Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-03-11
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fred in keokuk on Wednesday in honor
Of the fall Of Sumter.
-F~ms are selling at $40 per acre in
Mahaska county.
--Te'egraphing is now taught as part
of mercantile education at the CONNER.
cial schools in Davenport.
The 22i and 28th Iowa Infantry have
left the Shenandoah Valley, aud are now
either ut Savannah or with Gen Sherman.
Companies arc forming in Davis
county to bore for sal. and "lle' So we
learn from the Bloomfield Guard.
Ed. Jones alias Brady, notorious
bounty jumper who figured for time in
Davenport, was recently arrested in
Chicago.
Charles Smeltzer, formerly of Clay
county, bought store building recently,
and two lots in For. Dodge, for which he
paid $1,000. So says the the Fort Dodge
North. Vest
The tavorite First Iowa Cavalry, q
correspondent. says, now numbers over
1900 men.
The long pending difficulty between
the city of Dubuque aud the Gas Company
there hos terminated by the referees in the
case awarding to the Company the sum Of
$5,l76,S7, each party to pay half the costs
Mr.. John p. Grantham' residence at
Nj Pleasant, was burglariously entered on
the night Of the 18th, and himself robbed
of something over $50 Two or three
other business houses were entered the
same night, but nothing was taken.
The PiaindeaIer says the ladies Of
Fort Madison have been presented with
pair OF gold epaule.ts, valued at $500 in
currency, captured from the rebels at
Jackson. Miss, which are to be sold for
the benefit Of the Orphans Home. A. 7.
Box, Esq, is the donor.
Jonathan Ady, Muscatine county
farmer So years Of age, blew his brains
out with pistol few days since while
laboriug under N entail derangment. The
Muscstine Journal says be was in good
pecun:ary circumstances, having recently
sold his farm for s. 900, and invested the
money in Government bonds.
W. ,---~ '-.~. tho N;r.on Eagle that
slsighing has been pretty good in the east
ern par: Of the State.
The Vinton Eagle says there are no
less than eight divorce cases to be tried at
the next term Of Court in that place.
In Lee county, in 1864. there were
279 marriage licenses; the same number
during the preceding year.
The 22l, ci.h and 2sth Iowa resi.
ments arrived at Savannah on the Goth
inst, from the Shenandoah Valley.
The following are the officers Of the
Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad for the
present year: President, James Robb;
Vice President, Plat Smith Secretary
and Treasurer, Louis Doisos.
Mr.. George Hisley, Of Dubuque, los.
his right hand while engaged in firing a
salute on the cd.
The graLd jury Of Dubuque county
hasindicted girl named Eliza Hatch for
the murder Of her illesitimate infant las;
March.
j. D. Page, Of Sigourncy, came near
being. swindled out Of $50 at Chicago on
the security Of worthless check. He
had banded over the money, but was i'm
mediate y informed Of the trick, and gave
chase to the offender, caugh, him, and got
his money back. Look out, Iowans, when
you visit Babylon.
-Dubuque was originally settled by
small colony from Prairie du Chen in
1878, while that part of the country was
spanish province. 1t was re settled in
1880 BY immigrants from Northwestern
Illinois and Wisconsin.
Ten companies Of rebel prisoners,
re ormed into loyal soldiers, have left
Rock Island Barracks for Fort Laramie.
These companies are com manded BY Col.
Carraher, for some time Provost Marshal
Of the prisoners. So says the Davenport
Gazette a
-Theci.y Of Cedar Falls was laid ont
in 1851. 1t has been growing with won.
drous rapidly ever since. The frs, white
child born in Black Hawk county is now
living at Cedar Falls. His nameis Henry
Adams. We CLEAN from the Cedar Falls
Gazette.
The man Casanagh, who shot Walkup
At Cedar Falls the other day, has been
bound over in the sum Of $500 for his
appearance at Court. Wallkup was badly
wounded BY a pistol shot in the foot
"A grand supper was recently given at
Clinton In hnnor IF tina cs,nplat;op IF TIA