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McGRROOR. FEB. 20, 186"
Mala* Ahead.
For many years |*et, tho state of Maine
lias been tho vjui-guard of radical voting.
Others of th« New England states laid
down programmes and theories of extrava
gance, but because Maine voted first in
the elections of Autumn, the Boston and
Lowell orators, to say notbii&g of hordes
from other towns and of states out of N.
E., poured into Maine during a canTass,
and by dint of money and misrepresenta
tion they have for years succeeded in car
IJnnp her vote. Snccess there in. the be
ginning of the fait eanv.iss was a big gun
Ibr wie balance of the esiinpaign and the
'Abolitionists of that September annual
battle ground have heretofore been like
flay in the hand* of their brethren of oth
er states.
Now, however, things are about to
change. Maine is out of leading strings.
She feels her importance as an initial
state in every election and most important
When her vote adds to the cheerfulness and
Activity of her party affiliants in the Sep
tember prior to a Presidential election.—
On such occasions "Make way for Maine
The Star of the East and many other
exuberant und jubilant expressions fill the
throats and editorial columns of our oppo
nents.
Bat Mrtlne is tired of playing second.—
A Senator Crosby of their legislature, in a
recent speech, among other things of equal
Assurance, said
"That he believed the sentiment of the
people of Maine as in advance of that
«Dntained in the resolves of last year de
claring the negro entitled to equal civil
•hd political rights. It is now in favor of
giving the nogro social equality, even to the
mtent of marriage."
As a Bcquel to Mr. Crosby's remarks, an
order was promptly passed ordering the
repeal of that portion of the statutes of
llaine prohibiting in that state the mar
*lage of a white person with an Indian,
Hegro or mulatto! Who will now say
#mt Maine is behind. Are the Iowa Re
publicans ready fo/ the question
Vhe Tariff.
It may surprise most of our readers to
learn that the article below is from the
columns of tho Chicago Daily Tribune of
fiatuidav, Feb. 10th, 1867. The Tribune
as an advocate of Western commercial in
terests, has recently discovered that New
England and the other manufacturing
states of the eastern and middle portions
of the Union are disposed to make the farm
laborers of this country mere serfs and
notwithstanding every concession has been
made them in the shape of an increase of
duties at every session of Congress, yet,
like the horsc-leech of Scripture, they still
continue to cry "Give "Give 1"
We almost hope that the editor who is hon
est and capable enough to write and print
the terse and convincing article which fol
lows may ere long bid good-bye to many
other New England fallacies, which, un
der the plea of conscience, have already
well-nigh de&tryyed our country. Let the
farmer who reads this give it the most
careful thought and decide who has been
his friend in tho past. The Tribune virtu
ally says the protective policy advocated
by its party friends is nothing but down
right robbery. We believed it years ago.
THE "HOME MARKET" FALLACY.
The advocates of a TO per cent tax upon
the industry of the country, as proposed in
the pending Tariff Rill, having been driv
en in the argument from one position to
another, and knocked from pillur to post,
have taken refuse at last in what we may
call the Home Market subterfuge. Stated
briefly, their argument is that the furmer
is so much interested in creating a home
market for agricultural products that he
can well afford to pay seventeen dollars for
ten dollars' worth of goods until that year
of jubilee shall roll in. A short answer to
this argument would be thskt it is the same
as saying that it will be profitable in the
end for the farmer to 'raise corn and hire
somebody to eat it, because ultimately
these parties will eat his corn for nothing.
It makes no difference, practically, wheth
er the farmer sells his corn for seventy per
cent less than its value, or whether he pavs
for his goods seventy per cent more than its
their value. In either casejie raises his corn
and hires somebody to cat it.
But there in a broader answer than this.
When a man has a thing to sell, he desires
the largest possible number of customers
for his article. When he engages in busi
ness his first inquiry is, "How many peo
ple will buy my products?"' He prefers
to have ten customers rather than one, and
a hundred rather than ten. The home
market fallacy proceeds upon the assump
tion that it is better to have one customer
than ten. Worse than this it assumes
that, having one customer sure, it is best
to drive the other nine away with a club.
The American market is tolerably well se
cured to the Ameiican farmer, and he is
now advised to drive away, in round num
bers, about one thousand millions of peo
ple, in all parts of the world, who might
otherwise be bidding against each other
for the surplus. The mode of driving
them away two-fold. By fixing our laws
so that we cannot import anything, we
prevent ourselves from exporting any
thing. Foreign nations cannot take our
products unless we take theirs in exchange.
'*But they can pay us in gold,1' says some
body. No, they cannot. A clipper ship
loaded with grain for a foreign port, can
not came back loaded with gold. There
is no profit in that. Having no return
cargo, the ship remains in the foreign port,
anf engages in commerce between coun
tries which have commercial relations.—
And when our foreign market has been
wilfully destroyed by the penal legislation
of Congress, we hear people denouncing
foreign nations because they will not buy
our grain.
Again, the home market sophistry re
quires and pre-su'pposes a stale of nigh
prices, which renders it difficult or impos
sible for the Atuerioan farmer to couipete
with farmers in other countries in raising
grain, notwithstanding nature has given
him very great advantages over other
countries in producing grain—so great, in
feet, that not even the penal legislation of
Congress can prevent us from raising a
surplus of agricultural product*. This
surplus, be it great or small, fixes the
ttrLca of the whole crop, and always will.
The price of the whole crop rises and falls
acoording as the foreign market rises and
full*. It has always done so and always
will. The great grandsons of the farmers
of Illinois will not live long enough to see
this state of things reversed, no matter how
.• high a tariff may be enacted. Keening
this fact in view, and bearing in mina the
other undisputed fxot that Manufactures
Are actually declining and diminishing un
der a fifty eight per cent tariff, although
they flourished and increased under a fif
teen per cent tariff, the American fanner
vean
form an estimate of the length of time
"he will be required to hire people to eat
his corn, and the probable rate of wages
fie will nave to pay them for service.
i —a ii
The dbp Committee have reported in
favor of $1,600,^00 to improve the naviga
tion of thd Mississippi at Pes Moines Rap-
Is. and ifcJfVi (VK) at Rock Island.
