Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-09-17

STATE u.ws.
I'll. Dusuqt. papers sps.t Of Ii.
river - having risen about three inchst
within the last few days.
The Davenport. Democrat says that
ninety boxes Of clothing for drafted men
have arrived in that city, and are resdy
for distribution among tho lucky ones.
The abolitionists of Tho 9th Congress.
iousl district OF this State have re.uomi.
mated A. W. Hubbard. Of Sioux City, for
Congress.-DuJuque Herald.
The Republicans Of Iowa have re-.
nominated every one Of their pressn, Con.
gressmen. This 10 . good thing for Price,
Grinnel h Co.. but rough on Congress.
Dubuque Herald.
We announced few days ago that
McComb, the murderer, had escaped from
Jail at Ottumwa. We are glad to learn
that be has been recapturned.
The Waterloo Courier states that C..
c. Perse, John Wright and Jake johnson
made their escape from jail one evening
last week, knocking tho keeper Of the
Jail down and made trscks for the brush
Tho Cedar Falls Gazette sssees that
their town has filed its quota having
only two to raise. Bully for Cedar Falls;
but didn's you feel little shaky at the
-kuecs Nj. Perkins !. {. before your
quota was raised?
The Burlington HACK. Eye says that
since the Gray Boards have been At Mem.
pbis sixteen Of the regiment have died.
About one hundred are on the sick list.
A RELIc.-John Richard Jackson, Of
Scott county, has presented I" the Santa.
~ Fair a book printed in l64l. two hun.
dred and twenty'thres years aga. 1t is en-.
titled 1.-The English Gentleman and En-.
glish Gentlewoman." It ought to bring q
good price.-Auscatine Jourmek
The Des Moines Ners, printed at Ks.
osaqua, says that unless the Des Moines
river, which is at present very Tow, takes
q sudden rise, 80 that the paper mill At
that place may run, they will be compelled
to save paper by issuing half sheet only.
From some Of our exchanges we no.
tice that rumor has been prevalent, that
the 44th Iowa regiment 100 day men,
WAS captured BY Forrest during bio raid
into Memphis last week If this i. 90, the
.frolic which the boys anticipated will not
be very interesting.
Mr.. NJ. T. Bartlett, Of Musca.ine Is
land, shipped three car loads Of melons
to Chicago during the Convention, at
which place be sold them for seventy I've
cents peace At Wholesale. Rather pay.
ing business, We imagine.
Rev. Origin Cummings, Of Tabor Ere.
mont county, ~as dro~nsd in wss. N;sh.
nabotany about week sAce. He vas q
highly respected Congregational Minister.
Miss Hattie s. Reissnyder has been
decided, BY . majority Of two hundred
and eighty votes, to BE- the handsomes.
girl 10 Cssawissa, Penn. Each vote was
accompanied with the sum Of twenty Eve
cents, and the entire sum contributed to q
Sanitary Fair being held there, q the
contribution Of the favorite beauty.
"A substitute broker was arrested in
Keokuk on Wednesday, and shipped to
Davenport. We presume tina. New Eog.
land is fearful that her required quota
caL't be obtained from the slsves Of the
South, and has sent men to the West TO
rob this section Of its men, As she would
rob It Of its fame, were it possible.
-SoME Iowa PEcuL1ARlrI.s-Itd does
not follow that because there is both q
county and a city named Des Hoines in
the State that the latter is located in the
former. Our city 10 in Polk county, while
Burlington is the shire town Of Des Moines
county. Letter writer's take notice. keo
kuk is in Lee county, aud Sigourney is in
keokuk county. Dubuque is in . county
Of the same ma ne. while Webster City,
instead of being in Webster county. is in
the adjoining county Of Hamilton. Ot,um.
VA reigns over Wapello county. while
Wappello seeks habita,ion in Louisa coun.
ty. There seems to be fitness in the
fact that Lewis is 10 Cass county, and that
Frederick is in Bremen county. Why did
they not put in Winfield in Scott county
=. the same time, and name some P o.
in Buchanan county "Public Function.
ary" Andrew is IN Jackson county, yet
Boone has no Daniel, nor Butler county q
Benjamin City. De Witt IL in Clinton
county, but we cant find Martin in Van
Buren, county, nor . Pathfinder in Ere.
mont Newton is in Jasper county, but
Taylor has no Old lack, nor Franklin an
Old Ben. People imperfectiy acquainted
with our geography sometimes jump to a
wrong conclusion, and are continually
sending letters and papers here that are
intended for Des MONIES. We presume
the same 10 the case IN other localities
loua Homestead.
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