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M'GREGOR.
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\'M»ee Mr MLinnaird,
A N K E S
Land and Insurance Agents, Mainatreet,
McGregor, .... Iowa.
J. T. STONEMAN,
Attorney & Counselor at Law, and Real Estate
Agent. Tuxes paid for mm-resident*, Notes and
Account*collected. (McGregor, Iowa.)
•£. S. Mi!air
4* JSro.,
Attortiies and Counselors at Law, General Real
Estate Agenta, (Main Street,)
McGregor, Iowa.
Potter,
Attatfney ymd Counselor nt Law, Solicitor
Chancery, Notary Public. (Main Street,)
e o IOWA.
C. F. RFMIfK
M*G re^or, Iowa
JWILMS WU'MMOND,
G'utcnlHTg Iowa
Mtemick JF M)rummond,
Attorneys at Law. Office over the Bnnk,
Vregor,and
4°
Sherman,JfMcaVMorrine Mr
Co.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers iu Dry Goods
Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Huts, Caps,Groceries,
Hardware, and Cutlery. (Afain Street,)
e o I o w a
S o o o n i u
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Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Clothing and
Gentlemen's Goods, also Scientific Instruments
for Surveyors, Engineers, Draftsmen, aud Sur
geons, (A/ain Street,)
e o I o w a
o n a e s
Wholesale dealer iii Fumitur#» it all kinds,
Afain Street,)
MoGnxGoa, IOWA.
McGregor, St. Peters & Missouri K ver
R. R. COMPANY.
OFFICE, Up Stairs, in Corner Brick Block.
Main street,
JfcGregor, Iowa.
Jw«. THOMPSON, Prest. J. BROWN, Sec'y.
MM. MM. U*MEM£EMtSOJY,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Merchandise,
•toves, Furniture, *c. Main Btreet.
McGregor, Iowa.
WMMsMsMAjTMS Mr mmjmmive
Wholesale and Retail i/ardware Merchants, Main
street,
McGregor Iowa.
JTMERMIMMjMJ
MT B*§MlMlOJ%%
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Dry Co xls and
Croceries. //anlwarc, Boots aud Shoes, Clothing,
Hats, Caps, and Bonnets,
McGregor, Iowa.
MM. E. MM A Ml Ml MS
0.V,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Sash, Doors and
Blinds, Main street,
MC
GR E O IOWA.
lf£.VJfV
C.
JM1T,
De\1er in Li mber, Shindies and Islh. Levee,
McGregor, «... Iowa,
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Htm-*
M'GREGOR.
S O S n o
Dealers in Dry Goods and Croceries, Yankee
Notions, &c., &c.,
ITT
Produce bought and told.
ilfain street. ltf
G. 8. AKIN & Co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Drugs, Medi
cines, Oils, Paints. Putty, Class, Dye Stuffs Ac.
ET Pure Foreign and Domestic Wines and
Liquors, Patent Medicines, constantly on hand
at the Drug Store opposite McGregor House, on
Main street, ltf
CMM*MS.
hand for the Trade.
Cor.
CA'UTNn c. C. HKWITT.
MM. S MM JM W,
Wholesale Dealer in CJrocerioR, Wines, Liquors,
Boots Shoes and Clothing. Derby fe Day's cele
brated 'Star Brand Whiskey, Main street, [ltf
«. mm. fejmjydebs,
Dealer in Groceries, Provisions and General Mer
chandise.
New Frame Block, Main Street,
McGregor, Iowa. ltf
AJfMEBMCJMJV MM O USE,
By W. H. HARDING, Main street. ltf
JfMcGREGOB MOUSE,
INGERSOLL & VANVALKENBURG, Main
street ltf
F.l Ml
WEBS' MM O .11 E,
By JULIL'S BOETTCIIER, Main street, [ltf
UM* M* Ml Ml HOUSE,
Bv J._McMULLKN. Main street. ltf
By
JM MM E B'S MM O JIME,
A. WANSEY, Main street. nltf
D. ALLEN fc Co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries
Foreign and Domestic Liquors kept constantly on
Near the Public Square,
ported Rran lies, Wines
tons,
Watc
Mc-
0
first door North of City Hotel, ten-
berg. (n4.tf)
Evans
Conkey,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers, and dealers in
Flour, Salt, Pork, Produce and Agricultural Im
plements*
(p* Agents for John Deer's and Evans & Adam's
Ploughs. (Nos. 2 and 3 Jlfain Street,)
MC E O IOWA.
