The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-11-01


e powerful galvanic battery.
y They tell of tornado in Italy viii
blew train Of cars into the Adriatic 90
!, and drowned lot of the passengers.
A new carpet is being put down in t
representatives hall Of the national capt
:, at Washington. II measures 800 ward
it and cost So per yard, s.. 500 II has
- green ground covered with orange color,
;" figures.
A man in Providence, r. L.. of stny.
= temperate habits, and of perfect NEARLY
a was found last week in hog pac there
! eaten up by the hogs. How he
;. is a mystery. ,uos GA
The rebel state of Ge1s a fter treaty
~, 214S4, payable six pbctwcen the Con-
OF peace has been rats United States Of
| federate States and
America, .h, ho,.,.n III, ox,,,r;,r
/ "A desperatern Indian Expedition, and
, party OF ther of savages. took place on
. large ner, Montana Territory. on The 9Th
Powdernher.
r of Sc, n.w;,.
a. 4 few days since A man named Hinc,
lie leader Of a gang of thieves. was taken
!, from the Clinton county Jail by = mob, and
hung.
EDO you propose to put Ike into store,
Mrs. harrington y asked Il friend.
"Ycs,' replied the old lady. shut I'm
pestiferous to know which Some tell me he
wholesome trade is the best. hat | believe
the ringtail will be the most henefeious TO
him.
1t will require Ten millions mex, year to
pay pensions.
The present total number Of employees.
male and female. in The Treasu ny Depart
ment at Washington, is two thousand, seven
hundred and eighty one. ii is expected that
a reduction in the force will be made soon.
a little hoy was burned to death in Al
! ban, on Saturday, while playing around
hortire.
Work is being vigorously pushed on the
ST. Paul and Superior Railroad. Twenty
FIVE miles are graded and ready for the
iron.
L. II. Valentine of Buffalo. accidentally
shot an killed himself the other day while
hunting.
A man al Chatham. Canada. got between
Two frei hi cars to steal ride. and was
knocked down and run over by the whole
train.
Rev. Henry Schenk. after preaching an
eloquent sermon on Sunday last in Lsncas
ter county. Pa, sat down, drew two long
hreaths, and Immediately expired.
daniel Miller, lad Of Ii. was torn TO
pieces by having his clothes catch in Il
Single mill al Buffalo last Monday.
The Richmond R-ru6isc says: "A, the
rate the work OF rebuilding in the burnt
district is progressing, scarcely Nestige Of
The great CONFEDERATION Of The "a Of April
Will be visible a year hence.
There is hereafter to be no shaving on
Sunday in the barber shops) in Massachu
se;ts. The eact has gone forth from the
high constable Of the Commonwealth. and is
IL take effect on and after Sunday The o"h.
A man in search of a church on sun
day can hardly rim am'ss Of enc. The Jews
and The Seven Day Bapiis,s keep Saturday.
The men o Tunis keep Friday. The Friends
Wednesday, The Christians keep the first
day of the week And SO almost each day
of the week is holy time, and places Of wor-
ship are open ali the year. reminding one of
the gentleman. who, owing 10 his domestic
difficulties and the penurious disposition Of
his wife, said that in his house ii was pas
sion week all the month. and lent all the
year round
There are some smart rascals in Mem
phis. who. when they find horse unmark-
ed, represent themselves "a Government
agents, and boldly claim the animal az IA
~. s." horse that has been stolen from the
Government If the owner Of the horse
claims that there is no II. S. mark on the
animal The rogues produce n glass which
they declare is magnifying one. and as the
lens of the glass has faint u. S. lined
upon it. the looking through j, makes the
u. $. visible apparently on The horse
This astounds the owner Of the horse, and
with cool audacity. the teeyes ride off with
thhe beast they have thus appropriated.
A resolution in the late Episcopal
General Convention nj Philadelphia va,
adopted. declaring tina, the salaries Of cler-
gymen ought to be increased by al least one
half what was was formerly paid in coin.
and the convention adjourned sine de.
There is a small portion Of North Car
olina called The Pocket. We suppose good
many immigrants in picking spot in thai
state to settle in pick her pocket
Two men in Crawford county. Ind,
suspected Of having broken into several
houses in the neighborhood, were seized hy
n mob, and hung to extort confession.
After being hung up and let down several
times to extort confession without elicit
ing any information. they were found 70 be
dead.
The North Carolina convention have
determined to submit the ordinance denying
the right of secession 10 vote of the peo
pie. The people might as well vote whether
or not they will consent to die when their
time comes.
The Salt Lake Telegraph of The 10th.
announces the arrival in that city Of Louis
Mclain. (head Of Wells. Fargo < Co. and
J. NJ Tracy, Overland Mail Company in
three days and seventeen hours from San
Francisco, n distance OF $50 miles 1t SAYS
this is the fastest trip ever made from the
Pacific to Salt Lake, and never likely 10 he
beat by staging anywhere.
Two appointments were made in the
New York Custom House few days ago,
under irregular circumstances. An incum-
bent came to the Collector in company with
a one legged soldier, saying that he wanted
to resign in favor of the man who had lost
a limb in defense of the Union. The other
case was Of an Inspector who resigned to 70
into the fArmy. Having served his four
years, and being honorAby discharged, the
man who had held the place for four years,
came and voluntarily surrendered il to the
old Inspector.
Fashionable proverb : ''pfide' must
have its water fall
The census Of New York shows an ex-
cess Of 44,587 females over males-there