The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-03-16
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} ridge and as lively as bag of cells. Bully 70
him!....A. II. Brown of Waukegan, lat
of the Clayton Co. Store at this place, i
now the lst Lieut., Of the Gath Regimen
of Illinois Infantry. Who would hav
thought "Browny' would 60 to the wa
and at the same time be grain-dealc
with the senior editor this "copperhead'
TINES! .... Bricks" paper contains let
ter sending subscriptions to be directed t,
the Army Of the Potomac one was to b.
sent to our regular correspondent, Captain
Geo. II. Otis, now commander of the Is
Division of Provost Guard at Culpepper
Capt. George. why don't you write us NOR,
frequently?.. The Young mems Lyceun
of McGregor, moves along finely; VIII
Scott, Henry Gay, Charles McLaury, G
Howe, Charles Jackson and several othc,
young gentleman are progressing as dc.
baters, and it will not be long before ''thc
boys will be candidates for Congress. We
acknowledge with great pleasure several
invitations to call and see ,hem.;
The BAPTIST Sociable will be held at the
house of Esq Arnold, on Thursday even.
! ing Of this week >. Our valued "Chron;.
Gle" writer is neither dead, married, out of
town or played ont" In the course o!
human events another chapter, "as it were,'
will be given the readers Of the TINES.
David Drummond is now LIST Lieut.. of his
Company in the 2lst Regiment. Al suit
! Of clothes is making for him by Jas: Nc
Rath at the Clothing store of A. H. Strouse.
The Lieutenant is hard WORKING deserv-
ing officer and we hope to hear farther
promotion of him >. . A private letter from
Line McKinnie, of the 2lst, says: Col
Merrill is looking finely and takes command
february 1lth) Of the % Brigade, LIST
Division, 18th Army Corps. .. John II
lIaight is fixing up the Raitt Brick, near
Market Square, in splendid style for an
early occupation Of it with his Books,
Toys, Musical Instruments and Fancy
Goods. We are told he designs to have the
most attractive stock Of goods ever shown
on this side the Mississippi.
The Inauguration of Capt Leffingvcll
as Mayor Of McGregor will take place at
the City Court rooms on Wednesday (this)
evening. Mayor stoneman will give the
public Gall are invited) FAREWELL and
Lefiingwell will say Good morning. for
the ensuing year. BY proclamation Of
Gov. Stone McGregor is placed in the list
Of Iowa cities of the No. 9 order. In no.
ticing the election Of last week we stated
that Capt. l.. was not Republican oppo-
nent Of Mr. Benton. Capt. l.. is Repub-
can, but We wanted to convey the idea that
his party did not nominate him as such
the Peoples ticket won the race for the
Mayoralty and that is ALL. Tim Hopkins
as 1st Lieut. opercd the St. Nicholas Saloon
(next to the McGregor House, on Monday
and enrolled several veterans. Maybe some
body can beat Tim in the line of the agree
able but we hav'nt seen him yet. An
organization is being effected in Clayton
Co. to send to New York for emigrant la.
borers to take the place of the young
Americans who are going into the army
Farm laborers now ask 1926 month
Clayton City is about;to lose Of one her
best citizens, in the person Of FRANK.
SMITH, Esq. He is long. time resident Of
the County and very highly esteemfd,-
Frank sold all his household goods last
week, preparatory to emigrating to Califor-
MIA. 1t is told US that the Bachelor Doug
las, the veritable "GIB,' most confirmed
member of his class, actually bought bed
and child's crib at the sale! If this is
not sign of coming events We cant guess
very we'll Oh wont as have a "gallus
time" when Glib leaves these mundane
shores for the State of Matrinony!
Sergeant 10. II. Wyman is in town on
furlough, attending to very sick family.
Mrs. Wyman is recovering quite slowly.
Our letter from the 9th Cavalry, Does
Regiment contains most of the news, but
Wyman tells US Brig Gen. Davidson, on
inspection of the Regiment, comphmented
it very highly: we do not doubt its excel
lence after an acquaintance with many of
its officers. 80. Putnam e. Coogan of N.
McGregor, on and after tomorrow will run
a line Of hacks from and to tn: We stern
trains and also every hour in the day from
McGregor to North McGregor and back.
The NJ. o. w. stages will hereafter connect
with the train for the west at Monona, in
stead of at this point. Passenger trains to
MOnona commence running today. The
TINES mail and all other mails, and posi-
bly, some females, will indulge in trial
trip to Monona on this eventful Wednes.
day morning. %. The speech of Mr., Gil
christ of this County, on the Ship Canal
and other incidental questions will be pub
lished soon.
Frank Pcase, our 1st Cavalry correspon-
dent, is now LIST Lieut.. of Co. Ii. Sd Ark.
Cavalry. 49," elite" Lampson fired an ex-
tensive demi john Of delicious Sherry. Wine
on US day or two since. Oh what aoiU
we do when that agreeable friend and large
hearted genius goes to Idaho? We tan't
60 now, because Stone says mfz-we can't
90 to war because tie chaps we chal-
lenged all declined or said nothing, and we
aoont go alone! Mr.. II. E. Lampson will
you permit Us to say that neither Time nor