The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-16
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Home and Other Items.
Judge Potter sends us the Alton Den,
Graf, giving an account of Democrat vi,
tory in that city at the recent corporatio
election. ...Jo. H. Wyman writes us a
interesting letter from Davenport, but it
impossible this week to get it into typt
The Co. is well and will get into the 9th
....Mr. Carter of the Ayr. Trade here, i
off for the State Fairs. lie will open
business in connection with his brothe
when he can effect an arrangement for
suitable building. Sam Malone of Yves
Union,s and A. Albertson of Chickasaw
came here on Monday with Ga head of cat
tie each, labelled "Chicago. ~. 800 sheer
passed through here on Monday for Mime
| sofa. M. Farnsworth & Brother have
bought the McGregor, Elkader and Straw.
4 berry Point Mail route. They will do i,
up all right or break the coach -. e. S.
Fitch, whom we mentioned last week as
being insured, informs us that he had no
insurance: this. we, in common with his
many friends, sincerely regret. Mr.. Fitch
saved SEINE goods, and will resume business
in Mrs. Packers building, one door west of
Capt. Sladden's Grocery and Provision
store. We hope Mr.. Fitch and all others
who have lost severely will be literally
patrenized when they again open.
Hammerslough Bros have rented HILL's
storchouse, near Hammers, up Main street,
for one year. Fire does not scare good
business men out Of this active commercial
city 80. Newell is all organized again as
sound as ever, and Doc. Tor Capt. PLUM is
as pleasant as usual :. s. J. Case has re-
turned and purchased the lot his late store.
house stood on. lie will build two. story
brick as fast as workmen can handle the
tools and material. :. The Pembina passed
up Thursday last. This is the first Saint
Louis boat for months. 4. d. The Merriil's, of
the Courier, old and young, called on us
on Monday and made us happy M. v.
Burdick, of Decorah, recently delivered
most excellent and affecting Eulogy, on the
solder-dead Of v inneshiek county, to
large concourse of mourning citizens. %.
Fl. j. Ingersoll, formerly of the McGregor
House, is in Co. H, 18th Michigan cavalry,
Washington. He favors us with valuable
papers, for which our thanks arc extended.
p. Mcdonald has bought out Mines of
the old Market Saloon. i. The Methodist
preachers have all gone to Conference at
Allison and Harvey were
here a moment on Saturday last-both
good looking men, but they. are badly
with Administration on the brain:
may Tod have mercy OF them!. There
was dance ats Murray's Hotel on Friday
Kellogg, of the army and late
'f North McGregor, is at home-he holds
Fast to bis religion and his politics. ID.
B. Kimball, of Chicago and formerly Of
Bradford, is here doing the finest patent
roofing ever seen in the city. Ask him
about it!....The Springfield Republican
Mass.) saysthe draft is failure, not one
in ten responding to it except with money
Or by escape -. Mrs DR.. Harriet N. Aus
tin, of Danville, N. Y, is out in favor of
ladies' riding astride on horseback! Where
will woman go to after she commences
swallowing the isms Of the hour? The
Chicago journal says gentlemen will not
object to this reform, but any gentleman
who respects his mother. his wife or his
daughter, or anybody else's, should lay
awake at nights to curse such departure
from the decencies of life Give us any
thing but female degradation. and we can
bear it. ... ~ .....t .-...
Willie Burbridge has opened small
fruit and provision store in the room next
Mrs. Kriebs' Millisery shop. lie is nice
youth, honest and attentive to business
We hoge be viii hs :. millionaire before he
is 80 WARS every body give the
boys encoIfsged1snt The propeller
Sunbeam was lost on the 2s,h of August,
on Lake Michigan-the wheelsman only
escaped out Of a list of 35 persons. ;. The
Government has gobbled 10000 bales of
cotton near Nashville worth $26, 900 900.
Prairie chickens at ST. Paul are so p!cn.
ty that they fly into restaurants-in few
days the papers there will tell US they are
roasted when they arrive Il: d: A.
Mahony is tho Democratic. nominee for
Sheriff of Dubuque county. H IL was chosen
BY reclamation 80. Charley Herman is at
Davenport; his P. 0. box is 2o7 j.. Chas.
McLaury, just from Lacrosse hands US
Daily Democrat Of Monday by this we
earn that serious fire struck that city on
Monday morning. The fire began in the
Lacrosse House Barn and destroyed large
amount of property including the Lacrosse
House AID other buildings. Most of the
goods were got out in damaged state
Steinam & CO., lost $4,000 insured for
$1,000. The loss in movable effects is
light. Four valuable horses were burned
-. Theodore, son of j. A. Brown, Of
Clayton, was caught in a shaft of his
fathers Steam Grist Mill, one day last week
and carried for minutes at the rate of SO
revolutions to the minute, his feet thresh
ing the floor and beam overhead at each
revolution The accidental entry of tie
engineer saved him from further torture
His feet are beaten to jelly, but no bones
are broken and the courageous little fellow
will get well He is only l6, but he is a
full man in nerve and endurance. There
are persoral incidents related Of him which