St. L.oula ConTcatton.
Messrs. Bass and Merrill, of our city,
have returned from St. Louis: they report
«i very large assemblage of delegates, and
a
most interesting time. Our townsmen
think that this gathering cannot but rosult
in good.
Tho St. Louis papers wero filled with
the proceedings lor several days. We clip
tho Resolutions adopted: we have not
space for the details efforts were made to
improve all the rivers of the West, but the
majority were too sensible to permit this
thing. Let us attend to the big job first,
the little rivers can be improved any time
and at short notice. Here are the resolu
tions
Mr. Cook, Chairman of the Committee
on resolutions presented the report of the
committee, and made the following re
marks
Mr. President and gentlemen of the
Convention The committee on resolu
tions having honored me with the position
of chairman, I report the following reso
lutions. Before reading them it may be
proper for me to say that at the first meet-4
ing of tho committee no resolutions or any
sketch or draft of such drawn up. We
came together, Mr. Chairman, without hav
ing any expressed opinion on the subject
of the proposed resolutions to be present
ed to the convention. As a matter of
course there was a great variety of propo
sitions made: all of them were duly
and carefully considered, and were ably
discussed and supported before the com
mittee. The committee, however, feeling
•that this convention had been called for
the purpose of securing those improve
ment, which were of great importance—
of great national importance, unanimous
ly agreed upon the following brief report:
In order to bring before tfiis convention
the distinct propositions to be considered,
your committee recommend the following
resolutions:
1. That the interests of the whole Mis
sissippi Valley require the immediate im
provement, bv the National Government,
of the Mississippi river from Belize to the
Falls of St. Anthony, including especially
the bars at the Belize, the upper and low
er Rapids, and the removal oi obstructions
above those Rapids and also of the Ohio
river from Cairo to Pittsburg, and espe
cially the work at the Fulls of the Ohio
said improvements to secure the naviga
tion of said rivers free from all tolls and
tributes.
2. That the vast importance of such ac
tion as will secure Jhe needed improve
ments, at an early day, of the following
rivers, is commended to the favorable and
earnest consideration of Congress, viz:
The Missouri river, from its mouth to Ft.
Benton •, the Illinois river the Red riv
er The Tennessee river to Chattanooga
the Wisconsin and Fox rivers: the Arkan
sas river to Fort Smith the Cumberland
to Nashville.
3. That when the financial condition of
the country may justify, Congress be re
quested to cause proper investigations to
be made, as to the necessity of improving
hereafter, all the other navigable rivers
of the Mississippi Valley.
4. That Congress should legislate on the
subject of bringing the Missississippi and
other navigable rivers of the United States,
as will, while recognizing the equal im
portance of railroad and river transporta
tion, harmonize those interests, by secur
ing proper facilities fur both.
Your committee recommend in further
ance of the following objects, the appoint
ment of a committee consisting ol one
member from each state represented in
this convention, with a sub-committee of
five to prepare a memorial to Congress de
monstrating the national importance of
said objects, and that each member of said
general committee report to said sub-com
mittee such statistics as will facilitate its
work. It is further recommended that the
resolutions adopted and the memorial be
forwarded to Congress, in the name of this
convention hjf iu
president, nnd
ies thereof be furnished to each Senator
and Representative from the states of the
Mississippi Valley.
A Memorial Committee was appointed,
some good speeches were made, and then
they adjourned. The members of the St.
Louis Chamber of Commerce gave a Grand
Banquet at the Lindel House: about 400
participated. B. B. Richards, of Dubuque,
in response to the regular toast, "The
Federal Union," made one of the most
brilliant speeches of his life. Mr. Rich
ards was regarded as one of the ablest
men of the Convention, and this is no
small compliment when it is remembered
that every man there as a delegate was a
leading representative man at home.
We hope the River will meet with the
Congressional attention which its immense
importance demands.
THE POOR.—We
learn from Fred. El-
mendorf, Esq., one of the committee- on
charities, and a good one too, that the
Lecture by Rev. Mr. Sloan, drew $75,00
on Monday night. The theme was "Louis
Napoleon, and how he became Emperor."
Office duties and the eve of our day of is
sue kept us sanctumized, and we did not
hear the lecture, but it is told us that the
Reverend gentleman was very felicitous in
language, illustration and historical accur
acy.
Mr.Sloan is a close student,a good think
er, terse writer and a most aggreeable
acquaintance. We credit him here with
what all know is not flattery, viz: In his
addresses, whether Biblical or Literary, he
never wearies an audience with long-drawn
discourses. He always finishes his subjcct
—then he quits some speakers lack either
the taste or the judgment to do so.
The Band gave the poor the benefit of a
musical wake-up and for their liberality
they arc entitled to public thanks.
CAUCUS.
Aottngor, xuwiui Iiiiw—— n igaarrei?
On Saturday evening, at
KURZ & MILLER'S
new store, Masonic
Block, there will be a Democratic Caucus
for the selection of Corporation Officers.
Let every voter be present and express
his preference. Those who stay at home
and swear afterwards about the nomina
tions do not act a part entitled to the name
of consistency. Go and participate if
your candidate is beaten in caucus, stand
up like men and vote the ticket, unless
you want a colored victory: in the
latter case you should not muster with
Democrats at all.
The ladies of the Congregational Society
will hold a Fair at Cambrian llall on
Wednesday evening of this week: it is
probable the entertainment will be contin
ued on Thursday evening also. Proceeds
will go to the benefit of the Society.—
Tableaux*, Amusements generally. Fur,
Social re-union and Refreshments will be
the order. All are invited and we kuow
there will be a large attendance. It is ex*
pected by the public that the Band will
favor the visitors with a reception air or
two. Let us go.
