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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22

LAWS OF IOWA.
PCDlI.HED ~ AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER 81.


AN ACT to lesaiize certain acts Of tn
Board of Supervisors Of Howard County
Iowa.
WHEREAS, At a special election held i,
| the County Of Howard, Iowa. for tina
purpose, on the 2Oih day Of November
1865, in pursuance of an order Of til,
Board o.. Supervisors Of said county, anG
of published proclamation, it was deter
mined, by a large majority of the vote
cast, that the swamp and overhowed lands
and the proceeds thereof Of said county
should be donated upon certain conditions
to the McGregor Western Railway Com
pany, to aid in the construction Of sale
railway, and
WHEREAS, The said Board of Supervi
sors on the 18th day Of January, 1867
after hearing proof, ho ding that the con.
ditions aforesaid had been fully complied
with ordered the chairman and clerk oil
said Board to execute and deliver to said
company a conveyance of said lands, and
the proceeds, which being. accordingly done,
and being afterwards read and submitted
to said Board. was ratified and confirmed
by resolution Of record, and
WHEREAS, Doubts exist as to the validity
Of such conveyance, and the technical re-
sularity of the proceedings; therefore,
SECTION ]. Be ii enacted by the General
assembly Of The State Of Io,ea, That the
said conveyance or deed SO executed as
aforesaid be and is hereby declared valid,
legal and effectuai. and that sad convey
ance be held to invest the said McGregor
Western Railway Company with good
and indeteasable title to the lands, rights
and interests, therein intended to lie con-
veyed. and to convey to said Company the
property, rights and interests, which the
same purport to convey as fully to all in
tent and purposes, as if all the proceedings
in the premises had been regular and law
full Hyorided, That this conveyance shall
not interfere with the rights of private
individuals, who may have settled or im-
proved any Of said lands prior to said
conveyance.
SECTION 2. Any individual who may
have settled on and constituted home on
any of said lands shall have the right TO
purchase Of said Railway Company, 10 the
amount Of one hundred and sixty acres, at
the sum OF one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre.
SECTION 3. This Act, being deemed Of
immediate Importance, shall take effect
from and after its publication in tho Iolca
Homestead and Io,od State Register, news
papers published in Des Moines, Iowa.
Approved March l3d, 1868.
/ herby certify that tho foregoing Act
took effect by publication as required, by
Section 8 thereof, Oh the lst day Of April,
" Jeh2
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22

TIE JEws-There must be great many
people in the world who are descendants
from Solomon, and some of them may be
selling pantaloons (very poor ones) in
Chatham street this very day.-7ribune.
II is noteworthy that whenever the rad
icals can get an opportunity of saying
something disparaging of the Israelites
they say it, either by way of joke, as in the
above extract, or in sober earnestness, as
in Kenncdy's order for their Purim Sun
day night arrest,-and the famous army
order for their Immediate expulsion from
within the lines. What particular discred-
it there may be in selling pantaloons we
do not know. but perhaps it is disgraceful
to sell "vsry poor ones' unless they are
blue; and intended for the government.
Then the poorer they are and the more
numerous, the more creditable, it is, eh -
" Y. EIpress.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22
McGREGOR IOWA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL %, 1868


HOURS Of ABSENCE.
By KArs AuLp.
Hours Of absence! sad and lonely
How want thy glad return;
Listening for thy step; thine only,
Makes my throbbing temples burn.
Trembling heart, still thy emotions
When that welcome step is heard,
Lest ho read thy deep devotion
In each faltering, trembling word!
Do they see tho tears that glisten
On my lids this dreary day,
Is tho taste of grief more bitter
Than of mirth, when thou'rt asay!
All, my weary soul doth lansuish
When that glance is turned aside:
Can You marvel if the anguish
Mingles in tho crystal tides
But when thou art near, my pleasure
Knows no bounds my soul doth bow,
Gladly, proudly lays its treasure
At thy shrine-its idol thou!
Hours Of absence, dark and dresry,
Fly to join tho ages past,
In my heart, no longer weary,
JOY and gladness reign at la.tl
When see the smile thst brightcns
And adorns that pure, fair brow,
Then my weary bosom lightens--
Surely ne'er was bliss till nowi
OBJ was ever truer gladness
To a trembling suppliant givsni
With thy smile to Danish sadness
Earthly life Is too like Heaven!
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22