Minffstey
4*
Mthodes
(Successors to Jones & Bass) Produce, Forwnrd
ng aud Con mission ATerckuuti,
MCGREGOR, IOWA.
O* All goods consigned
forwarded with dispatch,
made on consignments.
to «feove firm,
Liberal advancements
w^-1-
7tf
A K O
Physician and Surgeon. Office, at Ihrcr-Store
Jtfe Gregor, Iowa. (nl. tf)
MMOJtMMlB M£EJYJ%*EB **,
Dealer in Lumber, Shingles and Lath, Levee,
McG regor, Iowa. ltf
I U I 1 E
CMT\* Mi O E
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31a in and 4th .Streets,
DUiil'QUE, IOIVA.
HOI.I.8.U.E and dealers in Books, I
DURIQCK, IOWA.
V O O E Y
WHOLESALE
St
Gilbert
Mn in stre t, Dutu
Cigars. [Cor.
AJuin & Sixth .Streets
DUBUQUE, IOWA.
4*
Mtuchanan*
W//OLKSAI.E&
Rc t:iil Dealers in Boots
& Shoes, [No. 109, Main Street,
DUBUQUE, IOWA.
Perfumerv,
•lu s. Jeweirv.i'omhs, and Fanev Goods. No.
tU3,
N w York. 'ltf
United States Clothing Store.
mtOWN & FINN,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Rubber and Ofl
Clothing, shirts, drawers, hamlkerchicfr. Trunks,
STILES & CHASE,
Wholesale dealers in Boots, shoe3 and rubbers,
Fourth street, (under the l'easleo House,) Dubuque
Iowa. Tho Trade will find with us every variety
and style of Goods manufactured iu the' Eastern
States. ltf
iJohn sf on & Sit air.
Wholesale Dealers in Hosiery, Gloves, Ribbons,
Lace and silk goods, linen thread and spool cottons
Cutlery, Jewelry and Yankee JVotions generally.
No. 33, Main street, (Opposite Julieu House.) Du
buque, Iowa. ltf
M4— mi n .mi'
MM Ml Ml &, Co.
Dealers !n Dry Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Win
dow shades, mats, rugs, &c- No. 108, Main street
Dubuque. n3 3ra
Mj eland *i. Bab fork,
Dealer in BOOKS & STATIONERY, Wholes tie and
Retail- Also,Piano Fortes, A/elodeons, Guitars,
Violins, Sheet Music, &c.
(No. 106 Afaiu Street, Dubuque Iowa.) n5tf
HOLMES & AVERY,
Wholesale Grocers aud Commission Merchants,
and Dealers in Wines, Liquors, Porter and Ale,
corner of Iowa and Fourth streets, Dubuque,
Iowa, Nov.21. 7tf
CHICAGO.
STACY K THOMAS,
Importers, Jobbers and Commission Merchants In
staple and fancy Dry Goods, No. 203 south water
street, Chicago, Ills. ltf
JP-IT"CALIFORNIA TRAVEL.—The Pacific
S'.oamship Company, running in connect
ion with the Panama R.lt. has been very
piosperous this .season. Its nett earn
ings for the past year have boon about
•$8•.-0,000, which will aliord a dividend
of tweii'y per ceii*. and leave a surplus.
Itis reported that spare s'emud.ip- oi l! is
company will be put on tho Tehuantepeo
route,when that road is completed' which
will be about the 1st of januarv. There
will be a running of about 8,000 miles by
this ro*.uo.
MlT Ladies generally shop iu couples.
When a lady has any money to spend, she
dearly loves taking her to
see her spend it.
11
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Iowa, and 24 Dev st.,
MISCELLANEOUS.
NIGHT-HUNT IN SIBERIA.
PERILOUS ADVENTURE.