COMMERCIAL.—Worthington, Warner 1
Co., well and most favorably known in
tliis line of latitude, are moving north
ward: we learn that they have added an
other '-link' to their
1
chain' of Business
Colleges. The new link is located at Min»
Horn* asd Other Itema.
tit (it
cop
R. Mickle offers to sell all his property,
March 13th. See advertisement and large
bills At an adjourned meeting of the
McGregor Insurance Society on Saturday
evening last, Messrs. Arnold, Jordan and
Ilayt were appointed a committee to in
quire of our business men what amount of
stock they will take in the proposed organ
ization. It is proposed to make the con
cern a Stock Company with capital secur
ed. Such an institution, located, at Mc
Gregor, would be a valuable addition to
our business advantages and we earnestly
urge our people to lend their influence
and money to the enterprize. There will
be a meeting at Esq. Jordan's office on
Saturday evening, Feb. 23d, to hear tho
report of the solicitors and to organize a
Company Maj. A. J. Fallowdown of
the Evans, or American House, better
known as "Billy," has left the Evans
House to spend a month, a year, or a life
time, at Bulls Head with W. II. Harding
and family. Billy is a general favorite, an
old occupant of the Evans, a most attentive
assistant and but few men in this city can
be missed more regretfully by citizen or
traveller than our esteemed friend
DOWN.
Clark, an old McGregor dry-goods
il-rk well known here, died somewhere in
Wisconsinjsome time ago: he was sometimes
called "Windy," but he was an excellent
salesman A farmer in New York writes
that by accident he picklcd beef and hams
together and that the improvement of both
was'such that he has continued the prac
tice for years Business is very dull in
the Il'y townrf. Iluntting, Fraser, Webb,
McKinnie and Ormsby of Cresco, were
down here rusticating last week. Mrs. II.
surprised
BEN
fore the caucus on Saturday ni#ht, for
Marshal and David Drummond the incum
bent will be up for re-election. We have
heard no complaint of Drummond a good,
steady, attentive, fearless Marshal is the
man for us "Bill" Moncrief of North
McGregor, left homo on Tuesday morning
to see his New York friends. Smooth
seas and pleasant meetings
On the 27th and 28th of February, there
will be sundry horse races on the river
opposite McGregor. The money is up,
the horses are in training and all the own
ers arc confident of success. See posters
and put aside 10 cents for expenses
Remember the Band Benefit Ball Friday
night of this week, at the Cambrian. Wil
liams' Band will do the dancing music
and there will be a gay time. Our Mc
Gregor Band is a most useful, liberal and
meritorious institution, and all those who
are delighted with their music should take
this occasion to help them wind up the
last instalment on their instruments we,
the citizens of McGregor, honestly owe
this debt, and it is our duty to pay it.
L. Benton Jr., & Co., keep the finest
oysters known to the market. We know
from a complimentary experiment
Kurz & Miller are excavating a splendid
Wine and Beer cellar in the rear of their
new store We have the painful rumor
that James Cronan and a neighbor were
found frozen dead near a load of hay in
tho vicinity of their western homes. Mr.
Cronan had a great many warm friends in
this city we hope it is not true.
GREELV.—Rumor
Conflict," he will be very successful. The
Sccond Volume of the Conflict is before
us the first volume was delivered long
ago, aud gave excellent satisfaction. This
one is also a gem. There are nearly 200
pages in it more than agents were author
ized to contract with subscribers, and in
all respects it is complete. In it are 72
portraits of prominent men of the war, di
agrams of the principal battle-fields, and
a large map of the Seat of War. Mr.
Greely has excelled all in his History, and
a careful perusal of the Conflict" will
give the student or general reader a better
idea of the beginning, the middle und the
end of the controversy than can be ob
tained from any other source.
Mr.
JAMES KILBURN,
ATTENTION.—Dr. P. M. Reed, Ag't
and Correspondent for the Mil. Daily
WUcomnn, is remaining in town for a
day or two with a view to look us over
nnd photograph McGregor, Its business,
Ac., &c., for the Wisconsin. Let all our
oitiaens be aware of his mission and
aid him in the labor which he haa un
dertaken. The doctor will probably
call on all cf you. The Wisconsin is a
lively paper, and the Doctor is a good
pen-painter.
9 1
SERVICES.—Rev.
•Cnlgmas.
FALLOW-
With Bill Harding he will be at
home, but'we were not ready to spare him
yet.
MAJOR,
may the God who rewards
integrity and social worth, select pleasant
paths for you Somebody says if you
give hens warm food in winter time, they
will lay eggs as fast as in summer. An
other somebody says that the cut end of a
potato with brick-dust accompaniment will
clean knives beautifully.
Joel Van Orman is in Washington,D.C.,
attending to some private business. Be
fore leaving home he told us he expected
to go ns far south as North Carolina be
fore he returned Mr. Foster trapped a
large catamount lately near his place on
Pleasant Ridge hie cat-ship had lived on
chickens in that neighborhood sometime.
a few weeks ago with a lit­
tle domestic party it weighed 8i lbs. and
was of the male persuasion the "Deacon"
has quit preaching and is now breaking
himself in as night-watch Frank Mc
Kay, formerly of this office and of North
Iowa, generally, is Foreman of
REED
We confess a liking for enigmas, though
a recently-received one is made up of so
much 'curiosity' in Dictionary," Greek,
Latin, French and other languages we do
not well understand, that we decline to
give it publication. Individually we pro
fess ability to answer any fair enigma, but
Our last is answored by Guess Who,"
of Lake City, Minnesota—we can guess—
by G. A., Lansing, and by—we forget the
signature of McGregor. Answers all
correct viz: "EMILY
Well, here is another riddle V.
I am composed of 22 letters.
My 10, 21, 4, 12, 12, to leave.
My 22, 16, 7, 3, a number. i
My 5, 8, 17, 6,11, 9, a bird.
My 10, 11, 17, an ancient God.
My 12, 8, 7, 3, 10, 18, 22, is playetFAi!^.
My 2, 11, 5, 3, sustains life.
My 12, 4, 5, is often seen.
My 15,16, 9, I, 14, 17, 3, in Switzer
land.
