North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-17
Home and Other Items.

Home and other Items.
: G. Townsend, wife and child, left for
Nunda, NY, on Tuesday evening last
We hope our respected friend "Uncle
john will take good care Of his "little
SOM and family. "Gid'' can come home
when he gets read y.... .HAieHr is selling
music, toys, drums, books, shells, and ev-
erytbing else known to human tastes, ex.
cept refreshments. 80. .CoNANr has an ele-
CANT Billiard Table in running order it
is used night and day by those who are
pleased with the cue. .... Gardner McGreg-
or, once a boy friend of ours, but now a
young gentleman, is in this city on visit
to his mother and brother. "Gard'' used
to be good "boy," and we conclude he
has retained all the nice qualities with
which he was once credited. ....See the
Circus on Friday the Doth. I'VE are in
debted to Mr.. Chambers of the DEBORAH
Register, for a call. Mr.. c. is travelling
agent for the Register and for the NV.
Insurance Co. of the same city. Awell-
posted, well-traveled young man his ac-
quaintance with many whom We knew at
Indianapolis and other places, made his
visit a very agreeable one indeed. The
Register and the Northwestern have cap
tured valuable aid as q business solicitor
and correspondent. ..."Hank" Fry, the
weli-knownpilot of our Ferry has left us
for the sunny south he will stop at Mem
phis first and thence to Alabama. Mr.. Fry
is o quiet, unobtrusiye man, but to those
who know him we'll he is every inch a gen
tleman and a scholar we part with him
regretfully.....,O. Burdick has returned
from the east. Oscar tries his best to be-
have good, and he has so far succeeded
that we all are sorry when he departs and
delighted when he arrives at home. 1t il
gratifying to . citizen to 4k,sosc-and B.
does know--that his absence is loss to
our social circle, and his return is hailed
with undisguised pleasure. With some
people who leave we are inclined to say,
''May the Lord keep you going !''--with
others the Instructive heart langua &c Is !
,"Come back quickly y Reader, this ID
fact, not poetry, and it should teach les
sons of kindness and courtesy. SOS" will
pardon the seeming flattery-we never
commend those we don't like. ....In an
other column will be- seen the Circus an
nouncemsnt Of Haight & Chambers, to
he done on Friday week, July Goth. The
newspapers with which we exchange, give
it most fattering notices. In edition to
the charms Of the ring. the trained horses
and superior riding Of their extraordinary
troupe, they have specimens Of natural
forest history, such as tigers, leopards and
other menageric curiosities, which relieve
the monotony Of riding and posturing. If
the water, subsidies the exhibition will be
on the fat, south Of Hencke's store, but the
probability is that the Upper Square near
Gutheirs, will have the exhibition. Our
people are always. liberal when they have
money, but times are awful tight n, pres
ent, and III. \ G.. must take it cool if they
find our. folks generally strapped. Jack
JARRErr, Esq, has withdrawn from the
mercantile firm of E. r. Barron g. Co.,
leaving this venerable house. to Edwin and
Charles Barron with the name of E. r.
BARRoS & BRorHER. This firm is SO well
known that it would seem useless to name
the parties comprising it. Since Sc they
have been in the field Of Dry Goods and
Groceries, and we have yet to hear word
Of unkindness, much less Of fault 6nding,
with the concern. Somehow they manage
to- do we'll through the superior select
i've judgment o. r. the buyer, and some
how they also manage to sell to their Gus
toners without extorting Q complaint
Thciraclerks are as affable as the principals,
and while ed" and some others are NOR
alixing- that is, chewing the cud'' of re-
ligious fancy, Charley and others Of the
corps, do pretty much as they please in the
outside world. And yet there is no dis
sension. Each minds his own business,
and the wheels of beth financial and social
business run as smoothly as life pleasures
in the honeymoon. Their stock is pretty
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well up in the thousands, and they expect
to give tia large increase, when the Fall
trade commences. =. Miss Hanna Kucken.
baker, the winner of the First prize in
French & Gilmore's Lottery, received her
deed and policies of Insurance of the prop
erty on Friday last. There was an effort
made by her relations to compel her to
bonus $500 gift, but the committee who
had the business in change, baked that
game, and the young girl now has posses
sion entire. If it would not be called ego
tistic we would say that 7. Updegraff, A.
French and the writer Of this, were rather
active in bringing this result about. We
omit the names Of those who mistook the
integrity Of the committee who guaranteed
that the titles should all be correct. j. .Ru.
nor has it that Sam. s. Haislet, IF the De
scorah Register, has sold his interest to
George his brother. .,..,W. ,. Strong is in
town, looking as natural Is life. He called
to see MS, God bless ahim!i We hope he will
go at something near here-not railrosd-
ing, if he don't want to--and give us the
pleasure Of his socialityl as long as We
can appreciate worth and ability. Geo.
B. Crooke ornaments our Office with large,
handsome, framed card Of the Phoenix ms.
Company !, the main street Of Hartford is
presentediin colors, the steam engines are
rushing to the fire, the people are wildly
on the road to the excitement the whole