The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-12-06
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TmnHE + Is, 900 hotcl and tavern
keepers in the State Of New York.
RARry, the horsc-tamcr, has accu-
INFLATED not less than $50. 900 by his
exhibitions and schools in Euro pc.
Tue Galena & Chicago II. r. has de-
clarcd \ dividend Of 5 per cent payable
in New. York January LIST.
SLAVES at the South have dcprccia-
ted in price from twenty to thirty per
cent siuce the secession cry was raised.
a brigade Of 700 volunteers left St.
Louis Mo-, on the 25th inst, ordered
out by the Governor tor the protection
Of the border.
TUE Rev. Richard Armstrong, y. u.
died at his missionary post i'll the Sand
wich Islands, on September cad, from
injuries rcccivc 90 bya fall from his horse.
a negro in vickshury. recently won
two thousand dollars for his master. in
4 race with 4 white man. The affair
created much excitement and it is said
that $4,000 changed hands OH the re-
suit
The Governor Of Wisconsin has
issued . proclamation recommending the
people of his State to contribute for
the relief Of the people Of Kansas.
a Young dog. alive and kicking, was
picked up ut sea on the 9th of Septcm-
Der, in lat. 10: Is n, long. 2l:23. BY
the British Ship Amgus,a Jessie, which
arrived on the 18th ult. ut Queenstown,
from Cochin. No vessel was III sight.
MYERS, the Houston bear hunter,
says he has killed six thousand deer in
the last nine year on the Houston prairie.
Ir is said that Mrs. Lincoln will take
with her to theWhite House her sister,
Mrs. Miriam Edwards, or Springfield,
III. an educated and accomplished lady.
and 4 good looking neice about eighteen
years old.
Great Loss Of Life.
DETROIT, Nov. %.
The Free press this morning figures
up sixtv-fve lost on the lakes during
the gale Of Saturday and Sunday.
Other vessels were out, which had not
been heard from.
THE New York Central Railroad
Company have adopted the Smith
light for general use upon the locomo-
tives Of their road. IS aid OF this light
the print Of n newspaper can be read
3tDo feet distant, that is to say, that
the light and not the reader is 200
feet distant.
THE ovStc" trade Of Fair Haven
Conn. is something to talk about. In
order to hold the opened bivalvc> there
is required annually 55l,45O tin cans
and ii6,s33 wooden kegs. They sell
l,Oo0,Dpo Bushels in the shell, and /,
100000 gallons arc opened annually.
New TstALros TnEDEsMo1Ss RlvEn
LANDs.-A. letter from Washington
says that anew trial will be applied for,
and probably granted by the supreme
Court, in the case involvin. the title to
the Desmoins River Lanls 1t G
that the whole question ut issue was
not passed upon by the Supreme
Court in the decision which gave I'll.
land to the Dubuque & Pacific Rail
road.
TooMns hasn't resigned but. means to
do so OH the Sd of March.
Abillhas been brought into tho Geor-
gia Legislature to punish States which
have passed Personal Liberty laws.
New York is in the list. They have
very intelligent Legislators down in
Georgia.
TEXAS, after obtaining its indepcnd-
cnce, started with 4 separate Govern
ment, but soon wearied oft, and sought
admission into the Union. But now,
when her claims and war debts have
been paid by the General Government,
her Wigfalls go for Secession!
THoUGH WE have partially lost New
Jersey, our gain there has been proper
tionately as great rs in almost any 9TH
or State. Frcmont,s vote, in 1855, was
23,33s; Lincoln,s is 5s,33l-morc than
double. The falling of in the opposi-
ton vote is 1896.
NORTH CARoLINA.-The following
is the official vote Of this State: Brock
inridge, 1880; Bell, $4,000; Douglas,
200. Breckenridge over Bell, 3,549;
breckenridge w Douglas, 45,s3s;
Breckenridge over both 848. The total
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