Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-11-22
STATE NEWS.

Beard Regiment are now in rendezvous
q Mascatine. t b
Davenport is overrun by irresponsible
ShinI lasser issues. Aa ~ .
"A little daughter Of Mrs. Murphy, Of
Dubuque, aged Eve years. was burned TO
death a few days since. Her clothes
caught fire.
| Z The present terminus Of the Dubu.
que, Marion and Western Railroad is at
Springfield. The road will be com ple,ed
to Marion in a short time.
@-Parson' Brownlow delivered an ad-
dress in Burlington on the 7th inst.
-Fayette county has recently been dis.
turbed by destructive prairie fires. .'''
The Gate, City says that the Medical
College at Keokuk has a large attendan
Of students for the Lecture term. ......
The Muscatiue Journal complains of
the prevalence Of horse thieves in. that
county. 7o' .. .t..a.. .s.4-.'. .
There are at presen. 1000 soldiers in
III, Hospital at Keokuk. 81 y.
"A man by the name of Rice was
killed in Van Buren, county the other day
by being thrown from his horse. "f. ''.
Gen. Corcoran has written an urgent
letter. asking tina. the 42d Iowa Regiment
(Col. O'Brien) be incorporated in Gen.
C's Brigade. ''
"A hog weighing $50 pounds was TAX
en- to Dubuque from Jones County, .
short time since.
The. Harkt Eye has q report tina,
Camp Mexican barracks. Mt. Pleasant,
was destroyed by fire short time since.
No particulars given. .,.. . .. a,. 20
The Muscatine Journal reports that
the health of the 34.b Regimen. at,Bur.
lington is poor, Nearly two hundred are
on the sick list. Measles and various
forms of fever are the predomina.ing
Diseases. j. ~. g.,
Recruits are being rapidly sen. off
from Davenport to fill up the old regl.
ments.7 On the 81 inst. $50 Of these re-
cruits started for Dixie. ...7 j. D.
The boot aud shoe store Of l.. s. Ord.
way, Davenport, was consumed by fire on
| The Sd instant Loss-$5 ,OO0-insured
for 50 900 The lie Claire House was
considerably injured. ~. '"
George Richards, a boy ten years of
age whose parents reside in Muscatine, is
missing. Any information regarding him
will be thankfully received by his parents
The Davenport Gazette says there
have been GO commitments to prison in
that city within the las, three months
Of this number II were women. The
offences were vsgrancy, assault aud bal,
terry, and such like devilmenl.
Some chap in Davenport ndvertises
Confederate Scrip for sale. r....-,.
Pork packingis going on vigorously
in Muscatine. u 90.
-McCreery Of the Delaware county
Journal, states that he does not advertise
anything tha. in.oxica,es, except marriages
The Magnolia Republican complains
Of the destrnctiveness Of prairie 6res in
| Harrison county.
There are FIVE Hospital buildings in
| keokuk ,
tbs CRops IN IowA.-The yield of
wheat is estimated at 1000, 600 bushels
this year, being l.75O, 900 bushels more
than the crop of 1861. There have bean
! 1924, 900 acres cultivated this season in
corn, which viii yield 76, $50. 900 bushels,
or an excess over the crop OF last year of
IL, coo, 600 bushels. Oats will reach TO-,
600, 900 bushels; hay 200, 900 tons sor
ghum 1900. coo. gallons; ana potatoes dou
BILE last years quantity. The State will
be able to export this year, / 5000 cattle
and 900, 900 hogs. The increase of sheep
has been about one, third during the past
year. making the number in the State
200, 600. .&..m.ar @ - O.. .a.. . ~
Ed. Mitchell of Des Moines has been
appointed Register of the State Land
Office, vice A. NJ. Miller resigned, and
Captain in the 32d regiment. III" ''.'.'
Il 1#F uG- 49,. -.
t, The Vinton Eagle says that such is
the scarcity Of help that women, who
heratofars have confnsd their work ex-
clusively to the hoase, have this fall en-,
tered the field TO husk corn aud dig po-
tatoes. ~r ."... H.... 5ga -s+ .7ua1ad /.
The Keokuk papers speak in encout.
aging terms Of the great Improvement in
business In that city. The streets are
throngea. and the "good tine coming is
coming along,
-fhe Mercury says without ques.
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