North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-03-13
Tome and Other Items.

Home and Other Items.
Blake & Tremain have leased the WASH
ington House at Elkader; thisis the natural
location for hotel in that town and there
is no denying it; it is being enlarged and
greatly improved and we doubt not the
ability of B. & F. to keep hotel. "When
the spring time comes," we will call on B.
& T, Joe, Week, Lew, Hunt, (how are
you Gov p Pats 4 Co., Knapp, Ryan, and
the balance of our million friends out
there, and then won't the lager and the
bass suffer ?......The regular Hop comes off
this evening at the Cambrlan.. u. II.
Hartenbower of National, will make sale
of farm stock and household goods on Sat-
urday of this weekly ellman 4 Fresc
will sell complete Livery stock at Gut
tenburg on Saturday, April 7th. Horses,
Sleighs, Buggies, Wagons, Robes, &c.,
will be sold on ono years time. ..R.
Mickle Of West McGregor, sells out his
household goods to-day......T. O. Jones,
E. r. Barron, L. J. Strouse, L. Metzgc GER,
s. NJ. Lampson, S. Peterson, and many
others for all we know, left for the east on
Monday morning. They all 60 for goods
to supply the expected demand on the
opening Of spring. Metzger has been so
successful in his fall and winter trade that
he will buy very large stock. We ex-
pect to see all our western pilgrims return
with piles of merchandise. Capt. Dubois
accompanied the party as far as Buffalo.
| Woodcock, now of Hungerford's Il. R.
exploring Co., at Cresco, d. D. Fraser of
Calmar and w. w. Stowe now in drugs at
Ossian, were in town last week as hanpy
as clans at high water. Ben. Hunting
couldn't leave Mary. Hannahs came in
a day or two later......" Bilr' Phenix of
Delevan, as sound as brick, is in town
locking for business location hope he'll
get it and retire worth million We
are in receipt of several enigmas and some
poetry which we are compelled to post
pone until next week. DIR. p. NJ. Reed
was here several days to write up Nc
Gregor result Of three columns of mis-
spelling Of names and other blunders. 4
subscribers for three months for the Daily
Wisconsin,.
frank Page of the Hardware house
of Buckley & Co., has machine for max
ing brick that beats the world. See no.
tice in another column. girl baby Of
few days old was found one mornin g
last week on the sidewalk up town. The
mother was found at Garnavillo or in that
neighborhood. We have no taste for the
business of torturing those who are al
ready deeply in trouble and hence we
leave the subject with those interestea......
Our new Lower-town Ferry Boat will
probably be here by May lst.
The late, fancy, landlord, delay, slow
motioned Time Table is so very popular
that it will be changed in a few days to
the old-style, sensible figures. What
right has the province of Wisconsin over
here regulating our time of travel? Can
eastern men ever learn that Iowa and
the west do their own thinking. ...S. S.
Haislctt and lady spent several days last
week in our village. Sam looks as anna
ble as new preacher, but he is twice as
wicked. Prof Williams of Fulton has
purchased II. c. Scots musical interest in
the Temple. Prof. Jones is sick at Deco
rah, but advices favor hopes of his rscov-
ery......Gilmore has got home from his
Concert tour and reports the Tickets at
par and in quick demand. We are told
that the tickets will all be disposed of in
time for the advertised date of drawing.
HINES, at Reds gallery, is taking some
splendid pictures: he is probably the best
artist ever in McGregor. Hines has the
taste "to posish' " subject and this is a
good deal in the business. He will remain
one week longer. Reid rooms are crowd
ed daily with ladies and gentlemen anxious
drawing didn't pay very well here, though
we learn that one or two good prizes are
due our town.. Judge McGlathery, Frank
Teabout, Levi Bulls and other prominent
gentlemen of the adjacent towns were in
town last week 80. Pratt & Austin still run
the cross -the-river-train safely, carefully
and cheaply. They employ none but
careful men,. Dennis, Lyon & Go. send
us a hat-box full of the best fine cut. If
Ed. Dennis, of Waukegan, don't quit doing
favors to this firm one of us will come
down there and blow him up......Evans,
Rowland & Jones, with their usual libcr-
atty, gire the use of their Hall to the
School Exhibition of next week. The
Band, too, (the Band boys will all 60 to
Heayen) tender their services without
charge. Haven't We got good set Of folks
in McGregor? -