Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-11-28
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
The small pox is prevailing to . con.
siderable extent in Davenport.
"A National Bank has been organized
At Marion, with r. D. Stephens - cashier.
The Gslena Company have com.
menced the work Of building . bridge
across the main channel Of The Mssissit pi
River st Clinton
David Dyas, an old soldiss 10 the
Black Hawk War. died recently at his
residence near Bellevue, Jackson county,
aged seventy seven years.
The Dubuque l. Sioux City Railroad
Company intend to fence in their road its
entire length with wire fence each side
Of the track, TO keep stock of and preveot
accidents
Tho DUBUQUE S. w. r. R. has . large
force grading between Marion and Cedar
Rapids, and the cars are to run from Mar.
ion to Cedar Rapids BY January ls..
The Keokuk Constitution says tho
vineyard around Fort Madison have PRO
duced $50. 900 worth Of grapes .hi. ye.r.
and everybody is now going into this
business.
Two Of the prisoners who recently
escaped from the Oskaloosa Jail, Redman
BY name, were arrested day or two since
At Fo"tenelIe, Adnir county. They we're
captured by Milton Carter, of Win,erset,
late Of the First Iowa Cavalry. NJ. Car.
ter gets a hundred dollars apiece for Or.
resting these scampa
Work has commenced on the McGre.
gor h r., which is to run from McGregor,
vppos'.- i''a't,o uu Cnien, TO co~uect win
the Minnesota and Cedar River r. H.,
now building southwark from Minneapolis
to the valley Of the Cedar. l, will connect
Minnesota With Chicago BY the Chicago
and Prairie du Chen route.
-Mr Van kuran, in his establishment
q. Clinton, has bull. 30 freight cars for
the Winona and St. Peters r r. lie has
passenger cars yet to build for The same
road. Even Chicago companies resort to
this establishment for cars. The Dubuque
and Sioux City Il. Il. is abou. to commence
tie manufacture Of its own cars.
Three prisoners charged with larcen.
cy, escaped from Jail At Fl. Madison on
Wednesday night Of last week. by wrench
ing of bar Of one Of the cells aud pry-
ing open the scuttle. Their names are
Robert Cloud, James Anderson and Foun
tain Angel Fifty dollars reward 10 Of.
fered for the return Of them
The Dubuque L Sioux City Railroad
Company offered $1,000 acres Of land
for sale At aoetion last week. The land
10 situated in the Des Moines Valley,
mostly in Pocahontas county. There we're
no bidders, except for one tract near For.
Dodge, At s4,75 per acre. All the lands
were afterwards sold for cash At private
sale to parties in New York. The object
Of the company in ceiling is to raise means
to extend the road.
1t is said over 100000 sheep have
passed through Chicago since the fir,. Of
June last, destined for Western Illinois
and Iowa. A large proportion of them
are from Western Psunsyivania aud Ohio.
This large number accounts for the in
crease Of sheep in Iowa from 25s, 900 in
1860 to $4,000 now. Forty thousand
sheep have reached the interior Of Iowa
BY four railscad lines this season, and
many more on foot. Ten thousand crossed
into Minnesota 10 six weeks at La Crosse
ferry.
We learn from the Clayton Journal
that man named McCIoud. living near
McGregor, in the vicinity Of Bloody Run,
was killed on Monday last by one Liberty
Cole. The particulars - far as We have
been able to learn are these Cole is =
tenant on McCloud's land, and had raised
some corn Of which McCIoud raised a
share. The latter came to harvest it,
when Cole told him to desist, and threat.
snsd to whip him Il he did not leave the
corn. On further alteration, McCIoud
drew knife, when Cole struck him With .
gun, killing him almos. Instantly.
Tho Board Of State Canvassers have
been hard 1t work four days in counting
the Soldiers vote, ard will b necessarily
occupied ~ many more day. before they
will bs able TO complete their work, and
| give " the rssult, even on the State ticket