Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-04-04
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A revival is in progress in the Methodist
society At McGregor.
Steamboats, are now making regular
trips On the Mississippi river.
V. B. Crooks, a promineu. citizen Of
Greene county, died on the 9th instant.
A 6ne lot of contrabands from Arkan
sss arrived in Keokuk few days siuce. Il .
&c. Todd, State Agent, has collec ted
s25, 900 in four months for the benefit Of
sick and wounded Iowa soldiers.
The immigration to Pixies Peak from
Tama county, is destined to be pretty
large this season. ,.
Frank W. Grossly, Of Toledo, has been
appointed Quartermaster Of tie Tenth
Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Rothrock Of the 35th
Regimen. is still absent on sick leave. He
is in Ohio.
Not long since = letter containing . pair
Of Cavalry boots Was sent from Davenpo-:
to soldier in the I'd Cavalry.
The 23d Iowa Infantry has been ordered
to Yicksburg. Dr.. Hull received . dis.
patch to this effect day or two since.
The residence Of John Penny, Mitchell
county, was recently destroyed BY fire.
Loss, $500.
o. L. Palmer Of Charlton is making ar.
engagements to erect . large business block
At Fort Dodge.
Rev J. S Dennis, Pastor Of the Uni.
versalist Church at Dubuque, is abou. to
remove 10 Chicago.
Wm.J ]. Earl Of Company B, 9th U. 8.
Artillery, offers $25 for information con.
corning the whereabouts Of his neice,
Catherine Earl.
The locomotive ~. X. Hornish,' met
with serious damage BY an accident which
occurred the other day on the Keokuk, Fl.
D. NJ. and NJ. R. r.
The bridge across the East Fork of the
Des Mones river at Dakotah, Humboldt
county, is completed so that teams can
cross.
A certain Captain Flanner was arrested
in Musca,ine county last week. charged
with swindling the Government pretty
largely.
1t is . mistake that Gov. Kirkwood and
Adjusan. General Baker have gone to
Vicksburg. The Governor Was 10 Daven.
port early in the past week.
The Wagons belonging TO the 9th Cav.
airy make but little progress in the mud
Of Iowa. The Regiment will not reach
Des Moinss for some days 80.
Rev. Mr.. Bosrdnan has accepted the
pastoral charge of the Congregational
Church At Fort Dodge. He is . graduate
of Andoves Theological Seminary.
The journeymen carpenters of Daven.
por. are striking for higher wages. They
have been receiving Sl,O0 and $l,25
per day.
A boy Ia years old named Cartwright,
was arrested recently for sbstracting let.
tiers from the Pos. Cf6ce at Waterloo He
was bound over for his appearance Of
Court
A rich mineral lead was lately discov
cred 10 the vicinity Of Dubuque. Twelve
thousand pounds we're raised in one day.
The names OF the happy finders are James
and Joseph Sloan and John Ball
There is a pretty strong inlima,ion in
the Iowa City Republican tina. Gov. Kirk
wood will no. accep, his appointment as
Minister to Denmark. The Eepublican
is in position to speak authori.atively on
the subject.
The Waterloo Courier calls attention to
the fact tina, suspicious bands Of Indians
are prowling through the Norsher coun
ties. They congregsted to the number of
fifty or sixty in the vicinity Of Waterloo.
The Courier advocates the immediate ex.
pulsion Of the redskins.
An Indignation meeting was held in
Glenrood the other day in which it was
resolved that three scaly individuals, sus.
pec,ed Of robbery, should leave the county
insfanter. The names Of the spotted in.
dividuals are Simon Jorion, VIM. McClin.
tick and James Henderson.
Judge Burt, Of the Dubuque District
Court, has decided that County Treasures
are not entitled to retain any fees received
BY them ~ such officers, beyond the
amount Of the salaries allowed them BY
law-that their salaries are their full COM
pensa,ion, and that all fees in excess Of
such salaries, are the property Of the
county.
The Seminary At Indianola is reported