The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-06-29
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Home and Other Items.
DR.. G. II. Martin and family will be alb
sent about two months on visit in New
York and elsewhere. The DR.. and his lady
are both good writer's and we fancy we
have pretty good team on the road .. .
The ferry steamer, Alex. McGregor, and
packet, Key City, made fast, without a
cable on Saturday directly below the point
of the island opposite the TINES Office. In
about an hour each got through with their
work there, and left their easy sandy
beds content to try the surging bellows
again. Fl. G. Scott, Of the firm of Scott
& Brother, has our thanks for favors sent
US from Fayette; Henry is one of our best
business men and is now making tour of
few weeks through Northern Iowa and
Southern Minnesota on business in con-
nection with the firm, which is one of the
most substantial crockery houses west of
New York 80. VIM. jain, for sometime,
one Of our most polite and gentlemanly
citizens has sold his cigar establishment
to Henry Strouse and leaves Mc3regor to
make Boston his future home. We IN.
derstand the stock has since passed into
the hands Of John Elbling who sells bet.
ter cigar and for less money than can be
bought in any Of the larger cities.
Brig. Gen. G. NJ. Dodge of this state
was confirmed Maj. Gen. on the 9Th.
80. The personal property of Dubuque is
valued at 81, 270,955. Last year it was es.
timated at half million less. There will
be a Southern Iowa Sanitary Fair at Bur.
lington on the 26th Of September. "A
railroad, ell our own (Iowa's) for the first
time too, in our lives, which has been COM
pleted to point Is miles west from Nc.
Gregor for months, passing through deep
cuts, mountain gorges, over clear pebbly
brooks, all making the most beautiful
scenery Of Gods creation, with conductor
whose smiles are always winning and yet
there never has been an excursion from
McGregor over it. Weknow of no time Of
year, or route, free from dust, so inviting
as this, and why can't we have banded
and enjoyable picnic excursion ....J. S.
Putnam, late of the Mendon Hotel, is boss
now Of Wheeler's manufacturing depart
ment in the boot and shoe line He knows
his business and most strictly does he at
tend to it,. Seth T. Minckle, with the
grocery house Of Durand, Powers & Co.,
Chicago, was here few days ago; so also
was Beebe, with q. H. Beckwith, one of
the most extensive wholesale grocers on s.
W. Street, Chicago. Both these gentle.
men sold piles Of goods to onr merchants,
but we think the buyers got the best of the
trade. Goods are advancing more rapidly
than the Federal armies.
Capt. I. N. Morrill,, of the 18th Minnesota
infantry, an efficient and compani enable
officer, writes to B. II. Lampson that the
boys Of the 10Th corps were we'll at that
dats-the 10th-and were bound cor At.
lanta. I. . Some of our citizens expect to
celebrate the 4th At West Union. They
will start early enough in the A. M. to make
the trip before the heat of the day, meet
old and make new friends, celebrate, attend
the dance and return to McGrcgor on the
9Th before Old Sol dissolves the stores of
bonc;ooe, xoLor ;n<o tho co,,1 -,h;lo <ho,.
West Union is lovely place, has hosts of
good people, and we predict gala day for
all who CO.,. Haislet, Of the Lansing I'm.
=, --.-'-- ,.----~~.' s'oA ~. .,,o second
time in twenty-five years, and concludes
that ut is refreshing to be sick once (once
is enough OF that kind of refreshment for
u.s. in while," and talks of beautiful
boquets, chicken-fxings and all that sort
Of thing. We are sorry that our friend
has been i'll, but in our opinion if he had
been pretty near sick enough to go Home,
all the chicken-ixings he would relish for
time would be such as is made by letting
q very poor old hen fly over it. George
has walked up to the very sensible conclu.
sion that he can't run paper for 81 so per
annum when white paper costs 20 cents
the pound. The subscription price of the
Union will hereafter be 81 in advance. :.
Our neighbors of Harper's Ferry are pre-.
pairing for a celebration on the 4th, and as Nc.
Gregor will not have = demonstration why
not join our sister city, over the creek, in
trip to Harpers and have a union of the
three in one grand old fashioned celebra-
ton? We put Harper against the world
for entertaining party Of excursionist.
Our correspondent, Capt. Drips of the
9th Iowa, is at Memphis yet, and has our
thanks for late Memphis papers. ;. Repre-
sentative Allison sends us public docu-
ments which we prize highly, and have
voted him only politically wrong. Joe
Henry is making big preparations for ball
on the 4th at the Henry House, known as
the German Garden. If Joe, the hoosier,
don't treat you kindly we'll pay the bill.
He has good hall, the Hopkins String
Band the best below the 'skies-and the
cotillon will be the one of the season
Drum Major Thurlow Lacey, of the 9Th
Wisconsin regiment, who went from this
office three years ago, called on US on Sat-
urday. The Major enlisted with Captain
Green Of Prairie du CHEN, whose command
is at home on furlough.
E. Q. Dickinson, the TINES correspond.
ent in Go. 9, Sd lows, who signed him.