Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-12-05
STATE NE WS,

Lieut.. Geo. W. Bassett, Of F. Dodge
has been appointed recruiting officer for
Webster county.
The Board Of Supervisors for Ere.
mont county offer = reward Of $500 for
the arrs1k and conviction Of the devils
engaged in blowing up the Court House
in Sidney.
-Sffiith, the Des Nome nurserymsn,
raised about 1900 bushels of apples this
year.
Capt. J. M. McCsdden, Of Company
D, 37th Regiment, (Grey Beard) was re.
Gently tried BY Court Martial, convicted
and sentenced to be cash;ered and dis.
missed from tho service. His offense was
speaking disrespec,fully of his superior
officers.
An effort is being made to procure
an order from the Secretary Of War d.
rectiug that the clothing necessary for
Iowa troops be manufactured ia this
State, - WAS done last year, greatly to
the assistance Of the wives of many Of the
Iowa soldiers. This motion will receive
the hearty approval and consideration Of
every citizen. 1t is due to our State, that
has furnished SO many men, that this ve-
~ reasonable request be granted. In the
principal towns Of the State there are nu.
merous families Of soldiers who would be
greatly benefited by being provided With
work through this means.
List Of Iowa Soldiers who have died
in Hospitals at St. Louis, Mo-, from No.
vemoer lst to the l4,h, 1868, furnished
BY Thomas J. Long. (of Iowa. Office No.
2, Laclede Block, Olive street. St. Louis
Nov, lst-John l.. Todd, of Co. X, 3lst
Iowa. Nov. Sd Jacob Kolp, of Co. E,
10Th Iowa Nov. 7th.-E. S. NJ. Mace, eff
Co. A, goth Iowa. Nov. llth.-Sherman
". Barnes. lst Iowa Battery.
Col. E. F. Hooker, stage proprietor
Of Des Moines City, has received the con.
tract for furnishing the horses of the 9th
Iowa cavalry regiment. The price paid
by Government is 1921 AS per head. Z.
B. Afford. also one OF the Western Stage
Company, will locate temporarily at Dav.
export to superiutend the purchases at
that point.
The Davenport Gazette condoles with
one of its citizens, "a clever old batch
who having persuaded one of Ewes
daughters to mitigate his loneliness and
exempt him from the draft, in January
next, proceeded to the Court House 20
procure license and was there felonious.
y and with malice afore,hought, before
he was aware Of the consequences, i'm.
panneled on a jury and sworn in. The
case occupied the entire day aud at night
the jury were sent out only to disagree
aud make night Of it by themselves
The wedding of course was post poned but
ere this the union has probably been fully
established.
A wooden factory has been put in
operation at Davenport at an expense Of
$4,000
Christian Toll, the william who seduc.
ed deaf and dumb girl near Davenport,
has been sentenced to a term of years a,
the State Hotel, located a, TT. Madison
The only chance left him to evade this
punishment is to offer to marry the girl.
The door Of cattle car became un.
fastened soon after leaving Ottumwa the
other day, and was not discovered until
near Fairfield, where the cattle were found
to have all leaked out Most of,hem were
found along the road, killed or crippled.
Apple Trees 70 Years O|d.-There are
three apple trees near Montrosc, Lee Co.,
which the Burlington Argus says we're
planted in 1893 by Frenchman named
Coolville, for 40 Indian trader named
Pesson. This was the testimony of Cool.
vile in suit tried ia 1910 for the title Of
Mon'rose. The trees are doubtless the
Oldest Of their kind in the State.
Remarkable Discorery.-The Iowa City
Press says DR.. Murray and Mr.. NJ. W.
Davis Of that city have recently exhumed
human bones which, from all Indications,
may have been buried more than thous.
and years, and differ somewhat from the
bones Of any race Of people now living
on this continent. These bones were
found some four miles from Iowa CITY.
covered with mound Of earth, on TOP Of
which is growth Of timber not less than
two hundred years old.
The Dubuque Herald records sin.
gular shower Of spiders, in that city on
the 10th ols. 1t says they came floating
through the air from the south, like Aeecy
clouds, attaching themselves to buildings.
bridges, telegraph wires, and everything
alao ,hov m -, a - ,oc.n "a -.:.L - $500