North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-06-05

b. IL. Olmsted will have "house warm
ing"-this is the old name for tat his
new building, near Monona, on Monday,
July LIST. That is a famous region for
fun, and Brad. will comfortablize all who
call to see him. "See small bills" as the
showmen say. Erwin's Band..... There
will be Cotillion party at Collins Hotel,
Postville, on the 10Th of this month-next
Wednesday-and on that occasion it is not
improbable that full whiskered friend Of
ours will unite himself to beautiful lady
in other words it is rumored marriage
will take place on that occasion. Haislett,
of the DEBORAH Register, promises to fur
nish the ''camphor !"...... Prof. Col. Brush
of the Fayette College. is swinging round
among us; why would mt he make a good
candidate for Governor Maj. Drum
mond is advised unoficially of his appoint
ment as Bankrupt Commissioner for the
Sd district. This will bring good many
lame ducks-many of them most worthy
men toto this young city......I "Umph"
Lampson and Charley Rosenthal don't
quit giving us samples of their finest CT
CARS we shall begin to suspect they arc
endeavoring to beat all their tobacco COM
petitors in this region. "Umph" travels
this northern world all over, and owing to
his extraordinary honesty, good humor,
and the excellence of his stock he is the
principal guerrilla" salesman of the
West......Thos. w. Burns, ESQ.,, an old
acquaintance here, was in town last week /:
he resides at present in Boston. "Tom ="
is 0. X. any time.......All the Library
folks will meet at A. j. Jordan's Office on
Thursday night. Please be prompt in at
tendance; important business will be be-
fore the meeting.....C Charles Goodwin of
the Merchants Union has been called to
Milwaukee, for promotion, we hope; bet
ter 'boy'' never lived. ....Col. Wilson and
General Gilbert were in town last week.
......H. d. Evans and Jones are still in
Chicago......H. B. George and George
Beemer are reported to have bought Slee-
piers lease of the Flanders House..
Chas. McLaury writes from Ft. Benton
May Oath and says, the party gets along
first rate. ....Line McKinnie has retired
from the clerk-ship of the John G. Gault.
The TINES Office is now occupying three
rooms; the front sanctum, the second for
job Office and the third for press and type
sticking purposes......Mark Jones, the
gentleman, scholar, musician and social
companion has piles of pretty things in
the music ine..... MIR. Card is at the Evans
House exhibiting the Whirlpool churn, a
most wonderful invention. See his card,
his posters and his churn.. MIR. Henry
Kohn, of Philadelphia brother to the
Kohn brothers and formerly a resident here
is in the city visiting with ABRN. the poet
and clothier: he reports the Major all right
......H. G. Atkins, the new Railway Supt.
is on hand and will begin business for the
Road in day or two, w. B. Strong re-
firing. Mr.. Atkins is an excellent man,
but he cannot beat w. B. in personal or
railway popularity: we have the pleasure
of his acquaintance. Frogs, birds and
trees all tell us that summer has at last
got here. Dress de lord. The Medical
association Of Clayton County, meets at
Monona to-day.......Our recently-comple-
ted fine block has donned its cornice and
now it looks elegantly. In the centre are
large, raised, gilt letters which read "MA-
SONIC BLOCK" The appearance of the front
is now very handsome......It should be
stated that G. II. FLANDERS, Esq, of the
Evans House, declined to accept pay from
the CoLrAx committee for the use of a nice
suit of rooms furnished him while on his
late lecturing visit to our place. Hard
work is well known to Flanders and he
pursues it hourly when he is awake, but
stinginess is as far from him as laziness. In
behalf of the committee we are authorized
to thank the liberal proprietor of the
EVANS. H" t~a .G
Oscar Burdick left for New York to
spend the summer. We will all miss
him. ss.-,s.
Rev. II. L. Palmer is at Foxcroft, Maine;
Rev MIR. Jordan writes us from Winona of
the pleasant time he has in that most beau
tiful of river towns, of the kindness of our
friends Huey, Morgan, the editors and in
deed, ere'yLody, and sends his warmest
regards to McGREGoR, en- masse. We ex-
pect him here this week. a#
AL. Wingate has gone to Davenport to
attend the Grand Lodge of Masons......
See DIR. Jaeger's card...... Sheriff Davis
consents to close up all the liquor stores
in the County of Clayton-all the indicted
ones at least-provided he is secured by
bonds Of indemnity in case he is mulcted
in damages for stopping their trade. At
present the prohibitionists have not come
lOI WuIus NOIuC udtC ICuuCICu tlClI
but Jim" says they are not reliable"
neither being in position to back him
financially or socially......Our paper goes
to press one day later than usual to-day:
we can't help it, and no apologies are ne
.as @
ToMBs.-It is comfortable to think that
workmen as well as gentlemen will have
the erection of a monument to your men,
Dry, when you quit McGregor for the dust.
While WOOD & Co. and their workmen re-
main here we are quite content to take the
chances of disease. At their shop, oppo-
site the hotel Of P. Fury, you will see the
most graceful engrayings on the finest
Italian and Vermont marble, made sacred