The Creator has everywhere provided
for the wants of his creatures. The ter
rible cold of Siberia and the polar regions
would render life insupportable by man
and beast, without some special provis
ion. The Siberian bear seems to be a
peculiar species of that animal. He is a
head taller than the common brown bear,
is long legged and long necked, heavier,
and more ferocious. The Siberian bear,
too, unlike other bruins, is not fond of
honey. Vegetable food is rare with him:
he lives, like a beast of prey, on the flesh
of other animals. Ills skin is hairy, and
of a brown color outside, while the inner
art has a very soft, thick, fine wool.—
In.,.ouj
Grocer, and Dealer inTm
PaperHai.ginS j'^nev Go.',els,''pri.'itingand'lvrap- i neighborhood of their isolated residences, 1"™ from them, while ii
•P lVrap
ping paper, cheap Publication*. Piano Forte*, and
George A. Prince ft Co
.'a Jfekkteons. (No. Ill
iWain Nti'OCt,
e
Valices, Carpet Baps, &e.. No. 73 Main street, tlCCS, from whence they COtlld shoot their
(UiulvE City Hotel,) Dubuque, Iowa. ltf deadly balls. These preparations took
aotf
Iven the soles of the feet are covered
with hair. The animal has, consequent
ly, a noiseless step, and, were he not so
lazy, might glide securely upon his prey.
Happily, he adopts another mode of at
tick. He ascends one of the great pines,
lies quiet among the thick brandies, and
then suddenly falls like a ball from his to people inconveniently seated among the
hiding-place among the stray hares, rein- branches of trees. In vain, however, the
deer, or elks. He often fasts for a long exiles waited: no sound was heard.—
lime, so that ho is capable of devouring a I Straganow, therefore, resolved to descend
middling sized doer atone sitting, leaving and call his companions, when suddenly
nothing but the skin, which he entirely he heard the snow rustle in the brush
clears out. Exiles affirm that they have wood behind his tree, and distinguished
observed him at sucli a meal, and that he the heavy tread of an animal. Hastily
has been noticed to continue eating inces- .looking round, he saw a massy black ob
santly for seven hours. Upon man he jeet winding with difficulty through the
rushes with stupid obstinacy, and will underwood. He took it for a wolf, pre
not .shrink from encountering even a su- pared his rifle, and when he thought him
perior number of opponents. His sight self sure of his aim, fired. In his haste,
and hearing seem feeble, but his scent is
very keen. Strong as he is, however, a
sharp blow on the middle of the nose will
[often kill him. He rests in winter, like
all his species, but he does not sleep so himself against the tree, and with .the agil
uninterruptedly as the common brown ity of his race began to ascend. Strojr
bear, nor does he suck his paws, but sim-
his head between his legs. In this and axe, tocher wilThis now useless
tion he is ofM, eovered^"under a deep"bed rifle, and onfy his knife was left for~his I
v
or disturb him the bear is swiftly upon climbed up higher, and slung himself for
1 UOPRIETOR. him to knock him dwn with his dread- ward on a strong bough, to protect him
wolves which nightly visited theias tliic-k un'der-branc
and rendered out-door life oxtremdv in
secure. Th«y therefore determined to
make a foray upon their fierce adversa
ries, and teach them a lesson of caution.
They made hunting pouches of wolfskins,
(suspended their loaded rifles, provided that feat of gymnastie*. Stroganow had
themselves with powder and shot, put up no sooner seated himself on the selected
some rancid fat and putrid flesh as bait for branch, than the bear's shaggy head ap
the wolves, and Set out on a hunt in a'peared, his small eyes glowing like two
.rocky valley pretty free from wood, tho' carbuncles in the da'rk. On seeing Stroc
a few large tiees were scattered about.— janow near him, lie gave a violent swing,
This valley was situated about three miles reached the bough, and marohed boldly
from their hut and when they reached toward liira.
they
it they saw numbers of both wolves and
bears. In the thickets lay a multitude of
hare and elk bones, most of which were
WILLIAMS & BROTHER,
Importers and Jobbers of T.inen threads, spool cot- i i ,*. .7—
Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Cutlery,
Pro°f that the beasts by no means found in deep anguish,
plentiful provender.
By Stroganow's advice his comrades
fixed posts deep in the frozen snow, and
having covered their tops with snow,
placed the baits thereon, and seated them
selves in couples on the branches of the
The sun set, and darkness soon suc
ceeded, so that the hunters could scarce
ly distinguish one another. The rising
moon indeed gave its friendly light, but,
up the rest of the day, and Stroganow, to below expected a happy token from
whom the direction of the proceedings above.
was chiefly entrusted, stationed himself
among the branches of a dark pine, about
twelve feet above the place where the
bait was placed.
