Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-11-10

The docket Of the district court 70,
Hardin county, is unusually full Of Grim.
ina' cases. The most Of these are prose
cutions for selling liquor in violation Of
the prohibitory liquor law.
The Waterloo Courier states that the
debt Of Black Hawk county is $s5, 0oO
and county warrants are selling for seven.
~ cents On the dollar.
Work npoa the McGregor Western
Railway 10 progressing rapidly, aud the
iron horse will soon be running through
Howard county.
We are Informed that the con.rac,
for building the bridge across the Cedar
at Nashua, has been le, to John Pitcher,
Esq, OF GAINESVILLE, Bremen County, who
has already commenced the work.
Tho Bulletin states that P. r. Bar
nun, Anna E. Dickinson, Horace Greedy,
and Fred. Douglass have been engaged to
deliver a course off lectures It Indepen.-
dence.
Mr.. Jacob Rich. late clerk Of the
senate naval committee, has concluded to
retire from public life, aud will hence
forth devote bis energies to the crockerv
business.
-Jesup Station, on the line OF tho D.
q 5. G. Il r., 10 quite . lively place
From January ls', to October ls,, 1866,
there was shipped from that point 81, O43
bushel, Of wheat; 900 bushels Of corn ::
% car load Of hogs %, 94s dressed hogs,
1920 lbs Of butter; sundries, 2,2s6, 2s6.
The keo!uk Constitution records a
number OF burglaries com mit,ed in tina,
city, of late. 1t also states .ba. citizen
Of Lee county committed suicide on .
public highway near Fort Madison a few
days ago.
The boiler Of q steam saw mill, 10,
Gated ten miles ives. from Des Moiues
exploded tho other day, instantly killing
boy and fatally i"juring . man. The
boiler was thrown . dis,s nee of l5O feet.
A panther is reported to be proving
about in Cass county. Several sheep
have in one night fallen victims 10 hi,
proves.
Tho Iowa City Republican records a
ease OF conscience where u young man
who had brought a load of whea, iut .
that town returned with = load of lumber
which be took, saying nothing to nobo.
dy.' The next morning, awskng to a
sense Of his duty, be wen. aud made full
restitution.
The editor Of the loyal sheet 10 Linn
county, sto harriu" Isrx ;s.-.. SPEAKS OF
the editor o; that other loyal sheet, the
Cedar Falls Gazette, in tho following
style -
"The Meanest Editor-It is our can
did opinion that Mr.. 5. B. Goodenow. Of
the Cedar Falls Gazette, is the meane est
editor in the State. Our readers will wait
awhile before they are apprised of our
reason"
Whoa &" slow there! What has Par
son Goodenow been doing now, or ia the
whole public expected to admit the charge
on bis general reputation, w.thou. wait
ing for specific charges ?
A dispatch from DEBORAH to the Chi.
cage Tribune, dated Nov. lst. says:
"The largest FIRE that ever occurred in
this place, commenced this morning. nd
is new under control Four stores and
the Office Of the Winneshick Register are
burned. The sufferers are Dennis l. Hal
version, p. s. Smart, Green 4 Morse. Mrs.
George Adams. and the proprietors Of
the Register. The |. IS is about $50, 900,
with u partial insurance.
Governor Stone has decided not to
convene the General Assembly in extra
session.
"A convention met on Thursday last
at Des Moines, and formed a state tenn.
perance league, the object OF which 10 to
bring TO bear as much Influence as posi-
bio upon the temperance cause in the
State and TO effect legislation.
The temperance leagne will nd it up
hill business to do this. The radicals are
bound that the Germans shall have their
lager beer and naive wine, and the dem
ocrats are bound that their Irish friends
shall have their wbiskey, and between the
two We que . they'll have it.
The wizard and his comical pig op-
ems this evening at the Atheneum.-Dub
Herald
Scott? Which opens-the wizard, the
pig, or the Antheneum :
Col. VIM. Fl. Merritt. editor Of the
Des Moiues Stafesn,as, has been appoint
ed collector Of internal revenue for the
nth district Of this State. His predeces-
sor was bowling political priest.
An immense saw mill, said to be,
when completed, the larges. in the world,
10 about being put up in Lyons, Iowa.
NOVEL PRIzEs. Boston Gift Concert