The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-02-10
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ing good business. The firm is Herman /
Lichtenstader. :. E. r. White, the Gym.
mast, late Of West Union, and more recently
of Iowa City, died at the latter place few
days since. ...A war meeting, to rails.
bounties and recruits will be held at the
Methodist Church, near Gen. Bigclow's
farm, on the evening of Saturday, Feb. 90.
Hon. X. Noble will speak to the people Of
Giard Township. .. Harvey, Hemming.
way, Armstrong and Bently, of Lansing,
were in town last week, enjoying city life.
They did not come together, nor leave at
the same time. The two latter stayed two
or three days attending to some business,
and went home on Sunday morning How
about Burton's candy, Mr.. Journal?. -.
Mr.. Sharp, one Of the prominent men Of
Oswego, N. Y, called to see us on Friday,
on his way to Howard county, where he
designs to locate in business. The com.
pletion Of the North Iowa Railway will
bring focks Of business men to this rich
anu heaIlhy country.
We arc indebted to Sergeant Wyman for
St. Louis papers, to Capt. Dips for Mem.
phis papers, to Capt. j. H. B. Harris for
New Orleans papers, to Q. NJ. Phillips for
South Carolina papers, to Capt. "Bob"
Freeman for Little Rock papers, to Link.
ensale" (IngersclD for Washington papers,
and to Messrs. Gilchrist, Hunt and Paulk
for Des Mones Dailies. Yours, respect.
fully, gentlemen. Clayton Township
offers bounty Of 500 for recruits. Giard
will do the same or better. Monona is
forming joint stock company to pay them.
selves out Of the ring, if any of the men,
bers arc struck. McGregor is doing moth.
, ing in the way of bounties extra, and there
fore the business Of recruiting here is not
brisk. .. Lit. John Reid and Willoughby
Wells, of Monona, arrived here on fur
Tough last week from the 9Th Iowa Cavalry.
Their regiment has nearly all re-cnlisted.-
Soldiers are passing through here for home,
daily. The enlisted veterans, only, are fur
Laughed. IA doctor drove his patient out
on a pleasure ride--he met his rival
GLOW is this, sir? never ride out with
my patients" ''No sir" replied the other,
1.-THE sexton does that business for you"
..."Scalp the Indians and elevate the
blacks" is the motto of the dominant par
ty....The Dubuque papers say the city
can never pay the 100000 judgment re-
Gently obtained against it. Why not If
Chase can pay 1000 millions, can't Du
buquc pay her quota!
Valentines Day, (Feb. 14,) is near at
hand. We notice that Bally, Haight and
Redding are supplied with the little jokers
that make so much fun for the million. An
occasional one makes match. On Pat
rick's Day, March I'D an entertainment
will be got up at McGregor, the proceeds to
60 to Father Nagle, one of the best men in
this narrow city. Let it be rouser ...
Our Supplement is still an column sheet,
and will soon be more. We intend to put
a column Of interesting reading matter in
it hereafter. Please look at this weeks
issue of the TINES Sup, and decide if we
are not favored with paying Ads. We also
have Job Work till our hands can't rest
....Mr. Fitzgerald, whose leg was broken
last week by the falling Of some ties, died
on Sunday. Drs. Andres and Low am.
putated the leg in approved style, but the
poor man was unable to survive the acct
dent and the operation. He was attached
to the Railway. On Tuesday the workmen
on the read attended his funeral in body.
-. Hoisington, the Book Binder, is just
as busy as bee. Another hand must be
employed to relieve him from the pressure.
Bring on your magazines. .. H. G. Scott is
in town, pretty badly marked with pits,
but in other respects o. X. He says some
Of the by-streets of Chicago are full OF
small pox. Henry told friend on the
street who enqnired show he got it ?" that
lit probably came through Old Abe's Proc.
lamation" When we remember that its
centre is Washington, and its origin was
among the wretched freedmen there, the
point made by Scott is good one.
Ayoung merchant Of McGrcgor, Ct. B.
IT, late Of Beloit, and nephew Of j. A. S.
Of that City,reccntly bought lot Of musk.
rat skins and got "stuck." Failing to sell
them to the larger dealers he hired farmer
for drink Of ale, to let him put them on
his load of wheat as though they were his
own. Buyers came up and offered on the
lot. Our young merchant (only 15) stood
by and bid against the street buyer till his
price was reached and then Master Frank
sold out. Sharp !....A. B. Lyon is quite
sick but recovering. -. A. Kohn has gone
to Philadelphia. G. W. Tenney, and j.
II. Merrill to Chicago. Henry Mcintyre
to Canada. George, of the Lansing
Union, says he can't see the ''gems" in
Gov. Seymour's message. Well, some peo-
pie can't see very we'll. Perhaps a raid on
a pumpkin pie would suit some capacities
better than looking for gems in we'll writ
ten, patriotic production. :. The colored
folks of Pr. du Chen and McGregor had a
sleigh.ride and ball at Teets' Hotel on Mon
day night. They looked just as gay as
white folks and seemed to enjoy themselves
twice as well at the start. Why not!
We are requested in q general way to
publish the proceedings Of the Fourth An.