Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-12-01
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The "Jupoh Multiple is the name Of
the latest invented Paris petticoat, which
does away with all hoops and crinoline.
The cradle in which Henry Clay was
rocked was recently exhibited at q fair in
Virginia.
AT a recent ball in Laports, Cal,
'ladies'' and gentlemen were requested to
give up :hei- deadly weapons.
"A Mr.. Lieber. his wife and six
children, recently died at Lebanon Co.,
Penn, of typhoid fever.
-Rarey, the horse tanner, has accumu
lated not less than $4,000 by his exhibi-
tons and schools in Europe.
The ordinance of the city of Mem
phis requires all stores and saloons to be
closed at III o'clock.
Crowds of disafscted Saints" are
on their way from Salt Lake City to San
Diego, California.
Rev. George Lcomis, D. D., will
shortly be inaugurated President Of Alls-
yhsny College, Meadville, Pa.
Mr.. Nesmith, one of the newly elect
ed Senators from Oregon, is native of
the State of Name, and is now about
forty five years Of age. He was educated
in carpenters shop, and followed the
business until he became Of age, when he
emigrated to the West
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Express writes that Gen.
Wilson aspires to be Secretary of War
under Lincoln. He would be able to put
the army on a good footing cobbler, you
know.
A blooming bride expectant, al ia
fsyet,e, Illinois, accompanied by her swain
entered dry goods store in that place to
make bridal purchases. and among other
things, bought hoop" which she coolly
attempted to put on, then and there but
after Intellectual attempts, much to the
amusement of the bystanders, was forced
to seek more appropriate place.
"A piano tuner by the name Of Mel.
son, was called ont Of his bed at the West
Ward hotel, Noodle, Wednesday night, to
answer to a charge Of expressing abolition
and incendiary sentiments. Tho proof
was clear, and he had to mizzle.
Several slaves having mysteriously
disappeared from Montgomery, Alabama,
since the Presidential election, it is sur,
missed that dex.srously managed branch
Of the underground railroad has been ex.
tended to that city.
A lady called on Judge Curtis, In
dianapolis, the ether day, to engage him
to marry her. On inqurng the fee, and
finding it was s., she objected, saying
that she had been married before and
would then willingly have paid so, but
now thought 81 was quite enough, in
which the good natured Judge acquiesed.
The Tribune thinks that the number
of speeches made during the recent cam
pagn has been quite equal to that of all
tina! were made in the previous Presiden.
tlal canvassss from 1889 to 1859 inclusive.
A breach loading revolver to fire IL
times has been invented BY Dr. Butler, OF
Marietta, Ga.
An Irish lover remarked that it is
great pleasure to ba alone, especially
when your "swate.heart is wild ye."
-Blondin danced q polka on stills at
an exhibition in Philadelphia the other
night. The Press SAYS he is a wonderful
performer, always master Of his position
The Wisconsin State Journal pub
fishes supplement of fourteen large
newspaper pages Of fine type. being a list
OF the lands forfeited in that State for
non payment Of taxes.
Persons who are Offered boots and
shoes Extremely cheap, should look out
that they have not palmed off on to them
boots aad shoes with hollow solss filed
up with pasteboard-an article new in
market at incredibly low prices.
AN ambiguous lover wrote recently
"Now | wish, my dear AdeIna, my en-
gagements would permit me to leave town
and 60 to see you. 1t would be like visit
ing some old ruin, hallowed by time, and
tra"ght with thousand pleasing recol-
lections u
An Irish mechanic in New Albany.
Ind. wished to vote for Lincoln, and went
to tae polls with Republican vote in his
hand. He was followed by his wife, who
was a staunch Douglas man (?l, and who
as he was handing in his vote snatched it
from him, ard substituted the tickle, of
her choice, which he quietly deposited
amt the shouts Of the Democrats.
William Miller, of Nashville, III. was
instantly killed one day last week. by the
accidental discharge OF gun in his own
hands.
"A few dnys ago, near Jerseyville, III.
boy twelve years old, in the absence of
his mother, Mrs. Cox, while playing with
pistol, accidentally discharged its con
tents in the face of his little sister, six
years of age, decorating it horribly.