The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-11

since he landed on the Mississippi in 1856
or o.. The Union, Of Pr. du Chcr
;. finds fault With our Over the River" cor
respondent because of his telling what
local editor ought to be and because "Ove
heRiver' employs this "copperhesd Office
u to do book work that mona Of the othe
:" offices could do. We guess man wh,
carries B's brains and heart does not fire.
much at the criticisms of 50 silly pen a.
: the Union is supported by. The rive
is now covered with skaters, from to %
years old, produce teams and slei sh riders
....Geo. Cooney, late Of the 9th Cavalry
at homo on fu'loush, fell last week ant
broke his leg. His residence is at For
Atk inson.
A ride on the river 70 Clayton was one
OF the recreations of last week. Pcarsal
&,Churoh furnished the teams Business
prevented our participation in the pleasure.
We hear it was one ef the gayest trips OF
the season. On the return of the party
IN the evening, Evans Hall was "contiscat.
ed,' Hopkins Band captured and one of
the very incest dances ever witnessed in
McGregor took place. Oh, didn't zee have
a good partnerS But for her we should
not have known if it was the "Firemans
Dance or Fire in the house. 1t is said
Noble and Bass were the principal actors
at Clayton When 10. Brown comes up
we'll ask him about it . . /. Rev. Mr.. Butler,
Of Boscobel, has been arragnei for lying
about his pecuniary affairs Whose bust.
ness is it? do. Smith, just across the
river, keeps the Soldiers Home and the
dry or The hungry can get what they want
at reasonable prices lon the 2lst Jan'y,
X. Humphrey win sell some valuable farm.
ing tools aud same teams Of horses. In.
qu're for the old Humphrey place. three
miles south Of Monons.. Judge Baugh
j has almost entirely recovered and is able to
resume his business. -. Mrs. y. WoQuis
croft and Mrs. Louis Benton have delight
ed their "lords'' recently by presenting
each of them with a holiday gift in the
shape of man-baby. David and Louis
have not yet settled the point as to the
relative talents of the two little fellows; we
suppose their habits thus far in life are
pretty much the same. We congratulate
the newly elected Pas and Nus. :. Tom
Thumb is now 50 degree member of tie
Grand Orient Of France. lie has more
degrees than inches. BILL Merrill, of the
Courier, says boys ought not to be allowed
in saloons because their parents feel de.
iicacy in drinking before their children
If this will be the effect, let BENCH be
reserved in every saloon for the boys. %.
Mrs. Douglas, so say the papers, gets from
the estate Of her husband the snug sum of |
$500; the sons Of the Elk Senator receive |
an equal amount. We hear that HaiSlet,
of the Lansing Uui9n, is almost blind with
sore eyes and that Mrs. Armstrong, wife of
John of the .]ouraal, fell on the slippery
sidewalk and broke her arm just below
the elbow. LIN scriptural quotations now
days the language of the Great Nazlrene
BLESSED are the peace makers" is 'loyal.
~ construed, "cnrse1 are the pesce-mak.
ers" ...Alonzo Church and lady are a,
home ftoul their bridal trip and the con.
tented-looking young husband has resumed
his place in the Post Offce =. Cen Scott.
at the commencement Of the war, said Il
would be madness to take troops south Of
st. Louis in the summer months. Wond,r
what be thinks now?... Henry Ruble NOV
ed 10 NVr;h McGregor on Tuesday. We
will miss Henry very much and particu
larly will McGregor miss the extensive
trade he does in the Agricultural Imple-
ment-way. Well, Hank you are not far off
nor so small that We cannot see you occa-
sipna!ly. Good luck 49,. Some curiosity
hunter has discovered tina. there are in the
b bic 1852 capital AS. The word
occurs l ,1S3 times =. VIII
Benton, (not Willard, the P. NJ } left on
Tuesday for New York City to fill situa.
ton in trade there The parents o: the
Benton Brothers reside in New Z ,rk We
babe good bye to Will with regret. He
Is an excellent. young man, steady and
and commands the universal
respect ef those who have known him a.
McGregor for many years. "A German
Journal suggests the Russians ennoble our
little American, giving him the title of
Count Tomas Thumbovtchski. :. A fire
occurred on Monday in Father Na.les
dwelling house near the Catholic Church;
t originated froln burning out of the
chimney and fora time created great alarms,
out it was conquered without serious loss.
Mr.. Maggie was not at home. This poor
lime for a fire in McGrcgor-there is
scarcely well that yields water and the
clsterns arc mostly dry Or nearly SO! Let ,
su all use double caution in the fire-look.
out -. Rayen Davidson met with a seri.
BUS accident recently on his farm in How.
ard Co. He was riding one horss and
eading one to water, when the led horse, in ,
, play lul.cr a vicious mood turned about ,
md kicked R,yen just above the knee, in s
lcting terrible wound, but fortunately
MOI. breaking the leg. Out Of this draft
Rayen The Telegraph Office at Nc. d
iregor was moved on. Tuesday to the room I
over Hills & Co.'s store, formerly occupied
BY the r. r, Co. President SMITH, of the
Wis. Telegraph Co. is in town. 80. Special ,
attention is called to the Adv. in this issue ,