The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-10-18

"A serious accident occurred recently in
the town of Westport, Dane county, Wis,
caused by the heating Of the journal OF
separator during the process OF threshing,
A young man named Nifin, whose duty il
was 10 oil the journal, opened the box and
poured in some kerosene oil, which no soon
er struck the heated iron than it ignited, or
rather exploded, throwing Nifin back upon
the tumbling rod, and Hhirling him about in
such manner that he was stripped and near
" killed. At tho sams time the flames of tho
burning oil communicated with tho straw
heap, and five stacks Of oats, twenty tons Of
hay, the separator and shed, reaper and
other property were destroyed
Sir Morton Peto spoke the highest praise
Of American institutions in his brief address
at Cleveland I'm our jouIneyings through
the East and Wcst," be said, 1--WE have not
seen single man asking alma This he
regarded as extraordinary, lie knew Of no
other country in which this noticeable ex-
enption from beggsIs night he witnessed
In other countries, ''no matter where" he
aaij, 1--WE could not have travelled a day
without being appealed TO on ell sides by
beggars not port that we could enter with
cut being met at the landing with appeals
for aims"
A photographer of Cleveland, Ohio is
about to explore the Mammoth Cave, of Ken
lucky, for the purpose Of taking views of its
interior, by the aid Of strong chemical
lights.
The building Of the Blackfriars bridge
across the Thames occasions tho reproduc-
tion Of the fact about the construction OF
Westminster bridge, where Al unexpected
difficulty arose in the use Of diving bells.
The men, comfortably out Of sight Of their
employers, occupied their time in reading
newspapers, playing cards, and drinking
beer, only making signals to those above now
and then, TO give the impression they were
working. These sub-aqueous debauches
were carried on by candle light, because it
is as night few feet below the surface Of
this dirty river. After they were found out.
diving dresses AMI helmets were substituted
for the bells.
There is much enquiry now as to the
origin and pronunciation Of the word Fem
ian One suggests that ii be pronounced
t,s"iaa shor) supposng the name to be
derived from Fens--the marshes or bngs in
which the insurgents. he suproses. will
gather Another suggest thai il is derived
from Phenix, to typify the purposes of the
society to cause old Ireland to rise like the
1
word might be spelled Ph,nan This is
probably incorrect An English journal
derives the name from a mythical Irish hero
named Finn. who once led the Celtic race to
victories-the corruptions from :. Finnians "
into "Fenians " being easy and natural
The engineers Of the Canandacua and
Batavia Branch Of the New York Central
Railroad noticed for some time little piles
az rlo nal ~ H..
curve. These sand heaps offered no OBJ
siruc,ion to the train, and no attention was
paid 10 them. One day last week pile Of
sand was found TO have sharp stones under
it; there was nearly an accident in conse-
quence. 1t is supposed to have been the
work of children
About the 10Th ul,imo. Mr.. Roman. OF
Ell Paso, New Mexico, stopping at the Lin
dell Hotel, St. Louis, had occasion to 90 to
the water closet late at night, and while
there took off belt. which he wore around
his waist, containing $4,000, which he
forgot ON going to his room. Fairly the
next morning one Of the employees found
The belt, but its contents had been abstract
ed, and no clue was discovered to the
guilty party until few drys since when a
bell boy was found to be spending more
money than he earned, and was arrested
One thousand dollars have been recovered,
and that is probably all that Mr. Roman
will get back.
A rev toy has been lately invented in
Paris which bids fair to supplant the rose
ate balloons 50 eagerly acquired By the
children Of the rising generation. Ii con
sists Of serpent composed Of quicksilver,
sulphur, etc., which, lighted by means Of a
common lucifer match, and projected into
the air, performs series Of marvellous ev-
olutiOns. But against the glittering asGi
nations of this tempting toy, the children of
France are warned by an article in the
coprg'ieS d. Ia 1Io&s.le, in which they are in
formed that while this flaming serpent
whirls and nleanders in the air it emits
nercural ysrer Of the most perncious ma
ture
A gentleman of considerable wealth,
including large amount of house proper
~, at Stratford, England, where he resided,
has recently died. During his long resi-
dence there, he had acquired considerable
notoriety from his peculiar notions as re.
CARDS letting his houses, every applicant
having to agree to the following conditions
before entering upon the tenancy: 1st,
There must be no children; - I'd, 1.-THE
tenant must not smoke; = Sd, Nor keen
birds 4th, Nor exhibit flowers in pots or
otherwise in any or either of the windows,
\ Of the house 9Th. If bachelor, or
widow, or spinster, he or she must not
enter into matrimony during his OF her
tenancy
Barnums last venture was the purchase
Of a dwarf elephant not much larger than a
Newfoundland dog, The animal is on his
way 10 New York from London
Alderman Phillips. of the Hebrew faith.
has been elected lord mayor of London
! 1t is believed that political catastro-
+ phe is impending in the Danubian prinei
palities, and Turkish corps of 10, 900 men
. is ordered to be ready to move across the
Danube al twenty four hours notice
! A singular railway accident took place
/ recently near Fermo, in Southern Italy.
While the train was crossing the bridge over
the little river Marano, violent tornado
| broke out. filling the air with clouds of dust
and hurting the cars into the liver Owing
t. the strong current, one Of them was driy-
Ell TO the Adrintic, number of passengers
being drowned.
"A Philadelphia butter dealer disgusted
the good people Of that city By asking dol
Lar pound for butter One lady offered
/ ninety cents, which he refused; and Just at
that time an inspectors clerk came along,
| weighed his Jumps, and found every one un-
der weight and confscated his entire stock.
to the great delight Of the lockers on