The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-10-13
lots and News,
= The damage b. the Chicago fire
y stated to be 100000.

~ lhe damage Dy the IhlcaSo nre
liz \ stated to be 100000
- A panther five feet long was shot
in the 9th Ward, in Milwaukee, two
weeks ago.
rar Lawrence Gadd, Of Macoupin 90,
Ill, has pc1neathcd by his will $40 600
to Girad College, Philadelphia.
eg- Two firms at Worcester have
manufactured 2ooo moving machines
within the past year, which sold for
about $3.50 O0O
pa-A diamond mine Of great richness
has been discovered in Russia. One
specimen brought $3.50, ,OOOi
pD~ The prorrie .ors Of the Great Eas-
tern realized over $4,000 from admis
sion fees during the time the ship was
open to visitors.
A-J. NJ Cannon, Of Davenport. took
premiums to the amount Of 5000 or
stock which he exhibited at the Nation
al Fair.
pA- ". T. Shaw, Of Anamosa advcr
tises ior one thousand hands to work on
the Dubuque Western Railroad.
"a Mike Pagan has been sentenced
three years to the Penitcntiary for bit
ii. off the lip Of Il i. Davis, at Dayen
port, while fighting sometime since.
re- n Northern Indiana, the yield
Of wheat is said to average ab2ut eleven
bushels. to the acre.
MA- The Southern Pacific Railroad
has been sod at Marshall, Texas. under
execution, and it IS reported that the
company IS to be re organized.
psa- Our difficulties with Chill are be-
coming comp ieated. That nation re
fuses to make redress for the outra:es
committed on American citizens
ra- A man named Wilson. dresscli in
suit Of patent submarine armor, has
walked across the schuykill River, IN
der water, at Philadelphia.
nA- The telegraph is now 50 extern
sivcly used for correspondence, that the
revenue Of tho Post Office Department is
a million dollars less annually, than it
would otherwise be-
nsr The vote Of Texas, at tho late
election for Cover Tor. was about sixty
three thousand When Texas came into
the Union, she only pollcd about eight
thousand.
MAINE The Republican gain over
the election Of last year in Maine, is
5000. The Republicans elected their
County officers in thirteen Of the fifteen
Counties, and secured thirty Of the thir.
t. one Senators.
1g- The agricultural department Of
the Patent Office will have one hundred
thousand vigorous tea plants ready for
gratuitous distribution within three or
four months. It's expected that Amer
lean grown tea will enter the market
within five years.
nA- A Mrs. Wilmot Of Carthage, Jef
ferson Co New York, went to the res.
cue Of child three years old that had
fallen in the cistern She had her babe
in her arms, and by some means fell
with it into the cistern. She lay there
for hours until her husband came home
and hearing her moans, drow her and
her two dead childran from tho water.
s~ The Democracy grumrle about
soeo,ooO being expended BY the State
Of Iowa ia erecting Lunatic Asylum,
which is an absolute necessity in our
State; but they endorse the action Of
the Buchanan Administration in OK,
pending 100000 in building Custom
House At Buffalo, N. Y.
"a. Tho amount Of iron thus far used
on the dome Of tho new Capitol at Wash
ington Is about 100000 pounds; to
complete tho first section will require
$4,000 pounds. Tho total weight Of
iron e, the whole dome will be about
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