The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-10-18
The President at his interview with the

mated that jedi Davis -hou,i be tried tor
treason
A Chinese cashier OF a Chine.e bank IN
San Francisco lately vamoosed with "a, COO
That is as near as Cbinaman can come 10
initiating ketchum and jenkins
new comic paper Is talked Of in New
York A railroad capitalist il ID said, viii
furnish the funds Mr. Crane OF the -rt-
j,.r.e Is 10 conduct il and is name viii be
the Ajax
Twenty one ocean steamers cleared from
View York last Saturday
A numtcr OF detectives from London AZ
rived IL New York ~ the last steamer, 1"r
The purpose of watching the Fenians and re-
porting their movements 10 the British gov
eminent One OF more OF them are supposed
10 be in Chicago,
There is quite petroleum excitement at
Boutwell,, Canada, seventy miles east OF De-
trot, on the line Of the Great Western Rail
way Several wells are running from fifty
to one hundred barrels day, and other wells
are being sunk.
Champ Ferguson, the noted guerrilla, has
been sentenced to ,a hung on ,hc }u,h OF the
present month He received he announce
menl al his leaih with unconcern
Advice from The West Indies state Thar q
severe shock 81 an earthquake had been frlt,
sna that The coast had been yi-itei By q ter
rife hurricane, doing great damage.
Thursday, the 3Uth day OF November. has
been appointed as Thanksgiving Day IN
Massachusetts,.
Ii is reported that General Grant advises
the discharge Of at least nc.hundrei more
generals. with their staff also, the muster
inr ont IF nearly all the calorsl troops
Il i. expected thu the i.ht contracted ~
North Carolina in aid OF The rebellion "ill
b. entirely rcpadiatrd 10y The State tonyen-
ton how in session
The Trial oi Captain Wilz was re.nmed
last Thul sday. and further testimony was
given for The defense, several Of the witness
es Icing medical men Letters were read
from The prisoner TO the rebel authorities.
suggesting certain aneloraticns in the con-
iition Ct the prisoners
!,
III The tnited States II nanutnclulei within
fwsnts, five mile 4 springfield, Ma
'''''
'''''' - - " - ,'l''~" ''' ''''''' '''''
'''''' : - w., =" -
The President has 81 antPH respite IA ~
case Ct Little SIX AMI N"aioine boitie. The
indian enieis who we're TO have been execif-
ea al orr Snei'lhs On me I'm
There has been d heav1 snow 7torm Oh iha
plsina, extending IRON Sail Lase CIV -
Laramie Snow irA to the iertA OF lIom
six inches 10 loot
J. lire has been prevailing in the nlsmal
Swamp, which swap, over thousands If
acres
An earthquake shock occurred IN Calif,r-
MIA on Sunday the sth inst the seyeress
experienced in that country "1ithin the mem
DRY Of the Oldest inhabitants, /" There was a
great alarm in the San francisco churches
and in one instance, several persons were
injured in the frantic rush 10 escape telc-
gram from Fan Francisco oct. 9th. saws
The damage b. tho earthquake yesterday
amounts to considerable in the aggre gate.
many houses needing patches or new plas-
sering. and broken windows repairs The
Gity Hall Is damaged 10 such an extent that
portion must be rebuilt al The cost Of sey-
eral thousand dollars. The old Merchants
Exchange building, opposite he Custom
House, will probably require rebuilding.
Morally substantial, wel!-coustructed build
ing was seriously damaged Santa Cruz
telf the shock more severely than any ether
town Of the State Several brick houses
were SO badly damaged that partial recon-
struction is necessary A despatch from
there says there was a general tumble down
OF chimneys. Those left standing were
turned partially around BY the motion. ap-
parently from east to west The ground
along the river opened in assure and spout
ed water ike geysera. People are unable TO
use sumo Of Inc wells, which are either dry
Or tlliel With sand. The chimney al the
powder nill was thrown down, and other
injury was done to the works. A portion Of
the wall Of the new hotel was thrown down,
but the foundation is all right The smash
in the drug stores was great, and also in
IN other stores, Some very narrow escaops