The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-02-23
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whether the cup Of sorrow has a sa.
Can any one tell US?
pg The census Of 1860, it is thought
will show a aggregate population Of
thirty.tw millions. A great people.
| n@- Gov. Weller, in his last message,
said that if the Union should be dissolv
ed, California will not 60 with the North
nor the South, but found Republic on
I the shores Of the Pacific.
sA- The Cashier Of the Rhode Island
Exchange Bank is defaultcr to the a.
mount Of $4,000.
nay The people Of Hamilton, G. W..
are uiaking great effort to procure the
erection Of Crystal Palace for exhib-
iting purposes, in that city
tag rAR1yEp.--The first car through
from Chicago to Boston, 'sNo. 1000, the
Mich, Cent r. r. Combination freight
car, reached Boston on Tuesday night,
with its cargo Of Illinois pork, the FIRST
ever sent through without transhipment
IA The priest who chistened the new
born child Of the Queen Of Spain des-
crves his fee, for the infant.c ceived sixty.
one names.
sR The Michigan Republican State
Convention to appoint delegates to the
Chicago June Convention has been call
ed to meet,at Detroit on the I'd day of
May.
rA- Mountains are considera bly, up
and down in Vermont It is related
! that ccachman driving up one, was
asked if it was steep on the other side
Steep said he; "chain lightning
couldn't go down without breechin' on =
eGy The imports Of New York from
foreign ports FOR the month just past are
! larger by two million dollars than far
any previous January in the history Of
the trade, amounting to the whole to
s2o,756,273.
r9.. The Illinois Republican State
Convention has been called at Decatur
on the 23i Of May. for the nomination
of a State ticket, Presidential electors,
and delegates to the Chicago Convention
s8r According to the report Of VIM.
Duane Wilson, Secretary the Board Of
Directors Of the State Agricultural Col
ledge, there have been 952,595 acres Of
spring wheat sown the past year, which
at the estislated average Of 10 bushels
per acre, have produced 9,525, 953 bushel.
Of corn, 50, ,0O0 900 bnshel have been
raised, estimating the yield at only 40
bushels per acre. In 1868, the yield Of
spring wheat amounted to but little over
100000, Ofcorn, tho same year there
were produced less than 23,500,000
bushels. Value Of hogs sold in 1858,
s2,1l1 ,425, this year it is estimated at
s2,73e,os1.
PAINTING TooLs-Every farmer should
keep pot Of paint and brush ready
for use in his work shop. On rainy days
paint all tools, hoes, rakes, forks, plows,
harrows. cultivators, spades, and shoyels
Be particular to apply the paint we'll at
the cracks and joints, where moisture
might penetrae. Repeat the process fro
quently. This will cost but little, and
save many hard earned dollars. A ligh
colored paint, as yellow ochre, will bet
come less heated in sunshine than one
Of darker hue.
uA-A BUSINESS OpERArIoN.-Th
Cincinnati Gasette Of the 9th says that 4
DR. Handy, of that city persuaded .
likely negro boy that both could make a
good operation By the boy allowing the
Dr. to sell him into slavery at Louisville
and then taking the underground road
aagain to liberty. The Dr. took the boy
to Louisville, sold him for Sl,loO and
pocketed tho money. The boy, however
found himself in tight fix, and could
not so easily find the "track, and 50