The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-06

New Workers drink about 50,No,OOO
gallons Of water per day.
The Milwaukee Directory Of 1860 con-
lains 1915 names, an increase Of s,::s1
names in two years.
In this country, we are discussing black
suffrage: in Hayti they arc discussing white
suffrage.
Vanderbilt and Stewart are building
the new hotel At Saratoga. Ii will be y
palace.
About ION, OoO,ooo millions of strong
liquor are manufactured in this country
every year.
A new rebellion has broken out in Chi
ma, and the insurgents arc in strons force
near Pekin.
A Transfers wife in Hartford Ct, has
given birth to four children within year
past-two pair Of twins.
The Times special says statistics show
that during the rebellion our army captured
three hundred thousand prisoners.
The gross receipts Of one rubber facto-
nv in New York during the war were 81 400
per day for rubber blankets alone. This is
no stretch.
The postmaster Of the town Of Shratham
N H., has held his Office sixty three years
Rotation in office is not very popular doc
trine there
The steamer Pennsylvania brought LOSS
passengers from liverpool-prohahly the
largest number ever brought before by any
European steamer.
There are six colored churches in Sa-
vannah, Ga. Three OF them have large or
gans and fine choirs. The pastors of four
Of them have always been colored men.
An Eastern company. with Gen. Fremont
at its head, has purchased large tract Of
mineral land in Missouri, with the inten-
ton Of engaging in the manufacture Of rail
road iron.
The Miss McFlimscys whc have pretty
ankles, will be gratifed to learn that the
fashion makers are trying to introduce the
peasant skirt, which doesn' reach the ground
by several inches.
Gen. Grant is represented as having de-
clared that during the trial Of the assassi-
nation conspirators, evidence enough was
adduced to convict and hang jeff Davis for
in that conspiracy.
The Queen Of Madagascar has taken to
raised by the dusky beauties of the Court,
because all but the Princesses of the Royal
household, are interdicted from its adop-
ton.
Smith & Wesson at Springfield, Mass.
turn out $1,000 Of their celebrated pistols
per week, and have orders for year ahead.
Their profits for 1863 were near $500, 900.
Five or six years ago, they were ''poor
mechanics.
A woman of Cambridge City, Indiana,
who, twenty five years ago at a camp meet
ing, lost the power Of speech, suddency re-
covered the lost faculty the other day, by
imbibing pint Of .'old rye" and becoming
painfully drunk
The population of pithole, a city not yet
six months old, is about 5000. OF these
probably not more than 50 are females, but
they are beginning to make their appearance
now, for the women aac sure to follow the
men.
Benny Eylcr, aged 3d. and Anna Gray
aged 20; married and set up housekeeping
in Nenis, Ohio recently. Benny is a mus
cular splitter of rails, and Anna rides on
horseback with singular ease and graceful
ness.
The impression among the people has
been that the counsel Of Mrs. Surratt de-
Tended her without fec or reward. Just
before her death, she made over to them
property valued at $1,000 to compensate
them for their services.
A New York firm have made, as pres
ent for Mrs Gen. Grant, set OF jewelry Of
gold, worked in with wood taken from the
In nlnc .h hn,. h,,c ha off
met General Lee on the morning Of the sur
render at Appomatox Court House.
The Norwich Bulletin tells Of a sub
stitute from that city who served nearly y
year, got $500 dollars bounty, and $lO2 pay
and brought it all home with him recently.
except 81 SO. which he paid for rations
coming from Washington.
The people of Blue Earth county. Mimi,
nave spent $1,000 for hounds to hunt Indians.
Their agent could find no blood hounds i'm
he SOUTH but got dogs that are said to be
Efficient man hunters. The Indians will
eat them.
1t is reported at Washington that Max
milan sent letter Of coincidence on the
acceptance was declined, inasmuch as our
the Emperor Of Mexico" and never rec
ognized the legitimacy Of his rule.
The Dean Richmond, the new steamer
just put on the Hudson by the Peoples line
Of Albany steamers, is the most splendid
river steamer afioat, costing 500, 900. She
is 100 feet long, aud has accommodations
for 900 first class passengers and 100 sec
ond class.
Canadian traders complain bitterly Of
the ..silver nuisance" and call on the gov
eminent to put duty on it, make the banks
do something to relieve them of the quaint
stead Of bills. Poor Canadians
The deed has been accomplished A
COW near Prescott, c. W., attempted to butt
a railroad train off the track, and all but
succeeded. The locomotive with all the
cars were thrown off and some Of them
with the engine fell down the embankment
There was plenty Of beef after the collision,
but no COW.
The Sarato9ian says the Congress and
Empire Springs have recently been pur-
chased and consolidated in q single compa
ny-the price Of the Congress being $780,
600, and the Empire $500, OOO-making a
capital Of 100000. Chauncy Kilmer is
President, and D. A. knowlton is Vice
President Of the new organization.
The trustees Of Nation College and
Female Seminary in Coles county, Illinois,
have undertaken an enterprise, which will,
if successful, be of vast benefit and imror.
lance. 1t is proposed to erect buildings at
Nation for academical and collegiate pur-
poses, at which may be educated the or
phans of soldiers who have persisted during
The shareholders war The amount reauir-
ed is 100000.