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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-08-21
COrrespon dence.
McGREGoR, Aug. 10, CT.

Correspondence.
McGREGoR, Aug. 10, '67.
Messrs. Editors - The ANONYMOUS
scribbler" of the Ne,cs, in answer to my
communication of the 18th inst, insidi-
ously asserts that it was written in the
interest of Mr.. Merrill. He assumes that
those who were not with them 1.-THE church
clique) were against them.
To refute his statement, will aver,
en- PEASANT, that said article was instigated
neither by Mr.. Merrill or "his agents " (?),
but was suggested by the seemingly will
full disregard to, or culpable ignorance Of,
Justice; in support of which / claim :sr---
LIST, That when the bids were called for
and opened, Mr.. Merrill's was the only one
in-therefore there could be none lo,cer.
End, That after the bids were called for
and opened no other should have been
received. Messrs. Armstrong & Knights
was received after objection had been made
to such proceeding! gn
Bird. That aside from these considcra-
tons, when the cost of the plans and
specifications he added to Armstrong &
Knights bid it will greatly exceed that Of
Mr.. Merrill, which included them.
The usual price of designs and working
plans is 5 per cent. on amount of contract
therefore $547. so should be added to A. &
KS bid, making it sll ,4o7 so, or 1897. so
more than that of Mr.. NJ.
! appeal to the community at large
whether, under these circumstances, the
awarding of the contract to Messrs. Arm
strong & Knight was "just and proper
the editor of the Ners to the contrary
notwithstanding. sa,s
i As we are in media res, let us seek 70,
"Truth )" to this end will the Secretary
of the Association sincerely answer the
following questions in relation to the meet
ing Of Aug. 10th, viz: RI
/. lst, After Mr.. Merrill's bid was opened
did you not write upon slip of paper, &c
out of the room with that paper in you,
hand and return without it?
| End, Did not that slip of paper contain
information concerning Mr.. Merrills bid
3rd, Was not such information convey.
ed to Mr.. Knight before his bid was pre-
scented at the meeting2 g
! If the statements implied in these ques
tons be proved to the contrary, then, and
not till then, will admit they were :. no,
in accordance with the TRUTH" but will
still insist upon FAIR PLAY.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-08-21

The Indians are still robbing and muir
dering on the plains.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-08-21

Mr.. James NARROW, near DEBORAH, has
Black Hawk mare, and Mr.. II. Mccall
ferty is the owner of horse. A race will
take place Sept. 18th, for $1,000 side, on
the DEBORAH Course, between these ."bel-
ligerents." HAIsLErr says he will bet on
the mare every time, but that his pocket
book has been 'stomped onto,'' and there
fore he cannot cover large pile. After
harvest, GEORGE, Wen all have money and
then our folks down this way will come
up and scoop your victorious party.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-08-21

Business, Psrsonal, 40.
Liberty Bowen, the Furniture dealer,
has sold his property on Main-st. Brick
house and one lott for $500 to Fred.
Hencke. Mr. Green sells to Rev. Mr..
Lownsberry smallhouse and lot, up Main
street, sdjoining the Tanning Mill estab-
lishment of Dickey & Welliyer, (those
chaps with the curious sign) for 81 900. It
is proper to state that Mr.. Green owned
the house and claim only the lot repre-
SCENTS $500. Buildings are going up here
with rapidity that would brighten q
"fogy." Williams Bros splendid-looking
three-story brick, looms up toward the
sky in. fine shape !; # is nearly fnished.-
Daniels is filing his lot with brick walls
and iron columns, and the energetic Alsir
Bros. are at work at it-that's enough; the
Alsips' can build house about as quick
as Aladdin did with his magic lamp.....
10. Wisemiller has got the old TINES cor
ner raised to grade, and Chas. Opitz viii
have fine Boot and Shoe establishmen
there in short time. 10. is entitled t.
great credit for enterprize......Jas. Wiley
is now ready for stone, mortar and bricl
on his purchased lot next to Kurz & Mil
Ter, of the Masonic Block. ..... Messrs. Jas
Buell. and J. McKinlay, the executors o
James McGregor, Jr., have been busil,
engaged for several days in settling will
the settlers Of this city. They Office witt
Stoneman. We hear little complaint %
the course they pursue in closing up titles
......Davis,a Shaw & Co., will start thei
Grist Mill this week this is most valu
able acquisition to McGregor. Bring j.
your wheat and let us taste fresh fou
from the new mill. .Chas. Mcdowell i
taking play-spell from the Ners- Office
and Alden White, of the TIxks, has gon
of to play music for Jones 4 Co.'S Payil
lion Show. They have parted with thei
printer corps regretfully because both o.
them are favorites but they will not sta,
long away from the charms Of printing
| Office. They both resigned .-al
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-08-21
We Warrant every Machine

