The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-06-06
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that Flanders has ordered NO. lnstitu-
ton from the cast. G. III. is hard man
to beat in any line of business he under
takes. lie is giving his house a thorough
overhauling, cleaning, papering and gene
ral improving: the sewer back of his prem
Uses is being walled up with stone, and
hereafter the air just about there will be
more wholesome. GEO. L. LEWIS, of the
steamer Alamakee, lost, one day last week,
keystone, engraved sc. I. Lewis on
on one side and "Jcrusalcm Chapter No.
%, Pr. du Chen" on the other side. Will
the finder obligc by leaving it at the TINES
Office? 1t is valued far above its intrinsic
worth. -. Our sidewalks are being much
improved, though there is great room for
farther progress. The burnt or charred
plank on the south side of the street next
to Bass Block is bad sight, but the own
ers of the lots will soon reform the present
cyc-sore in that quarter......A. II. Wheeler,
of Boot and Shoe notoriety, quito unex-
pcctcdly sold his stock last week to A. 7.
& Il. o. Jones. W. and family left for the
east on Sundays train.
DelIaven's Circus, on Thursday evening
last, was most prefuseIy attended their
large canvas was we'll filled, the acting was
nice, the tumbling splendid, the posturing
good, the songs well rendered, &c., &c.
We noted their coming two or three times
gratis, they have been advertised up and
down the river for weeks, their bulletin
board in McGregor was IS to 100 feet long,
OF, Main Street where all creation could
see it; but if the claim of " Hercules be
just their success here was entirely attrib-
utable to the use of his columns. AS there
never was full house at McGregor before,
it must be concluded that the Ners did it
all !......Since our last notice several of our
books have come home. We have many
out yet: will the borrowers please return
them and get some others? We want to
sec the absent Father Bailey, of
the Republican, says Seward is in his Sec
ond childhood. It's pity he hadn't been
there 20 years ago: he never talked more
sensibly than at Auburn the other day.
Geo. L. Dayton lost Mcerschaum Pipe
on Monday p. NJ, between the. uptown
Brewery and McGregor: liberal reward
will be given to any one who will leave it
at the TINES Office Mr.. Hoisington has
returned from Chicago with a fine selection
of instruments for ournewly organized Cor
net Band. Mr.. Ii. is the leader. The
sound of emusic from the Bands on Sat
urday and Monday evenings reminded US
of the pleasant days before the fire. No
better hand to select instruments or to lead
a class can be found than JASPER. .R. L.
Freeman is at Mobile, permanently settled
he don't write us as he promised. ....G. l..
Bass is improving the levec: the Council
$40 to assist: it wants grad
ing down and pebbling, SO that load can
be hauled from the waters edge without
killing horses. Bass is the man to have
charge of it,. BIRD, of Chicago, must
not send us any more Canada marriage
notices they are too exciting for The i'm
pulsive west......We are to have,a cannon
on the Fourth of July; Mr.. Hornung, of
the MEG. Foundry is son it, Shall we
have a regular Fourth this year? Who
speaks7 - :
P. Cochran, late of this placcsis now at
Waukon, selling goods......It is said the
Court at Delhi has issued mandamus re-
curing the Authorities of Allamakee Co. to
count the votes of the rejected, township
by which Waukon was beaten on the Co.
Seat question. If these votes are counted
Lansing will be likely to load up the Co.
Records and ship them to her rival. Won't
there be few swears up the river? We
specially request WooDcocK, of Waukon,
not to laugh-people can't dance, you
know, WooD., when there's "such noise"
......Why don't people raise hops? They
are very profitable CROP. Joe Eibcck
is elected W. NJ. of the Masonic Lodge at
Elkader......John Jacobia left, on Monday,
for st. Louis......D. Allen, Jr., with Mrs.
VIM. Hunting and children, started east
on Tuesday morning; the former goes to
Boston on three weeks trip-the latter
to Long Island for months ABSENCE
Poor +" Bill" won't he be lonesome !......
j. V. d. Benton and family will leave for
the Hudson River and New York City on
Chas. B. Stout, Episco-
pal, will preach at the Baptist Church on
Sunday next, morning and evening".
The Misses Wilde, late in the Millinery
business here, arc having an excellent GUS
tom at Lansing......Mr. Jarvis is building
a Blacksmith Shop near Bass old residence
on Main Street: we believe he desi gns
making horse-shoeing speciality.
Capt. Sherwin and lady will be in Mil.
all this week to see their friends. We
had call the other day from the genial
landlord of the Walker House, Milwau-
kee, Ii. A. Chase. go. Thieves had best
give McGregor wide berth now, the May
or and the Marshals, Drummond and YER
HE, are wide awake for the fancy; our
night police is large and unmcrciful. 1t
was rumorcd on Saturday night. that the
Pr. du Oh. roughs were to burn Greg
or: they will have happy time when
they come over. Jake can put all Of them
in the calaboose himself, except those who
may he shot!
A CALL.-We were much pleased last
week to have call from longtime
and valued acquaintance w. +. Wiehe,
now Local Agent for the Union Depot
at Duhuoua JJa ,rova ne mnoh ;nfnrn,