The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-11-08

nanullhE a lcAucu gun, Sh'l H'S 'ii'le uatSN
ter through the head.
The citizens OF South nanNers. Mass, az
greatly excited over tho discovery of tu,pa
does in their coal 4 number have bee,
found, by different families.
Washington lrving's Rip Van Wrinkle
has been adapted to The stage by Dior
Bourcicault, and is having great success II
London.
-. The Streets of New Work is running
ut Mrs. John Wood olympic Theatre. Thu
other evening the bootblack. taking = paper
from newsboy in the snow scene. read from
the amusement column the announcement I"
every manager, This establishment docs
not advertise in the HerGia.' The prctract'
cd and uproarious applause which followed
showed the popularity ri The cause Q! the
managers in their war with the editor of III,
Heraf9.
Ii is sail tha Maine, is now building
tifty-ive per cent. u all the vessels ~
process OF construction on the Alanii,
coast.
"A terrific gale occurred AT Key West on
the ODD inst. and a large number of vessels
went ashore, twenty wrecks being visible
from the lookout of the steamer Massa-
chusetls.
MIR. A. J. Prints. superintendent OF The
GAINESVILLE Ohio. gus works was found 'leai
in street there last Thursday morning,
about O'Clock, having been saiocsted BY II
piece of tobacco (Which he usel Ice freely j
lodging in his wind pipe
A. 7. Darlington, employed in Rc|ch
ers saloon, Philadelphia, hled r. death from
cutting wart of one Of his feet
Under the heading If .'Hccon ,trnction
begun the Boston .ffrertiser reports the
following AT the competitive defamation
of Harvard College lasi Saturday. open e
all applicants from the new Freshman c!ass,
the first premium was awarded TO a atuden,
who had lest his arm serving acaptain in
the Confederate army: the second to a young
man Of negro descent, The first undergradu-
ate OF that race who has ever been admitted
TO the University
ink, bun. manye aud green starch is
now made, and hv lis aii any delicate fab
rio may be colorea Is web az stifeuca
Parties from Loganspart, Indiana. have
purchased a lot together with 4 water priv.
.ege from the Minneapolis Water Power Co,
for ST., 800 II is situated Immediately below
the factory building Of pemeritt 4 Brown
They intend 10 erect thereon next spring. a
splendid Touring mill, containing ten run OF
stone Capacity 500 barrel. Of flour pei
day.
A late invention is a self-fasten inc hut
ton hy which buttons are attached IL amy
garment without the use of needle and
thread. They can be instantly removed ii
will, and always stand straight and litm,
never hanging half loose from the garment
coun,ryman having rnrtakcn too
freely of Pittsbnrs rum, while on a visit to
that city, seated himself upon the curb stone
to sleep OFT his rotations, when his head fall
ing on one side, he was soon strangled IL
death by the tight huttoned neck band Of hi.
shirt.
The Burlington Ha,r!sgr confirms tn,
story that Mary Harris the mnrderess, i;
in Richmond Va, working as milliner IN
der an assumed name. She lett Burlington
the home Of Ler family. some hys or Sis
week since.
Joshua Watson Of Scipio. La Porte Go.
Indiana, raised this yesr / 100 bushels .
cranberries on a ten-aere marsh; cost o
gathering and marketing 500; net profit
Si,5oo.
A New York Paper SAYS: IL rerso,
high in authority asserts thai 1t Is all non
sense TO elect members 10 the Legislature q
Albany for il is much cheaper 10 buy then
after the election is over
"A San Francisco dispatch of the 24t
Of Oct. gives the following particulars Of
yet further piracies committed. by the shen.
andoah: The Palmetto arrived yesterday
from Plover Bay Sept olst. She report.
thecapture Of "a whalers by The Shenandoah
which had been heard of al that port. Al
the names are included in lists hitherts
telegraphed eastward The last seen 81
the Shenandoah, by the ship Victoria. was
in the early part of July, when steering
south under full sail. During her operation.
she passed through Behring's Straits tt
the east cape where she burned nine
whalers, presumed to be part of the twenty,
four whose names were reported by the
Palmetto.
The proposed mastering ont OF the
Veteran Reserve Corps has been through
the advice Of Gen. Grant reduced down Il
this: that those who wish it viii be discharg.
ed, and those who do not will be retained
The different regiments are to be consolida-
ted and the number of shoulder straps rednc-
ed. Congress will be asked to make ii perma-
nent organization, into which men who have
been wonnded and desire to remain in the
service. but who cannot enlist in the regular
army, according to the regulations. on
account OF existing disabilities, will be
admitted
Two Prnssian officers, Capt. Calow and
Major Won Shack, fought duel recently at
Magdehurg. They agreed to fight til one
of them was killed, and TWEEN Weigh, shots
/ were exchanged before Capt Galow was ia
tally hit.
The celebrated case Of the burning OF
the steamer Martha Washington for the in
surance money, has been paraie]ed by the
burning Of the steamer River Queen at
Pittsburg The steamer was new, and was
owned by four men who did not pay the
debts contracted in her construction, and she
| was attached for the claims. She was insur.
ed for $4,000, and one Of the partners
named champlin conceived the idea of burn
ing her. and carried his purpose into ef1ec,
I Champlin's confession states how he burned
/ the boat.
A little boyi in Indiana went off on horse
back to drive up the cows lie tied the hal
/ ter strap around his neck, and the horse
became frightened and threw him off, and
then kicked and dragged him TO death. II,
was found horribly mangled
"A man in Birmingham, England. ran hi:
pipe stem into his tongue, and died from th,
abscess caused by the accident.
Two boys got into a scnfi,e at school il
Cairo the other day, when one them fatally
stabbed the other with knife. The juvenile
murderer was about lOyears old.
The payments to the army since the be
ginning Of the rebellion. amount, il is said
to 81 ,O2O, 600, OOO
A coJfsh weiohino ~ stnnea havinf