Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-02-02

our merchants want trade, they must en-
courage it by purchasing Of the farmer
We trust that BOOZE & Co. will be lber.
ally rewarded
AssEssoR.-Ws omitted to notice in our
last weeks issue the appointment of J.
NJ. Bacon, Esq, Assessor. to Ell the va
cancJ occasioned by DR.. Hunts resi- gna
ton. The Squire is around on duty and
compels the possessors of monies and
credits to disclose.
| Coon IDEA Msny Of our citizens are
busily engaged this fine weather in putting
up ice. A better article canLot be found
than is being daily taken from the Mis-.
souri,. Its purity and thickness sre sell
dom equalIed.
ExTRAvAG We see that our friend
lowering is driving a new rig-fancy
sleigh gotten up regardless of erpense-
We would borrow that sleigh if we knew
where to borrow a team and little money
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AccIDENT.-On Thursday morning one
of our citizens, - Johnson, while At
work in the timber on the Nebraska side,
cut his foot severely. The wound. was
dressed by DR.. Townsend.
| CO, $ha
order-this week sunshine. The reads
are becoming quite passable. Tho mails
reach US regularly, and everything is as,ir
again.
| QUERY.-Where is the Sioux City cor
respondent of the Cor,'on Has he shar-
ed the fate that usually awaits unappre,
ciated genius?
Butter and eggs, are Just at this time,
a very scarce article in this vicinity.
We publish, in another column, a very
interesting letter from Cnaawa, Monoua
county.
The debt of the city Of Philadelphia for
1861 i. $j,2lG,5 45.
The Military Of New York ars being
placed on a war footing.
Eugene l.. Sullivan, a prominent poIiti
clan in California, won so, 600 on Lincoln
election.
Twenty patriots of the Revolution died
during the pas, year; eighty>two are all
that are left
According to Peterson's Detector seven
ty.siX new counterteits have been issued
during the past month.
The census OF the Russian empire shows
| the population to be 100000. The
females have majority Of l,750,000.
Judge Miller, at recent term Of the
! Linn county court, ordered saucy At
iorney to the lock up for SIX hours,
A notorious sbolitionist announces that
| he will lecture on the ga(lows. The Louis,
vile journal hopes he may get the hang
of the subject.
The Boston Courier vel! saws that if
there is one thing more heart sickenng
than another, in these days, it is the want
of conjunction in many Of those who
have been most instrumental in bringing
on our troubles, and in their hvpocritical
professions, that they mean to stand by
the Union, which will be destroyed by
| their direct action, if not saved By the eff
forts Of other men.
The Supreme Court Of Iowa has affirm.
ed the decision Of Judge Dillon in the Fee
Bill case. Under the decision Co. Judges,
Sherffs and other officers, coming under
that section Of the Code. can charge no
fees for their services The Clerk of Courts
and Recorders can collect no fees for their
services from September last to January
lst, ls6l-after that date the law provides
fees for those officers, but no other.
PRAcrICAL JoKING-The Charleston
Mercury published recently letter from
Castle Thoms. building" Louisville, Ky.
offering to South Carolina the services of
Capt Fred Myers and his Glow mounted
minute men, 1t turns out that castle
Thomas" is the Louisville jail, the "iow
minute men" are the chain gang, and
Capt. Myers is one of the despcradoas.
Judge Wright Of the Supreme Bench
accompanied by Mrs. Wright, passed ,hro
this place on last Saturday, on his way to
keosauqua. The Judge recently received
severe injury in the head from the up
setting Of sleigh near Oskaloosa, which
rendered him nsensible for several hours
He was looking quite pale and feeble, yet
it gives US pleasure to announce that his
| injury is not Of serious nature. Dem
| Union.
A fellow was doubling whether or not
be should volunteer to fight One Of the
flags before his eyes, bearing the inscrip-
ton, Victory or DEATH somewhat troub'
| hIad and Jiscour ord him