Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-03-26
STATE NEWS.


The number Of hogs packed 10 Keo
kuk this past season was l06,699.
-Emigrants are pouring into Iowa I'm.
usually fast and early this season. Several
families have moved into Fayetts county
within few weeks.
WIN. and Jared Redman have been
sent from Mahaska county to the peniten-
tiary for six years-four years for stealing
$4,000, and two years for breaking Jail.
-Adjutant General Baker issued cir
cular stating that the Draft is postponed
until the fret day Of April, and that full
counties will be paid to recruits until
that time.
"A meeting was lately held in Dubuque
to consider the subject Of Sanitary Fair
in Northern Iowa. Mrs. Livermore Of
Chicago delivered an eloquent speech. A,
large sum vas subscribed on the spot to
buy vegetables for the soldiers.
Two young men, representing them.
selves as cattle buyers, was arrested at
Wilton on Wednesday, for passing coun.
terfei, bills on the Eastern Bank of Bangor,
Ne. A change Of venue was taken to
Justice CofFey, Of Moscow, before whom
they were acquitte d, for want of positive
evidence.
One day in the latter part Of last
week, two neighbors named Isaac Hay
wood and William Parker, living in Mon
roe county, about FIVE miles from Eddy
vile, got into a controversy about some
school matters in the course OF which,
Parker struck Haywood with knife in
hicting a wound, which caused death on
Sunday night. Parker made his escape
and had not been epprehended at last
accounts.
A new recruit for the 34th IuCantrY,
named Isaac Wells, from Cedar Falls, and
WHO was sent OF On Saturday last, was
accidentally shot Sunday in the cars al
La Sale, ty comrade who was handling
pistol in d rather careless manner He
died inm ediate!y.
The total number Of deaths at the
Rock Island prison barracks last week
was 81, Of which % were smallpox, 10
pneumonia, Q from chronic diarrhea, aud
the res, from various other complaints
Tie total number that have died thus far
is 100.
Some person in Winneshiek county
con- planned of Levi Bulls for dealing as
a Broker without Brokers License He
was ordered to appear before Commissions
er Harvey at Dubuque when it was found
the prosecution had no case and Bulls
was dismissed I. would be good idea
for these men TO go slow for spell. There
is always two sides to question, you know.
Six persons were indicted at Marion
last week for liquor selling; the prosecu
ton being made a. the instance of the Ia.
dies of that town who engaged lawyer,
filed information, got warrants, &c. Four
of the six were convicted. fined, and had
their liquor destroyed: the trials of the
other has rot been had.
On the night of the 18th ult, the sta
ton house of the B & NJ. Railroad was
entered by means Of false keys, and the
safe blown open with powder, and all VAL
uables, including nearly $500 in money,
in all amounting to abou. 800, abs,r.cted
and carried off Notes and papers vaiue>
less to the bug lars, were left in the safe Mr.
Sage, the clerk, who ordinarily slept in
the station house, had been sick some two
weeks, and no one was IN the building on
the night Of the robbery. No clue has as
yet been obtained Of the robbers.
We learn by Rock Island dispatch
to the Chicago Journal that there is .rou.
BILE among the Thirty. seventh Iowa regi.
ment, (known 80 the Grey a
portion Of them refusing to act on guard
duty at the prisoners barracks. One Of
the officers is reported to be under arrest
Senator Brown Of the 9th District.
has enlisted as private in an Iowa
regiment.
The Democrats claim the Mayor Of
Muscatne by one majority, while the Re.
publcans say there is tie The Council
is Democratic.
GENERAL McCLEllAN.-T atlantic
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