The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-29
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Capt Leffingwell is announced to ad
dress the Union Club of Elkader on Satur
day Of this week
The friends Of E. r. Barron, win b.
glad to hear that his wife is steadily recov
ering her health.
Farmers in this vicinity are payin.
$3.50 per day for harvest hands, and they
are scarce at that.
--Eng1er's line of Garnavillo stages leave
McGregor every Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday, at Q p. m. The announcement,
of last week was erroneous.
We notice DR.. Andres again upon the
street; he may be enabled to continue the
practice Of his profession, without further
interruption by personal illness.
&C. r. Stewart Of the Dubuque Times
has been sued by Mahoney for SANDER
He will probably retaliate in counter suit
against Mahoney.
The Muscatine Journal reports that
the crop Of spring wheat in that county
may be put down as considerable failure.
The chintz bug has been playing the deuce
down that way.
Nearly every man who can be spared
from his usual occupation has gone out in
to the harvest to help secure the great crop
Of 1863. Town looks little quiet in
| consequence.
Bishop Lee, Of this diocese, is expected
to visit McGrcgor in about two weeks. We
learn that it is the intention of the Episco.
pal Society At this place to make arrange.
ments soon as possible to secure rec
tor for their church.
Frank Rodgers, son Of Judge Rodgers
has been appointed midshipman in the
naval school at Newport, and left with his
father on Thursday to enter upon his course
Of preparation. Those who know him say
he is promising young man.
A small raft lodged on the sand bar
about 200 feet below the levee, on Wednes-
day evening last. The tug Active went to
her relief on Wednesday morning and pull
ed off part of the raft, getting aground
herself in the operation.
Farmer, Calvin & LOOMS, Of C!ermont
have portable printing Office connected
with their establishment with which they
do their advertising. We have before us
specimens of some cards printed by them,
which re,lly reflect credit upon the typo.
graphical member Of the house.
WIN. Koss, has the foundation walls
up to grade, for fine two or three story
block on his corner, south side of Main
street, two doors east of the Broad Axe
Mr.. K. is one Of the most industrious and
respectable citizens, who by his own ener-
gy, with capital of but few cents has
hewed his way to prosperous business
and is, we are glad to see, in a fair way to
secure competence.
Some three or four drunken rows and
fights which have occurred in this city
since our last issue, seem to call for some
more strict police regulations than we have
yet had. 1t strikes us there ought to be a
calaboose to confine al these l,sturhers of
the peace. Quite handsome revenue
might be obtained from such an institution,
to say nothing Of its wholesome effect upon
public morals.
We are informed that trial of Reap.
ers and Now ers, open to the world, will be
held in some suitable field, in the immed.
ate vicinity Of Waukon, to-day the Goth
inst. The trial was originally arranged
between two reapers, but was subsequent.
ly extended so as to embrace all the ma.
chimes sold in Iowa. If circumstances per.
nit we shall attend this trial and make an
impartial report Of the same.
Another itinerant humbug calling him
self "Ashlev Clark" of New York, adver.
tised lecture last Thursday evening at
Kennedy's Hall on the estate Of the coun-
try" His lecture was silly mess of non-
sense which would not have done credit to
any ten year old boy in our city. The scala
wag, so says the News of this city, left
early the next morning neglecting to pay
hotel and printing bills.
There were two or three Topographic
cal errors last week in the published list of
premiums and regulations of the Clayton
County Agricultural Society's fair. The
fair is to be held on Wednesday and Thurs
day October l4th and 18th. The President
is o. W. Crazy, not Craig; and E. Hazen,
not O. Hagen, is one of the directors. We
trust there will be large attendance at the
fair, and that the exhibition will prove
success.
We learn by Clerk Eldred of the Key
City that passengers are now ticketed
through to St. Paul, and through freight
carried as usual The Key City, War
Eagle, and Northern Light, form daily
line from Dunleith to Lacrosse the Clara
Games from Lacrosse to Winona; the Floia
from Winona to Beef Slough Bar; the
Chas. Rodgers from Beef Slough Bar to
Prescott, and the Durand and Franz Siegel
from Prescott to st. Paul. There is but
fourteen inches Of water on one of the bars
near St. Paul; so the reader will get some
idea of the difficulty Of navigation.
David Jack of Mitchell County, Iowa,
has left with us specimens of wood discev-
cred forty feet below the su, face, while dig
ging well for one Patterson, farmer
Our informant says that this strata of wood