My IS* 4,10, 8, 30, 9, found in Boston.
My whole is a moat important annual
event in tho West.
Bmlatu and Parusal.
Miss C. Baird is sole proprietor of the
Millinery establishment See her new ad
vertisement, and avail yourself of her su
perior tact and long experience in fixing
your liead-rigging. The faces of ladies
are pretty, by nature, but a little tasteful
arrangement bonnet-wards, puts the young
wife-hunters out of all reserve and they
propose.
The N. W.
REED'S
is a democrat
without guile Several weddings are ex
pected between now and April 1st
Mrs. Gen. Sickles is dead had she left
this world before the dreadful rencontre
which resulted in the death of Keycs by
the hands of her husband, it would have
been better for her history.
We hear of no candidates at our ap
proaching election except for Marshal.—
The Mayoralty is'nt profitable a bit but
somebody will probably want "the hon
or." Judge Leffingwell may as well ac
cept it for another term
VERHEI
las.
St.
Cloud Times, one of the best papers in the
"Clear-Water" state.
is be­
Company is before you
in a new Adv. of large proportions. This
Company is walking forward to a position
which is beginning to be the envy of many
other Iowa companies. Why is this?
We tell: Its Officers are above doing a
mean act: they take only good risks: they
pay all losses without a twelve-month jaw
about it, and personally they are as social
as they are sound financially.
Mister Armstrong haB found his Dic
tionary. Frank Coyle, the stage man to
Lansing, discovered it and transferred it
to J. G.
If Capt. Contal is married—and we al
most know lie is—we are without the doc
umentary evidence, and therefore cannot
speak about it.
The Journal of Chicago calls the Trib
une copperheadish on the Tariff! Funny,
ain't it?
Rev. Mr. Jackson is in England, on his
xeturn from India: he will be welched
here in April we hope.
II. B. George has sold his U. States
(West Union) saloon to P. Crane or
Thompson of that place.
II. Baker sends us a Clinton Herald fill
ed with nothing but Clinton, its history,
its business and its pretensions. Must be
an immense town, Horace
SPIRITS.—On
WILLIAM
has it that Horace is
*to become Post Master General, vice A. W.
Randall, about to resign. If Greely does
as well in charge of the mails as he has
done in his elegant work, The American
Saturday evening, Sun­
day at 2, and in the evening, Mr. Rice, a
Spiritual or Trance lecturer, entertained
quite large audiences at Cambrian Hall.
We were not present. We learn that he
disclaimed any intention to hurt the feel
ings of those who profess Christianity
commended tho teachings of the Savior as
the ultima of moral excellence, &c., Ac.,
hut that he satirized the stories" of the
old Bible, and ridiculed tho miracles of
the New Testament, most particularly the
Conception.
Our skepticism is bad enough, but it is
honest and unobtrusive we seldom push
it into the faces of others, for the reason
that it would not benefit a friend to pos
sess it. The world is pretty tough with
all the restraint which moral and religious
bodies load it with—how much "tuffer"
would it be if there were no restraint at
all
Ben Franklin said to Paine, on a public
occasion, Friend Paine, do not unchain
the tiger Mr. Rice is a talented man,
and he probably pleases large numbers of
his hearers, but he can be employed better
than in ridiculing the cherished ideas of
so many millions of his most enlightened
fellow creatures. He who can swallow
the curiosities of Spiritualism, Clairvoy
ance, Trance, &e., &c.} should not hesitate
a moment when
THE
FIRES.-*-At
Stwi Mild Items.
spare us from rebuses, arbitrary anagrams, ejected from their houses and being unable
mis-spelled Ary-words, "flash" terms,
transposed sentences, blind answers, 4c.,
A*c. To publish riddles" as all this
sort of investigation is classed, the editors
mtisf be given or aware of the key, other
wise something offensive to good taste
might be inserted innocently. So much
for that.
ELIZABETH O'BRIEN."
The lady is a resident of
JCLESBURCH,
on
the Plains but she will never cease to be
a favorite of her many acquaintances in
McGregor. Capt. O'Brien, by the aid of
a Clergyman, and in presence of a host of
witnesses, stole her away" from our
city.
Bible is handed him.
We understand he is intending to lec
ture here again in a few days—let him
consult the good of society rather than the
display of sarcasm or the gratification of
spleen against that best of all religious
systems'which is known to humanity.
Pr. du Chien last week, the
Ilolton Warehouse was burned, together
with the buildings adjoining. Loss ,000.
It is said that G. L. Moore of this city,
dealer in Grain, Flour and Feed, lost sev
eral hundred bushels of oats which he had
bought on the Wisconsin side and had
stored in Ilolton's Warehouse his oats
Insurance ran out a few days before the
fire.
LIGHT
the canvasser for
Clayton and Fayette Counties, is deliver
ing the 2d volume now. Persons can yet
order through him. No one who desires
a concise and tolerably impartial history
will consent to be without The Conflict.'
has our sympathies and thote
of all others who know how worthy and
industrious a man he is.
On Wednesday morning last, the Car
Shop of the McG. W. R'y was burned.—
The fire must have commenced business
about 12. Loss $25,000—some say partly
insured. The machinery, mechanic's tools,
and a number of half-finished cars were
all reduced to ashes.
Well, the Company is a stout, young,
prosperous lot of humans and this little
loss won't set them back. SxftQau and
SHERWIX
ain't dead
WEATHER,
Mr. Palmer is expect­
ed to reach home so as to preach on Sun*
day next, in the Baptist Ohureh,
SX.—Rain, warm, flood—
then freeze and snow. March and April
mixed. Can't tell what nczt. Crossing
Po*k and wheat arrive iu quantities so
email as scarcely to make a market.—
Wheat 1.30 to 1.75, Pork 6.50 for fair
average. Business at a stand still.
Icr..—Remember Henry Boyle is ready
to supply the citizens of WtUtie*
winter and summer.
