The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-05-25
Ioxx.a News.


residence a few weeks stree, $500, be
longing to the firm Of Haskell & Trout
anv, With which the firm intended to
parch ase stock of furniture. 1t is
supposed that the thief came into the
room whore Mr.. Haskell was sleeping
and took the money from his book IN
which he carried IL, as that Ii the only
time dur,n., which the money could be
taken without also taking the pocket
book along The next morning, Mr.
Haskell started for Chicago, To buy
furniture, but did not miss the money
til he arrived III Chicago.-Boonsboro
Mdcr.
SHOCKING CALANly!-TT. NJ. Mitch
ellis house in Jefferson Township
story and a half frame was consumed
bv fire on Tuesday night last. Two OF
Mr.. Mitchclrs sons one 5 years of age
and the other older were sleeping up
stairs. The older one escaped although
burned considerably; and the younger
one was burned to DEATH Mr.. NJ. and
his wife who we're sleeping below were
ars,r,sed by an Use which was cansel
by the older son who in snff,cated
state had fallen from the ladder which
communicate with the upper room
Desperate efforts we're made by the
father to save his son who was still re
naming mp stairs; but to no purpose
The fire had pro .ressed to such an ex
tent tn 1t nothing could be done. When
the body of,he boy was taken from the
building life was extinct. Mr.. NJ be
leves that the house was fred by An
Many Others believe how.
ever ,ha, it was fired accidentally
State Register.
Two females Mrs. Fox and Mrs Gun
ningham narrowly escaped death from
poison at Dyersville few days since.
a niece Of Mrs. Fox, a girl only Is
years Of age motherless and keeping
house for her father, had taken otfense
at Mrs. Fox and procuring some ar
senic had stirred it into apple sauce
afterwards eaten by the pers.ns named
The women are nearly well and the girl
sincerely peni,ent.
A new congregational Church has
j Is, been completed a, he Witt. The
Nushoaist Episcopal Church edifice q.
the same place is being renovated and
made more .:onmodious. The Obseru-
er stxtes that the latter house has been
wholly inadequate to accommodate the
congregation for some time past.
The XVIII volume Of Iowa Reports
is published and for sale by Tho. f.
Withrow Eco the Reporter.
The yiola'ors Of the Prohibitory Liz
nor Law are being looked after al
Waverly; Bremen county. Last week
one dealer was fined SlOO and another
$50.
AT special election hell on the 10 h
inst, the citizens Of Polk county de.
cided on light vote in favor OF estab
fishing a Poor Farm; three bridges a
Des Moines; raising $4,000 by taxa
ton on ass' sSment Of 1865; dittosl5
600 on assessment of 1861; Of railroad
extension: and Of raising $4,000 70,
railroad purposes by taxation on asses
ment Of 1865.
A fire at Marengo on the 18th de
stroyed FIVE buildings on the public
square. Damage $1,000 to $1,000
The Ere is attributed 10 an inccLdiarv
who it is alleged desired to burn up hi>
stock OF boots DC. to get tho insnr
ance.
New BuILDlNGs-A few days since
we we're through town counting the
number Of new buildings completed
and under way, that have been com
menced this spring. I'VE made out the
number to be forty five, and since ,hc,,
a few new ones have teen commenced
enough we think TO make the number
up 10 fifty. This we presume il not =
third Of the number Of buildings tina,
are intended TO be pnt up this season.
In fact We think that one hundred and
fifty to two hundred dwelling and bus.
mess houses is only fair estimate Of
the number that will bc put mp inHnons
boro during the year 1865. This We
think does not look like Booonsbor"
running down or in an way going
Observation-Disclosures Ia.lc1.
The Marengo Reriep states that a
horse and several head Of cattle bitten
by a mad dog, three Or fonr miss r ON
Marengo several weeks since have