North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-04-07

Walt and see the New GOOdS
r. AT HAMLIN'S.
Home and, other Items. .
Sergt. B. M. Reese, an old, unrewarded
War horse OF Florida, of Mexico, and Of
anti.rebellion fame Is U. S. Regular, ID
canvassing this part Of the State for a
work on Elocution and Humor in Schools,
Private and Public Asscmblagcs, and in
institutions of Learning Of No. degree.
The work contains the rarest prose and
poetical gems, and is afforded at low
price. A namesakc Of ours, Prof. N. X.
Richardson, Esq, of Philadelphia, is the
compiler. Subscribe for it.........Elkadcr
las Railway on the brain just at present.
Jc. SOILS heavy because Elkadcr was not
represented in the Dictatorship of the Dcs
Moincs 4 McGregor organization. Keep
cool, Joscphus it may be several weeks
before you see locomotive headlight
we think, however, that Elkador should
have been hopored BY the appointment of
one or more lEdnagers. The County scat
/ Of Clayton County certainly should not
. have been passed by 80 cavalierly. Were
there any delegates from that point. Col.
Jossph? Ifnot, the censurc of the Con-
venticn proceedings should be withdrawn.
"Jessie" Lampson, of Gold Run, CAL,
under date of March 9Th, encloscs us n
quarter eagle in payment for the TINES.
"Jess'' says he got q receipt but it was
not signed, or, if signed, he lost it! Send
on the TlxEs, at Ill events" Well, Col,
lam in pretty good health and all that
sort Of thing, hoping to see you all the
coming Fall. Give my regards to all who
appreciate my excellent qualities - Or.
laado isn't lively bit. Well get up a
city ovation for him when he returns to
McGrcgor. A better humorist does not
live in the mines of the Pacific coast......
Doctor ]. NJ. Stuart, Of West Union, for
jmertt 4 dentist, and we'll known through
out North Iowa, was thrown from his
buggy at Usage, by spirited horse be-
coming frightened and unmanageablc.
This occurred some months ago. Docs
right leg was badly fractured about the
knee, and after painful waiting he was
compelled to have it amputated. He is in
town now, stopping at the City Hotel, en-
gagged in stencil engraving. He is an ex-
cellent hand it at and should be very liber-
ally patronized. See his crippled condi-
tion and the efforts he is making to pro-
vide, by labor, for himself and family, and
you cannot withhold your support.
The thinble is of Dutch invention,
dating back to 1905. It is compounded
from the words thumb and "bell,'
\ n bell for the thumb, or "thumbbcll,' now
naimblc. 1t is said Maggie Mitchell, the
actress, in the play Of Fanchon, or the
Cricket" has presented the world with
young cricket of the feminine order.........
John L. Stoneman, Ed. II. Barron, p.
O'Brien, Il. Strouse, Il. lIirshfeld, NJ.
O'Bries, apd l. J. .Strouse, have been alb
sent, some for weeks and some for months,
all returned within the last few days. We
expect tho mercantile portion Of them will
be able to show improved stocks in few
days. The public will he informed when
particulars are known to us......An Irish
man in church was requested to drop
something in contribution box: he
whispered to the carrier that " he was not
a naturalized citizen and could not vote,
but it would place him to be making a
speech for ycez."
ANDY and Ton, of the Nashua Post, and
the Mitchell Press. respectively, are " nice
poys," naturally democrats, professcdly so
when Son earth the FIRST time,' but they
left thc7trae path Of statcsman-like reason.
ing, and are now trying to beat the COM
planning, W ranging, revolutionary. fault
finding radicals at their cwn game. 1t
anuscs Ms to see each Of them putting the
capacity of colorcd folks at the sacrifice of
sense, historical knowledge, and former
earnest protestations. To their credit lie
it said they do up such political jobs in a
very crude manner all their articles in
that direction are overdone. No history
shows natire negro administrative capacity
and NO history ever will. Political profit
or prospects Of profit may have convert
ing power, but no human judgment will
ever concede. that the coast Of Guinea can
furnish Felt, Rn*Atherton, or GRANT.
......G. C. Cone, Of the Broad Axe, has
Dlchased, Of Frank Munson, the lot ad-
Joining the location of Jacobia 4 kimball:
he designs building on it this summer.
John s. Runnells, Esq, the secretary of
Governor Sam Merrill, of Iowa, was mar
ried recently to Miss HELEN r., daughter
of Adj. General Baker, Of Des Moines.
John will accept congratulations for him.
self and bride, but what can be done to
bind up the hearts of New Hampshire and
McGregor girls who may have hoped he
would return? JOHN, this TINES Office
rejoiccs in the happiness of both of you.
Be good: and you will be happy......Oil is
being used very successfully as fuel on the
Galena and Chicago Railway. 1t is dis
titled from bituminous sh4le, and ran a
train sixty miles in two hours. ........The
Chicago Journal is the pet newspaper OF
McGregor among business men......The
Post Master at Stoughton, A. c. Croft, a
crippled soldier, has been removed, and
Mr.. Boyce, a loyal homs> guard man takes