ABnEvIArioN.-A young lady asked
gentleman the meaning of the word "sur'
rogate,'' and he explained it to her as
"a gate through which parties go to get
married.
"Then imagine" said the lady, "thas
it is . corruption of the words SORROW
GATE"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22

A sentimental yorng gentleman adver.
tised for board in q christian family, where
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22
ED WRIGHT,

Occretlry OF Otat6.
hereby certify that tho foregoing. Act
took effect by publication, as required in
Section S thereof, on the 30th day Of
March, A. D. 1868.
ED WRIGHT, Sec'y Of State.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22

Main Street McGr.g3r, Iowa. A desirable home 70
the travelling public, with good barns and Sheds al
trched Tor the safe protection If horses and wagons
442 NJ MURRAY praprie,or
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WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN

Arc made strong by the use Of either Of these
dies They will cure every csse of NAKASMUS,
without fail.
Thousands Of certificates have accumulated In tbo
hands Of the proprietor but space will allow Of tho
publication Of but a few. Those it will be observed,
are men Of note and Of snch standing that they must
be believed.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22

OENJ. W. WVJUV ANN
HON. JAMES THOMPSON,
Judge Of The Supreme Court Of Rnnsy lrania.
Philadelphia, April rs, 1856,
III consider 'Hoohands German Bittcrs' raluaJls
s,edcine In 0 attacks of Indigestion or Dyspc,.
sis. can certify this from my experience oft.
Yours, with respect,
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22
MURRAY HOUSE,

Wholesale and Retail deale, In Stoves, and Mannfa
turer Of Tin, Copp.r ant Sheet IronW are Main Stree
McGREGOR, IOWA.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22
FIAYT & BURDICK,
NATIONAL HOTEL,

Dealers in Lun,her, Shingles and Lath, Main Street
McGREGGR, IOWA.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22

Postviile Iowa. General Stage Office. c. vanIIoo
Proprietor SOB
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22
VOLUME XII---N0. 81.

CPECIAL attention paid to tho manufacture Of
~ Blank Books for Counties, Banks, Merchants etc.
Music, Magazines, Periodicals. &C.. &C., Bound with
neatness and dispatch.
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| N
Tenders his professional services to the public. Par.
ticuar attention given to Surgical and Diseases
OF the Heart and Lungs.
Former favors gratefully remembered and future
ones res ;Iectiully solicited
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-06

tracted during that month by the cancella-
ton aud retirement of Sll, j26,0 600 of three
per cent certificates previously held by the
banks as a portion of their reserve. The
withdrawal of this amount Of three per cent.
certificates Of course compelled the banks to
lock up in their vaults an equal amount Of
greenbacks. The effect was the same as it
would have been had that amount of green.
backs been destroyed.
1t thus appears that the amount Of con.
traction since the first of August, 1867, has
been equal to S73,OOO,OO0. And yet the
volume Of currency last fall was too small to
do the business of the county, even as
compared with the presentl with a short
harvest.
Now, if these facts are not sufficient to
convince any sane man as TO what is the
cause of the present hard times, and, more.
over to convince him that tina hard times
must become harder, instead Of easier, as the
winter advances, there is little use of trying
to convince him of anything. II a banker
or money.lender, he may not be convinced,
because it is his interest not to be- But, il
merchant, a manufacturer, producer, a
mechanic or laborer the only excuse for
unbelef will be his stupidity.
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Dipping Charles Lamb.

"Colerdge," says DeQuincy, "told me Of
ludicrous embarrassment which Lambs
stsmmeriug caused him at Hastings,
Lamb had been medically advised to a
course of sea bathing; and accordingly, at
the door Of his bathing machine, while he
stood Shivering with cold two stout fellows
laid hold Of him, one at each shoulder, like
heraldic supporters: they waited for the
word Of command from their principal, who
began the following Grafton to them: Hear
me, meu Take notice of this am to be
dipped"
What more he would have said is I'm.
known to land or sea bathing machines; for,
having reached the word dipped, be com,
menced such rolling fire of di-di-di-di.
that when at length be descended n nlomb
upon the full word dipped, the two men
rather tired of the long suspense. became
satisfied that they had reached what LAWYERS
call the Operative" clause of the sentence
and both exclaimed at once, 40, yes, We ara
quite aware of thatS and down they plunged
him into the sea.
On emerging, Lamb sohbed so much
from from the cold, that he found no voice
suitable to his indignation; from necessity
he seemed tranquil; and again addressing
the men, who stood respectfully listening, be
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-06
STILL REDUCING.

