The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-12-26
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The Teachers Association Cor Clayton
Co., will begin its session at Elkader on
Wednesday of this week, and continue
two or three days......We are informed
that the Pr. du Chen Union--we lost the
issue of last weck-cordially indorses Judge
Lefingwcll as candidate for Governor
In the Dubuque Times, Of II late date, is a
letter from prominent citizen Of Clayton
Co., indorsing Col. Merrill for the same
position; we suppose Judge Price to be
the writer. Capt. X. l.. Freeman is
wasting few days with us he stops with
Sleepicr, of the Flanders House.. .... Porter
Rich is ut homo from his trip of last sum-
n,er to Colorado. 1t is reported that Port
will require the services of clergyman
before Spring time, but we don't know
enough about it to justify an opinion.
Good luck to him, at all events, whether o
bachelor or a benedict. Lew. V. Davis
4 Co. paid over 81 900 for wheat in Elka.
der last Saturday! Verify, the little
county seat on the Turkey is considerable
Of business place. Capt. Freeman tells
us there were so buildings for dwellings
and business purposes erected in 1866, and
that the year 81 will double the number.
L. V. Davis & Co. are adding to their mill
capacity SO as to run eight instead of four
run Of stone. ..Cranston, travelling agent
Of Mills & Co., the recent purchasers of
the DcsMoincs Register, is visiting this re-
gion soliciting blank work for counties,
cities, corporations, &C., &c. We don't
like Cranston's visit bit in business
way, because we knor the work can be
done up here as we'll as it can be at Des
Moines, and it is the duty of the County
Officers to order it done at home: but Grams
ton is genial, whole-soulcd man and we
had good social session with him.
Judge Brnnson, of Prairie du CHEN, has
been delivered Of an icc-boat, after three
years incubation, parturition, or "any
other man. The Courier says it travelled
to IIarrcr's Ferry in good time and that
the Judge proposes to freight all the goods
across the river this winter at low rates.
II is worked by hand and is complete
success. Hon. Ira BRUNsoN, we oongrat-
ulate thee !..... .Rev. Macarthur, formerly
of this place, is at Griggsvillc, Illinois......
A writer in tho Chicago Times intimates
plainly that the Opera House is u swindle.
We hope the building will be razcd to the
ground if this is truce. .Haislet Bros, in
their Register Of last week, complimented
our paper Ivy saying they "cut it all to
pieces this week." by examining our is
sue now before them they will see that they
dom boat us much in the "cut. '..... One
wedding certain, and two pretty sure, may
be expected within few days. We are
not joking-cvery reader of the TINES
knows We seldom ever okc......Capt. G.
w. Cook is located ut Elkader, with his
Law shingle floating in the breeze. Good
luck will follow him we hope-catch up
with him and never desert him.. -. Our
sometime correspondent Theodore Brown
called to see us on Saturday. We are al
ways glad to SEQ young men who are live
ly and ambitious to excel, and Brown is one
of them. We are reported to have "ruined"
several of them, but we'd like to sec one
of our victims candid enough to own it!......
The Masons of Elkader are to have ban
quet on New Years night. Judge Ed
monds, OF the Ciermont 1cuaer, was here
q day or two last week. George is tip
top scissorer and therefore good editor.
He writes sharp, too, but we don't like his
radicalism, and of this he is proud.