Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-31
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Vernon commenced on the 10Th inst.
A man entered the Express Office, at
Muscatine, the other day, knocked the
agent insensible, and then robbed the safe
Charles Layton, boy ten years of
age, was drowned recently in the river at
Fort Madison.
II. IL. Stanton of the Washington
Press, has resigned his place in the Pen.
sion Office, and returned to his home.
Mrs. Leonard Pickle, of McGregor,
committed suicide some time since by tax.
ing corrosive sublimate.
The Bedford (Taylor coy Tribune re
ports the National Frontier Guards and
the Light Horse, in camp at that place.
The next term of the Iowa State UNI.
versty will commence on Wednesday, the
18th day Of September.
The New Oregon Plaindca7cr says
the aggregate yield Of wheat in Howard
county will exceed the amount grown last
year.
The Cedar Rapids Times reports that
the railroad track west is now five miles
into Benton CO., and is being pushed for
ward with energy
The West Union Pioneer reports the
death by sun stroke of James Wiley, form
erlr Of Vermont, recently from Kansas,
and land owner in Fayette county.
Calvin Bonner, an old and esteemed
citizen of Lee county, committed suicide
a few days since by shooting himself with
. pistol.
DR.. A. Wittier, Of Lynn county, has
been appointed Surgeon to the It'll regi-
ment. He passed avery crcdita BILE exam
nation.
DR.. D. B. Allen, of Win.erset, has
received the appointment of surgeon Of
the Iowa regiment now rendezvousing at
Burlington.
The keokuk Journal says that the
rebel prisoners taken at Athens are guard
ed in the third story of the Court House
and that probably their trial will come Of
soon
Col. Pat. Richardson of the North
Iowa Times at McGregor, has sold his in
terest in that paper to gentleman named
Andrick, and retired from the chair ed-
torial for the present.
Some two weeks since, the we'll known
banking house Of Culbertson 4 Reno OF
Iowa City, went into suspension. Shepard
Il Darlington, of the same place, have
made an assignment.
The Des Moines city cavalry were
presented with handsome flag on last
Saturday evening by the ladies of that
city. Hon. ID. O. Finch, on the part Of
the ladies'. addressed the company, and
Captain Graves responded.
A daily mail has been established be
tween Winthrop Station on the Dubuque
and Sioux City Railroad, and Quasqueton.
Heretofore, there has been only tri-
weekly mail to the latter place via Inde-
pendence.
-Gov. kirkwood has received a letter
from the Ordinance Bureau, stating that
1000 Shapes carbines, 900 Colts pis'
tolls and 1000 cavalry sabres, together
with accoutrements and ammunition, have
been ordered from the United States Ar.
senal at New York. These arms are for
the protection Of the frontier.
The Iowa Gray Hounds is the name
given by Gen. Lyon to the Iowa Boys, on
account Of their rapid marching. They
proved in their forced marches among the
Ozark Mountains that they could endure
greater fatigue in the hot weather than
the Mssourians themselves.
DR.. Kelley, Of the De Witt (Clinton
Co. volunteers, died Of sun-stroke in the
streets Of Burlington, on Friday last. His
body was Immediately sent to his friends,
in charge Of two members of the company,
and arrived in De Witt on Saturday even.
ing. The Doctor was man of education,
and served as surgeon in the Mexican
war.
The Second Iowa regiment has ar.
rived at Bird Point, and are thus spoken
of bya Cairo correspondent of the Chicago
tribune: "This splendid Iowa Second,
which for two or three months past has
been the terror of the evil doing rebels of
Northwestern Missouri, is there in full
force, with their trophies of war around
them. They have a couple of artillery
taken from the seceshers of St. Joseph
One Of them-captured by Lieut.. Stay
maker-is of new construction, the irven-
ton Of St Joseph secesh. 1t will carry
a pound ball and loads at the breech.-
When taken, the secesh owner refused to
tell the boys how to load it-said he would
swing first But he was saved the neces-
sity of swinging, for the boys very soon
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