tn
river as saucy as ever and not a bit les
pleasant in her officers. The man VIII
was reported killed by the accident sh
sustained is about to recover /. /. The Itasc
was raised from her sinking condition an,
has passed down to the ship-yard at l.
Claire for repairs. -. The Soats at last adj
vices run only to Prescott bar whore al
exchange Of passengers and freights is mad
to smaller craft suitable for tho limited
water power Of St. Paul. Lehman 0
the Boscobel argus and s. S. Haislet of th'
Lansing Union, made us call since ou
last issue. Always welcome We T. C's 0
the quill and the press. Sam has qui
| writing poetry we bclicve-his last subjec
| had too much matter in it to suit him.
The poetry was good though, notwth
standing -. On Thursday the Goth No
the President has requested day Of
Thanksgiving and Praise; the Governors
will follow suit Of course and the northern
States can make one job Of it. This is
correct.
The President has decided to send his
son Bob" to Heidelburg University in
Germany, to receive an education. Bot
is said to be smart. We hope he will beat
he Eo t1or hr,, ,,.;n
her son to Europe. .Sergt. E. W. G.
Follett of Elgin Iowa, died of wounds on
the I'd Sept, st. Louis. He was mem
Der Of co.,, Iowa 3D.. e. p. Clarke Of
the Tobacco and Notion Emporium is in
receipt of SHE'LL Oysters and CLAIMS OF
Superior quality. This new fruit is all
"the go" in our town. We have an in
teresting letter from Geo. G. Wood Of the
9th Iowa it came too late for this issue
in our next you will read it,. Capt T.
G. DRlrs babe us good Bye on Monday
on his return to his regiment at Little Rock;
his health had materially improved. He
was accompanied by Lieut.. Pratt Of Walk :
on and the pair were honorcd as the escort
of the lady of Lieut. Barnes of the LIST
Iowa Cavalry now at Little Rock.
Humphrey Lampson hands us Brough
ticket as voted in Ohio; it is covered on the
back with red, white and blue marks, ma
king it look like slip of wall paper. This
was done to prevent free expression at
the ballot. GAN right now, bat it will BE-
all wrong one of these days. No man has
right to look at or question a citizens vote.
The Democratic ticket was plain white as
usual. Mr.. Vallandigham was not our ad-
miration, the insinuation in the Ne,os Of
this week to the contrary Notwithstanding,
but the PEOPLE of Quo had a right to
do their voting without any intimidation
from outsiders, whether soldiers OF
civil afficers. -. Jesse Lampson and Milo
Lacy formerly TINES typo) were met by
"Umph" in Cleveland on their way from
the war. We expect Milo to be with us in
a few days setting up matter, and Jesse"
will tell US better yarns from Charleston
than any newspaper canlget up. MRS. G.
l.. Scott returned last week from long
absence on an eastern visit. The Wau-
kon stages on Monday were both filled with
passengers arriving for the 8 o'clock boat
to the eastern train. Burlingamc and listed
are both hard workers and deserve pat
ronage, Capt. Sherwin will 60 on the
road about the LIST of November. -. Koss'
harness, exhibited at the County Fair was
sold to Andrew Tects for sos 90. Pretty
good set of harness though it did not win
the premium :. The merchandise Of Abr.
Kohn, Koss' Brick block, has arrived and
is soon to be shown to the public. We
had most agreeable calls last week from
Fred. Mitchell, of Fayette, Ed. Hoyt and
Seth Mnckler, of Milwaukee, Plus Emer-
son of Dubuque, Leroy jenkins, Esq i"
Of Louisiana, Missouri, and others. The
Cranberry crop is said to be short this year,
as high as $500 being paid for them al
ready by the bushel. Lieut.. Mckay will
probably be Major Of the 9th cavalry.
We call attention to Judge Potter's letter
from Alton. You can see in thats how the
soldiers voting was DONE. "A new Congrs-
gational Church was dedicated recently at
Clermont.