The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-08-01

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Boring for Petroleum will commence at
Harper, nearly opposite tho Copper Greek
Well, by the beginning of nextweck. The
points are not Is miles apart one on the
Wis. and the other on the Iowa side. As
the Harper Co. is so organized that each
man must do his duty, we hope to hear in
a few weeks that oil will be developed in
paying quantities. Mr.. Van Orman, our
general informant relative to the oil re-
gons west, and a well-posted man, too,
has great confidence in the enterprise..'...
1t is said to be a practice among the skill
full, in :. Yankee /" regions, :! to color :"
sheep! At all events we. see the matter
scolded about in the woodland whey papers
of North Ohio and Eastern New York.
We had supposed that embarrassing the
negro would occupy the time of our ire
pressible friends without attempting the
difficult task of blackwashins the sheep.
Very honest, isn't it, for the moral see
ton ?'........W Whitney & Co.'S Wholesale
Hardware Establishment is moved to Ken
nedy's Block, opposite the Western House.
......Strouse II Rowe are now located in
the N. E. rooms of Bass & Elmendorf d
Block Oh the Public Square. L. j.
Strousc & Bro. are moving their stock of
Clothing to the room one door east of the
Broad Gauge and nearly opposite the
TINES Office. Raising up the stores on
upper Main Street and the late food caus-
es many changes here, but the natural
tendency of McGYegor business is to come
near the river. e.g .a taE ;~. 81 .s
Charles X. Giles, of Chicago, welLknown
in North Iowa; Charles Worden. with
Bowen Bros. ; Il. NJ. Christopher, with e.
L. Bromilow 4 Co, Chicago, have been
in town the past eek.......Col. Geo. Ii.
Otis, once a TINES typo, then private in
the Wis. ID, Iron Brig. then Cap, then
Maj, and last Coz. of as gallant and
hard-f fighting a regiment as ever fought its
way to Richmond, was here several days.
accompanied by his lady they were on a
visit to Mr. Stewart Worden and lady ;
the Col. is son OF Mrs. W. by former
husband. GEO. was entirely at home while
at McGregor... Pie Mic to Pictured
Rocks takes place to-day Tuesday, Since
the half-destruction and final removal of
Mart. Harris "palace,' the pleasure of a
trip to the Rocks is materially enhanced
......Sidney BENNETT, the fastest typo on
record, dropped into oar Office last week
and assisted us day or two......The Men
don House has Il new and complete Bus !:
Gilmore & Co. are a. work like beavers to
deserve trade, and VIC learn they are get
ting it,. Harris, of Vernon Springs, and
Judge Preston, Of Howard Co., gave us
the pleasure of their company on Monday
evening. The Judge is attending the le
gal association. MIR. Patterson, the very
obliging Geographic operator, gave us, on
Monday, the first intelligence Of the sue
cess Of the Gable. .....J ohm I. Stoneman,
Esq, the man whose wickeiness' ex-
cites the envy of those who arc mentally
unfit to loose his shoes, is now in New
York, enjoying with his family, visit to
the old home. If John knew what the
'skip.iacLs'' of the radical press here-a-
way were saying about him he would feel
as bad as Rube Noble does, or any other
man. The old Editor of the TINES hereby
confesses to sincere sorrow that he ever
incurred the censure of such giant satirists
as are beginning to scintillate around him
in the Journalistic ring. VIII thoy please
be lenient to "me, sinner
Mr.. II. IL. johnson, Of the R'y House,
Pr. du Chen, was married in the Episco-
pal Church, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, on Wednes-
day last, to Miss L. J. Updegraf. The
happy couple are looking at the Eastern
world for few weeks.....D d. Fraser is
supposed to have been married last week
to Miss Sherwood, of Sparta, Wis. like the
story Of Jonah and the whale, some be-
licve it and some don't. We have no
choice. d. D. don't come back here to re-
port, and as this is the second time we
have hitched him up to one of Goods best
gift we insist that the report must be
true.