Last week we stated that the radicals were
reducing the volume of paper circulation
and thus producing financial distress, re.
ducng the value of all kinds of property,
producing stagnaton in business, stopping
Improvements and cutting off labor from ad.
equate employment and rewards. 1t is verv
likely that some people we're foolish enough
TO suppose that the statements in democrat
journals concerning the cause of the prevail.
ing hard times we're made only for political
effect.
The election being over, it is hoped that
all such persons may 50 far regain a condi.
ton OF sanity as to consider the subject in
the light of facts only.
We stated simple and easily ascsrtsiDed
fact in the assertion that the volume of the
circulating medium has been contracted
more than sixty millions of dollars within
the last year. The period of time covered
by the statement ended on the last dav Of
September. And the fact now further an.
pears that the contraction has proceeded
even more rapidly during the month of DC.
tOb er, just passed, The circulation was con-
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-06

publican party with sHrprcssng freedom in
voting o several states the eniranchise.
ment Of hundreds Of thousands Of ignorant
t'1cks, aud the disfrancisement Of nearly all
the white southern people. This state Of
things, il continues, coupled with the fact
that the radicals held possession of the south.
ern state governments, and had contrib If
the polling places, with their notorious read.
mess 10 abuse this power, made the democ.
racy fight at terrible disadvantage, Rnt
had the democratic party nominated Chase
or Mcclellan, instead Of two second rats
politicians, it might have succeeded in the
election.
The Times holds that though the demo.
Gratis are beaten and the representation in
congress is largely against them, they are
yet powerful party, and must greatly in.
huence the policy Of the government The
success Of Gen. Grant no one is disposed TO
regret. He has fairly won his high rank BY
hard work, real devotion to his country, and
services which will live long in its remem.
brance. He is no politician, and will take
his office with greater freedom than If, the
hero Of hundred battles, be had uttered all
the shibboleth of party.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. c.
Flour 2GsGd.
Red wheat $500.
White wheat l2s9d.
Corn 80.
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PEORIA a ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD.
Contracts and Progress Ofthe Work.


The Peoria Transcript says the work OF
the above railroad is progressing at a gooo
rate. All the grading between Peoria snt
GalvA, Henry county has been let.
The first five miles from Peoria will b.
| done by the contractors, Messrs. Prescott
Jameson. From section to l3, inclusive
has been sub.let to Mr.. Elston, q gentleman
who has had contracts for heavy amounts
10 the state of Indiana. This contract will
carry the road two miles west of KickapoO,
and twelve miles northwest Of Peoria.
From section l3 to 10, inclusive carrying
the road to Princevillc, eight miles west Of
Kickapoo, is under consideration, and per
haps will be let in few days. From sec
ton IL to 20, inclusive, has been let to say
age Il johnson.
From Is to % is lot to Edward McNem
ber an old contractor on the Terre Hause,
Vandalia & East St. Louis railway.
From % to 81, carrying the road to Tou'
Ion, has not been let.
From "a to -, carrying the road two
miles west of Lafayette, Stark county,
thirtytwo miles from Peoria, has been let
to Messrs. Vets l. Morris, gentlemen who
had contracts on the T. p. & W. railway.
From AZ to As, or to (talya, has not been
let. Ten miles west Of GalvR, to section 5j,
has been let TO Socum Il Co., old contract
ora in the northern part Of the state.
From section IS to Rock Island has not
been let, nor will it be until the spring work
begins.
As soon as the frost gets out of the
ground in the spring, the light work Of the
road will be done. The heavy work will be
done at once. Men are now working at
Princeville, Richwoods and other points,
and the work will be pushed forward with
| the utmost rapidly.
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Rrnra,,ion in the EYebrow..

