The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-11-29

I'm the case of deed OF trust mortgage
of the Great Western Railway for three
million dollars, held by trustee, the In
ternal Revenue Commissioner has decided
that stamps must be affixed. The stamp,
will amount in value to thirty thousan,
dollars.
About so. 900 bales Of cotton were rails
cd in Texas this year.
Gen. Carl Schura, in his report Of hi
tour Of inspection through the South, ex
presses his belief that to enforce negro sui
| trage in the South would require larg,
standing army
The Wisconsin eagle, sOld Abe" cs
capped from confinement last Saturday, ant
flew off, alighting Oh high tree. lie wa.
finally coaxed back.
House rents are enormous in New York
A house on Union square, Told fashioned
style not very remarkable for any hing.
rented for 81 900 per month--Sl2,OOO pei
annum--about half Of the salary of the
president of the United States. Several
others are advertised for rent at from 81 900
to $500 per month.
Near Bedford. England, is a little vii
lage church, where the lord Of the manor
has private box or apartment overlooking
the chancel. A little flight Of steps outside
the church lcadsSo the double door OF this
secluded oratory, which is furnished with a
fireplace and sundry comfortable chairs and
footstools TIE proprietor is devout man
and never misses morning service. When
the service commences he opens the sash
window, which is exactly opposite the read
ing desk, and behaves with the strictcst de-
corum until the prayers and psalm immcdi-
Y. 81,
Then. just as the minister enters the pulpit,
he shut down the sash and devotcs himself
to reading the letters by the morning post,
which have in the meanwhile been brought
TO him by his servant
The safe in the counting room Of VIM
T. Richardson, coal dealer ut Cambridge,
Mass. was blown open recently, and robbed
of seven dollars in currency and $4,000 in
promissory notes, payment upon which has
since been stopped. The explosion was Of
such power that it woke the residents OF
house in the vicinity, some of whom aver
that it made the buildings shake; yet the
robbers finished their work and got off with
their, to them, valueless booty.
1t has been ordered at Moscow that. in
all public buildings, the doors of the main
entrance shall open outward, instead of in.
ward, as hitherto. The reason IF this ar.
rangement is to enable people to have FIRE.
egress in the event OF any accident or PAM,
| occurring.
The presidents message and accom-
| panyi ng documents arc to be printed in ad
| vance, sent to government agents in differ
ent cities, and by them given to the public
| press the day they are delivered in Con
gress.
An Indianapolis paper says that Gov
stealing has become q regular business in
their cows. which were probably converted
into steak and roasts by the time they wer,
missed.
In making some excavations in New
Albany, Indiana, last week, an immcns,
tusk Of the purest ivory, seven feet, MIN
inches in length and at the thickest part
eight and one quarter inches in diameter
was discovered. 1t weighed nearly OH
hundred pounds. Several years ago,
tusk Of nearly the same dimensions, wa,
found near the same place, and is now in thu
possession Of DR. John Sloan Of New Alba
ny. In taking it out of the ground. the tusl
was broken into several pieces, the ivor,
having become very much softened.
The farmer rs Of California are turnin,
their attention to the culture of cotton. Doi
Jose kubis Of Angeles county, has gimme,
100000 pounds of the fabric this year
Matthew Keller, rich and extensive win,
grower OF the same county, raised l25 acre!
Of frst-rate cotton this year.