The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-01-07
Home mud Other Itev,,s.


Home and Other Items.
New Years Day passed off very quietly
in town. Many ladies kept open houses
and numbers Of our townsmcn maintained
the good old custom OF New Years calls.
The day passed away il quiet enjoyment
and friendly greetings, and thus came in
the new calendar and new page in the
book Of time. We are becoming accus.
toned to The figures 1863" may the
destroying angel permit us all to assist in
the ceremonies of ushering in the year
1864. :. Lieut.. n. J. O'Brien, of the 42d
(lrish) regiment, has arrived in McGregor
for the purpose Of recruiting men for the
Add We trust he may have success.
The ranks OF this regiment are fast filling
up, and ii is without doubt the last volun-
tcer regiment which will be raised in Iowa.
IF the government needs more men hercaf.
ter, they will draft them peremtorly. N.
j. O'Bricn has seen honorable service in
one of the Wisconsin batteries, and has
been transferred to the 42d Iowa, where
his energy and experience will prove profit
able to the men associated with him. We
can assure Cur friends that shoulder. straps
don't hurt him, as some in the service,
and that the last opportunity to 60 into the
volunteer service is doubtless presented
We learn that he has recruited six men
within the past three or four days. Lau-
man, of the Lansing Argus called at this
office last week, and informed us that he
had taken up his bed and walked" He
goes, we understand, into Wisconsin again.
....We observe in the press of this coun.
ty, too late to get the same into our COLI
umns this week, the correspondence be-
tween Hon. Elipha!et Price, and Mrs. Laura
Stewart, of Elkader, Ruby Bixby, Of Lodo
milo, Hattie A. Remick, of McGrcgor,
Helen A. Bosecker, Of Guttcnburg, Julia
B. Fox, Of Rose Hill Farm, and Maria A.
Rogers, Of Elkader, relative to the proposed
cenotaph in honor Of the brave sons of
Clay ton county who have lain down their
lives to preserve the Union Of these states
These letters all breathe the spirit of an
exalted patriotism, and give assurance that
the women Of the country are not less de-
voted to the cause Of the Union, and less
willing to engage in every loyal work that
offers to them, than were their mothers in
the old revolution. We regard the ceno-
taph as verify, now that the ladies have
accepted the work. IS. Haisett, of the
Lansing Union, called at this Office on
Monday. He gives a cheerful account of
matters at Lansing, and reports the Union
as steady on its pin. We are glad to hear
it,. 1t is consoling to excitable nerves to
learn from Commissioner Crosby that only
about one hundred and thirtysix men are
wanted from Mendon township, to satisfy
Uncle Samuefs desires. Insatate com
missioner! would Mt one hundred suffice :?
1.-THE Ladies Sanitary society meet at
Mrs. Odell's residence this ednesday)
afternoon. :. We observe by the Ne,cs that
our fellow townsman w. Drummond has
been appointed Supervisor for Mendon
township, vice Grant, who refused to quail
ify. ..E. V. Carter, Esq, President of the
McGregor Branch of the State Bank Of
Iowa, writes to the West Union Era that
the branch bank here will receive and pay
over allotment funds for Iowa soldiers,
charging only for the express charges
which they may be subjected, or the usual
! Of one per cent. when N. Y. drafts were
wanted. This is honorable action on the
part Of the bank, and what we had a right
to expect from their known spirit of accom-
mediation >. We learn from the DEBORAH
Republic, that several cases of small pox
have occurred few miles north Of that
village. There was a narrow escspe from
fire in a dwelling house not far from the
levee, on Monday. A stove pipe becoming
very hot, set fire to wood work adjoining,
and conhagration was only averted by
the promp application Of few buckets of
water. In this season Of the year, too
strict care cannot possibly be exercised to
proven the outbreak of fires Our town
is having general visitation from the
measles little danger is to be apprehended
where proper care is exercised to avoid
catching cold