Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-02-27
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The ladies Of Burlington held Fair
On the 22d Of February, for the benefit of
soldiers families.
--Thos. II. Mc0hee, an old and we'll
known citizen Of Davenport, has become
hopelessly insane, and was last week seq
to the Asylum at Mt Pleasant -
The cars on the Cedar Rapids and
Missouri River R. r. commenc ed running
to Colo, Story county, seven miles west Of
State Center. on Monday last .,
The Mississippi river is open at Keo'
kuk, boat having arrived from below.
Mr.. Hawkins Taylor, of KeokIk,
has been appointed Agent Of the Post
Office Department for the State Of Kansas.
Several deserters from differen. regi.
ments, have within the past week been ar.
rested and placed in limbo, in the Des
Moines district.
The Fifth Ward in Davenpor. offered
City dollars bounty for recruits and got
more men then we're needed to gil it's
quota.
A soldier named John Shea, Of Co. I,
"a battalion Invalid Corps. fell into an
air hole in the river, opposite Davenport,
on the 18th and was drowned.
Lieut.. Hollan, of Co. H, goth Iowa
Regiment, died at Cedar Rapids on the
31st ult. He was a private in Co. K, of
the Iowa First. The Cedar Rapids Times
says he was "young man Of good heart
and disposition, Of excellent qualities as
Citizen
On the night of the 29th Of January
the house of Mr.. Lysander Jones, three
miles west Of Marion, was burned to the
ground with most Of its contents. The
house and furniture were insured for
about 500.
"A soldier named John Lehon, Of the
10th Iowa, left the Estes Hospital at keo.
kuk on the 9th, while in a ct Of deiirum
lremens. His corpse was found a few
days afterwards near Montrose, he having
no doubt died from exposure.
AT Sidney Landing, Fremont county,
few days since, a man by the name of
Mike Tooien shot another one named vii.
liams. Williams lived but short time.
The difficulty originated in political dis.
pute. Both we're drinking at the time
Toolen fed and had not been taken up at
last accounts.
The citizens Of Franklin, Winneshiek
county. are circulating petition praying
the Legislature to pass a law disfranchs.
ing those young men who fed from the
State just before the 5th Of January, in
order TO avoid the draft.
Miss Rebecca Mcclure, an orphan
girl, living in the family Of Mr.. Prindle,
at Richmond, Washington county. died a
few days since from abortion. No legal
evidence has been found to fix the crime
upon any one.
The 9th Iowa Infantry arrived at Du.
buque last week, and had magnificent
reception from the citizens. They are on
furIough, having al! re'enlisted for the
war. The regiment numbered 800 men,
exclusive of the officers.
The Burlington Hawk. Eye says that
J. NJ. Swan, a farmer living in Des Moines
county, produced from sixteen acres Of
meadow the past season, 80 tons of timo'
thy hay, worth sl4 per ton, and 33 bushels
clover seed worth So per Lushel; $45 SO
per acre or little over.
The City Council of Des Moines has
entered into a contract with j. NJ. Starr,
Of Richmond, Ind, to furnish the city
with gas works, to be commenced on the
18th Of April, and completed by the LIST
Of September, 1865. Mr.. Starr expects,
however, to be able to furnish gas by the
lst Of December of the present year
The Davenport Gazette says that there
are between four ard Eve hundred labor.
ers employed on the work Of extending
the NJ. l. N. II. r. from Grnnell, and the
Company are ready to give employment
to as many more. If they could be obtained
They have agents stationed at every impor.
tant point between Grinnell and Chicago,
with instructions to engage men and for.
ward them as rapidly as possible. The
highes. wages are paid, but labor is scarce.
-REcuLArIoSs FOR LESr.-The fol.
lowing for Lent issued to the Diocese of
Dubuque by Right Rev. Bishop Smy,h:
|. All who have completed their twenty.
FIRST year are bound 70 observe the fast Of
Lent, unless exempted by reason Of sick.
ness, debility, old age, laborious employ.
ments or other legitimate causes.
2. They are allowed only one full meal
each day, Sundays excepted) which meal
should not be taken until about noon.
3. A collation. consisting Of about the
fourth of an ordinary meal. il allowed in