The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-06-15

Chairman CARRIER at Elkader for the 25tl
of this month. -. DR.. Norris, of Waucoma
killed himself lately: we have lost the par
, ticu'ars. Capt. Spoke is said to be tn
greatest African traveller on earth. w,
rather guess Uncle Abe has stirred up more
darkeys than Capt. Spoke ever did.
Charley Walsh, formerly with VAN ir
the Saloon known as The Dive, is again ir
Vans employ in the Broad Gauge. Ed
Caffrey, late Of Beloit, and subsequently o.
North McGregor, is employed by WASH in
the Key City Saloon. 1T is said Tim
Hopkins has purchased the st. Nicholas
Saloon Of Clarke. We do not know the
fact, but we do know that TIM and G11
get up an excellent evening lunch, and tina,
a good many persons assist in its destruc.
ton: if Tim was a minister or an editor,
he could not look more sedate and sober
than he does while administering cooling
drinks to the weary, or bossing the celc-
brated HOPKINS Cotillon Band. 4. . Mr.. A.
X. Bailey, of the DEBORAH Republic, and
Treasurer and Recorder Of Winneshiek
Co., called on us on Monday, passing
through to Chicago. He represents Deco.
rah as lively in anticipation of the speedy
construction of the Railway. Mr.. B. was
''accompanied' by $4,000 in specie which
the Board of Supervisors ordered him to
sell in Chicago for greenbacks. j.. Phil.
Dorr has become the Chief Butler (not
Benz to the Mondell House, and call there.
Will secure to guests that attention for
which Phil. is pre-eminently distinguished.
The improvements at Upper Town are
immense: lots arc selling, houses building
and one eternal racket has walked the peo-
pie out of the Rip Van W. sleep they have
enjoyed for 10 or Is years. Lower Town
looks quite dull under the new regime...
Lawler & Co. are building large elevator
at Postville: it will be 55 by los feet on
the ground. W. Moncrief, one of the men
made to order and well finished, is engaged
in the wheat business at Luana on the Nc
Gregor Western. These Railroad villages
ire looking up rapidly. We are told that
business is very active in grain out
there.
Mayor Leffingwell is the Orator at Lam
sing on the 4th. The Judge has designs
Up there you may depend. He goes to
Lansing and climbs hills or mountains with
young ladies, while here, where our noun
tains are higher and more difficult to get
up, he don't climb bit. Plenty of oppor-
tunities at McGregor, but he don't embrace
them Is Leff's raid anything like that
which recently took place in Kentucky
doc. Parker writes us from Omaha,
June 9Th. He had been there two weeks.
The emigration was large. Lacy, Talcot,
Buck and Gray were at Omaha expecting
soon to leave for Cottonwood Springs
Tins Brandy is all gone-Doc. wants
another bottle by telegraph to TT. Lsrime
Kind regards to Line, Van, Tim, Harding
and the balance. -. Miss Posi- opens a
Select School at Monona. Read her adver-
tisement and give her liberal support.
80. Charley Sweep is in from DEBORAH: he
says the new French Jewelry store there is
doing fine business. 80. Kenyon is doing
good business in the picture line. His
gallery is nicely arranged and his work is
proof Of merit. Call on him in Koss'
Block, up stairs. James Harding, son
Of W. II. Harding of the American House,
returned last week after an absence of or
4 years at the South and in Mexico
"Jim" looks just as young as ever, and
signifies an intention to remain at home for
time; his experience in the South west
is a novel Of itself. . .Merwin's letter which
we spoke Of two weeks ago was, on exami-
nation, found not to be for publication: we
acknowledge the receipt of another since.
"Curly" will accept our thanks for valuable
information his letters are perused eagerly
by numerous friends at McGregor, His
address is Bermuda Hundred, Headquar-
ters 18th Corps, n Y. Mounted Rifles, Co.
Co.. Glass q Son have established
Branch Agricultural Warehouse at Luana.
These gentlemen take ''time by the FORE
top" and will do well. -. Capt Cleghorn,
of DEBORAH, returned last week from
Brownsville; all right with his regiment,
and his resignation accepted.
Capt. Drps sends US his honest, soldier
looking photograph. Much obliged. :. :.
We see tina: our Mr.. SLOAN preached at
Cedar Falls on Sunday last. u. Wesley
Norton is out again looking nearly par in
health. - The McGregor Cornet Band will
give Ball at Evans Hall on this WED
nesday) evening. Col. R. A. Hawkins,
of Tennessee, delivered lecture on the
War, in the Brick Church on Monday
evening. The Band was out and played
some fine airs. The COL paid more atten-
ton to the reelection of Lincoln than to
the Sanitary matters referred to in the
street poster announcing his visit here; in
dulged in heavy satire, went for the annihi-
lation Of the Southern people, &C., &C.
His speech was Of the Brownlow order
somewhat, and may be regarded as a semi
ratification Lincoln meeting. A collection
was made for Sanitary purposes from those
passing out at the close of the lecture: we
| did not learn what amount was collected,
but as the audience was large we suppose
| $50 at least. II. B. George, gentleman
and scholar, left at our dwelling hand
some present of Trout few days ago.
| When we get time we'll return the compli-
iment. -. The trains east leave Prairie du
Chen at 9 A. NJ. now: the Ferry leaves
McGregor at II. w. II. Allen is still in
Beloit. 1t is supposed he is remaining
there to get out naturalization papers and
re-become a citizen OF Wisconsin l.. "A
new dress reform is proposed: nothing
more than cutting off the skirt to within