ItS,b:kam,8t0
fleeted every object in the pure snow, aud
thus marked it out distinctly.
The last light of day had scarcely dis
appeared, when a wo!f set up his frightful
resounding howl on the top of the hill.—
Those who have only seen this animal in
a menagerie can form no idea of the hor
rid music which a herd of fifty or sixty
such monsters make, when they traverse
the woods for prey. The howl of the
wolf much resembles the howl of a large
dog but it is stronger,- more vehement,
and sounds most terrible when the beast
is enraged. As the wolf treads heavily
Avith his fore feet, the hind ones trail after
$ofily, giving riso to the erroneous sup
position that he is lame. This heavy step
makes his lungs tremble, thus making his
howl sound like a roaring bark. When
he is hungry, he licks himself angrily with
his tongue, and throws his head back to
scent his prey from afar. This also gives
a varied expression to the tones produced.
When il.e eldest wolt begins, the next in
gradually collect around him, thus
s'leng hening the chorus as it continues,
i ho howling bisis till a sufticien-number
are assmbl o begin the chase, when
Uicy go to work with a consideration for
which one would not have given them
credit. One division keeps in the back
ground iu silence, while the rest march
in a broad lino through tho wood, rouse
the game, drive the auimals with great
swiftness before them to where their
companions lurk. In this way they often
succeed in catching three or four hares
Ion a track. But this is not their only
THE NORTH IOWA TIMES.
VOL. 1. WE MARCH WITH THE FLAG, AND KEEP STEP TO THE MUSIC OF THE UNION. NO.,
M'GREGOR, FRIDAY, NOV. 21, 1856.
mode of obtaing prey. The wolf will sur
prise the game with all the cunning and
cleverness of a cat, and scarcely ever loses
the victim he lias track e€f if his own
scent does not betray him.
Our hunting exiles, howevpf, had no
time for these observations on natural his
tory. A black mass soon moved onward
towards one of the lures. Stroganow aim
ed, the rifle sounded, and with a loud
yell a large wolf f-dl dying on the ground.
A wild howl followed from the next of
the savage pack, which was soon stifled
but, horrible sight! scarcely had the
dead ceased to move, than a whole herd
of his companions rushed forth from all
sides, fell upon the baits and on their fall
en comrade, for whose flesh the hungry
beasts fought. Four shots were poured
into this mass, and four wolves rolled on
the ground while the rest, with fright
ful howling, vanished into the woods with
a speed that was marvelous.
The fortunate hunters reloaded quick
ly, to greet any now comers with a fresh
volley. But they were mistaken: the
wolves, more terrified by the fire than by
the death of their companions, came back
no more. An hour passed—a long time
W hat is the matter was now asked
from below. It was Romanow's voice.
A bear Oh, help 1 He is already
.tan, man) too, being half eaten, almost up replied tho distressed man,
urea, in nis nasie, .y
a n o w i n s a ntly called for help. In his
ply rolls himself up like a ball and sticks first alarm he had dropped his lancc and fe
I.1^„—
of snow in the thicket, so that his presence defence
is not discernable. Woe, however, to!°fficer did not lose resolution and
the unfortunate being who shall awaken!^ took the knife between his
But the and
deep
Where We cannot see him,' said
Golowin's voice, its trembling betraying
the agitation of his friend.
'Here, on the branch.'
A shot sounded !—another!—still
anoth
er Splinters of wood flew about like
glass from the boughs, but the bear was
not the least injured, and in vain those
Soon a fearful scene was displayed.
The bear advanced cautiously onwards to
Stoganow, who had no choice but to with
draw backwards, the knife in his hand,
his eye fixed on his formidable opponent,
tremk^v as'faVas norMhlet0tbS
he either missed or slightly wounded the paces from thespot, our poorhanters
animal. What he suppojd, too. to be a Ih"' "0.Ci'sl™
wolf, proved to be /l„-h™r, which, 7
irrowlinsf frightfully, immediately reared I /.i
hope,
teeth,
Pit'
lies would hide
in the darkness
they would be unable to take aim, lest
they should hit him instead of the bear.
