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

Farmers and other wise people prcdic
an early winter, u long one and strong
one. One Of the signs Is that birds early
took their light southwark; another isthal
the husks of the growing corn were very
thick and covered the ears clear to the ends.
Minnesota sent 2i,23l soldiers to the
war, more than one sixth of tho male pop
ulation.
Tho "Magdalcn Asylum which was
started at Syracuse, New York, year or SO
ago, has failed, and the managers arc de-
batting what disposition to make Of the lot
and building which they had purchased for
that purpose Only three young women
had been induced to enter the asylum. The
managers hope that two of these are re-
formed, but tho third is admitted to be in
corririble. No more candidates offer, and
the experiment of maintaining the estab-
lishment is admitted to be failure.
There died the other day in Marlboro.
Ohio, an old man and his wife, within \ few
| hours Of each other. George Schaicr, the
deceased, was aged 16 years, months and
| 10 DAYS, and Elizabeth his wife, % years,
. months and 20 days. They had been
married So years, and had resided in MARI
boro half a century.
The st. Paul Press is guilty Of the follow
ing: ..The engine "Shakopee' used upon
the Minnesots Valley railroad. is not the
| Shakopee who was hanged Mt f. Smelling
The former is dummy engine, tho latter
is an 'lngin' dem-me.
| "A man in Georgia writes to a Louisville
paper, contradicting the statements made In
| . letter from his town signed "Vertas.
-, r hat Non " n
county.
Confederate money is the best the New
York Citizen knows Of. \ friend, says the
editor has Just given US about two thousand
dollars in twenty dollar bills Of that cur
rency. They are neither signed. numbered
or dated. hut they are nevertheless just as
good as though they were. OF what other
bauk notes in the country in like condition
can the same be said?
The crown prince Of Russia, having
recently contemplated the ascent of the
Broken, celebrated in Goethe's Faust. or
dered all the rooms in the hotel which stands
on the summit Of the mountain, to be re
served for his use. A party Of tourists on
reaching the hotel. after laborious ascent
in snowy atmosphere, and worn out with
hunger, cold and fatigue, were brutally re-
fused admittance, ALTHOUGH his royal high
ness had not yet arrived, and were only
saved from starvation by the kindness of the
porter of the hotel, who took the party,
consisting of four gentlemen and lady to
the stables. and provided them with some
refreshments until the arrival Of their car
riage.
An edition of Baron Munchausen is
soon to appear with leo illustrations by
Gustave.
John Jourdan killed himself in Green
Bay, Wis. by trying to lift a load beyond
his strength.
! Ten cows were killed on the Fl. Wayne
road last week. between Strasburg and
/ Smithfeld, a distance oft ten miles. In these
times Of high prices Tor butter, this is a
serious loss. Allowing cows the freedom OF
the road in the vicinity Of the railroad track
does not pay.
| AS an instance Of Yankee thrift, tho
papers tell Of an old man in Massachusetts
who wears pair of boots purchased in lS4s
for $3.50. They have been worn more OF
less ever since the purchase.
Not only has gold been discovered in
the Dunkard Creek, Pennsylvania oil re-
| gion, but we now have the announcement,
that rich mine of lead had been discover.
ed there Gold discoveries are also report
Ell in the oil regions Of West Virginia.
DIR. Tyng's church in New York. is K
be rebuilt at an expense of about SIG, 600
Over $4,000 have already been subscribed
for that purpose.
The largest Sunday School in America
is to be found in Cincinnati. 1t has $500
pupils.
MIR. Mcdonald Of Attica, Indiana, who
is interested in the Wabash Petroleum and
Mining Association, reports the opening Of
strong vein of salt water in what is known
as the Thomas well. The brine is strong
enough to cure meat, and it is estimated that
the well will produce IS barrels of salt daily.
This is better than oil.
"A few days ago, single firm in Boston
paid duties amounting to $4,000 in gold ct
the custom.house.
The two verbs invented by the Associ-
ated Press telegraphers last week, were
even worse than usual: 'jailed" and .sui-
cided."
The overland mail to Salt Lake City
costs the post of6o" department $685.
per annum; while the revenue therefr0m
amounts only to $4,000
--On fence in Berkshire, Mass, is paint
ed in glaring capitals, 'Usa Dr. Prior's
Cough Balsam, and just below, Buy Your
Gravestones at Pittsfeld."
The Winona (Minnesota) Press thus
compliments balladist Of that ilk: ..In
this city, he is thought to be an excellent
singer, only equalled in vocal execution by
the sausage machine of our friend Jake
Smith. Don't get mad Jake, for really we
mean no otfenso to the machine"
The New York Home Journal is care
fully printed paper, and seldom has typo
graphical mistakes. In its last issue, how
ever, it has one, and it is awful. It says:
During the first half Of the present centu-
ry, Whitby gentleman married lady in
He'll" The printer got an instead Of q u
in the last word.
"A member of the Tennessee Legislature
when Offering bin the other day TO pay
his colleagues and himself in gold, stated
that ..everything is now bringing double,
treble or fourble what it brought four years
ago.
The New York Tribune divided among
its stockholders $4,000 as the pro.
tire original stock of the institution was on
remarkable.
There is a young lady who plays on the
harp between the parts of panoram in
Philadelphia, who performs Blind Tom g
| feat IF executing three airs at the same time
singing one and playing two. Her name
is Miss Georgia Dean Spanlding.
! A New York merchant recovered 81, 600
from telegraph company because de-
spatch sent by him read, keep manufacture.