Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-02-10
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thing or two. Hear him: "When you see
a man advertising for toarders by stick
ing up a written notice on fence posts,
doors, and similar places, you may be
sure he furui shes very poor eatables and
charges big prices. and il he dou's rob
you Of your best cly,hes, it will be your
good luck, that's all.
The Rioggold Record is Informed
that two men were drowned in Grand
River GU the l4th inst, while attempting
to ferry across the stream.
A brakeman named Edward Lesser
ing, while climbing up the side Of
freight car at De Witt, on the Eth inst,
fell, striking his back against telegraph
pole. aud injuring himself in a serious
manner
Two men were arrested at Clinton,
las, week, for stealing baggage from the
bepot at that city. A large amount of
stolen goods was found at the Eagle Ho-
tel, which appears to have bean the Lead
quarters Of the thieves.
"A channel has been cnt through the
ice q, Ot:umwa for the ferry boat.
A grocer from Yank,on, D. T., pur>
chased his stock Of goods a, Boone late
ly, believing he would do as well as by 60
lug to Chicago.
The Cedar Falls people are delighted
over a new school house recently opened
in their thriving city. The foundation OF
the building was laid in the fall Of 1868,
and was far enough completed for occu-
pancy on the sth inst. The building is
on full square, and ills proposed to or
nament the grounds with trees and shrub
berry. The house is 81! feet by 81 in size,
and three stories and basement in hight.
There are five schoolrooms, calculated to
eccomm odate comfortably 423 pupils
When the basement is finished ,"o more
good rooms will be supplied, where 100
children can be accommodated. The
school has First and Second Primary
Departments, First and Second lu-
ternedia,e Departments, and Grammar
Department. Prof G. A. Graves, gra
dus.e of Dartmouth College, n. Ii is
the PRINCIPALLY; live lady teachers assist
him, one in each department. One Of
these, Miss j. II Harris, il a graduate Of
Iowa College, Grinnell. We gather these
particulars from detailed description in
the Cedar Falls Guzstte. The people OF
tina. city have Just cause to be proud Of
50 noble o mouumen: Of public spirited
ness,
The Toledo Transcript says that a
little doc,ored whiskcy with man wrap
ped arouud it, was arrested by the sher-
if in that town on Sunday evening. |.
saws" the wrapper was assessed ten del
lars, cost of suit, aud thirty days lmpri~-
onment, conditioned tina. if he would iu-
form upon the person who was mean
enough to nse him tor whisky wrapper,
especially upon Sunday, the fine would
be RENTED. He gave The required inter
nation, aud saloon keeper was aires
cd for selling liquor illegally, aud bound
over
The house OF J. G. Herman, at
Boone, was damaged by FIRE a few days
ago to the cxteut Of 500. We CLEAN
from the Index.
Tie Produc. Eek, hange at Dubuque
has contributed $40 to purchase COW for
the Home at Cedar Falls.
The Dubuque Herald understands
tha. a delegation Of citizens Of Clarks-
vile, Batter county, has visited tina! city,
a~d made proposition to the D. & S. G,
r. r. c.. to grade and tie the road from
Waverly to Clarksville, if the line of the
road is changed so as to take their town
in its course nor,hwari. instead Of Ma
shua.
- ne Citizens u DC.iefuc a1c toh'hs
step. to erect a wooden factory in that
place, as We learn from the Journal
"A second telegraph Office is about to
be opened o. Boone.
A public meeting held at Dubuque
recently, resolved to turn over some 500
raised for q monument 10 the martyred
President, to fand for soldiers monu-
ment, provided $1,000 more be raised.
The county of Washington holds GER
tiGcatss Of stock 10 the NJ. & NJ. Il. X. to
the amount of Sl57,5oo.
A meeting at Brighton. Washing
ton county, pledged itself to pay their
townships proportion Of survey for
railroad through their county. We lean
from the Washington Press.
The cold of the present winter has
entirely killed the chinz bug in Wiscon-
sin, and there are hopes that it has done