However, there was no time for reflec
tion. If Stroganow had el
imbed up quick
ly, the bear was quite a match for him in
t'1'imer
the animal. The"bear held on by hi
paws, and had the great advantage of be-
like the sun in those latitudes, its oblique paws, and had the great advantage of be- Along tho line of the road the station
SSirtllvLlS i' i
darkness of the forest. It while Stroganow's situation was most except in two cases the fencing and bal
was easy, however, to see what was pass- critical. The bear was within four feet of lasting are also nearly completed to Mus
ing on the ground, because the moon re- him, and lie had enough to do to hold on coda, which is fifty-five miles west of
1 toOie branch, which was scarce six inches Madison and 40 from Prairie du Chien.
thick where he sat. The beast began the
attack by striking at Stroganow with his
right fore paw, and he in return made vio
lent thrusts at his enemy, but either hit
him to little effect, or not all then he lost
his balance, and hung on the bough by
his left hand and knee, without power to
rise and help himself. But the next mo
ment the bear was upon him. The brave
Russian, in spite of his perilous position,
endeavored to thrust at his enemy, but
soon lost consciousness. The blood"gush
ed from his ears, and the pain of the stroke
from the animal began to stupify him.
All consciouness vanished, and he drop
ped from branch to branch, full sixty feet
down to the snow.
Those below had heard only the roar
ing of the bear and the low moaning of
their companion, when he suddenly fell
down in tlieir midst, apparently lifeless.
Golowin quickly raised him up, and plac
ed him some paces back, near the bushes.
The rest waited to avenge the supposed
death of their friend. Meanwhile, an
audible craeking of the boughs convinced
he bear of the danger of his situation.—
\V lien he found his prey snatched from
him, he returned to the thicker part of
the branch, whore he seemed considering
how he should act.
None of the men standing below were
practiced hunters, and the darkness was
so great that they could not venture any
more shots. Iu this emergency, they
were consulting in a low touc what mea
sure to take, wi.vn Golowin uttered a crv
tremitj as f'ar as possible, there to await pleted as soon as the track reaches Prairie
of joy, for Stroganow had returned to
consciousness.
Where is the bear was his first ques
tion.
4
The beast is sitting among the branch
es, not low enough for us to see him,' re
plied Romanow.
Begin to cut down the tree, and then
ho will descend of his own accord. But
take care no more misfortunes happen,'
said Stroganow, shuddering with cold and
fever.
Sajew resolutely applied his skill, while
Romanow and Lomineff drew back with
their loaded rifles. Styew had made but
«ix or eight strokes against the tree, when
it began to creak and rustle above, and the
beast was seen hastily sliding down back
wards, clasping the trunk in his powerful
fore paws.
Sajew escaped in time, and, while he
was seizing his lance and flint, Romanow
and Lomineff shot at the bear. But their
fire did not mortally wound the animal,
and rendered him only more furious.—
The resolute men now took their lances, in
the use of which weapon, Lomineff, the
pilot, was well practised. He let the bear
run at Romanow, and then thrust the
weapon with such force and precision into
the soft part of the left shoulder blade,
that he was struck down as by lightning,
and expired on the spot.
A areadful victory! The distressed
men now turned to their poor friend, who
was writhing upon the ground, in excru
ciating pain. The sledge was soon
brought. They threw the dead bear upon
it, and so placed it that its soft warm body
might serve as a couch for the wounded
Stroganow. Then collecting their arms,
they set out for home. But, not a thous-
tTm'",at
therhad f'lr«0
thf»'. 8'"ve
Wl
the
utmost
leaving one dead and several wounded.
DEARSI I have just returned from a,
'"I1
ov5f
ei at Prairie du Chien, and found the
a distance of fourteen miles. The track
will be completed to Boscobel, which is
six miles from where it is now laid, so as
to be ready to run the trains there on or
before the 10th of November.
Tho timber is all on the spot for the
last bridges over the Wisconsin River,
which will be completed so as not to cause
any detention to the laying of the super
structure. From the last bridge to Prai
rie du Chien the grading, bridging and
masonry is so far advanced, and so large
a force is now being placed upon that por
tion of the road, that I think there will be
no detention here.
