Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-02-20
STATE NE WIS.

ding, &C., nothing was saved.
ALI Of the l2,h Iowa Regiment, ex
cept two officers aud SO men, have re.
enlisted. Those who did not enlist were
transferred to the 35sh Regiment.
The Ottumwa Courier states that &c
residents of that place and vicinity are
going to Idaho in the Spring. 81 l..
Ambrose Ra,h, aged Is years, a sol.
der in the Greybeard Regiment, died re.
Gently at Lockpor,, Illinois. The Cedar
Valley Times says he served in the ranks
until the day Of his death! He was ia
the campaigns of the Florida aud Mexican
Wars.
-Fify.six soldiers belonging to the lst
African Regiment from this State, have
died since the organization Of the Regi'
mcnt. Several Of the deaths occurred
very suddenly and mysteriously. These
facts we learn from the Helena correspon
dence Of the Gate city.
The Daily Dubuque Herald has been
enlarged to an eight column paper, and
improved in appearance.
w. II. Church, Postmaster and NJ D.
Jones, Assistant, at Forestville, Delaware
county, we're recently arrested on charge
of robbing the mail Church waived an
examination and gave bail Jones is in
Jail. Judge Brainard, Special Agent of
the Post Office Department, caused the
arrest to be made.
"A Quaker boy, living in Johnson
county. enlisted, after having refused an
offer Of $1,000 to stay at home.
The heroes Of Donelson were received
in grand style at Davenport. Judge Dill
Ion presided.
We have seen no measure proposed
in the Iowa Legislature which strikes us
as more necessary and proper than that of
Senator Cue, of Scott county, for cxclud-
ing the rags Of Eastern Banks from our
State Let US have law excluding the
trash, by all means. If it is not enforced
it will be the fault Of the people. Bur-.
Hnyto" Hawk Eye.
An extensive revival Of religion is in
progress at Asbury Chapel. 6 miles south.
west Of Davenport.
There have been G. commitments to
the Davenport Jail within the past three
months.
The Board Of Supervisors Of Benton
county have raised the salaries of county
officers
The officers Of the 5,h Cavalry and
ol Of the men, have reached Davenport.
The city Of Lyons, Clinton county,
paid over $4,000 Federal tax during the
lG months ending Dec. 3lst. 1868.
The bridge across the channel of the
Mississippi to Little Rock Island, is to be
commenced Immediately, and the work
will be pushed forward vigorously. SO
says the Clinton Eerald
General Vandever has been'nssisned
to duty at Davenport TO perfect the re.
organization Of the Veteran Regiments.
He has established his headquarters at the
Office of the Adutant General.
The ice in the Mississippi river at
keokuk is broken and fast floating down
stream.
-Four hundred and fiftyfour recruits
left Davenport on Friday last to join the
18th, 9th, 29th, 33l, 3G,h and 4o,h In
tantry, the 81 Battery and lst, "a, 81 and
4,h Cavalry.
The keokuk Gate City tells about a
young woman who swindled several cer
gyman in that city out of seven dollars
apiece. She represented that she bad re.
ceived a dispatch from her brother in
Bloomfield, Iowa, who was at the point Of
death, aud bad been robbed on the way
The Cedar Falls Gazette says that
the Me,hodis.s and Congrega,ionalsts in
that place intend erecting fine church
edifces during the coming summer About
$4,000 have been raised by the latter
Steps are also being taken to purchase a
large bell for tho Presbyterian Church
i've hundred dollars having been SUBJ
scribed for it, 5000 being wanted.
Captain Torrey, Of Scott county, and
Captain Coulter, of Linn county. both of
the 2O:h Iowa Regiment, have been taken
prisoners by the rebels in Texas.
The Monteznma Republican records
the fact that servant girl in that place
had been arrested on the charge of at.
tempting to poison her Mistress and child.
Prof L. T. White, Professor of Gym.
ras.ics in the State University at Iowa
City, died at that place on the 2s,h ut.--
The citizens Of Iowa City had become
much interested in the instructions in
Gymnastics given by the deceased, for
whom they entertained much respect.
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ARENAS Ward lectured twenty nights