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

has been arrealO on charge Of accept-
ing . bribs from horse thief 10 elIec. bio
escape. - =.
Oliver Mills, Of Cass county, lately
took drove Of hogs to the slaugh,er
house OF J. W. Ross l. Co., IL Council
Bluffs. -.
The West Union Record Gays that
"some hear.less wretch, too mean to live,
aud not fit to die, entered the fne orchard
Of Thomas Kincaid, Esq, aud girdled
every tree, thus nearly if not quito killing
the orchard, damage to Mr.. Kincaid,
which FIVE hundred dollars would not cover.
Tho citizens Of Lyons are preparing
for skating park during the coming win.
ter. A festival to raise funds for this OBJ.
jecs last week, Melted 1920.
There are now 60 less than seven rail.
roads and branches projected across Iowa,
which ultimately are intended to tap the
Missouri above st. Joseph.
On the 18th inst, Charles Burget was
shooting some stock belonging to Christie
pher Schaeffer, = neighbor, living in Har.
rison county, when the later seized his
gun aud ran out to the Geld, when, ap.
preaching Burget, he called to him, and
Burget advanced with his gun in position
to FIRE. when Schaeffer fred first, killing
him instantly. He then returned to his
house, sent his family out Of. the room,
and discharged the other barrel, shooting
nearly bis whole head of.
The Burlington Argus gives the fol-
following account Of a large raft that
lately passed Burlington: "A raj. Of
about 100000 feet Of lumber passed
down the Mississippi; river the other day,
which had passed through the following
winding way: Tho timber was cut on
Wolf river and sawed at Oshkosh, on
Lake Wi"nebsgo. then towed eighty miles
up Fox river and through the Portage
Canal, and down the Wisconsin river to
the Mississippi, and 90 on south L.
passed through the chsonels uni. ing the
beadwa.ers Of the Mississippi With the
headwaters flowing through the lakes into
the Atlantic Ocean"
The 4.h Iowa Battery has been mos.
tered in and paid off,
The Fort Dodge Republican, says
that the population Of tba. place is abou,
one thousand.
Il. is stated that . superior vein If
coal has been discovered on the Iowa
River about six miles from Iowa City.
-Keokuk claims to bs q manuf. c,urine
city. II boasts Of four large machine
shors, one Of which has capacity suficien,
for one hundred and City employees.
--Entert.inments for The benefit of the
soldiers are very general all over this
State. The patriotic ladies are doing
their duty without regard to party.
HI. NJ. Martin has notified J. B. Grin.
nell, Of this Congressional District that
he intends contesting bis right to a seat
in Congress. on the ground that the sol.
diers vote, by which he was elected, is
illegal.-Iopa City Press.
The Nevada Democrat says tina. the
railroad track is laid within eigh, miles Of
that place, and tina. two weeks of pleas.
ant weather will end The cars running to
Nevada.
We clip the following from the Bur.
lingtou Hack Eye:
The FEDERAL COuRr.-This Court will
be held here before long by Judge C. +.
TrigR, and mark what we say, that arbi
trsry arrests" made by the military, and
complained OF by traitors, will be lender
mercies' compared with the indictments
made By Grand Jury, under the charge
Of Judge rrigg. The Cour. Of last Au-
gust found three hundred indictments at
Nashville, against prominent rebels, for
treason and conspiracy; and in the form
er case there can be no bail, while the
punishment 10 death. There will be no
less than Eve hundred indictments here,
and the utter ruin Of many Of the parties
will be the result. They will find, to their
sorrow, that it is no small matter to en-
gage in an effort to overthrow this Gov
ernmen. True, many Of the leading
devils, the big bugs who occupied the
front seats in this play, will not be caught.
Others will be, and those absconding can
never again return to the country.
The VorE or THE SIXTH CAVALRY
A correspondent Of the West Union Fio.
meer writing from the Sixth Cavalry, has
the following relative to the vo,e in tha.
regiment:
Tuesday, Oct. 18Th, the vote Of seven
companies OF our regiment was taken at
Fort Sully. On Saturday, the 10th, G..
b. Edmonds, the Commissioner Of the
Rcpublican party arrived with Republi.
can tickets for every county represented
in the regiment, but with no Democratic
tickets. The mail containing Democratic
tickets, including those from Faye.te
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