The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-12-13
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Owing to an omission at the Office OF
the Secretary Of the Treasury, the face
of the tive-twenty bonds recently issued for
compound interest notes, does not stipulate
whether the rate Of interest is six per cent.
in coin or in currency The law requires
that this should be expressed on the face of
the bond.
In Mississippi rebel was caught who
was accused of being spy. vs. usual IN
such cases, there was strong talk of hang
ing Before starting on the march the next
morning. the question arose, what had been
done with the spy: ale was hung at day
break this morning" said some one conf
IDENTIFY. mo he wasn't said our orderly
sergeant dryly, che had sore throat, snd
they excused him"
Among the school books used in France
is one entirely unknown in this country.
consisting of fac s5mles of letters written
by eminent people. business men, etc. in
tended to teach children the art OF reading
writing. of which there is almost universal
ignorance in America. Every variety of
hand is selected, beginning with the best,
and proceeding gradually to scrawls which
puzzle printers and blind letter men in
post offices.
The biggest sort of an ant. An eleph-
ant!
A soap-fat man in Marseilles found to
possess a remarkable tenor voice, has ap-
peared in opera there.
In his message to the Kentucky leg:sla-
lature, Gov Bramlette states that 63. - ?
white. and %, 1873 colored soldiers have been
furnished by that state to the federal army
The Alta Californian of the 10th ult., re-
ports some remarkable discoveries of native
silver in Idaho. 1t says; We hear that the
Oregon Steam Navigation Company have
discovered a mine which produces blocks of
native silver as large as candle boxes, and
they hammer it out like wagon tire. Sevc-
raj other mines Of extraordinary richness
have been discovered in the same locality.
if the story be true. 1t is n we'll known
fact that blocks Of silver as large as candle
boxes have been found in the mines of Mex
leo and Arizona. and it is settled beyond a
doubt that the Owyhee region in South
western Idaho, is rich III silver lodes
food audiences for an auctioncer-5ny
ISLANDERS.
The Dnke dc Mouchy gave his bride
100000 worth of wedding presents.
An actress in Paris paid $1,000 for her
costume in a new play.
An old gentleman who has been keen
observer of human nature, says that the
more women lo,k in their glasses, III c less
they look at home.
A clearinghouse keeper named Chas.
Foster. and his wife, holding out in Chi
cago, have frequently OF late, amused them
selves as follows: They have about 80
boarders: and once in while, when they
indulge in the ardent a little 90 freely, they
take all the delf ware in the house and d.
vide it evenly. They then stand at each end
of the table twenty-five feet long, and throw
the delf at each other until ii is all smashed.
They then kiss and he friends. 60 TO the
crockery store and replace their closet with
ammunition for another fight. On Sunday
last they were enjoying this innocent pas
time, when a boarder named Glosson, think
ing they meant harm. tried to go between
them. when he received bowl with some
momentum on the side Of his head. which
was cut and bled freely. Not relishing this
part of the game of battledocr. he caused
the parties to be arraigned before Justice
Mcdonnell, who fined them each $40 and
costs, and advised them to take less dan.
gerous and less expensive exercise.
Ladies in Paris paint their children's
faces with complexion pigments.
"A Paris doctor cured man who was
almost dead with the cholera. by giving
him a sound thrashing. The fellow got mad
chased the doctor and lived.
There arc about $50 prisoners now con-
fined ON the Dry Tortugas.
The extreme heat of some the deep
English mines is so great that he men are
obliged to work naked and have cold water
thrown over them at times to revive them
Eighty or ninety degrees is not on extraor-
binary temperature for deep mine, and in
one case it reaches 10. The respiration
of the poor miner is so great that he some
times loses as much as ten pounds weight
during the days work.
The amount Of national currency at
present in circulation is S22l ,55s,0 $50.
The national debt at the present time
is two thousand seven hundred and eighty
four million.