At Prairie du Chien, the large freight
depot, which is 50 by 400 feet, and is to
be two stories in height, is so far advanc
ed, (which is also the case with the stone
on the thicker and less pliable end, buildings are all completed to Boscobel,
had^occasion bitterly to Lament that in the the principal Eastern cities, and from New
England through the Grand Trunk Rail
road through Milwaukee and over the
,cn
A
"oop of wolves here rush-
ed out of the wood, and attacked them
fiercely. The exiles thrust at them with
to defend them-
J16 ?ner^T
of
.de8Pfir^
d,re7for!h'P0"1'"
courageously thickest body of wolves, and which, added to our already large local
-..-i i 7-.- 9 i nrcd. As soon as the shot was heard, business (which up to this time has been
They reached home without further
poor Stroganow was so severly
his Dill that ho died the same
The M. AM. and8. W. Railroads
LETTER FROM MR. BROADHEAJ.
SUPERINTENDENTS AND ENGINEERS'
OFFICE, MILWAUKEE, Oct. 29, '56.
JOHN
CATLIX, Esq.,President
°.UF r?iW* i? Mississippi liiv-! jts branches, is to occupy the northwest
AT of I'uniMi/i /In 1 ii I
grading was all complete, ready for the along lake Michigan each occupying an
superstructure (with a slight exception, important portion of our state, and neither
which would not cause any detention) to conflicting with or drawing from the oth
the last crossing ©f the isconsin River,
er,
is fore du Chien. Tk
I short, I have to report that the work
of constructing our road west of Madison
is so far advanced, and is progressing with
such rapidity, that there can be no doubt
of its completion to the Mississippi river
in February, '57 at all events, abun
dance of time for the earliest opening of
Navigation on the Mississippi river next
spring—which last is all that is really
essential.
We have completed contracts with res
ponsible parties, who are to funish our
company with two daily lines each way,
of steamboats between Prairie du Chien
and St. Paul, to be in readinsss at the
opening of navigation nexi spring.
It is with great satisfaction that I can
state to you, to the stockholders in our
road, and to the public generally, that be
yond a contingency our road, with all its
connections and arrangements for business
from New York to St. Paul, will be in
complete order and ready for the earliest
opening of navigation next spring.
This is an object for which we have all
labored anxiously and perseveriugly for
several years. At time, embarrassments
and difficulties have presented themselves,
which could only have been overcome by
men who had at all times a firm and un
wavering confidence in the result when
the great work should finally be consum
mated. It is true we havo not progressed
has been prosecuted, and the result will
be, as I honestly and sincerely believe,
that we shall have the best, the cheapest,
and the most profitable railroad, connect
ing Lake Michigan and Mississippi River.
We have no disposttion to take from any
road what justly belongs to it, and pro
ceed upon the principle that all well loca
ted roads between Lake Michigan and the
Mississippi will have as much business as
they can do still, we think the position of
our road gives it, with its connections,
advantages that no other road constructed
between these points has.
I will ho re briefly allude to a few facts
upon this point.
In the fi rst place our road terminates
on the Mississippi River, about seventy
miles above any other. Now, if we con
der Chicago as the starting point, we can
take a passenger thence over the Chicago
and St. Paul Road to Janesville, and thence
over one hundred and forty miles of our
road to Prairie du Chien, from eight to
ten hours in advance of the route via Dun
leith, which advantage is sufficient, in my
judgment, to give to at least one hundred
and forty miles of our road the great bulk
of travel to Northern Iowa, Minnesota,
St. Paul, and the Upper Mississippi coun
try. Then, if we start at Milwaukee, we
shall find our road has connection with
Chicago via Lake Shore Railroad, and is,
in the course of next year, to have a con
nection across Lake Michigan to Grand
Haven, which is directly east of Milwau
kee, and thence, with the Detroit and
Milwaukee Railroad, with the New York
Central and Erie Railroads, and with the
Grand Canada Trunk Railroad, extending
to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. These routes,
for at least nine months of the year, are
the shortest, cheapest and quickest from
Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad to
the great Northwest.
