The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-10-25
.sssss News.


AaSsst News. ..e @
Out Of 3l3 votes cast by tie soldiers q
Soux. City Stone received SO andi Benton
295. Al the camp in Uoisn county, De
cotah'ter,itory, 2ls votes were cast and
Benton hsA Ave majority. u.
In the Nashville. Tenn. district the IT,
suing of rations to negroes has been stop
ped, and oil the hospitals discontinued.
is understood in Washington, that the
president has ordered the release Of John
Mitchell, :he Irish exile.
Five caves have been discovered under
the city Of Nashville, Tenn, which were
occupied BY thieves, burglars, &c. The
military have the matter in hand.
It is understood that the president will
shortly issue = proclamation appointing .
day Of prayer and Thanksgiving through
ont the land. ..
Wilson county in Tennessee was dam
aged 81. 800, 900 by the war. .....
Roger A Pryor is shout to startan even.
ing paper in B'l'imore.
Preparations are being made for increas.
ed operations in the numbering business
during tho winter.
A terrific hurricane swept over the W
,,a,.. an n. A,h oe ,,st month do;n~
much damage to property and causing the
loss Of many lives; between 200 and 800
persons wers killed.
r.;.o...a,, w.sh;n..oo III. Cav
=.
ursns WIN Issue :" o1ue'' :" rev oay',
mastering out Of service 100 major and
bFi raider generals. Considerable excite
m.n. !. hs;n. ..u..d n, s, among the
'..'''' :
sss", many o "no'n s'c 'y'"s ~ secure
their retention.
Maj. Gen. NcCook has resigned and be
.,..;. n... ~ Rru.,f.,r. Overland n;s.
IN ~ "
Maj. Gems. Franklin and Massey are
contemplating Offering their designations.
The uesro volunteers are to have the
..me b,untv and nav Of white soldiers
,.h;.h !. !. h.,;.vod nil, al, e,r a, adj.
tional 400 600 900.
Barnum has contracted for the ground
and will bIild museum on Union square,
New York city:
a. Fnua ,elpnM !nc muse OF o'snoPs
. 01":".s M. NJ -, We ~ o'eup :u ~ -.
r. Z; lad The .nno;n,ees are Rsv ~
Cla,kson. of CHICAGO. to be bishon of Ne.
vada and Nebraska: Rev. Mr.. Paryin. Of
Pennsylvania, bishop of New Mexico and
Arizona; and Rev. Mr.. L'ghtner, OF d..
tIo,t. rector o. bishop McCroskey's chapel,
" Uc o's"'p 81 CoO ao0:
:, - -. 60 ,ho a;.nhe-.s ~ an I,I;no;.
teoone n tho eerv;cc
Our naval expenditures for tho wear
ending the 30th Of Jure last, were Sli2,-
100000 Secretary Wclles estimates the,
@APe"seS W sne department 'o' '"e cu''en'
e-"'ooo'oso.
Bssiness OF MeGregor.
Last week We addressed inquiries by letter
to the principal business men of McGregor
relative 10 their Sales for the year ending Sept.
30,h, with an assurance that their replies would
be deemed "confiential," and they are 80, all
eS them now being in ashes We wanted 10
get q the amount Of business done here and
through this point Our object in hunting this
information and in gathering the shipment. per
Railway from this side Of the river east and
vest. was to show the important position We
bear commercially to other river towss TN
River shipments We have not got. Tut they ars
By no means 20 considerable As Dy rail.
we have no design TO blow" about our
'rade' but simply propose to submit "facts to a
candid world" .... @
BY the politenes Of Jno. N. Conger, Esq ,
Agent at Pr. du Chen of the Mil. Il. r, we
are enabled to state that during the last sir
s'''t@s there wore shipped over that road from
McGsEeos CRY alone,
34A5 Bills. Flour
763,5ls Bush Grain.
$500 Hogs.
lO,625 Cattle.
81 Horses.
Twenty millions. three hundred, twenty eight
and sixty pounds Of freights (2O.32o .O6O.-
This freight equalled the transfer of about two
aillions Of dollars in value to eastern markets.
We have the attestation of Mr.. Conger before
40. This shipment, mind you, is not part Of
the freight transfers Of the McGregor Western,
but from this city aIsnr!! r...
BY the kindness of Mr.. Turner, the Agent
At North McGregor Of the McGregor Western
X. r., We learn that in the last six months there
have passed westward, per train,
I.l2Gs26o pounds of Mdse.
nj 32t.020 Ayr. Implements.
S,562,l2O Lumber.
956,OOO Shingles.
7iS,lN Lakh.
A sggregatc of Twelve millions two hundred.
ninety. nine thousaads, Eve hundred and forty