North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-07-27

Portable house. 1t has good cellar and
cistern. For terms, &C., call at the
Times Office.
Buy Kellogg's Iron force Pumps for
Drilled wells. E
Home and other Items. =.
The Minstrel and the Russian Opera
Troupes, advertised in the TINES of last
week by request, for Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, failed to put in an
appearance. It was not the fault of the
proprietors of the Hall, or the operator
here; the wires brought the report which
we published. ....L. Hine, of Gutenberg,
is furnishing this market with some very
fine tomatoes. Budde, O'Brien and Gold
schmidt are to take each invoice on arrival
......Messrs. Charles Hunting and julie
Congdon and Master Frank Bassctt left
our city on Tuesday for few weeks visit
with friends in New York. Charley and
julie talk of trading with Grant for Gin.
cinnati, jeff. Davis, St. Louis, Egypt or
Nancy while at Long Branch. The Dem
County Convention will meet at Elkader on
next Saturday. In addition to select dele
gates to attend the State convention at Des
Moines there will be delegates selected to
attend the Congressional Convention which
will probably meet in this city about the
first week in September .....A. j. Jordan
is looking nearly as we'll as before his re-
Gently severe attack.
The Baptist church is being painted
frescoed and otherwise beautifully orna>
mented. j. Stevens is doing the work. -.
Our people are being supplied with some
of the most choice vegetables from the
celebrated Grinnell farm. We know sew
eral persons who are glad Mr.. Grinnell
lives only just nice drive from this city.
......Mr. 0. II. Leefeld is about to move
his planning mills and sash, door and blind
manufacturing establishment to Second
Street, just south of Hencke's on the Mar
ket Square.
Gov. Merrill has been spending week
in the city......A new, wide side walk and
neat awning has been added to the Fox
Block. 49,. Surveyor S. L. Peck has been
several days trying to get our North Nc
Gregor friends into line. 1t carries us
back to the time when we first arrived in
this city, expecting then to remain two or
three weeks, when we see Mr.. Peck around.
The first law sign we remember to have
seen in McGregor was Of the firm of Will
liams & Peck. 49,. Councilman Guthiel, is
building brick block between Cones
hardware store and the McGregor House.
Eugene Truesdell is doing some good work
upon the new iron bridge at Elkader. Geo.
Keen & Son are making the castings and
the work is moving on rapidly towards
completion. It will be an ornament to the
town in which it s......Esq. Arnold is en-
largiag and making almost new the room
formerly occupied by Mrs. Daynes as
milliner store. The Squire's dollar store
has become one of the institutions of our
city.
The Million, neatly printed, five COL
umn quarto sheet, r. Tompkins editor
and proprietor, Nellie M. Phelps associate
editor, and the Rev. w. P. Watkins COR
responding editor, is on our table.
Mrs. |. Hibbard, formerly resident of
this place, is here on q visit with her
daughter, Mrs. C. H. Barron. ...B. H.
Lampson & Co., have sold their confec-
tionary and fancy grocery establishment to
J. W. Barnard, Esq, commission mer-
chant Of this place. Mr.. Lacy of the re-
firing firm, will remain with Mr.. Barnard
who will continue the business in the
same place. Mr.. Barnard is well known
| throughout the country and will, unques-
tionably sustain the well established good
equation of the house. 80. The Dubuque
telegraph, an Evening paper having a
right face and very good appearance
enerally has been received at this office.
hanks, gentlemen. May your enterprise
leet with greater success than you antici.
ate......The Elkader Journal says that
If. Hill has discovered a mine of lead
e in Highland township which promises
ell......After this week hunters will be at
'erty to shoot prairie chickens. -. This
'rtion of the city has frequently been ia
red with evening concerts by Master
lily Bass the Misses Libbie Bass and
airy and Jennie Leary. Sing some more,
Jung friends......E. E. Cooley, chairman
ntral committee, Tenth Judicial District,
,nounces that there will be no nomina-
ons made for Judge of the District court
for District Attorney. The present in
lmbents will be the nominees.
DIED-1n this city, July 23d, of
lolera Infantum, Guy, infant son of
lomas and Flora Updegraff.
Our boss, the Col, has been quite
with the bilious diarrhna since the
st issue of the Times. Until last
abbath he never was made to remain
bed as long as twenty-four hours at
ne time. He is now recovering, and,
lder the treatment of Drs. Andres
nd Hazeltine, will soon be on the
rect again as usual. John II.
toneman and John G. Bass are each
lst recovering from quite severe at