The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-03

well sermon at the Baptist church on Sab
bath evening to full house. His discourse
was an able and eloquent appeal to the
people and especially to the church of which
he has been Pastor for sixteen months.
His connection with the church has been
one of the most happy and profitable and
in all his relations with the citizens of the
most cordial possible to exist. In bis alb.
sence the Baptist Society here sustain a
loss which they feel it not easy to repair
and in severing the connection, the Rev.
gentleman leaves charge with much re.
greet aud only because he conceives it to
be duty. He leaves on Friday for the
field Of his former and future labors in
India, and we understand.that quite num-
Der of his friends intend leaving substan.
tial tokens of regards in the "card basket"
at Mr.. Arnold's on Thursday evening"
There is something so unusual in the sac.
rifices this minister is making that our
susceptibilities are touched. He leaves a
pleasant home and loving people, sacri
fees his goods, in fact strips himself Of
property to reach heather land, where he
thinks duty calls him and where he will
be shut out from old associations. All
other hopes and expectations are buried
and he bids farewell to his friends for this
life. What little is realized from the sale
of his goods will probably but barely carry
him to Europe and then he becomes a
charge upon the Eng. Mis-. Soct'y. 1t seems
to US that substantial tokens of rega I'd lief,
in the basket will make us all feel a little
easier in the region of the heart after
he is gone. Scores of lawless boys
are said to be constantly prowling about
the city gardens in quest of green ap.
Piles, grapes, or any other fruit that they
can lay their hands upon. Owners of such
lads should sec that they are at home by
night and otherwise employed by day.
Death by choleramorbus may perhaps thus
be averted, and, besides, trades learned in
the Penitentary are not always to our
liking Tho subscription price of the
Elkadcr Journal will be, after the 10Th of
August, two dollars per annum in advance,
and if not paid within six months fifty
cents will be added. Mead of the Plain.
dealer, New Oregon, and Armstrong of the
Journal, Lansing, have been in McGregor,
on business visits, within the last week.
Call again gentlemen. Henry Durand,
formerly Of this place and of this office,
enlisted with Capt. Lewis in the 10th U.
5. Regulars, was taken prisoner at Chicka-
manga, Sept, 10th, confined at Richmond,
Afterwards to Danville and finally to Ameri.
Gus, Georgia, where he now is, if alive.
James Bassett and family and Benz.
Hunting leave to-day (Tuesday) for a visit,
If some weeks, to friendsin New York. :.
Services will be held at the Congregational
Church in this city on Thursday-as per
appointment by the President of the day
or fasting and prayer-at 101 a. m.
DR.. F. Andres is recovering from an illness
Of week or two, and it is expected that he
will be able to appear on the street in few
lays again. Our citizens can't we'll 60
without the Dr's. valuable services long
enough for him to be sick. We learn
hat Capt. j. H. Barnes of Co. K, LIST Iowa
Cavalry, has been promoted to the office of
Major in that regiment. A good selection.
81 hhfh s1hf haaeist men we have ever met and
IS an officer is spoken of in the highest
erms.. The McGregor & Minnesota R.
is becoming an institution of realty: a
steam saw mill on Paint Creek, 6 miles
rom Johnsonsport, is almost ready to COM
nence the work Of cutting the ties for the
road, and the work Of excavatirg is being
pushed forward as rapidly as possible.
We are told that the road will be built and
put in operation from block 10, point
near the foot of Main street and immedi.
ately in front of the Ferry landing in this
place, where the depot is to be located, to
Waukon this fall. Mr.. James MacGregor
jr., has resigned the presidency of the road
and Col. Merrill, president of the First
National Bank of McGregor, has been ap.
pointed in his stead. Wood is sold in
Dubuque for from $3.50 to 5000 the cord.
1.-The Ocean Wave will not be remoddled
as was reported by us two weeks ago. The
company have determined that the cost
would be nearly equal to that of building
a new boat and have therefore abandoned
the project for the present.
A railroad ditching machine, manulac.
tured by B. 7. Stowell, patentee, at Quincy
Ill.,, arrived at this landing on Saturday
for the McGregor Western Railway. We
were told that its cost to the Company al
this point vas 1900. A company having
the will, energy and ability to put road
through the interminatle rock cuts in the
gorges leading to the elevated and rich
plains of Iowa in so short time, will have
the judgment to procure the proper macLin.
cry to complete it in the most speedy man.
ner possible, and now we expect to see the
McGregor Western move steadily along to
the point destined to be its Western ter
MINUS S. NJ. Mcconnell and lady ant
r. Hubbard and lady returned home during
the week from tours usually pronounced
to be of all others the most pleasant o
any which ever happen with some) in tn,
life of manor woman. We hope they
may be always never SO happy. >. Suther
land. Baker. and Rowland are absent vic