North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-09-04
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Set out your strawberries in September
if you want a crop next summer. .kuRz
Il MrLLAR have separated. Nine years of
partnership, distinguished by the most
entire cordially has characterized this sue
cessful business firm. Mr.. KURz remains
in the basement of the east room of the
Masonic Block, one Of the most agreeable
places of resort in the city. Having two
places of business Millar returned to the
well known Empire Saloon opposite Koss'
Block. CHARLEY has re-opened the EN-
pire in first rate shape and will doubtless
make paying thing of it......A pair of
old "pards" called on US this week, viz !:
John Harrison of St. Paul, and NJ. M.
Wood Of Elgin Iowa., they used to be
blacksmith partners in this city and are
well known to our readers of half dozen
years ago.. Carl Becker has sold his in
teres. here and removed to Monona where
he will treat his friends with cordiality as
well rs with nice lager. The McG
Western is now styled the Iowa & Mime
sofa Division of the Mil. & st. Paul Rail-
way. A good name enough, but we should
prefer to retain tie name of McGREcoR in
connection with road that begins at this
point. There is already emil. & St.
p. r. R'y" is there not ?......R. B. Tomlin-
son, formerly of McGregor, and recently
of Nevada has settled in Cedar Rapids
permanently. In the language of John j.
Crittenden Of KY, "May the Lord take a
notion to your. Passenger trains will
reach Leroy on Monday next; by the 18th
perhaps by the LIST of October railway
travel to Minneapolis and St. Paul will he
fact: there are only thirty miles of track
to lay on both roads toward Austin; tho
work is going on with steam power, bust
ness ability and active labor conjoined !:
ATKINS will do his end of it on time if the
locomotive doesn't fail......The long story
about Booth being alive on an island near
Calcutta is, in our opinion, sensational
hoax of very bald character; the particular
ity of its details is just what renders it
suspicious. PORTER, of Conover, favors
us with bunch Of young prairie birds.
Very nice indeed, Mr.. Porter. Thank
you! Birds are not plenty. They nest in
the low grassy grounds and the early sum-
mer rather wetted their eggs and their
young. Remember the Co. Fair at Ma
tional. Lady neutrality-suspicious. is
French for the business-are requested to
commence practicing if they expect prizes
or premiums.......Mrs. Daynes has return
ed from Omaha. She reports her brother,
Charley Lacey, and d. S. Cook as doing a
fine business in the Grocery, Provision and
Emigrant-supply line..... I'VE are setting
up a Time Table from McGregor to Leroy;
thus moves the current of human events
toward shutdown, the north pole or any
other point out of tho reach of eastern
crowded cities. With Atkins to plan,
Hungerford & Co., to engineer and Bur
bank to bridge and do up the sundries it
wont take long to make a road toto
purgatory at all events. If the iron
wouldn't melt they might carry it farther.
What fine passenger business the radicals
would furnish the line were it extended to
the neat station Esq. Hulburt, one of
the old salts Of the South, is among us,
canvassing for detective Bakers Book
about the rebellion. 1t is said to be as
readable as Eidocque's confession of po-
lice villainy in aris......SrUARr BAILEY of
the DEBORAH Republican, the junior of the
family called to see us on return trip to
st. Paul and the north. We like him
first-rate-in fact the whole family are
personal favorites and he of the Utica
IN. W Observer will observe that the
personal and political are combined in has
case. We think the Observer is peaches
and cream as G. L. Scott says......M Mrs.
ROGERS of Chicago, formerly resident of
our city is with us enjoying reunions
with friends and contributing in her happy
way to the pleasure of all whom she
meets. a livelier piece of feminine excel
lence is not often found. Pardon US,
FANNIE !..... .Chas. Stafford is at Fl. Ellis
worth away up on the line of the Pacific
road, making bridges. ..Jno. F. Wright,
formerly of the down-to hotel, now
called the EVANS, and good one too, is
doing well at Kansas City. Wonder if
JOHN recollects CLEAR LAKE and our trip
The Congregationalists, while their
church is being enlarged, will occupy
Cambrian Hail for services on Sundays.
Williams, Mac. and Josh, the pre-
MUM plasterers are doing a land-ofice
business now; their lime-house up the
street is one of the important institutions
of the city; there can be no brick houses
without lime and no nice parlors without
plastcrers......Ed. Plumb and lady have
been spending several days with us......
II. ID. Evans, and Susie, his daughter,
left on Sunday for South Bend. SUSAN
will remain at Notre Dame during the
Fall term. Gen. Bigelow win return with
Evans and visit his million of friends in
North Iowa......Mrs. Jaeger, late of our
place, is in Chi, keeping boarding house
at 2lO Clark St. Her McGregor acquain-
tances are invited to call when they visit
the city......We have more items about
home, but our pen is tired and the boys
are impatient to 80 to press.
STONE CUTrIxc.-Mr. WARE, late part
ner of Edwin Wood (gone east) has the