North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-11-17
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N. -, are NlSlttn8 tuuIu MotHOI anu
bachelor brother GaEcoR. 1t is possible
that the happiness Of the younger brother
may induce the elder ono to avail himself
of the present activity in the matrimo>
NAL market. Oh what lot of "nice
poys'' there are in this city who are losing
time and happiness by putting off the day
OF marriage to more. convenient season.
-. Professor Shaw, Of Wisconsin, the
scholastic English gentleman who, for
many years, has favored us with weather
predictions, called on us recently and
spent an hour or SO in the social way.
Mr.. Shaw's company is agreeable to all
who admire attachments of the head and
of the heart he possesses both in an en-
inent degree. Martin Killeen, laborer
at McGregor, was killed on the Railway,
on Thursday last, by train of freight
cars passing over him. He and 4 Others
were on hand car; the 4 sprang of, but
Mr.. X. was not active enough to spring
clear of the rails and he was cut to pieces
by the wheels of 16 cars, the locomotive
and tender. The deceased was of middle
age he leaves wife and two children,
and was buried in the Catholic Cemetery.
Of McGregor. A large procession OF
friends evinced their respect for him.
McLeland, the Petroleum Gas man, still
permits his light to shine. We have
small 5 Jet burner that cannot DO excelled
byIany gas in the world. Call on aMac."
and see the merit Of his goods. The oil
ne sells will not explode and we know it ]!
| The oil man who was here few days ago
representing j. H. Bright & Co., doesn't
come round. What's up ?.....Cassius M.
Matthews, late P. 0. clerk at this place
and a good one too, is dismissed and will
leave for Dresden, Ohio, to spend the win-
ter. Cash leaves many friends at Nc
Gregor.. :. Geo. S. Haislett quit our town
on Tuesday evening, per Steamer Dubuque,
to attend the Dick Arthur case as a Wit
ness. We guess Richard D. Arthur will
not be very plenty about the U. S. Court
Room at Dubuque. david Drummond
and VIM. Hurd, late our townsmen, are
doing an active jewclry business at Mason
City. Serves 'em right.
Capt. Sherwin is at Clinton in the drug
business with a well educated medical
partner. The Capt. reports progress. We
are glad of it.....A young friend of ours
engaged in wicked rattle for turkies and
won ten of the birds! Seeing the favor
of Providence the gentleman paid us
"tithes," or one TENTH Mr.. w., we are
grateful for that Thanksgiving Turkey.
May you win again when sin tempts you.
MRS. Wilson and her daughters pre-
pared 81 meals for guests on Saturday
lastl This looks like business as we'll as
industry. Let the house be kept up by a
liberal patronage. NJ. Richmond and
lady, with the jewelry stock of French &
Richmond and the personelle of the
departers, left, Tuesday night for Clinton.
French and family will remain few days
longer. We don't like to tell this story,
bueit is a melancholy truth.......Rev. Mr..
Wright will talk Thanksgiving to us on
/. Thursday, at the Cong. Church. Don't
forget it. The Catholics have q Festival
at Monona. Remember this also. 4
Place, Powell, Burgess, and other stock
shippers, have been filing our streets with
Hogs and Cattle for the Chicago market.
There is good-natured dent-care-a-cent
look about drover that we admire. No
body ever saw one out Of humor, except
when the contrary brutes, they deal in
object 10 embark for Wisconsin. Hoop
t,olss, fsrnished by Bass, Raitt, and
Bpdde, urge the doomed beasts on the
Esrry, ind they are gone from our sight
{orsver.s This will be the fate of all Of
~ death respecting creatures. Alex. Pope
,aays 70 Man:
ssThos too shall perish whom thy feast is o'er."
....New Ads. Read them. They speak
out loud and plain. D. d. Fraser, and G.
Hodges Bass talk eloquently, but knowing
| che parties, we do not doubt the sinceri-
u of their propositions.
Ne and Mrs Wilson o,,or nan;ols,