Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-12-14

IOWA ITEMS.
Pork packing has energs,ically commenc-
ed at Council Bluffs. ~
The Marshal Times tells Of bold eaun-
terfe.,er who victi uiIed the merchants Of
Tsns City With coun.erfei. $lOO greeobsck
we'll executed.
The Bloomfield Guard says lucky man
usa. ,hss place naned Moore has discover.
ed hidden treasure % bis land $40, 900
10 gold. -,
Some burglars stole cafe .. Leon, car
ried il several miles, and bseaking il upon
With sxss, got 900 ia cash.
We learn fros the Monona Couo,y
Gazette that the dwelling Of one Nokle.ane
was recently burned, and that bsbs per.
ishcd in the flames!
The Denison Review ssys. "N,joe G.n'l
shsp'ey, Of the Regular Army, hos been
spending few days in our tswa and cou u,v
hooking around. The General representa-
sone dossn or fifteen wealthy families Of
Eastern Maryland Who intend making Low.
their home ss no distant day. aud he il nov
engaged il Looking out . location for them
'oms"hsrs along the Boyer Valley, per in
s'ruc''oo. The General is we'll pleased With
our county, end expresses As bic opinion
that Denison and vicinity will be the poin,
where binsclf ~ we'll - the rest Of The
D'ober, will set their s,ates.'"
The Vi"to" Eagle ..y. the grading on the
Cedar Rapids 4 St. Paul railway between
V'nton and Waterloo 10 nearly oil done. It
will be dooe in about . fortnight.
We learn from the independence Bulletin
that a very large prairie wolf was killed
within the corporate limits Of that city few
days ago.
1t is now thought the Burling,un L MIS-
souri, river railroad will be completed ia
oceo'., the county seat Of Clarke county
BY January LIST. So
A large wild cat vas killed near Usage,
Mitchell County, the other day.
The stealing Of chickens, geese and tur-
keys is common crime q. Davenpor, a.
We learn from the Gazetts.
BALDWIN commandery Of knights Teapl.r
has bee" established At Cedar Falls.
The Davenport Democrat. jollifie, b.c.u..
only one con'ic: vas sent to the peui,.n,i.ry
at the last term Of The court, whereupon the
Rock Island Union thinks i. q pity for the
city there WITS but one seu. up.
The Charles City 1ntsllse nicer spe.t. Of
many Improvements which have been made
in that h"e town dariag the late SUMMER
1t Justly complains Of q contemporary for
saying Charles City Was a place of 100 in
hab'tsn's. Ii ha. twice that many.
The Iowa Falls Sentinel devotes much
space to beputfsry Of Giant aud Griuneil
Keokuk has followed the exam pie of Mus.
cs''ne, and now has a fine, large Opera
House, erected by The Rev. Patrick Gibbou,
late chaplain of the Society of the Arm, Of
the Tennessee.
Dir. j. g. Armstrong, late Of the Lansing
Journal. has become connected wit the Do.
buque Herald. which has long been esteemed
the ab!est democratic paper in Iowa. The
Lansing Journal has been discontinued. In
ito stead We have received the fra number
OF the Lansing Chronicle, BY 8 s Haislet
and J. l. Taylor 1t makes fine appear
ahce and is edited with great care and .bil
ity 1t proposes to itself to be- indepe. N,
in politics and religion.
A d'stemper among horses is prevailing
IN Ch'ck"eaw county, aud they are dying of,
according to the Nashua Poet, 'at a fearful
rate
The Monsezuma Republican has been
aufhorita,ively informed that Gleason, con-
victed Of murder at the late term of the
United States Circui. Cour. in Dss Moiaes,
aud sentenced to Be executed 10 December.
will b banged within the peni,en,iary en-
closure in Fort Madison, aad tba. tho exc
cusion will he private.
The papers still continue 10 speak of dam
ages doue by the prairie fires.
The recent rain storm, which visited oil
eastern Iowa, did no, extend so far wes. -
Dee Aoinss. The Register says ,hsrs vas
mot DROP 1t our State capital
We are Informed BY the DEBORAH Repub-
i'can that one Smith, . bigauiss, Who lived
in DEBORAH, let, his family and married y
German girl 10 Butler county, and Aed to
Nebraska, has been arrested and il now in
durance vile At Butler Center.
There is . revival of religion in the
Bap.is. church Of O.tumwa. We are very
glad to hear it. The republican majority in
Wapsllo county this year was much reduced.
Mr.. Asbury G. Joaes, late typo in III.
State Register Office, has boush, out Mr..
Clements, of The Eddyvills Transcript, and
will hereafter publish that paper.
Tbom.. W. Gavery. formerly a pilo. on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, died .,
Agency CITY few days go, - Ne learn
from tho Ottumwa Courier
Some excitement prevails in consequence
Of repoete originating in 4 New York naner