Our state claims $750,000 from the gen
?ral government A new trial is granted
in the Stewart divorce case The pecu
niary stringency is so great in Pitt county,
N. C., that the people recently compelled
the sheriff to burn up all his writs and ex
ecutions returnable at court, refusing to be
to pay. Desolation is evident all over the
state. The legislature has passed a relief
bill, postponing the payment of debts for
twelve months The Postmaster General
is engaged in preparing a new postolliee
directory, to contain a list of all postoffices
in the United States, up to January first,
1S07 Castle Thunder, Virginia, is again
s tobacco manufactory Switzerland ex
empts its railways from taxation The
total annual productions of diamonds is
$1,400,000 The Academy of Music in
Milwaukee is said to be a non-paying in
stitution and will be rented to the Y. M.'s
Association or made iuto offices It is
rumored that Horace Greeley will be ap
pointed Postmaster General in the event of
Randall's retirement Mary Harris, who
shot hcrlovor, Burioughs, in the Treasury*
*wo years ago, and was acquitted by the
jury which tried her, has just beeg com
mitted to the Insane Asylum in Washing
ton.
Hartford the half capitol of the land
of steady hadits," has only one grog shop
to every fifty inhabitants William B.
Astor has just given $50,000 to the
-Astor library, which his father founded
'at an expense of $400,000 and to which
the son had before given over $100,000.
Luey Stone, in a lecture in Bangor,
recently, said: "We hear of hen-peeked
husbands, but nothing at all about roos
terpccked wives." That's true, Lucy,"
says an exchange, "and the less we hear
about that the better Minnesota owns
$21,652,704 worth of live stock Wis
consin is to have five Supreme Court
Judges Fifteen feet of land in London
sold for §215,000 The Minnesota legis
lature is taking steps to call a convention
to revise the state constitution Dr.
Cheever'8 church in New York has been
sold to Tiffany & Co., who will ercct a
store on the site.
The Kaw Indians finre ceded their lands
in Kansas to the United States and are to
remove to the Indian Territory Cabinet
changes are again rumored at Washington.
Ten thousand dollars have been ap
propriated by the House, at Washington,
to pay the expenses of the Judiciary Com
mittee in the impeachment folly Gen.
Sheridan has returned to New Orleans to
resume command of tho South West
Fifty dead bodies have thus far been taken
out of the skating park at London where
the recent great disaster occurred The
Chicago Evening Journal's London corres
pondent describes the destitution and suf
fering among'the poor of England as ter
rible, and bread riots are threatened.—
Much is being done, however, by charity,
for the relief of the sufferers It is un
derstood that Gen. Grant expresses sur
prise at the intimation that lie approves of
the military government bill. He deems
it unwise, as the provisions would proba
bly bring him in conflict with the executive,
his immediate constitutional superior. He
also expressed a conviction that some bill
reorganizing the civil government with the
military to protect and aid should be
adopted at the earliert moment Hart L.
Stewart has withdrawn bis defense in the
Stewart divorce case in the new trial grant
ed the plainiff. The first register of
votes in Georgetown, D. C., shows 1,113
whites to 880 colored John C. Calhoun's
old homestead in South Carolina is to be
sold at auction on the 4th of March
Mr. Davis asked leave to offer an amend
ment to Mr. Wade's proposed one term
constitutional amendment, for the purpose
of having it printed. It provides that each
state shall, on the first Monday in January
proceeding the expiration of the present
term, nominate to congress-one of its citi
zens for the office of president. The two
houses shall meet in November, and pro
ceed to elect from these candidates, drop
ping the lowest on eacff ballot, and the
person elected
shall
The LRlrit.
PriIM
not be eliguble lor re­
election. Ordered to be printed The
Xelson (New Zealand) Examiner, in re
porting the execution of Burgess, Levey
Kelly, three Thug-like murderers, says:
"It has been a matter of dispute amongst
medical authorities whether death in sueh
cases is caused by strangulation or by dis
location of the spinal column. The necks
of the three malefactors were, therefore,
dissected by Drs. Williams and Cussack,
and it was satisfactorily proved that death
had resulted in each case from strangula
tion, the spinal column being found to be
perfect in every instance—thus setting this
much vexed-question ut rest Calenso
has written a long letter in which he at
tempts to prove that the primitive chris
tians offered no prayers to Christ A
Washington writer says: While Banks was
•making his speech in the house the other
day, a member not understanding the drift
of the policy he was advocating, said to
Thad. Stevens: "What does he want?"
"What said Thad., "why, he wants
brains." Reports from the plains still
indicate a prospect of Indian trouble the
cvming summer From a careful esti
.vinate made from the figures given in a new
directory the Herald fixes the inhabitants
of Dubuque at 21,240 .Geo. Ilyer and
D. W. Fernandez have retired from the
publication of the Madison Union which
will in future be proprietored by I. V.
Montanye, who, with Col. Calkins, a mem
ber of the retiring firm, will conduct its
editorial columns.
jjood except at the river banki.
Trade very dull here as at all other placer^' anything published, or to be published
soon, will meet his prompt attention. Mu
sical Instruments of all kinds«nn be ob
tained of him at us low rates as the trade
will allow. Send for catalogue.
"'Ml' .i mi Mr
.. if Trff
Music.—II. N. Ilempsted, 410 Main St.,
Milwaukee, favors us frequently with mu
sic the last instalment was a stunner—
DO
less than eight pieces of new and, ouxp
our lady-friends say, beautiful music. Wo
are not hefty on those crooked, black, long
tailed little chaps which represent time,
motion and sound, but when they are
placed within reach of a player we can
listen forever to their vocal and instru
mental illustration.
Ilempsted has built up ft large business
in music and Musical instruments, and
.personally tre know that orders to him for
See the Outride of this paper if you wank
to freeze your blood in eowteinplatMHl of
western snow horrors.
1!'
The vessel having Surrntt on board
arrived at Ft. Monroe on the 17th, nnd, call for public ™V"ke.
n u ... m. be in harmony with tl
loft direct for A\ aslungton The Mis-
sissippi river is open as far upas Quin-
oy, 111 One of the Washington pa
pers pro fosses to have positive infor
mation that member of the cabinet lias
tendered his resignation, but that it
has not been accepted. It is generally
understood that this refers to Postmas
ter General Randall, but it is untrue.
