Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-05-05
EDITORIAL sREviriks.

Mn'stsll county, sometime ago, has been
found guilty Of manslaughter, aud .en-
fenced ,e eight yehrs in the peniten,iary,
and 10 ray 6ns Of $1,000.
The keosauqna News Of the 2lst re-
ports tina, the arrangement for the prose
cution Of ihe work on the keokuk and Fl.
Desmoiaes r. II. are COMPLETED. The
iron, as well as the cash means, for its
completion to Eddyvllle. i. secured, aud
laborers sse now advertised for. |, is the
intention TO have one thousand workmen
on the line d"riog the present mouth.
A. Fl. DeClerq. Superintendent Of the
Dubuque and Pacific Railroad has re-
signed, and is succeeded by Mr. J. d.
Hawley.
Quincy. Illinois. gave Democratic ma
jori;y o, the election en- the 18th. Last
year It gave 700 Republican majority. Tbs
ball rolls on.
The frs, locomotive west of the Nilsson.
ri river was placed on the ST. Joseph aud
Maryvil,e Railroad on the 22nd ult
Snow to the depth OF three inches fell at
Oswego, N. Y, on the 24,h ult.
The Iowa City Reporter says shat = hor
rible case OF rape and consequent death
occurred in that city on the goth u't. The
perpetrstor was a wandering vagabond
known for number Of years a. Crazy
J"hn,' and the victim bright little girl,
eight years Of nge, daughter Of respecta
BILE Bohemian parents. The it'll. girl
died short time after the perpe,rarian Of
the Geadish crime. Death by the Stoves.
torture would be inadequate punishm en-,
of the miserable brute.
According to the Argus and Democrat
they have o verilable wholly horse in
Springfield, Dl"a county, Wisconsin. The
hair is long and shaggy, ncarl y resembling
that Of buffalo. The head is cross 5s
tween equine and bovine. The tail has
not hair en- it. The hoofs are whole bu,
there is mark or crease where it should
have Teen split. The aui"al is seven
years old, anc. does its regular days work
II chews its cud like Ill OK.
Messrs. OReilly and Speed have ad i.
dressed letter to Gov. l. |. Stevens, dele
gate from Washington Territory. proposing
10 contract line Of telegraph from St.
Paul. Mimi, to Puget Sound. within two
years, without any other aid from the Gov
ernment than tho single right Of way
They asscr, that the line can be built for
5000 900.
Robert E. Campbell, Esq. member Of
the late banking firm Of Nichols, Camp
bell 4 Co, Davenport, committed suicide
on Saturday las. by shooting himself
through the head. Depression caused b.
financial entertainments is said to have
induced the fatal step. He leaves o wife
and two grown up sons.
In the new revenue law enacted by the
Legislature, there is clause author zing
the Treasurer 10 receive and give seperste
receipts for State, county or schon! tax nj
any time when either shall be rendered.
This wi enable person tn get receipr
for part Of his tax, even if he is not able
TO pay the Whole.
An exchange thinks i. bad sign for a
bachelor lawyer, when he gets up to speak
10 court, to draw a wamans night cap
from his rocket on which to wipe his nose,
thinking it white handkerchief. Tn,
strings are apt to be noticed, aui 10 awak
en- unpleasant suspicious.
Under the new npportion OF the
General Assemal mad. at the late SCI sion
the Senate will consist Of forty five ana
the House Of ninety four members
The people Of Sigourncy, keoksk com
~, are planting out large sized elm and
Gaple trees aronnd their public square.
ander The direction aud at the expense OF
Mrs. Lola II. Sigourn.y. Of Hartford,
Conn. who asked the privileges TO hestow
this ornament on the town Which bears
her name.
The Mu.catinc JDuraalof the 3lst SAYS,
that the books OF the principal produce
merchants in that city show. hy actual in
speeiion, that the quantity 0! wheat pur-
chased and shipped from that place since
last hnrscs', amounts to not less than go.
900 bushels. This does not include ship,
men,s, made by commission merchants
for the produce buyers Of Iowa City,
Washington and other points, but only the
actual purchases made at Museatne.
Speaking Of Gen. Lewis Cass. Secre,a
ry of State. the Sunday Atlas says: "He
was born IN Exeter, New HAMPSHIRE, on
The 9th day of October, 1882. and is now,
therefore, in the seveuenty eighth year of
bis age. II is sisd that General C.ss
never had an overcoal upon his back but
once in his LIE, an instance that occurred
two months ago, during a moment o. par.
tial bodily rrostration. Tho first drop of
intoxicating liquors never yet passed his
lirs, and Notwithstanding his own absri.