Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-08-01
STATE NE wS.
Recruiting for the 9th Iowa Cavalry 10
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. ffLe. pavenpor. Dsnecrat .hiut s,tHa ID
III Ms4 NJ. K. R. wild coesbs 4 bbe u
tspugh to Des Moines. u u II
e A boy seven years old sass dso.ssd Il
E'kadsr, Clayton county, while fishing in
tie river.
The 4th, 9th, 25th, Goth, 3o,h aud 3lst
.regi,pena, with the 2i Iowa battery and
Sd and 4th Iowa Cavalry, are with Gen.
Sherman in pursuit of Johnston.
+ Surgeon j. +. Ely, of ,hs 14,h Iowa In
lautry, Resigned on the Och 81 June. and
Chaplain Elias Skinner Of the sane sesi-,
',"en' resigned 81 u l51b. ., .
The Poke; City Nc,"s, Q, McGregor,
Iowa, says: The river is lower at this
point than it has been since tue settlement
Of the Oldest inhabitant.
FRosr.-We are informed, says the
Pocket City Me,ns, that tbe, corn aud ten.
der crops have been touched by frost, and
in some places, badly injured
The State Register says Hon. Elijah
Sells has been appointed Acting Master
of a vessel in the Mississippi lee.. lie
will report for doty at. Cairo during the
latter part Of the month
Col John Scott, Of the 32d Iowa Infant.
~, has been appoioted Pest, Comm ndant
at Columbus, Kentucky. His regiment,
which spr mAn y,.sepihs has bsen Stationed
at Fort Pillo~s;is now.at Columbus.
Tie Marion Register says one of the
bankers Of that place irsures against the
drat, for City dollars, taking All the risk
himself, ION" as mary as will fork over
that sum. ".'fn%o2J ~ : ttm::- ana2
The twenty Irishmen arrested Il, Story
county for refusing to give The eli hisror1F;g
officer their names were released On exam
ina,ion at Des Moines, eexcceep, 1,t,ree, Vic
were held q tal tie sur sieo sset.
= We see by the Dubuque Times that the
mex, Iowa State fair is to be held in Da-
buque gu Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. Sept, 18Th, 10Th, lziL and lsth.
The LIST Of premiums IS large and the fair
promises TO be Of absorbing interest.
, Gen. &. NJ. Dodge, of Iowa, has been
appointed to the command of the lief,
wing Of the Sixteenth Army Corps, in the
place Of Gen. Oslssby, resigned. This is
= Major Generals command, aud is naps,
worthily bestowed. g.. ...
METHODIST ErrscorAL CoNFERENcE.-
Bishop Ames will attend Conferences in
this State this year as follows. Western
Iowa Conference a, Wintsrset, September
q; Iowa Conference at Newton, Sept.
9Th; Upreei Iowa Conference, at Dasen
port Sept. Ists. jf@"1 rrs" ""2" H.
Lieut.. Marshall, Of the 39th iowa, was
inhuman'y murdered BY gderril'as, near
Corinth. Miss, on the 4sh inst: He was
first taken prisoner BY them while visiting
a house With "a coin'ade. His comrale
improved an opportunity to escape, When,
1t d supposed the sdertil,as' murdered
Matshall Without ptovocation as his d5ad
body was afterwards found, pierced with
several bullets, at the very spo, where his
comrade las. saw HIM 49,. '-'=.
Coop ApvlcE.-Soon As Col. Stone got
his nomination for Governor his wounds
improved so much he proposed to stump
The State. Some of his friends, however
who knew his tailnes advised him that it
would look better if hc went back to the
army, and that hs must By all means Sc
cure the army vote, If be expected nm
election. The advice is excellent, but it
wont save him. Stotc Press. 1a
RoMAScI.-The name of mona, which
is used so often in naming ships, aud
which is now upon one Of the gunboats in
the navy, is derived from legend Of
northern New Hampshire. This legend
is told as follows: - -s.t@ ~ fl"
Winona was n daughter Of an Indian
chief who had rescued from the hands of
the savages traveller by the name Of
Thornton, with whom she clipped, aud
whom che subsequently, married. X few
years Of forest life so weared the husband
that he concluded to 60 back into society,
and communicated that fact to his wife,
who was So overcome by the announce
meat that she killed herself by drinking
tea from the nghtsade berries Thorn.
ton, after performing the last sad rites
fur his devoted wife, removed to Boston,
where in the busy world, he. hoped to Tor
get this unhappy oeclrence. Twenty
years rolled by, when one day traveller
came to public housefi In Winchester, N.
4 and after depositing his baggage, has,
tened to grove Of cedar. and was found
next Gay, lying by the grave Of Wiuona,
dead. f."@+ '*'
The Desert Ne,cs Of the lst., saws a
treaty of peace has been made with Little
Soldier-~ho governed the Utes and She's.
homes. These tribes have been very an.
Toying TO overland cnigran,s and settlers
N Utah. .u ng@a .&S @vzs .s5*n4 e#I
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