Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-12-10
STATE EwS.


A part Of the Grey Beard Regiment
10 at Columbus, Ohio, and another part at
Cincinnati
Last year there were Is votes cast in
Clay county; this year 6hy'two. A
healthy increase.
"A. G. Lucas. formerly Of tho Linn
county Patriot. has started a new paper at
Cedar Rapids, entitled the atlas.
In one town in Chickasaw county al
the able bodied men have gone to the war,
except one. He remains at home to
recruit.
"A fellow in Bremen county got mar
ried lately ard pawned his wedding pants
to :aise funds to pay the preacher. Guess
he was expecting hard winter!
The Maquoketa Excelsior complains
that petty thieving is carried on extensive.
ly at that place.
The Iowa City Republican reports
the reception Of $5s9.OO to be devoted to
the substantial interests Of the Orphans
| Home.
Mrs. Sarah Manbart, charged With
the murder Of 4 stepchild, was lately &C.
Quilted in the Dis,ric. Court held at
Knoxville.
William E. Horton, one of the first
conductors on the Dubuque & Sioux City
r. R., died few days since Of Erysipelas
at the Julien House in Dubuque.
There is fellow down in Davenport
who has been amusing himself by stealing
turkeys, cakes and oysters from the Sol.
diers Aid Society. This is a case of total
depravi,y.
! The De Witt Observer says that town
is being completely overrun with thieves
and burglars. Nearly every night some
house is entered and property stolen
Measures are being taken to put stop to
these depredatious.
The Office Of the Treasurer Of Mitch.
ell county was entered not long since, the
safe blown open, and SIS 900 taken from
it. On the Monday following, two broth
ers by the name Of Kelly, and another
man, name Got given, were arrested as the
burglars, and all but $500 of the money
was found in their possession. The men
we're promptly lodged in Jail.
| -MoxoNA COUNTY BEEF.-It will he
| remembered that Cornelius Durham, ST..
Of Boyer township. took drove of beef
cattle to Chicago last year, which were
fattened wholly upon prairie grass, and
that his beef ranged high in poin. of
Of quality. when put to scientific test
Mr.. DunhaT went again this fall, taking
this time 80 head Of his prairie fattened
steers, the following account Of which we
find in the weekly Stock Market Repurt OF
the Prairie Farmer Of Nov. Goth: 1.-The
best drove sold during the week was one
Of 80 head extra steers, averaging 40
lbs. at 1915, sold by Durham to era.
gin h Co..
Iora Orphans Home-Rev. P. p. In
gals, agent of the Orphans Home, is
meeting with much success in his efforts.
At Cedar Rapids he obtained subscrip-
tons to the amount Of 81, 500, and 81, 900
a. Waterloo.
Andrew Thompson, residing near
Elkader, had his barn, FIVE horses, five
hundred bushels of oats and eleven tons
! of hay, besides lot Of wheat, two sets
OF harness, and other things, totally des.
troyed by fire on the morning Of election
! day. 1t is supposed to have been the
work of some fendish ncendiary
The Military District of Iowa has
been designated by the War Department
as a separate district.
The Second and Third Iowa Infantry
Regiments have, By order of Maj. Gen'l.
Howard, been consolidated, and Col. N.
E Howard is in command.
Accident at Cedar Falls - Henry s.
Anderson, formerly of Dubuque, but Tor
several years past q resident Of Cedar
Falls, was run away with at Cedar Falls
by pair of spirited horses on Wednes-
day, and seriously injured, perhaps
fatally so.
The Dubuque Herald says that nu.
merous large jroves of cattle and horses
are being driven into Iowa from Wiscon.
| sin 20 winter.
A Cargo Of Trodme Sunk-On the
18th uIt. halboat, loaded with 5000
bushels Of potatoes, a quantity Of butter.
cabbage, DC, valued ut 81, 900. and own
ed BY II. Briukmann Of this city.--Dubu.
que Herald.
A very learned lawyer in DEBORAH
got up to address a jury lately and said
ne proposed to make a few dysentary
remarks!'
GUARDING GuerriYas EVERY night q