The eyebrows are a part Of the face com
paratiyely but little noticed, though in dis
closing the real sentiments Of the mine
scarcely any other feature of the face cat
come into competition, In vain the mosI
prudent female imposes silence on bel
tongue; in vain she tries to compose her face
and eyes single momement of the eye
brows instantly discloses what is passing in
her soul. Placed upon the skin, and attach
ed TO muscles which move them 10 every
direction, the eyebrows are Obedient to the
slightest internal impulses. Their majesty,
pride, vanity, severity, kindness, the dull and
gloomy passions, and the passions soft and
gay, are alternately depicted. "The eye.
brows alone said Lavater, the prince Of
physogomists, "often give the positive eI'
preston of the character "Part OF the
soul, says Pliny the elder, "resides in the
eyebrows, which move at the command Of
the will LeBrun, in his treaties on the
passions, says " that the eyebrows Rre the
least equiyocal interpreters of the emotions
of the heart, and Of the affections of the
SOUL
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began thus: "Mer, is it possible to obtain
your at.ention27 40, surely cir, by all
means Then listen: once more | tell
you, am to be di--di-di--n and then with
burst OF indignation, clipped / tell you.
80, decidedly, SIR" And down the stam
merer went for the second time.
Petriied with cold and wrath, once more
Lamb made feeble attempt to explain.
"Grant me papa thence is il mum UNI
murder you me--mer-mean? Again and
a-Ra-ga gain, tell you I'm to be d.
di--di-dipped-' now speaking furiou,ly
With the tone Of an injured man. 80, yes, sir,
the men replied, I'VE know that---we fully
understand IT." ard for the third time, down
went Lamb into the sea.
80, limbs Of SATAN he said, on coming
up for the third time, dts now too late.
tell you that attn no, that was to be di-
di-dipped only once
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Modern Women as Seen at Saratoga

From the Revolution.
see few in this multitude of women who
would not repel the nsnuation of strong.
minded. | watched one person for weeks
with anxious eye. Her lank haren hair,
and spectacles surmounting pulpy, Spur.
geon nose, seemed to denote the treedman's
missionary. Her Pre-. Raphaelite shoes fol-.
lowing the exact form of the foot, were evi.
IDENTITY designed by some lover of nature, and
| not mere cOpyist of such ideal form as
square toes. Here, thought |, is one who
sets at defiance the tyranny of CUSTOM
Also! no tiirt Of sixteen, with peroration
to her dress two yards long, was more weak
or prejudced than she. She had CHANGED
to cross Mrs. Stanton's orbit somewhere in
space, and admired her snowy locks
(which" she added, "were of course
bleached by some artificial process. For
her part, she had no patience with such wo.
men. They overstepped their sphere
Every night some hotel furnishes forth q
chop for the dedication Of its inmates.
| Here, under the gas, we see women whirled
IN the maddening galop, with ring of spec.
sailors gathered around to zee fair play.
| Now they skim around the periphery, now
they dive into the vortex, until they look
like group of wld.eyed Bacchantes, drunk
with giddy motion. might have gazed on
q plantation breakdown with emotions less
keenIy poignant. Young BOBBY informs US
privately, as he wipes the perspiration of the
last round dance from his brow, that he takes
his partner aside and tries her PAGES before
venturing his reputation with her in the ring.
Oh, humiliation These be the masters wo.
men serve. These are the pleasures which
they vii! never surrender, no, never with
the glorious privilege OF being toasted as
Lovely Woman at the fag end of Caledon,
ian festivals, just before Gavin McMurragh
and his booty companion fall under the
table.
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CABLE TEhHGRAMs.