To be made OF first rate MATERIAL and IN worknsan
like manner; aud when properly managed to thresh
more grain, and do II better than asy nachiaeAhsy
may come in competition with. @TeI
We can furnish either Cleared Belted Machines,
but consider the Cleared Machine far superior,
is quicker SET easier and Is less liable to BE-
affected by wind or rain. u
We shall always keep large stock of Repairs in
the hands Of our Agents thereby saving our custom
ers, lin case of aeeident great deal Of expense and
delay. Il sTta fcH geesE atE
Call on or address, .s
II. ,. MALONE 4 CO. ~
GENERAL H0aTnWEs Tenn AcEnIS
Ia IRtox39uo, WNA
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15
CONSERVATIVES OPINION OtN-
DREW JOHNSON.

The Lexington (Kentucky) Gde is
Conservative paper, which denoun Com
gress aud eulogizes JEFF. Davis as anlclnsh
patriot and great statesman. In tissue Of
December 25th, is an editorial head"Jet-
ferson Davis Under this heading LEADS
for the release of Davis from imprisnent,
denounces the Administration for ching
him, and expresses it's opinion OF the reen-
willie alderman, alias the "humblediyl-
dual" A. johnson. OF poor John the
Gazette says:
"The question is continually preig H.
self on the minds of men, why is Mpayis
not released by the authority OF thtresl-
dent and the answer is that he has 40 as
much as he dare. This is silly tan
which imposes on no man of sense. hat
has he 10 fear, and from whom! dG-
ninistrati0n is a dead failure, and bros
poets for The succession are about as bt as
you can oeN imagine, SO he will lose ming
in that quarter. Is he afraid Of ponal
violence or of impeachment Then is a
coward in every sense of the word, but
invites that which he breads. His ainis-
traitor cannot be made respectable tdny-
thing he can do--it's too late for that
Again, this Conservative KentuckApeI
| hBJdho Vi ihN AeAAct ~ AeAhN
"And even as il now stands weould
rather have the conscious rectitude this
poor prisoner, and eat his frugal meahar
be the occupant of the White House, linG
sumptuously at his Christmas dinnisur
rounded by flunkies and flatterers, wh,ugl
at his weakness while they partake hi
cheer. Fortress Monroe may be PM
place, but clear conscience will ne
more tolerable to a man than marblnall
with infamy."
The opinion expressed above OF JOsol
is the feeling entertained for him by threa
mass of Southern people. "While vim
the treason, they despise the traitor" ror
motives of policy only do they refrairon
speaking of him as the Kentucky ConyS
tive.
Poor johnson is an object of pity B
loyal snd disloyal, he is despised as sn'
gade and traitor. -Rnoruille Wing.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

young lady fell dead while dancing at a
ball in Bonneville, Missouri, on New Years
eve.
In the course OF trial for fourfold murder,
now proceeding in France, the public prose
cutor brought into Court the head of the
murdered man, which had been buried
thirteen years.
An Irish lad about II years old, Richard
Mccormack, attempted TO pass a forged
check for $4,000, purporting to be drawn by
Jay Cooke q Co., in New York on Wednes-
day, but he was caught and sent to prison.
Incendiaries made an attempt to burn a
tenement house in New York on Wednesday
morning. The flames were discovered Just
as they had been started, and four families
thus narrowly escaped horrible death.
Harriet Johnson was driven from her house,
near Cincinnati, the other night, by her
brutal husband, and in her attempt to reach
the city, fell benumbed with cold, and froze
TO death.
James Farnham, of Williamsburg, N. Y,
committed suicide in that city on Friday, by
shooting himself. Just previous to commit.
ting the act he had returned from the wed
ding of his sister, and had seen her of OF
her bridal tour. He had conducted himseI
singularly after the wedding, on account o
the fact it was supposed that young LADY
whom he had asked to dance with him re
fused two or three times TO do so.
Nashville reporters run great risks In til
performance of their duties. One of ther
was mistaken for n burglar the other nigh,
and was chased by two policemen. II
turned a corner sharply and climbed a tree
where he remained until the hunt was owe,
A little boy in Pittsburg, Pa, got up earl
on Christmas morning to ascertain wifi
Santa Claus had put in his stocking, and
passing the stove set his night clothes on fir
and was dead in few hours.
An insane man, named Manuel Urah, wi
had escaped from his keeper, near spart
Wis, was recently shot in the woods by
Mr.. Amey, who mistook iiim for a deer.
A. Bonnet committed suicide in New {
leaus because he chad but little Interest
the life around him.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