The friends of the tariff*l»ill are feeling
alarmed for its safety. It was expected
to go before the House on Monday, and
if not passed before to-day, will be
poeketed by the President At a re
cent Fenian outbreak in Ireland, 140
Fenians were arrested. It is said the
excitement is over and the insurrection
suppressed 5riic great flood in the
Western rivers continues. The Illinois
river has not been BO high ill thirty
years as it is now.
MCGRECOR PRIZE CONCERT."
PATRICK.—Messrs. P.
The
that the whole namW of t,cVet» w,l bo
1
sure sale of every tickct and to satisfy the
(almost) universal demand for Club llates
the proprietors offer the following liberal
rates to clubs, viz: 11 tickets for $10
from 2o to 100, 10 per cent, discount
from 100 up, 15 percent, discount. With
these liberal rates we trust those desiring
tickets will exert themselves to form clubs
in every locality and send for tickets. The
time is now short and there
will
postponement.
McGregor, Feb, 18,1867.
FRENCH
tickets to this enterprise are now going off
like "Hot Cakes," and although the time those who go' from compulsion of duty!
for tho coneert nnd the dr.™* of the
'FASN.S0
i. drawing ne»r, the prospect
sold before that time (April 10th) but to
i i patent—for changing, raising and lower
place the matter beyond doubt and to make if., ,: .,
be no
k
GILMORB.
Fury and Wm.
Schmidt have engaged the Cambrian for
March ISth, to do honor to the memory of
Ireland's Patron Saint. The dances will be
so arranged as to accommodate all atten
dants. Cotillion, Polka, Waltz, Schottis
clie, Country Dance, Firemans, Tempest,
be introduced on that evening. It is be
lieved that the fullest house of the season
will assemble to see St. Patrick properly
respected. March 17th. comes on Sunday,
—heuce, we must do our rejoicing on the
next night. Tickets will he out iu a few
days.
When the Odd Fellow and the ?Ii isonic
Halls are completed in Masonic Block, it is
supposed each Order can show as pretty a
suite of rooms as can be exhibited in the
State.
VAN DYKE
er.
Persons wanting wood may be supplied
by leaving their orders with Henry Boyle.
IXDIANS.—These
prairie and forest ter­
rors of the West are as full of signs as the
ancient Egyptians. A few of the tribes
are named below:
The Cainanche or "Snake" makes a
waving motion of the hand, imitating the
crawling of a reptile.
The Cheyenne or "Cut Arm" draws
(he hand across the arm, to imitate cut
ting with a knife.
The Araphocs or Smellers by seis
ing the nose with the thumb and loretin
gcr.
The Sioux or Cut-Throats by draw
ing the hand across the throat.
The Pawnees or Wolves" by placing
the hand on each side of the forehead,
with two fingers pointing to the front, to
represent the narrow, short ears of the
wolf.
The Crows by imitating the flapping of
the bird's wings with the palms of the
hands.
CONOVER.—Being
February 6th, '67. 538w3
THE END OF TIIE AVORI.D.—A
disciple of
the prophet Miller has ai rived! at the
conclusion that the present ymr is wit
ness the end of all things eftthlv. The
result is reached by a mathematical pro
cess. The square root of the cost of Eze
kiefs chariot was 8,503. From this, ex
tract "prophetic value" of "scarlet lady
of Babylon,"' 1,289, and we have 7,2SJ.
Take from this, cube of the ram mentioned
by tho prophet as pushing westward,"
4,757, and we have for remainder, 2,.x24.
Deduct from this the number of beasts''
mentioned in the Apocalypse, 077, and we
get the result 1807, the year in which the
end of the world takes place 1
Lord North detested music, and was
asked to subscribe to the ancient concert?.
He refused. "But your lordship's brother,
the Bishop of Winchester, subscribes"
urged the applicant. "If I were as deaf
as he, I would subscribe, too," was the
reply.
S
A.
.1.
II.
('iinu'ii —Church drop lias reach­
ed such an extravagance in our days as to
It would seem to
in harmony with the life and teachings
0j-jesus
,.T ... i, i Spanish and the mixed races from the western borders
ell, everything in the dance way will
is the ornamental paint­
MERWIN
the Carpenter.
Goon.—1TheSparta (Wis.) Ecttftc says
that the paper mill located there will
commence the manufacture of printing!L,nJh^
paper early in the spring. This is good
news for all the printers in Central
Wisconsin, as the present uncertain
mode of getting a supply of paper from
Chicago or Milwaukee is sometimes
provoking.—Jackson Co. (Wis)Banner9
FIRE! FIRE!—See
that advertisement
about the 6ale of a Fire Engine. Now is
the time to pitch in. It is sold under
pressure and can be bought for hulf-price.
Christ that simplicity be the rule
0f (jres8
,n his courts: instcad'.bowevcr,the
elegance of church dress is so great that
wc'nmst conclude that either vanity finds
a school in the church, or the purse ren
dered consequential in the house ol God.
Humility is the one great lesson ol Chris
tianity—humility in thought and external
appearance—but when the church becomes
the theatre for display and affectation, this
lesson it would seem, is despised.
It is to potent that, in Ilis house where
in all before llim are equal, there exists
an aint-Christ-like caste, the existence of
which is-evidenced by the extravagance of
dress, which gives birth to pharisccism.
tyranny, and all uncharitablencss.
How much more apropriate in this place
is a simple costume, of some modest and
chaste color IIow apropriate to illustrate
that one day out of the seven—"the day
of rest"—is indeed devoted to Christian
offices, and that one day is selected in
which worMliness nnd the persuit of van
ities are swallowed up in being honest to
religious profession Then would we be
able to determine (for I only appeal to the
serious) who go to see and be seen," and
MIL.,Scott of Prairie
mnmlfllctori
F|
Min_hi,
ing the seivcs, making them independent
of each other. This, together with other
at e improvements, makes it the best mill
now in use for cleaning grain, and grass
seed of all kinds.
