Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-03-30

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nominsted for Usitse States Marshal Of this
State. Il. V
| A cospa"y l. bsins organised to bore 70,
oil in Jackson cossty. The evidences Of oil
are said TO be very strong.
The City Council IN Des Nome. bsv. or
dered an engineer to 81 about the fea~ .b ,ty
of erecting water works tor that city
A corporate com any with capital of
500, 900 has ben formed il Vi",on TO ,r.,
| The value of lead discoveries IN that locality
Major A. ]. Pope, Of S'g""rney, has JUS,
bee" appointed and c""Irm~d Collector Of
Internal Revenue tor tie 4th District. vic.
Sanford Harmed, rejected
A negro washing the second story window
Of hotel i" Dubuque mis-ed his E",i"g.
and fell 20 the ravemen'. Fortunately for
him, he struck head foremost. aud thus SUI.
tai"td but little injury
| The number Of pupils attending the public
schools O. Iowa. is 25l,s27 The amou.,
paid the teachers during the last school year,
vas 81 DOG 62S. The in,rre.t on the permx-
Mt school fund is $l65 243 So annually.
Mr. Barrett, living near Osk .loosa, has
been studying for eighteen years over an ir-
vrntion Of steam wagon He hus At last
patented it; and has sold out bis right for
| $4,000.
The Dubuque Herald speaks Aat,-ringly
OF the business prospects Of that city during
the coming season. The jobbing trade j..
nov as large as ever before at this season Of
| the year.
The Montgomery county News states that
the grading on the Burlington and Missouri
River Railroad is already under contract to
the east line Of Adams county. The work 10
to be vigorously pushed westward this sea-
| son.
The heaviest chime Of bells ever brough.
into Iowa, arrived in Dubuque o. the ooh
ultimo, on their way to Father Wieckman's
Church, in New Wine township, Dubuque
county. The largest weighs 1900 lbs, the
next 2,5oo and the smallest 1000 lbs.
The time Of holding the Annual Exh;b;-
ton Of the Iowa State Agricultural Society.
has been changed from September 23i Il.
October lst and 18th. in order not to coufict
with those Of lllinois and Wisconsin.
An epidemic is raging among the horses
at Wavery. A farmer near Waverly
raised, last year. 500 bushels Of corn on
twenty acres No. u very big crou to |, .
sure-for Iowa soil often raises twice IT, at
amount to the acre-bu' then the gasall- cf
the sorry comes in, when the fact is told ,ha,
he sold the cor" a, 81 cents per bush.l.-
bringing him 1913
DR. NJ. Shaft r has resigned bis Office of
Commissioners from Iowa 10 the Paris Expo
s''on. The Legislature made no provisions
for the payment Of the expenses o, q COM
missioner, aud after making an etror' to raise
the necessary means iroM tho Contingent
Fund aud indivdu Il sources, and f.,:lnr.
DR.. Shat'er has decided to n.I-r his
ominisson, and remain a. home
| NV fsdc0tses thE bbh 49, r. I" u
Of cur,"u>ty Diet rm"'' rh': ~ t., rou,l-
y. II has no l.ar' o c"un,.u..ce sac
mouth, IN w"lch dou;!e ro~. at ,-,ih ARE
making 'he,r appearance. Abov. the mon h
's> lace and head slole towsr' Nc cr,wn
leaving no trace Vi nose, e. e, "r f n head
1t has SIX 20 on one o. Oh wise - =,
Like other chili,en Al ..s, a.tsu,ts j., ans
stall living.
We clip tie following item from the Gu
cago ar"ai: Last fall IN boring for j.
near Baaato, Iowa, a vein of fine marble -
struck. at depth OF 50, enty f.-' L.. "
|olk, Esq, The we'll kn,~n ..,.Ip,u .. ra>
city, tearing OF this, purchs>ed. With sever i
other grEt:emen, one hundred acres of Isnd
/" the immediate vicinity OF tn. discovery,
with view OF further search for his Va u
able stone. Mr.. Nicholas Lrt,is, Of Rock
Island has rec""ly been engaged b, Mr.
|olk to sink shaft, seven to ten fee, w,d {
and ninety feet deep, for the purpose OF ex
aiming the quarry more fully. to work The
same it deemed advisable"
A late number Of tie Alton Rereiile con-
tains the following sad item: "A man with
! little son started from Ad-l to e. to Web
ster City, was bewildered by drifting snow,
with the slusgi>h movements of HI. cattle.
The little boy perish ed with cold. and the un.
happy father covered him with hay, straight.
e"ing the liieIess, rigid form lying quietly ia
the bottom Of the wagon. Then be unyoked
bis oxen ard lie, them 90 free over the white,
wild waste. The man, With his blood almost
congo aled BY suffering and sorrow, cas-,
another look at the stHened form lying quiet
" in the bot m Of the wagon, and started
through the whirling drifts to the timber.
There he sat down exhausted, a, d soon, like
the lifelsss by, slept the sleep that know q
40 waking.
; Il has been calculated by Rev. s. 0. Means,
OF RIxtury, that the whole tonnage OF the
world, from The smallest craft 10 the lsrge>t