A BEAUTIFUL THoUGHT.-Lile is oeauu'
fully compared to a fountain fed by tnoq.
sand streams, that perishes II one Is dried. ~
il silver chord twisted with a thousand
strings; that parts asunder as II oneis broken
Frsii and thoughlless mortals are surround.
cd by innumerable dangers, which MAKE IL
much more strange that they escape so long
than that they all perish suddenly a. las..
We are encompassed with accidents every
day, TO crush the moulding tenements that
we inhabit. The seeds Of disease are plant
ed in our constitution by nature. The earlh
and the atmosphere, whence we draw ine
breath of life, is pregnant with death. Health
is made TO operate It's own destructionl The
food that nourshes contains the elements
of decay; the soul that anin'ates 1t by witty
ing fire, tends to wear il out by its own
action; death turks in ambush along our
paths. Mountaineering this Is the truth 80
palpably confirmed by the daily examples
before our eyes, how little do we lay II 70 the
heartl We SEQ our friends and neighoorl
perishing among us, but how seldom does i
occur to our thoughts that our knell shail,
perhaps, give the next fruitless warning &c
/ the world
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

WHOSE DUTY is 1T g-Is it not nearly
time that the City Council made 1t the duty
of some officer of the city to see that the
boxes and barrels in which ashes are requir-
ed to be placed, on the ourbstones, are not
wantonly thrown, tossed and broken TO
pieces by the ash gatherers? There are
several very bad practices INDUCED in by the
men who take up the ashes, among which
we may state not only the wilful breaking of
the barrels, &C., but also the overlapping of
the carts, in consequence of which the ashes
necessarily fall back into the streets, and in
doing so sometimes very handsomely dust
over the clothing of passers by We think
judicious fine promptly administered would
remedy some of the evils, The Street Com
missioner is performing herculean labor TO
have the streets and cutters kept in Clearly
condition during the winter, but we think
his efforts must be seriously interfered with
by the negligence of the ash gatherers, over
whom he has, we believe, no special control.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune, under date of the 9th
inst, says
1.-THE President to-day sent to the House
of Representatives all the papers in his pos
session relating to the murder Of the three
Union soldiers in South Carolina, during
the Autumn of 1865, with copy of the
proceedings of the Military Commission
which tried and convicted Messrs Keys,
Showers and Byram for the crime. Most OF
the facts in the case have already been made
public. The papers were referred to the
| Special Committee on the subject, who will
Immediately commence an investigation as
to what influence was brought to bear upon
the President of the United States 10 have
the sentences OF the prisoners commuted
| from death to Imprisonment for life, and
afterward 10 procue their removal from the
Dry ,lortugas to Fort Delaware, so that they
might be released on a writ of habeas corpus
1t has been charged that 0. H. Browning
the present Secretary Of the Interior received
$4,000 for influencing the President in the
matter. Among the documents is a lette
to President johnson from Mrs. Showers
the wife of one Of the criminals, in which
she asks for the pardon Of her husband anC
refers the President TO tine Hon. o. II
Browning as her friend. That some power
full influence in favor of the prisoners wa
at work in the lobbies of the White Hous
is evident from the actions of the Presiden
in regard TO the prisoners from the tim
they were sentenced until their release. o.
July go, 1866, the prisoners were ordered t
be sent to Dry Tortugas, there to be in
prisoned for lite; on July 81, the Presider
telegraphed to General Sickles 10 send tn
l prisoners 10 Fort Delaware instead of til
Tortugas; they having already been ser
the next day he telegraphs Gen. Foster i
> command OF the District of Florida, to sen
the prisoners to Fort Delaware; on Augu
9 25 the prisoners not having arrived at Fo
, Delaware, their friends at the White Hous
evidently got impatient, and on that day IL
President inquired by letter of Adit. lGei
j Townsend why the prisoners are not at Fo
4 Delaware; on the same date Gen. Townsen
, replied that the prisoners were on their wa,
on November the commander at Fo
J. Delaware notified the Secretary of War thu
n writ of habeas corpus had been served c
him by order of the Hon. Willard Hal
:, District Judge for the State Of Delaware,
produce before him, at Wilmington, Del
u ware, on Nov a. the bodies of the fol
IS prisoners, and asked for instructions as
whether he should obey the writ; Nov.
the War Department orders the Command
i OF Fort Delaware TO confer with the Unit
II States District Attorney at Dover, Del,
h advice on the subject. On Nov. the Coz
e mander of Fort Delaware telegraphed
the War Department that he had releas
the prisoners from confinement. Thus t
=, matter ended. The four murderers are nc
Y al large, living quietly at their homes. T
/. men who had them released are evident
4 enjoying the fees they received, while /
- bodies of the three Union soldiers are rotti
N in the soil of South Carolina.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

