The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-24

II. j. Ingersoll, one Of the first land
lords that ever kept house IN McGrcgor
we stopped with him in 1852 ut the old
McGregor House (now burnt}-has bought
the West Union House at West Union, re-
Gently engineered by Mr.. Baxter. If In
gcrsoll don't take care Of his guests in
style, there is no good eating or sleeping
in Iowa. See his card and when you trav-
Ell that way call and see "the soldier man.
......Mr. Welch is appointed Prof. of Phys
ical Culture at Yale College," When he
wants sub let him call for us. Joking
aside, what a vast amount Of nonsense our
colleges arc responsible for......J. '. d.
Benton, most favorably known to all
this section of Iowa, is in "Drugs and
Chemicals at liz Liberty St., N. Y. The
title Of the firm is Hairy, Utley 4 Ben
ton. Persons here desiring Drugs, need
not be told that John Benton will take pc
culiar care to see that the orders of his
late Iowa customers are filled precisely us
they direct and al the lowest prices. See
card and note the address. A'a
Use Gum Arabic in your starch if we'll
got-up work is required. Geo. A. Bar
Der of Detroit bets $4,000 against the word
that he can set more straight matter in 10
hours than any man living. Our town
is full of apples; buyers ut wholesale or
retail will look our Ads. ,over.... .1Ir.
John Barrel of Read Tp., lost his barn,
200 bushels Of wheat, 30 tons of hay, 500
bushels Of oats, two tanning mills, pair
Of mules and several harnesses, on Tues
day night last, by fire. 1t, was probably
fred by an enemy, and yet we can hardly
imagine how Barrel could have ON enemy
Loss nearly 5000 Most sincerely do we
regret this misfortune to personal friend
and one of the best citizens of our county.
......Tom got mad because he had to tie on
pretty girls bonnet while her ma was
looking on.... ...Lip-scrvice is dctestable
in christian, but glorious between
lovers. ~''it.tss' 49 {. ." .t'H.f W
A new settler at Darlington, Wis.,, saw
beautiful kitten in the road it was a
rare specimen, all covered with spots and
sporting a bushy tail. In grasping his
prize singular aroma exudcd and the
novice in natural history let 80 the kitten
General notice from all he met on the road
home and a deposit of suit of clothes in
the earth was the result. - The College at
Prairie du Chicn is running very success
fully. MEG. furnishes nice flock Of
youngsters each morning "going to SCHOOL,
per Ferry and returning ditto in the after
noon-thc girls as pretty as can be manu-
factured of dust, the boys as lively rs
youth, neat clothes and good behavior can
make them. The grounds, under the su-
pcrintcndence, suggestion and energy Of
President Brunson and the irrepressible
Gen. Lawler (thc most active worker in
America except Geo. l.. Bass) will he en-.
largcd, and in a year or two the young
College Of our sister city will be one Of the
plcasantcst places in the west. ."aj
There are two or three cases Of private.
ly-talkcd scandal in town, but we know
not the parties, and if VIC did, our paper is
no medium for such stuff. The Chicago
locals are famous for reporting personal
delinquencies it always seems to us
that the less we tell of our home devil
ment the better. I'D acob ycrhei lost an in
FAINT twin boy last week, aged about 4
months......ilcnry finnAors Ut sa,s Evans
House narrowly escaped drowning the 9TH
or night. In ''running" to the night ferry
he miscalculatcd the distance from tho
dock to the boat as the latte, was coming
in and the waters caught him. Presence
of mind and most energetic swimming
brought him to shore with the loss Of his
lamp only. Henry was about as wet as q
fish, but it didn't seem to scare him much.
......Mr. L. Pickle of this township lost his
barn and large quantity of wheat by FIRE
about week ago. Loss $500 at least
Mr.. Virgins, neighbor of Mr.. Pickle,
lost a quantity of grain stored with him.
......A convention Of Temperance men of
the state, is called for October Gath at Des
Moines. s,a9 3sn& Il 5-i.- - i,li;
Ludwig Brown stole clothes and money
from Dennis Jarvis and was committed to
jail......We arc requested to give several
local notices of business houses in town.
Persons interested will please look up our
advertisements for themselves.
The Masonic Fraternity have rented the
third story of Newell & Lampson's Brick
Block for ten years, at $500 per year. The
Rooms will be large, and no Lodge in the
State will beat the finish which our CON-
pass and square friends will give this one.