Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-07-23

h. A large number Of German emigrants
lave lately arrived At Davenport.
R. H. Sylvester hss gone into the 10.
siranss business with Abel Beach IN 70.
Va City. III . HI
The Mayor of Des Moines has closed
The saloons in that Gty- ~ssldst like 70
i've there.
Many Of the farmers in the State
have commenced harvesting their wheat
crop. i 3q~IT- "a
- The Fitch farm, 700 acres, in Mus
catine county, was recently sold for SIS
600. ~ 7sr; - >ry.
A cavalry company has been organ.
issd ia Hardin county under the militia
law OF the State. r-.,..... 49,.
The Burlington Haukeye claims = pop,
ulation Of $4,000 for tha. city, aud says it
.is growing rapidly. IL ra>4t = :.
- The Hamilton Freeman says that
horse thieves are getting their deserts in
that section from Judge Lynch :@'.
- The Hardin county Sentinel says
that brick .colored ny is destroying the
potato vines 10 that county BY eating the
leaves. '' - r.
- David n. Sells, has received the ap.
pointment Of Lieutenant Colone, Of the
10Th Y, 5. (colored) regiment now sta.
toned at St. Louis.
Elijah Sells, formerly our Iowa Sec.
rotary Of State, entered upon his duties as
Third Auditor Of the Treasury at Wash.
ington. on Tuesday Of last week.
Judge Williams, Of Clayton county,
who was prominent candidate for Su.
preme Judge before the Republican con.
vention last year, is stumpiog for Fremont.
The 4sth regiment was being mus
tered into service yesterday. AZ soon rs
the muster is completed they will De sent
to the prisoners camp at Rock Island
Dac ca. l2M. ~...
"A whirlwind visited Dubuque on the
evening Of the 9Th ms, unrocfing the
Fifth Ward school house and doing other
damage in ail' estimated at 81. 900. No
body hurt.
A daily paper is soon to be started
in keokuk which will advocate Fremont
and Cochrane. Also weekly paper is
to be published in Henry county, in the
interests Of the Fremon. party.
n 1.-The City Council of Oskaloosa has
appropriated $4,000 to secure the con.
Aruc,ion of the Dss Moines Valley K. X.
10 that place. Ii lhe citizens of Oskaloosa
doA's regret this move their experience
will differ from that Of. most towns that
have aided railroads..
DR.. Lyons, Surgeon Of the 2i,h Iowa
Regiment has returned to bis home in
Cedar Rapids The DR.. " as captured by
the rebels at the battle Of Pleasant Hill,
Arkansas Kept in rebel prison ten weeks
and exchanged. The DR.. 10 an agreeable
aud pleasa Mt gentleman and an accom-
pushed Surgeon.
Three hundred Norwesians, fresh
from the +" fader land arrived at Nc.
Gregor one day last week, bound for Win
nesheik county. They had plenty of sill.
yer coin and we are told that plenty OF
men were found base enon gh to swindle
these strangers who were not posted on
the peculiarites Of American currency
Public Record
The railroad in Winnesheik county has
been located to run TO DEBORAH. The
Board of Supervisors Of this lWinnesheik J
county, directed the Treasurer to send
the gold belonging to the county, about
$1,000, to Chicago for sale, and the pre-
mium to be used for the relief of soldiers
families. The Treasurer sold Of the pub
lie funds $3.50 in coin, at q premium of
s3.436.oo. .- T
We would suggest to the Supervisors Of
Woodbury. the proprie,y of selling the gold
in the county treasury and appropriate
the premium to some good purpose.
- Mr.. W. d. Watrous formerly resi-
dent Of this city, but who has for some
time past been living in Blairstown, was
shot and dangerously, if not MORALLY
wounded, on Saturday last, under the fol.
lowing circumstances: He was engaged
at his warehouse in Blairstown, in unload.
ing load of wheat. A soldier (whose
name we did not learn) interfered in an
unwarantable manner and wher requested
to desist he became more Outrageous in his
conduct. upon which Mr.. Watrous took
him by the collar and walked him off,
The soldier went to - fellow soldier
who was near by and made complaint !;
the second soldier walked up to Mr.. Wat
rous, took out u revolver and shot him,
the ball entering the groin. DR.. Ely, Of
this city dressed the wound and at last ac
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