From the two connections above men
tioned tho M. and M. road is to receive an
amount of through business which will
have scarcely a parallel in the West, and
beasts turned round, and, with the jour only business,) must fully establish
M. R. R.Co.
most haste, rushed into the thicket, the position I started with, that the M. Igovernment ,-ffi,trials connected therewith
position
and M. Railroad would be the best paying
road west of Lake Michigan.
Happily for the railroad interest of our
State, for its prosp«rity, the prosperity of
our State generally, and for tho City of
Milwaukee especially, all our conflicting
railroad interest, have been adjusted.
The M. and M. railroad is to occupy
the central portion of our state, and thro'
its Southern Wisconsin branch, (of which
I propose to speak more particularly,) the
south.western portion of the state, between
which lines the great lead mineral wealth
of Wisconsin lies.
Hous°») that both can be com-1 Monroe, to which point the Southern Wis-
Consin
Pr
so rapidly as we might possibly have done,
but I am happy to say that what we may
possibly have lost, in time, we have gain
ed iu the eeouomv with which the work
The La Crosse, with
track on the 24th witlnn 30 miles of that eastern Land-Grant railroad is to occupy for the Legislature in Indiana, which de
place. from the end of the track the the route running nearly north and south I serves a corner in tho Knickerbocker or
and all having Milwauk
ing Milwaukee as their com­
mon starting point.
Some, who have not been familiar with
This road leaves our main line at Mil
ton, 60 miles west of Milwaukee, and as
its construction is at present provided for,
is to pass through Janesville and Monroe,
in Green Co., to Warren, on the Illinois
Central railroad, 2G miles east of Galena,
to which point a favorable contract has
been made for a running arrangement on
the Illinois Central railroad.
By a contract recently executed, the
Galena people are to build from Warren
to a point on our main Southern Wiscon
sin line, is tan I from Warren about 8
miles, which brings it within 13 miles of
our Southern Wisconsin Branch, so call- cannon made a good report and his music
ed, have doubted whether its construc
tion would add to the value of our stock.
is now under contract and nearly 1
a
,i i:
raded. This arrangement, therefore,
leaves the Milwaukee and Mississippi
Railroad company but 13 miles to build
west of Monroe, to complete a line of rail
road in connection with the southern por
tion of the Milwaukee and Mississippi
railroad to Galena and Dubuque, making
the entire distance from Milwaukee to Ga
lena 150 miles, and to Dubuque 167
miles. The distance from Galena to Chi
cago being 171 miles, and from Dubuque
188 miles, makes a saving in favor of Mil
waukee of 21 miles—about one-eighth of
the entire distance. Beside, for all freight
transportation there would be a further
saving in favor of Milwaukee of water
transportation of 90 miles, being the dis
tance between Milwaukee and Chicago,
or a saving of abont one-tenth of the dis
tance from Milwaukee to Buffalo so that
a propeller can save about one trip iu ten
between Milwaukee and Buffalo, as com
pared with Chicago.
This arrangement is independent of,
and has no connection with the extension
of the Southern Wisconsin from the point
where the Galena branch diverges, as an
independent line, to Dubuque. From
Dubuque west into Iowa, some three or
four hundred miles of railway are in
course of construction, which have re
ceived a new impetus by the grants of
land recently made to that state, and to
these among other lines of railroads in
that state.
At Dubuque, connectioos of the most
favorable character and inducements of
the most substantial kind are offered to
our company to extend the Southerly Wis
consin from tho Galena branch to that
city, on an independent route.
These will be duly aud properly con
sidered, aud will receive tho action of tl.e
M. aui M. Board, wlw-'tt it c»u U
vA
n'MtV^Mirrrii^^ni^
[TERMS IN ADVANCE
1 $'2,00 PER ANNUM.
accordance with that sound and safe sys
tem which has been adopted, to wit: of
not incurring any now liability until thofar
present engagements are fulfilled.
Having thus briefly given the facts
to the Southern Wisconsin portion of tin
M. and M. road, 1 shall only add a few
further considerations with reference to
the value of this enterprise to the M. and
M. railroad. In the first place, by build
ing from Janesville to a point 13 mil«M
west of Monroe, or a distance of only 46
miles in all, the M. and M. company re
ceives the business from Dubuque ared
Galena, in the one case over 07 and
the other over 80 miles of railroad on to
60 of its main line, from Milton to Mil
waukee, and in fact completes, by simply
building 46 miles of road, 167 miles.—
Indeed, I have no hesitation in giving it
as my opinion, that this enterprise will
be the most profitable portion of the M.
aadM. railroad.