THE GovERNoR's MEssAGE.-The Della
mare County Republican, IN referring 10 the
message of Governor Salisbury, says =
Governor Salisbury of Delaware, is a
political curiosity. We do not know his
age, but, Judging from the language and tone
of his last message TO the Legislature, he
must be considerably over an hundred years
Think of Governor who would in this en-
lightened day and generation, openly advo-
cate the selling of men into slavery as the
best method of preventing crime Cover
nor Salisbury has done this, and more. He
says he intends 10 enforce an old State law
whieh forbids colored men from carrying
arms. The Governor ought to have tried
this experiment during the rebellion, when
the negroes of the State over which lie pre-.
sides, took up arms in defence OF the Coy
eminent. What pitiable position the State
Of Delaware occupies in the public estima.
ton, rendered so by the politics which con
troll her destiny"
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

We have received from the publishers
Messrs. Little, Brown & Co., of Boston, the
second number of the American Law Re.
view, and an examination of its contents is
the best evidence that it will supply a want
long felt by lawyers in this country, and will
in n very short time be found in every
lawyers Office. II is not intended to limit
its scope to any special department OF law,
and its articles will embrace discussion on
Law Reform; the legal aspect of political and
International questions, especially such as
arise from the late rebellion; leading Ameri-
can and English cases, with notes, historical
and biographical notices and accounts OF
celebrated trials; important decisions in the
United States Courts, SC, &c.
The Digest OF the cases in the Supreme
Court, the State Courts, and the Englisl
Courts, which will appear in each number
are invaluable to every practising lawyer.
In this number may be found the follow
ing articles /. Wallace's Reports to whicl
some exceptions are taken, both as to matte
and style. g. Theories of Reconstruction
8. Estates upon Condition. A. Luthe
Martin, the great Maryland lawyer, of whor
so little is generally known. 8. Digest c
Gases in the English Law Reports for til
3 months of July, August, September and o.
tober. g. Digest OF Cases decided in I'll
: Supreme Court of the United States. 7. S
a lected Digest OF State Reports, and In this "
+ observe some selections from Judge Hou
toms late volume. s. Book Notices, al
t only such as are connected with the Lay
c 0. List of Law books recently published
: England and America. 10. Summary
r Events. The American Law Review is pu
lished quarterly, and promises to be by
= the best periodical of the kind ever start
d in this country Terms, S. 90 per annul
1t Little, Brown g. Co., Boston.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15
soENR AT THE DEATH BEDF
LINCOLN.

DR.. Gurley, pastor of the church lere
President Lincoln worshipped, lateltold
the following story:
"When summoned on that sad night the
death-bed of President Lincoln, erred
the room fifteen or twenty minutes fore
his departure. All present were CARED
anxioualy around him, waiting to cat his
last breath. The physician, with on,and
upon the pulse of the dying man al the
other laid upon his heart, was unity
watching for the moment when life nuld
cease. He fingered longer than we ex-
pected. AT last the physician said: is
gone; he is dead. Then solemnly teye
that for four or five minutes there W not
the slightest noise or movement in thaiyful
presence. We all stood trans6xed our
positions, speechless, breathless, arou the
dead body of that great and good ma At
length the Secretary OF War, VIII was
standing at my left, broke the silent and
said doctor, will you say anythiR' l
replied, Il will speak 10 God. 81 he,
DO it just now And there, by thele oil
our fallen chief, God put 1t into my hrt 10
utter this petition-that from that hr We
and the whole nation might becomnore
than ever united in our devotion the
cause of our beloved, imperilled cotry
When ceased, there arose from theps Of
the entire company fervld and sponteoui
Amen And has not the whole hrt o.
the loyal nation responded 'AmenP'Was
not that prayer, there offered, respond tC
in most remarkable manner? VIII il
our history have the people of thiiant
been found more closely bound togetr il
purpose and heart than when the telegphit
wires bore all over the country the 81 It'd
ings that President Lincoln was deadg
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

