Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-10-01
STATE n T. WIS,
The West Union Record, says the
crops are splendid in Fayette county.

The West Union Record, says The
crops are splendid in Fayette county.
The Havk.Eyc reports that the woods
IN Des Moines county are alive with
squirrels.
The importation Of sheep into this
State is stupendous. Nothing like !. was
ever known before in this prairie country.
The notorious murderer, McCoombs,
who escaped from the ot,umwa jail about
q week since, was re. captured on the line
Of the Keokuk railroad. That's a good
lick. 1t is to be hoped that he will be
held in custody until his neck shall be
stretched in Constitutional manner.
ANOTHER STRAw.-A we'll known cit.
izen of this city Informs US that in com.
ing from St. Louis yesterday, on the St.
Louis, Alton and Chicago road, a vote was
taken on the cars, which resulted rs fol.
lows: Mcclellan 40, Lincoln %. Thus it
goes everywhere where an expression is
had as to choice for the next Presdent.-
Keokuk Constitution.
A FATAL AccIDENr.-On Saturday
last, Mrs. John E. Thompson, of Prairie
township, was terribly burned by her
clothes taking FIRE, while passing near q
sorghum boiler. When first seen she was
enveloped in flames, which no effort of
her husband could extinguish until her
clothes we're consumed, and almost the
burned to crisp Mrs. T. died on Mon
day Oskaloosa Herald.
There is just now big rush of peo'
pie from Wisconsin coming to Iowa in
search of homes. We are glad to see
them come. They ore bringing with them
cattle, horses, aud money, and what is
better still-stout hearts and willing hands
ready to turn our broad prairies into
blooming homes.
The DEAD AND BL,SD.-Two men,
one dead and the other blind, were drafted
from l.eClaire The other day at Davenport
This draft sweeps in everything. blind men
can't see it. and dead men don't know it.
Such an army Of men would no doubt
make the rebels howl, when they get down
there. Dubuque Herald.
The American Emigrant Company
have now over 1000 head of sheep par.
celed out to individuals on shares in this
county. A number Of their emigrant
houses are nearly completed, and we un.
derstand a portion or all Of them will be
tenauted this tall. This Company seem
inclined to make good their side of the
Swamp Land contract with the county
OnaCa Gazette
-BABnlrT's CASDrDArE Prof. Rabbit,
Of Council Bluffs, repudia,es the nomina-
ton Of Gen. Mcclellan, made unanimous
on the motion Of G. l.. Vallandgham, by
the Democrat OF the nation a. Chicago,
and makes nomination of his own, by
presenting at the head Of his columns as
candidate for President, the name Of Hon
James w. WALL of New Jersey. We pre-.
sumo this nomination is made without Mr..
Wallis knowledge or consent, as he is
friendly to the election Of General Nc
Clellan, and would be promptly repudiated
by him did he not deem his chances dec.
dedly good for an election. In his heavy
leader repudiatng the nomination of Nc.
Clellan, the Profess or remarks:
Therefore we cannot support a man
who announces his determination to pros
ecute the war until it is clear or even
probable, that our present adsersaries are
ready for peace, upon the basis Of the
.Urion''
We conclude from the above that the
Professor is not " for peace upon Me.basit
Of tie. Inion,' butior peace without the
Uuion.- Statesman.