H.
B.
MALOVI
& Co., Agents,
5S8m3 McGregor, Iowa.
Lftdicstan ruceire a box of Dr. Vdpau'a Pills liy
mail, ROHI«1 from the eyes of tho i.tiblic, liy enclosing
one dollar ami six pimtnge Mntiijm to M. W.Macomber
Uouural Agent for u» at Albany, N. Y.
[From the Manchester (N. II.) Mirror.]
TlwW
liitc Pine Compound lias become one
of til*
ft.iiiditril medic ines of tlm day it is th« best 'on«b
Remedy we ever knew. We have never lieen without
il day for fifteen years, nnd never expect to be. In
our family it i» deemed as necessary ns «uKar and salt,
tea and coffee. When the first symptom* of a cold ap
pear, as|inoiiful ol it is taken, and in ninecases of ten
ill a day tin' cold is gone. In weaknesses of the kid
neys we haw no doubt, from the testimonials of men
we have known, and in wboae word we can put im
plicit confidence, that it is as good a remedy us there
is in the wide world. The virtues of White Pine is
just be^inniiiK to be understood by the people in this
section of country. Among the Indians of i alifornia
and the tribes that hover on the borders of civiliza
tion east of the Rocky Mountains, among Mexicans.
„t Texas to the Pacific, ami from Lower California to
New Orenadn, the great Throat Remedies have Pine
aa
the
leading ingredient. 3in538
MARRIED'
By Hon.
A.
O. Rogers, Judge of Clayton County, on
Tuesday. February 14th, at the residence of Buel
Knapp, Ksq of Klkadcr. Tjipt. ANDREW V. TIPTON
to Miss LOUISE W1UTNKY.
Our gallant young friend, late of the 8tli Iowa Car.,
has surrendered. lie and his fair capturer pasaed
through our place on Friday last to Milwaukee, re
turning on Tuesday morning. CAP. looks as contented
aa though he was nol aware of being a prisoner, ow
ing, doubtless, to the lightness of the silken chain
which binda him to
"Uod's last, best gift to man."
May no clouds of sorrow come between ththtfpy
now
and the future of our young acquaintances.
1 E U
In McOregor, Iowa, Feb. lfith, 1867, of Brain Fever,
WINNIE L., only daughter of II. I), and It. A. R.
1
^ar-7
Ult'n,h»
»nd
2
In Yarmershnrg. Clayton Co., Iowa. Feb. 6th. 18CT,
I of Consumption, AUOI'S'ITS I,. I'AYNK, aged 29.
jrtcw ^dvcrtbcmcuts.
Cic S
For Canned and Dried Fruits,
-oo TO­
UT.
A. Chapman 6L
CO'S.
FIRE ENGINE,
Splendid, Firat-cliMa FIRE KN01*«
NEW
SAL
with Iloae Cart nnd Leather Hose, at Outtenhrrg, lo.
CHAS. GKt'RNKR,
Pre. Fire Co.. (Jnttenlierg, Iowa,
or D. E. MEVKJt,
4wM0 Mcgregor, Iowa.
Corporation Election.
There will lie uu election held in each Ward in the
City or McGregor,on MONDAY, MARCH 4th NEXT,
for .Mayor, Marshal, Treasurer, Assessor aud Attorney,
and for one Trustoe in eucli Ward.
The Judges or Election in each Ward will flx the
place of each election. Polls open at 9 o'clock A.M.
nnd close at 6 P. M. D. I1AUQII, Clerk.
February 9th, 1867. 3w630
A CHOICE COLLECTION OF
GROCERIES and PROVISIONS^
May at all times be found at
M0 N. A. CHAPMAN & CCS.
MILLINERY.
MRS.the
desirous of changing
my present business, I will sell the City
Hotel of the flourishing town of Conover,
at low figures. The property is a paying
one. €arr.
APKER.
WADHAMS having withdrawn her interest
in Millinery Business, it will be conducted
as heretofore by the iiiidernigiH'd.
1 shall endeavor to re establish my business the
coming season, and hope to receive Uie patronage
which I nhall iti ive to merit.
The ''trade" will find it to their advantage to give
me a call in the early spring, as tliey can lie Hiipplied
with PATTERN BONNETS, LATEST STYE BLOCKS,
RIBBONS), MLKS, LACES, aud everything connected
with the hiiMiievH, at the LOWEST CASH PRICES.
4hjr Remember the place, next door to E. R. Barron
It
Co., over Jacobia
k
Kimball's Grocery.
The Eureka Indellible Stamping done in a variety
of colors. MISS C. BAIRD.
McGregor, Feb. 18, 1867 540
IF YOU WANT OATMEAL
Or any other kind of Meal or
O U
Oo to N. A. Chapman & Go's.
JVORTHWESTBPUNT
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF DKCOKAH, UW4
Capital and Assetts, $335,683.24
Insures Farm Property* Detached Dwelling's and First Class
Business Property* AT FAZ& &ATBI.
Some of the Reasons why you should Insure
The Interests of the Northwestern Insurance Company are indentical with
these of the Great Northwest
St takes no Premium Notes to serve as a basis of taxation.
AUCTION!
I
It takes nothing bnt risks on Detached Dwellings and first-class Business
Property.
It confines its tasiness to the Western Mates.
It is doing a LARGER and IAFBR business than any other Company in
the Northwest.
•t gives Insurance as cheap as any reliable Eastern or Weston Oempaay.
It is the Most Popular Insurance Company in the Northwest.
JOHN X. CLARK, Prest. WM. ADSIT, Secretary.
ABBEY,
"Vie# I?re»t.
WILL Mil ut uiy residence in West McGregor,
known us the White Springs, on WedllCSday,
March 13,1867.
my entire Household Goods,
Farm uud Mechanic*' Tools, Stock, Grain. Lunds, Ac.