PARIS, Nov. 5.-The Goulois saws the
Carlisles are circulating d report that En-
peror Napoleon will throw his influence in
favar of Gen. Carlos, should he be presented
as candidate for the throne of Spain.
A dispatch to the same journal reports
that the selection of Spanish grandee for
King is mooted is Madrid.
All journals have editorials on the resplt
OF the presidential election iu the United
| States:
La'Pstrie says Gen. Grant is a man
OF the nation, not of party--he saved
the Union and will restore It to its formor
standing among great powers. Americans
are everywhere enthusiastic over the result
and Europe spplauds the decision of the re-.
public. This election establishes order and
peace-the highest aim of the United States
La'Lanterne regards the election as a
continuation of victory over the south. The
mission of Gen. Grant is a difficult one he
VIII Ind 1t necessary to oppose congress-
ne affairs OF the country require a strong
and able hand to repair the broken links Of
liberty. Both continents have reason to be
| pleased with the result. Gen. Grant ia a
worthy successor of Washington.
LaJournal Des Debates and other Eber.
al journals are satisfied with the result, and
| call Grant the true successor of President
Adams.
LsPresse declares that the success Of
the republican party is the triumph of cen.
tralizatIon, and thinks it singular that sol.
der should be elected chief Of a great pow.
er, when all the nations of Europe seek
peace.
LONDON, Nov. Sin the course of his
speech at the sherif's banquet, on Tuesday
evening, Mr. johnson said
Whatever difficulties NAV have occurred
between England and the United States,
have the supreme pleasure of saying that
they are about to be removed, and little re.
mains to be done, and before the end Of
the year everything will be successfully ad.
justed'
LONDON, Nov. 4.
Newspapers here comment vRriously up.
on the election of Grant The Telegraph,
after citing the lofty character and position
OF Grant, says the defeat Of the democracy
was richly deserved. They should have &C.
cepted the results of the war by nominating
Judge Chase and not Horatio Seymour, q
peace man, whose election would have
been a recantation of ell accomplished by
the war
The Daily News thinks the American
people are evidently weary of their last two
years experience, and demand strong gov.
eminent,
The Morning Standard charges the re.
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READY GLAZED SASH,

TN CONNECTION with my Planning MID, !
L have opened Ware Room for the sale Of
Primed and Glazed Sash, where will keep CON
stantly on hand all sizes of these articles, which
| can sell at much cheaper rates than they can
be purchased for elsewhere. obtain my Glass
from the manufactures ct Pittsourg, thereby
saving the profits which others must pay who
buy in this market. All Builders, Farmers, and
others in want of Sash will consult their own in
tsrest by giving me call before purchasing else
whore as am offering unusual Inducements for
this trade. ]. A. BIDDISON.
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Another Reverend LibsrtinO.

From the Hudson (Wis.) Democrat.
1t il understood that Mr. Ira Saunders o
this city has gone to Madison, armed with
the necessary documents to obtain from biz
excellency, the governor, a requisition for
the return of the Rev Alba b. Smith, for
.-iol in this county for adultery, alleged &c
have been committed mere by slIe said Smith
with the wife OF Saunders.
The circumstances of the case are Of a
most aggravatinR character, as both Saunders
and his wife we're members of the Methodist
church, of which Smith was pastor. The
lady in question stood high in tho commu.
nifty here, before she fell prey to the lusts
of her spiritual adviser, which event is al.
legged to have occurred during the absence of
her husband with the army. Mrs. s. con.
fesses to the Illicit intercourse, aud that her
child 10 the fruit thereof; but pleads elo.
quently, in excuse, the long continued, persis.
tent solicitations and strong appeals made
to her religious feelings by the reverend lib.
ertine, who was ex-oiicio the keeper OF her
conscience.
Mrs. s. has been cast OFF by her husband
and is said to be living in restitution with
her child, although It's reputed reverend "a
Their is said to be wealthy, and to have &C.
knowledged his parental relation to the in.
teresting bantling.
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1884.
1863.

A hurried estimate (of course there can
be nothing but an estimate now) shows that
considerably over 100000 of votes we're
cast, and that, if the votes of Florida, where
a carpet-bag Legislature chose electors be.
cause they knew the state would go for Sey.
mour, had been polled and if Virginia,
Mississippi and Texas had voted, Seymour
and Blair would have received the votes
of more people than Grant and Colfax, ever
with the niggers voting.
Another week we can give more definite
details.
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SWAMP LAND SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that by order Of tLs
" Board Of Supervisors in and for the ooun.
~ of Rock Island and state Of Illinois. | will
offer at public auction, at the door Of tho court
house, in the city and county Of Rock Island. ON
the 10th day Of December, A. d. 1868, between
the hours Of 10 o'clock A. M. and O'clock p. M
Of said day, the following described swamp and
Overlooked Lands lying in said Rock island
County.
and the other three. fourths in three annual nav
ments, with interest at 10 per cent per annum,
payable annually and secured by note and mort
gage -
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HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.

THE undersigned have formed CO. partner
l. ship, under the firm of smealon schlem i
mer, for carrying on the business of House, sign
and Steamboat Painting Granting, Kslsomin-
t2s, Paper Hanging, Glazing, &c.
FRANCIS SMBALON,
JOHN sCHLEMMER,
Rssk Island Aug. 20, 1858, DIFF