The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-07-19
News Items.

eS4A~ otSC" APP'SS nv :" 1ASt ASS ~AVu6
the river towns.
~ Prince Jerome Ronaparts is
dead.
pey- The gold liggers Of riymoatA, w.. are
said to average from So to Is per day.
DeE~ The loss by fires in the United States
in 1859 is estimated to have been S45, 465.07e@
CEy- The State debt Of Virginia amouats 10
upwards Of Si,0oO,OOO.
tT Seward and Brcckinrilge recently
dined with each other at Washington. Ex.
tremcs meat together.
pey- Gen. IIouston's health is very poor
He now goes abou, on crutch, because Of lame
ness in one of his anklcs--thc effect Of Z wound
received at San Jacinto.
Dfly- An association Of individuals 10 laying
out grand Horticultural Park Of 1000 acre.
on the nplands back Of St. Louis, devoted 10
the culture Of fruit and grapes.
BsE~ On the Goth of this month, Blondin IL
advertised to execute the foolhardy feat Of
walking the entire length Of his rope at Mag.
ara, Llnd-folled and completely snyelopcd in
o sack.
naA- Nearly 200 bushels Of strawberries
have been sold in the Burlington market BY
Mr. Joab Comstock Of Union township, and
Mrs. Browning, two miles south Of the city.
We judge they have sold about equal quaint.
ties --Uawkeye.
FLORA TEMPLE AND PArcHEN.-The
Match between Flora Temple and Patch
en- at Philadelphia, on the Fourth, re.
suited in the former winning. Time
2:253, o:2l2, 2:27A.
sg. Vice President Breckenridge is
to spend the remainder Of the sum mer in
California.
New ORLEANS. July 9 The schoon
err Clotildc, with ia Africans on board,
arrived in Mobile Bay to day A steam.
boat Immediately took tho negroes up the
river.
kENTUcKY.-Allth the Democratic Con.
gressmen, all the Democratic State or
GERS, and all the memb ers Of the Demo.
cratic State Central Committee, Of Ken.
lucky, have declared cor Breckinridyc
and lane.
re- The Rev. Jacob s. Harden =
Minister Of the NJ. H. Church aged %
years was hungat Delvidere Warren Co.,
New Jersey on tho 9th inst, for pois.
oning his wife, in tho month Of April
1859.
tx PRESIDENT TYLER says Boil Lin.
coin and Douglas, are all Scctionalists
and if either should be elected, it will he
good cause for the dissolution Of the Tn.
ion.
e0- The yellow FOYER is raging At
Acapulco, and 800 deaths have taken
place in six weeks, including our Con.
sui.
AGRrcrLruRrsrs thr ugh the country
are becoming alarmed at tho rapid i, !.
crease Of obnoxious weeds which, until
recently, were unknown in America
The weeds are brought over in the straw
used for lacking crockery crates and in
soil around fruit trece, shrubs, and plants.
WASHINGTON, July 10.-The Secrs.
tary Of the Treasury has invited propo.
sails till the 10th Of September for tho
use BY Government Of the line or lines
Of magnetic telegraph from the west line
Of Missouri to San Francisco, under the
recent act Of Cong, css, the lowest offer %
be accepted and guarantee given tor the
performance Of the service.
PHILADELPHIA, July l0.-There was
Al exciting race on tho Suffolk Park
Course this afternoon. The two mile
trot between Flora Temple and Patchen
was decided in favor Of Flora, after two
heats. The first heat was won by Patch
en- 4.511. 4 false start commenced tho
81 hnat The hnrsea nnnfinmad rnnnx