Among the items are Beds, Chairs, Sales, Lounge,
Stoves, and it general variety of Kitchen and Parlor
Furniture. A set of Fairbanks' Scales, Horses, Cuttle,
Wagons, Corn, Oats, 150 Cords of Wood, 40 acres of
land—in S. W. Sec. 4—fifteen acres under cultiva
tioii. ami 2)1 acres in N. E Sue. 4.
For the real estate. *f, of the mom y will be required
on the delivery of the deed and the balance iu two
annual payments with 10 per cent, interest. Terms
for the personal property made known on dav of sale.
2wo40 REUBEN MICKLE.
IWE
Northwestern.
A.
HBADISH. Tres^jp.
The Good Templars
OF McORSGOB,
WILL GIVE AN EXHIBITION
At Cambrian
On Monday, February 25,1867
Tableaux*
Charades*
Songs and a
Good Time Generally
Will be the Order.
•11 friends of flCUfkttty iftt*em
perance are Invited.
Soldiers Bounties
Are Being Paid.
Tli© 1st Draft
IN ANSWER TO APPLICATION
FOR ADDITIONAL BOUNTY
Received on the 5th of Febru'y
Discharged Soldiers/
AND TUB
HEIRS OF DECEASED SOLDIERS,
Their WIDOWS and PARENTS*
WILL RECOLLECT THAT
T1IEthe
present Congr*** haa made material addition,
to Bounty anil Petition Law.,' ta:
1st. The Act granting
$100 and $50 Bounty
Respectively to Soldier*, or their heirs, who «nlint«d
anil served for two und tlirce yeurs or who were dis
i'li irp-i! on account of wonudx or died ol Jiaenae or
wouuda, and who have received only $100 bounty.
2d. The Act relating to the increase of
Invalid Pension*.
3d. The Act increasing' Widows and
Orphans' Pensions.
4th. The Act granting Pensions to de
pendent Fathers and Brothers.
5th. The Act granting13 months' extra
pay proper to certain Officers.
Claimx under the foregoing or other acta of Conjref.
PROMl'l'l.Y ATTKXDEI) TO by the uudernigned.
All buuneiM doni* directly with the department
that two fee* are unueceisary. Ko charge* until th.
money is .ollected.
All letters aaking infirmatii
in cheerfully answered.
Thos. Updegraff, Att'y,
And avthorisad Government Claim Agent,
»W63» McGHKGOIl, IOWA.
Valuable Property
FOR SALE1
rpHEn^ofnw'i, Sec. 14. 9'J, ll- SO acres
1 first quality unimproved I'rairie Lund iu Howard
County, 3 miles from the new and growing town of
Cresco.
The nwV of Sec. 29, T. 98, R. 17—180 acres. Good
Prairie land, well watered, in Mitchell Co., and within
4 miles ot Went Mitchell.
The se'^ of s»5i Sec. 23, T. 110, R. 21. in Rice Co.,
Miiiiienut !.
Nine acres of Timber Und
ott
of the ne}£ Sec. 7,
T. 103, R. 12, in Fillmore Co., Minn.
Also Lot* 15 and 16. iu Block 3d. Prairie du Chien
Land Co.'a Addition.
Lots 1 and 2. in Bl'x*k 17, Town of Mazomanie, Wit.
Lot 0, in Block 20, Village of Clayton, Clayton Co.,
towa.
Lot .1. in Block 21, and Lot
6,
in Block 7, Town ef
North McGregor, Iowa.
Also one-third interest in the following described
property, to-wit:
One hundred and twenty acres of Timber Land, witb
the Water Power. Saw and Stare Mills, with Machine
ry complete and in runiiiiip: order thereon.
Also 40 acres of I,ami, known as the Fillmore Mill
Property, rniiKisting of a Large Stmie Flouring Mill,
Burr*, Muchiuery and applianceo therein complete fop
making best merchantable flour, together itli the
Water Power, Barns. Stock-Yards, Town Lots, tc„ 4e.»
fiituatud and being ill the Town of Fillmore, Fillmore
Co., Minnesota, all of which will be sold cheap fur
cash.
For terms and particulars, apply to
Thomas Arnold.
Assignee of Lee
k
Kinnaird.
McGregor, Feb. S, '87. 63btf
REMOVAL!
MOORE, HEMPHILL ft CO.,
(SUCCESSORS TO CHWU MOORE)
WILL
be found hereafter betweeu A. 8. Ames A
Co. trad P. Fisher's liquor stors* with i full
supply of
Plour, Corn, Oats, Bran, Chopped Feed
AND
ALL XINOS OF PROVISIONS I
We fill Orders for Grain for Any Amonnt
from One to a Thousand or more
Bushels.
ALSO ANY OF THE VARIETIES OF COAL AT THE
LOWEST PRICES.
CALL AND SEE US. 63T
THE CAMBRIAN.
We Alive the pleasure of announcing that th«
CAMBRIAN HALL BILLIARD SALOON
AND BOWLING ALLEY
Are in gnod order for guest*. The best of Liquors
und Cigars wilt be sold over the bar, and the kindest
attention shown to visitors.
In addition to this, we haTI Ifcy
Arcade Restaurant and Saloon
IN THE TIMES BLOCK,
When the hungry can procure meals at all hoar*.—
Oysters,Clams, Quails and other luxuries, as well aa
the substantia of life, will be got up in any styl*
desired. L. PKAVY,
536 JNO.U.CONANT.
Carriages
And Wagons!
Andres A Hurcruck|
Late Proprietors of the Carriage aa§
Wag-on manufacturing department il
Bellwig's Block, have removed to the^
new shop,
OPPOSITE H. ft. WHITNEY & CO S
Hardware Store, and are aew ready to
furnish anything in tho line of Wagon
and Blacksmith Work in the best sty||
at the lowest living rates.
Their Wagons and Carriages tit
Warranted to be Bqnal in Ity^l
to any of the best Hastens pas*
eras. They use none bnt the best
of material.
Repairing Done,
I I I i N P"
•PF"