The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-03-07

Prof SHAW was in town last week and had
pleasant time with our citizens; it is believed
that few men in the world can 90 accurately
predict the weather as THos. SHAW, of East
man, Wisconsin""J. II. Andrews, of Nash
Vile, Tenn, Martin Cole, Of Gin. Ohio, Capt.
r. L. Freeman, of Little Rock. Ark, have
laid us under obligations Cor Gin, Memphis,
Nashville, Mobile and Little Rock papers,.
w. B. Hunt, Esq, Sergeant.at.arms of the
Iowa senate, will receive our thanks for impor-
tant state documents, .....Jane Swisshelm, the
scolding cditress at Washington, has been turn.
ed out of department clerksh;p Elkadcr
is now money order post Office. The Partcli
Bros. have purchased the Davis House of L.
v. Davis l. Colt is said it will be 2,50O, 900
years before February will be without a full
moon again. Time enough to get ready.
Tho Grm Of E. A. Miller & Co., at Counover,
is changed to J. G. Conley, Mr.. Miller having
retired; Rogers, Gardner & Co. is changed to
Rogers & Gardner, Mr.. 60" having retired.
The Land Grant dispute may delay the extern.
sion Of the road for year or two, and in that
time Counover will get frst.rate lead. d.
Judge Noggle, Atty Of tie McGregor Yves.
torn, 10 again at his temporary home Evans
House, McGregor,) after an absence Of some
weeks on business connected with the Road.
B. B. Harding, long time citizen of Monona,
has removed to McGregor with his family. So
also has Matthew Thompson, of the Monona
ncishborhood-...S late of the "Cornets,"
now ':jolly drovisr" and cattle buyer, weighed
a lot Of bccves here the other day that pulled
Bass 4 Elmsndorf's scales pretty well; one OK
alone drew for 1890 pounds.
LII. Strousc has gone east to purchase
goods. ROWLAND, the Cambrian, is off at
Racine ON visit Of several weeks.....Hon. D.
Hammer il at Des Moines, on the Land Grant
question. Judge Price is also there on the
sane business. WRicnr's r. r. agency at
O.sian has ceased; as our respected friend Ben
Hunting says, "he now has family to look
after now and cant attend to small matters. I"
This is Benis excuse for neslecting any bust.
ness uty!..'.The skating is fair on the east
side of the min channel, and the lads and
lassies are improving it. Crossing by team
still! continues, but care must be used in select.
ing track. a
Msssrs. Clarke & Hopkins, Of the EVANS
House, have re carpeted the halls and stair
ways Of their hotel in very excellent city
style. With the limited space which they have
to entertain guests, they do remarkably well,
and Of course give general satisfaction. No.
body can be more obliging than the proprietors
and their popular chief clerk Maj. Fallow.
down."."M. O'Brien was suddenly taken very
sick on Saturday last; he is recovering...."John
Goth has q vendue of stock, farming utensils,
household goods, on the Barker farm near
James Stultz's, on March l2th....H. C. Scott
has sold his Scott g. Brother interest to J. Il J
Gould. The House is the only exclusive whole.
sale crockery house in this regionOur mcr-
chants do not seem TO be eastward bound as
much as usual; perhaps the anticipation of a
decline in goods prevents an early visit to
New York, Boston. Philadelphia ..St. Pat.
rick will have ball at the Union House on
tue evening of March l7th...."The refusal to
let the rebel states come in until they are all
purified, is like refusing to let boy go into
the water until be has learned to swim. So
thinks II. Ward Beecher.