Upon beam of one of the houses pulled
down near Nortre Dame, Paris, last week,
this following inscription was found cut in
the wood 81 was placed here in the wear
1850, and was six hundred years old when
they took me from the forest Of Roaoy. u
This venerable piece Of wood, therefore,
must have existed in the time of Charles the
Bald, tgenty,atlh King of France, who
reigned from s45 to s81. a little earlier and
it would have been contemporary with
Dharlemagne. The forest mentioned In the
inscription has now disappeared, tho pres.
ent Bots de Boulogns being all that remains
OF II.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15
THE MONEY MARKET.
From JoHE MoLALH a soH. Bankers, ooT Market Stree
9N oIainrk.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

A URD1RARcE MAKING YURTHBR lp.
n Preparation FOR THE REPAIR AND CLNANe
ma or STREETS FOR THE YEAR 1868.
DO 1t ordsned by the City Council Of Wilmington Two
thirds Of the msmhsrI thereof conenrrlng.
SEotI0N L. Tha there 10 Apr priated TO be expended
md nsed under tho direction Of the Street Committee
or the repair and elsanaus Of Streets The additional sum
pr two thousand seven hundred dollars said amount ia
be aksn from any funds In the City treasury not other
Wise appropriated.
Passed at the City HALL WHINING tOn january bth 1857
1T. BELLAH,
President Of The City Council
AtteH-E j. TAILOR Clerk. jAnlB-N
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

Gen. Walter Hartman, who has just been
Nominated for Governor by the Republicans
Of New Hampshire. yas always jealous
and efficient Democrat prior to the outbreak
of our late civil war. Having always been
on the side ofthe country, he did not feel
SAGE taking any other. He promptly volun-
teered, aRd rose, by gallant, efficient service,
10 the rank Of Rrigadier- General in which
he was serving when the war ended.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

Allen G. Thurman las been nominated for
Governor Of Ohio by the Copperhead De-
mocracy. Judge Thurman was a member
OF the XXVIIIth Congress (House), having
been chosen in 1874 from the Ross district by
1882 votes TO 1000 for his Wing opponent
He was succeeded in the next House by
James L. Taylor, (Whig,) and has not since
been conspicuous in politics. He is citizen
of good repute and fair ability.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

THE NORFOLK VISIT TO BE RETURNED.
The Norfolk Yirgia.dn, of tie 10th inst,
says
p" The Mayor of Norfolk, Mr.. Ludlow, has
receiyed an invitation from the Mayor and
municipal authorities Of Wilmington, Della
the Mayor and Council will name. We ua,
derstand that the Mayor and Council will
take action on the Invitation Immediately
and that the visit viii bs made sometime
within the next month";
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

The italian Ambassador, signor Tonelli,
has finally settled the questions relative 10
the future status of religious matters In Rome
under the Italian regime. The Papai Cabi.
net have agreed that hereafter the appoint.
ment of bishops shall be made by the Pope,
the said appointment 10 receive the sanction
of the Emperor and Government of Italy.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

Rosenthal, ST. Louis. The druggist adjoin-
ing the store saw light, and forcing open
the door he discovered candle sitting in
some cotton, and under il key of powder
Later, and the whole block would have been
shattered, and probably many lives lost
Rosenthal, and Levi, his partner, have been
arrested. They were insured for several
thousand dollars over the valuation of their
stock.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

RuMoRED DuE1.-Ths Philadelphia IN
quirer says that General II. II. Heath, OF
Nebraska, now in Washington, is reported
to have challenged Senator salisbury, oil
Delaware, to fight duel" The cause is
not stated, but VIC cannot see what necessity
there is for Gen. Heath to attempt to shoot
at man who is always shot-at least in the
neck
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-01-15

AN ORDINANCE MAKING FURTHER APP.
A. PRoPRIATIoE FOR TIIE USE OF TUE con-
MlrrEB ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS, FOR 1865.
be 1t ordaninsd BY the City 0olns Of Wilmington an
IollovA, Wis.,;
sHurioS l. That there DO Appropriasd TO he expended
Ind used under the direction Of the Committee on Public
Buildings for ami upon and in the preservation erection
md improvement Of said Buildings ths further sum Of
pine hundred and fifteen dellAra haid amount to be
aiken from any fundsn the City treasury otherwise
appropriated.
Passed at the City Halt Wilmln ston Jauu,ry g. 1877
H. T. BELLAH
prsedent Of the City G,uneii.
Attsst--R r. TAYLOR, Clerk. ianib-it