Very rospt'v, vour ob't s^rv't,
EDW'D H. BRODHEAD,
Engineer and Sup't of
M.
and
M.
auJ" r0m'iss"c^s.0*
Railroad.
THE MAILS.
No mail has arrived in town ducing the
present week consequently we are com
pelled to put our paper t«» press without
any late news from abroad. The imbe
cility and corruption of the mail service
and postoffice management of Iowa is per
fectly intolerable. In the present in
stance, we know not whether the fault
lies with the carriers or postmasters, bill
be that as it may, we call upon our post
master, aud all other postmasters who lay
claim to respecrability, to be prompt and
efficient in giving notice to the Department
of Washington of such remissness—such
culpable neglect of duty, During our
short residence in St. Charles our own
business has suffered to the amount of
hundreds of dollars, through the mean
ness of certain postmasters, and we there
fore have cause to speak with feeling up
on this subject. The Government com
pels us to do our correspondence through
the mails, and imposes heavy penalties for
the private transportations of letters tho
people therefore have a right to complain
"nPiir^^
and to demand that the mail service shall
he executed with promptness and fidelity.
The people must guard their own interests.
It is impossible for the Government to
understand all the difficulties under which
wo labor, utiles* notified of them. Wo
therefore deem it the duty of V good citi
zens to keep t! General l/ostoftice fully
and promptly advised of cases of corrup
tisn, carelessness or remissness of duty of
any kind counected with the postoffice
and mail service, and trust they will not
fail to do so.—St.
Charles Intell.
We heard of a pretty good elect-
....v. ioneering trick of a Democratic candidate
Harper's editorial chit-chat. TomWalpole
the candidate alluded to, having been nom
inated by his party for the Legislature,
sent to the nearest town and hired a can
non and a band of music, with which ho
started on his canvass- Of course Tom's
won the regards and confidence of tho
people. His opponent fearing the effects
of these powerful aids,thought he might
get some advantage over Tom by a pub
lic discussion to which he invited him.
Tom accepted the challenge, and by
means of his artillery and music succeed
ed in getting a large crowd to hear tho
two champions of the great political par
ties of the country. Tom had the ope
ning. He began by dwelling on the
great importance of the next session of
the Legislature, enumerating the various
subjects which would come before it-
He then proceeded as follows:—'Now,
to perform these ipultifarious duties suc
essfully* it is needful that you should se
lect a man of attainme its—a man versed
in all the knowledge of the day. As a
good patriot ond citizen, feeling my own
deficiency, I stand ready to decline iu fa
vor of my opponent provided he can give
better evidence of his qualification than
I pretend to and for the purposo of test
ing his merits will proceed to put to him
certain interrogations, which if he can an
swer correctly, I hereby pledge myself to
withdraw in his favor. In case the gen
tlemen is silent I will take it as admission
that he is not able to answer. The first
question that I shall ask is, in what year
was Indiana admitted into the Union?"
Tom then paused for some moments,
and reci iving no answer, ho continued:
"From the gentleman's silence. I pre
sume that ho does not know in what year
Indiana-was admitted into the Union." Is
such a man fit to be your representative?
The crowd answered 'No.' But con
tinued Tom "I have another question to
ask tho gentleman. It is this: What is
the amount of the county and State tax of
Iudiana? Ofcourse there was no reply t«
this, and Tom again asked if a man igno
rant cf so important a fac as that, was cn i«
tied o tho vote of the people.
Lastly, the pei-riii leic v. in'errogUor
eaid he would conclude the exen-Ls-s bv
asking the gentleman to give the latitude
and longitude of the place in which lie
lived-an item of information which was
not included in the Indiana politician's
treasures and he had therefore to submit
to hear himself pronounced incompetent
to perform thedu'ies to which he aspired.
And what wa- -:ti!l more n:ortifving,
ho found himself V majority, left
at home to pursue his stu lies. Tho* b"S^
of tho joke was that his successful interr
ogator could not himself have answered
any one of the questions which so puzzlei
w-