The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-10-19
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Persons who assisted BY contribution
pay the bounties necessary to All the quot
Of this township, will 6nd ii another CO
umn statement from the committee SHOW
ing the whole proceedings in the matte,
All such are requested to call upon II.
Newell at his store on any day after thi
date between the hours OF Q and 12 A
NJ, who will refund the same, pro rata
in currency and city script, to those Twin
within the incorporation and to those wh
live without the city limits. the per. cent
mot appropriated, in currency ]. :. The l4tl
Iowa Infantry will be mustered out Of tn
service some time in November Vim
M. Case, once a merchant of McSrego
and now Of Waukegan Ill.,, is the Demo
cratic candidate for the Legislature in tha
county. Our friend, the Gazette, is oppos
ed to his election of course Joe v
Baugh, Of the Sioux City Journal is draft
ed in that city and has still another chsnc,
to draw prize in Council Bluffs, wber.
his name is properly placed on the list
"Tis better to be born lucky than rich.'
.a:. The "copperhead' city Of Dubuqu.
has filled its quota under the last. call; &c
has the "copperhead" city of McGregor
but very many cities and precints of exces
sivc negro proclivities have not :. The
drafting commissioners will leave Dubuque
to-day for D, corah to make the draft 70,
the delinquent portions Of the northern
counties in the district. Alamakee, Win.
.neshiek, Howard, Mitchell and Chickasaw
will be put into the wheel next -. The
teachers institute for this county met in
Ca,navillo on Monday The Dubuque
Herald notifies two certain local editors oil
that city abolition doubtless) who lef,
suddenly and unexpectedly one morning
that there will be no draft there under the
last call; that the city has filled its
quota, and calls upon them to come back
as the interests of (?) God and humanity,
and "a little more blood-let.ing' impair
lively demands their immediate presence.
....Our North McGregor friend, VIII
Moncrief, is now master of ceremonies in
the freight depot at the Body station, on
the McGregor Western Railway. VIM, is
of opinion that the new name will be wiped
out and the proper name Of the village,
Castalia, take its place. If he don't set
things nearly right there is then no use OF
another trying it. I
D. G, Goodrich, Of Clermont, published
0 ice precedent Of the abolition affair to come
off at Postville on the 2lst., has our thanks
Tor a letter containing twenty-eight SUBJ
scribers TO the TINES. Another evidence
Of d. Gs. utilization with the negro eman.
cipation, or no Union, party over the left.
How are you thunder appropriations?
Messrs. Stoneman and Beckwith, of this
city, and Gates Of Farmersburg, addressed
! large democratic meeting at Garnavillo,
On the 14th. The McGregor Glee Club &C
,ompanied the speakers to the meeting
md sang several patriotic songs which were
;heersd with a"God bless you," by the
whole house and immense crowds without,
whose only chance to hear was by remov-
ng the windows of the hall. Citizens from
hat vicinity tell US that the orations were
If the nail.and- clnch them. fast order, and
created the widest enthusiasm DR..
Andres has our thanks for several late and
interesting Boston papers On Saturday
our city was full of conscripts FROM this
ind sdjoining counties, en- route for the
Provost Marshals office at Dubuque. Most
If them attended the meeting Of the Nc
,lellan Club in the evening and chered
Justify for the brave hero who is to be our
ext President. S. H. Warren, of The
springfield House, will convey passengers
rec of cost to and from the Republican
,arbacre to come off on the 2lst at Post.
lille. Hooper is patriot and christian,
or he will feed the an hungered. An
larm of fire on the streets at ID o'clock en-
Sunday night aroused many Of our either
o witness the total destruction Of the Nc.
iregor Tannery, with all the stock on
,and. j. w. Van Orman, Esq, was the
present owner and principal loser, hating
My short time since purchased it fios,
dessrs. Davis and Reeves, the former pro.
,rietors. The whole loss is set at $4,000,
Il 900 of which falls upon the proprietor,
Who was insured for 81 200, and the re-
naindcr to S. NJ. Mcconnell and a few
'ther customers, not insured -. Dubuque
$ to have town clock and we can't have
ven town might watch. Our people
re all honest-or ought to be-is the rea-
on. Our former townsman, E. D. Terry,
$ doing big thing in the clothing line at
cedar Rapids in. this State; 50 says the
Times Of that thriving city -. /. The Dubu-
Iuc Herald quotes as regularly the qaan.
ity and demand, and tho rise and Rll in
be market Of all specimens Of humanity,
steemed suitable for the southern slaughter
,ens, as Of any marketable produce. j.
Ne have several interesting communities
ions on our table which are necessarily laid
side until some other time. The one of Rol.
cen was placed into tho hands Of the COM
,ositors, but before it was made into type.
We found it too big load for this issue. -.
The annual Fair of this county, whichcs me
IF last week, is reported :" US q success.
/ was our Intention TO attend but business
Engagement which could not be put away
prevented. 1t is claimed that 1900 people
we're on the grounds, all manifesting good