remodeling of the Regt; I can hardly wait to know the result, I do hope for your sake it will be favorable.  Stuart's moved up here the same week that Libbie went away, father is not able to cut the wood for two fires, and Stuart would use as much if not more than we do, and they thought it would better all round for them to come back.  Stuart has decided not to take the old place, but intends to build next fall.  Father has had a very bad cold for about a week, they were afraid that he was going to have neuralgia, but he is getting over it, although he is quite hoarse yet, and mother is so hoarse that she speaks in a whisper; the rest of the family with myself are well.  We had a letter from Lib last Saturday, Ellison was in Sioux City when she got there, his company is stationed there instead of at Yankton; it was very fortunate for Lib to meet him there, as she would have had to have traveled 75 miles farther alone with her little children, she writes they have engaged a room and boarding for the winter and think it will be very pleasant there, most of the officers have their families with them as well as some of the privates.  I am sure I almost envie them the pleasure of their husband's society; We recd a letter from Cyrus, a week ago today, I think it was written about the 5th or 6th, he had been sick in the hospital at New Albany
