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Newspaper
Linn County Register
Location
Marion, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1863
Page
1
Voter slate lists James Johnston for Treasurer O S Stanchfield for Sheriff Mowry Farnum for Coroner Mowry Farnum for Coroner appears noted Join M Greer for Surveyor PW Reeder for Superintendent
The Dubuque Times notes Senator Grimes will speak in Cedar Rapids on September Lith and in Marion on October 6. The paper urges the Central Committee to issue hand bills and convene county voters for magi meetings, praising Grimes as a strong speaker and hoping for large crowds.
Three Democratic State Committee members backed Gen James M. Tuttle for governor in Burlington, replacing Fisher who declined the nomination as unfair. Tuttle may yet decide after speaking with Copperhead leaders. supporters argue he is a brave veteran, while opponents say he would align with Mahoney and Le Grand Byington. Kentucky Unionists win with Bramlette governor and a pro Union congressional delegation including Green and Smith.
At Freeport Illinois on August 8 11 am Mr Walton visiting Mrs Whitney was shot dead by the visitor who then wounded himself. The two had a two year affair and Walton shot the woman in front of the Keystone House Stephenson street before turning the pistol on himself. Walton survived and is jailed. both parties were regarded as respectable prior to the incident.
A six teen year old Norwegian girl named Carry Person was left in charge of the home while her family weeded corn. Her clothes caught fire around a BLAVO while working outdoors. She ran to the orchard in shock and died seven hours later from burns.
The narrative recounts Krovi thi'sixth Cavalry marching from Davenport to Newton and on to Sioux City in April and May 1853. It details warm welcomes at Newton, Des Moines, and Council Bluffs, a long bottom-road journey, and the Camp Cook encampment on the Big Sioux beyond the Missouri.
A diary describes 2000 cavalry horses at Camp Cook and a march to Port Randall along the Missouri River. The journey includes rain, cold, and sleeping in dog stables, a desertion at James River, and encounters with Yankton Sioux traders and a Yankton Agency encounter. The narrative notes Fortifications at Yankton and impressions of Indians and settlers along Vermillion Yankton routes.
A diary passage recounts Fort Randall life and the Yankton Agency in 1860s Missouri River crossings. It notes confinement of Red Skins, deaths of seven Indians, the army base facilities, Gen. Soly arrival, a steam mill, and planned moves to Fort Pierre and Devil’s Lake with hospital furloughs.
The Press reports a murdered Indian found near Hutchinson McLeod County with withered arms and displaced bones. Officials link him to Little Crow, noting age, complexion, and resemblance. Dispatches from Hutchinson claim the killer is likely Little Crow, with expeditions planned to locate Sioux camp and detach Standing Buffalo. A Bath man reacts comically to draft news.
A lightning strike at the Rutherford stable in Camp Township fatally struck Amanda Jenette Rutherford and injured three of Jacob Rutherford’s children. The surrounding boy survived after a brief collapse and another nearby child was seriously shocked. A separate Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Railroad wreck near Fort Wayne left engineer and fireman trapped and badly burned.
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