Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-01-02
HEAVY SwlNDLE-OUR MERCHANTS

Heavy SwlNDLE-OUR MERCHANTS
FLEEcED oul OF MORE THAN ,000.-A
few Of our merchants have been hand.
somely swindled to the amount Of over
$1,000 by an Englishman named Wake,
doing mercantile business ct Mason City,
Cerro Gordo county. He i,ought largely
for an interior merchant, and in his ability
TO pay the utmost confidence vas REFUSED,
BY giving his notes with "pron,;ses to
pay" whether backed by any security or
not We did no. learn. Mr.. q. Becker is
mulcted for the sum Of So, 100; W. Beck
er for hats caps, boots and shoes 81 400,
and W. H. Rumpf for groceries in the
neighborhood Of $500. We learn tina:
Wake being a foreigner was afraid Of the
draft to come, sold out his stock clandes-
timely, and departed for his native land,
leaving all his creditors to- whistle for
their due. 1t is very uncertain giving
credit these times when . man don't know
where he will be to morrow. The cash
system is the only one to conduct business
on when the community are in terror
about the draft and whole districts Aoat-
ing on tie wind" Unprinc,pled vaga.
bonds taxa advantage Of the times to flee
the country and leave their creditors in
the lurch. Do cash business thess
times, or none. People are uncertain.-
Dubuque Herald.
Go WAY DARi-A few days sincs
the County Judge Of Iowa county-a man
Of colored principles-issued license
and actually solemnized the marriage Of
one "nis:er Dick to Miss Smith, a
white woman Of female proclivities. We
don't know which to admire the most the
"nigger," the Judge with colorcd princi.
pies, or the white female. Go it darkey
go it Judge-go it Miss Smith, now
Mrs. niger Dick!-Nascatinc Courier.
The Davenport Democrat says the
operations in recruiting throughout the
State are becoming more active. During
the month of November the entire mum.
Der Of recruits mustered in at the Office
in that city was only sixty. Week before
last forty.two recruits were mustered in,
and last week up to Thursday night, sixty.
two recruits had arrived.
The Supreme Court has decided that
the delinquent tax law of 1862 does not
apply to cases where lands we're cold for
taxes which accrued prior to the passage
of the act.
1T is said that Kirkwood, Warren,
Grimes and kasson are all an xious to be
selected to serve their country-in the U.
s. Seua,e-during the next Senatorial
term.
GEN. LEE-llow LIZ IS DREssEp.-A
lady correspondent Of the Richmond
Why writes as follows, respecting the
Confederate commander Of the army OF
Virginia:
ga plain grey coat, faded and war
worn; pantaloons nf the same hue, and a
WOODEN hat, was the costume in which
6rst beheId the "Lion OF Alington.' There
was no bewilderins glitter of gold to daz
zle the feeble oil eyes which looked so
eagerly from behind the spectacles to see
the honored hero | saw the noble face Se.
meath the WOODEN hat. and felt that king s
diadem would not add one grace to those
features. | ran my eyes over the stately
form, and thought tat a robe Of purple
would not hang more gracefully than the
old faded coat of grey, and my woman's
head bowed as readily in honor of the
noble brave, as il he had been radieht in
costly annarpl''