Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-03-25
STATE NEWS.

-Appanoose county pays SIC, 900 out
Of the swamp land fund to build Court
House, and has ZIG, 900 left Of the fund.
They are having high water in tho
Cedar River, ~ We learn from the Cedar
Falls Gazette and the Waterloo Garier.
The merchants and shippers conven.
ton at Dubuque have resolved to offer
100000 for the first rival railroad to the
lakes.
The Oskaloosa Herald thinks that
from fiss to eight hundred people have
joined the church in that county this
wiuter.
The three saloon keepers Of Delhi
have closed their shops and pledged them
selves to 60 out Of the business.
Cases of small pox are reported in
portions Of Marion couaty, a. We learn
from the Knoxville Republican.
The hog cholera is beginning to up.
pear in some portiops Of Louisa county,
- We learn from the WapelIo Republican.
The Corydon Monitor s,artles % With
tho following announcement A Gre broke
out in our kitchen stove last Monday NOR
ming. No damage done except to . arm
full Of wood which was entirely consumed.
Our better halt, with an eye to economy,
took advantage Of the conasgration to
cook breakfast with it. Tho Ere original.
ed from q match.
The Fort Dodge North West informs
US that tho citizens Of Kossuth county ore
taking steps toward the establishment Of
q Collegiate Institution at Algona. They
are confident that they can raise $50, 600
in that county, and more will probably be
raised in adjoining counties. They est.
mate that there is . population Of $4,000
in Northwestern Iowa that can be better
accommodated at that poin: than by any
other institution in existence
The Waterloo Courier proposes new
railroad BY building line from Ottumwa
to Waterloo, to be connecting link of q
great North and South road from st. Louis
to st. Paul.
&C. B. Richards was recently elected
President Of the Oil, Salt ard Coal Com
pAny at Fort Dodge. II. Beechcr was
chosen Vice President. So says the
North West
DR.. Haas who was shot through the
breast by one Of the Dubuque burglars,
was improving At last accounts, and it
WAS hoped that he would get we'll.
Sullivan, the young mao who 10 g.,
Of insanity killed his mother With an AZ
in Appanoose county, has been sent to
the Hospital for The Insane. So says the
Appanoose Citizen.
The Cass county Messenger concludes,
in view Of the late cold snap. that win.
ter has bsen put into the wrong end o:
the year, That's pretty good idea.
The ice was running heavily at Bur
lington On Friday aud Saturday. Steam
boating was knocked higher than kite.
We learn from the Charles City H.
telliyenccr that Patrick Burns, citizen Of
Floyd county, was recently killed by .
falling tree. He was found with the tree
lying upon his head. and both hands
graspioe the handle Of his Ak.
A woman sold roll Of what purportsd
to be butter at Toledo which weighed eight
pounds. On outing i. in two, four or FIVE
pounds of lard were fouLd in the centre !!
She WAS sharp one. We CLEAN from tho
Toledo Transcript.
The gas contest a. Davenport. having
been settled BY arbitration, the lawyers in
the case are now quarreling a. 20 which
got liked It looks At this distance Is
if the Gas Company had come out At
very "smaIl end Of the horn"
A man by the name Of Mccormick, q
citizen Of Omaha, was drowned few days
since while attempting to cross Musq"ito
Creek about twelve miles South Of Mag.
nolia. He was on horseback, and his sad
die turned with him when he WAS midway
in the current. We CLEAN from the Mag
no!ia Republican.
-Four of the burglars ard would DO
murlercrs whose deeds created such an
excitement At Dubuque, have been cap
sured. and brought TO that place where
they await their trial. Their names are
Emerson, Reed, Green and Shields. Their
guilt seems to be manifest. They narrow.
ly escaped lyrching both in Dubuque and
Galena. We CLEAN from the Dubuque
Times.
The Davenport Democrat says that
Rev. Robert L. Collier, formerly Of that
city, now At Chicago, has been appointed
Consul (probably Minister Resident) to