The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-10-04

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1t is proposed to start company for
the introduction of the Cashmere goat, in
Indiana.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad, running
from st. Louis o Kansas City, is completed.
|. is oS3 miles long, and it cost over $780,
100000.
The cholera. while dccimating the pop
ulation Of Marseiles, has caused the rats to
run away from the city. But what is u gain
for MarscillcS, may become ali intliction for
| some Of its ncighhors.
DR.. Joseph Fcll, Of indianapolis, has been
arrested for procuring an abortion upon his
own wife The penalty is a fine not exceed
ing $500 and imprisonment in the county
ton OF the court.
As battery was going into camp n!
New Haven recently, Nh old battery horse
grazing in Il lot, hearing II hugIc-caN jump
cd the fence. took his old position In line.
and moved out to camp with the battery. So
much for force Of habit.
The Canadian authorities have only
restored 100000 OF the funds stolen from
the ST. Adams banks by the rebel Canadian
raiders II is stated Government has made
a peremptory demand for the remainder.
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AT young ladies seminary recently,
during an examination in history, one Of the
most promising pupils was Intercepted:
'sMary, did Martin Luther die n natural
death ?" s'No.' was the reply, che was
accommodated by bull.
The population of Brazil was estimated
\, Al A. ~, - ,F
whom 2,oon.oNo were whites: l,l2l 200
mixed free people. mula,tocs. mestizocs,
cite Soo.onn civilized Indians: 600, 200
mixed slave population: o,Ooo,Noo African
slaves.
The best fish story of the season is re-
lated by the New London Star of man
who while bathing was seized by . huge
shark ana dragged % feet under the water.
Thinking that depth sufficient, he plunged
his thumb into the monsters eye. was quick.
|, released and rcgaincl the surface and
his boat.
A woman on the railroad between New
York and Philadelphia picked her fellow
passengers pocket OF her porte monnaic. A
committee of ladies' searched The thief with
out success. when, nj the suggestion of a
gentleman. the stolen property was found in
The woman's waterfall.
A terrible tragedy occurred last week at
Fairllay Wis, miles FROM Dubuque. Iowa
nr. Haines n physician ot that place, shot
his daughter. knocked his wife down with
the revolver, iniieiing mortal wound, and
then cut his throa, with lancet. The cause
Of this horrible tragedy il not known.
belgium has been visited by u water
spout OF extraordinary violence. II occurred
in the neiehholhooa Of Liege and has spread
ruin far and wide. The accompanying gale
caught people mp in the air and dashed
them to The ground. 1t cut of the tops of
large trees ana fallel many other trees 10
the ground. Il stopped raiiroad trains and
overthrow houses. It YVES attended hr thnn-
der and lightning and floods Of rain Alto
g.iher il was one Of The most disastrous
storms that ever visited The country
AN amusing story is to|l OF California
MINSTREL who undertook to leave San Fran
cisco without iiquilating his liltle bills An
officer. charged with warrant for his ar
rest. searched tho steamer over and could
find NJ trace Of the delinquent. The officer
was hoastiag OF his success in preventing
the departure rs he had no; seen him on the
steamer, when he was informed that a re-
Slsttahih iathiiiT tutbIttt Nhtllin AMONG me
passenge i was nobody else but the minstrel
commencing his travels in a familiar disguise.
a fearful ARRAY occurred recently near
Rome, Ga. Two desrcraaecs came up to !,
church during seryicc-tilne and called out
two of the congregation. They refused 10
come oGi, when the Iespcradees commenced
firing III them, killing one and MORALLY
wounling a lady. Subsequently, a squad OF
the 10Th inliann. with three citizens. follow
cd them MP and surprised them in their
house. The two men, in company with
three sons, made Il determined tetl.. killing
two of the citizens, but resulting eventually
in the death OF the whole gang.
The island of Jersey has an area Of less
than seventy square miles. Guernsey OF
about fifty square miles. Neither island is
manufacturing or mineral. vet the ropuia-
ton of the former in 1861. was ,o,bl5. and
the latter 29. 500 being Mt the rate Of over
eight hundred per square mile for Jersey,
and six hundred per square mile for t,ucrn-
sey. The average population OF Great Brit
ian. is under two hundred and eighty per
square mile; in Belgium, it is four hundred
and forty persons per square mile III Iol-
land, two hundred and eighty.
The Hon. Mr. Grianell Of Iowa has sig.
nifed his intention Of appearing in congress
al its next session. dressed in cloth Of iowa
manufacture. The wool from which the
cloth is to he manufactured, was shcarod
from Mr. Grinnclls own sheep. 1t is to be
made into cloth and dressed at Davenport.
lie sent thirteen fieeces, 1870 pounds Of wool
to the factory to be worked up for the pur-
pose Of making the cloth. lie says lie wish
es to wear what is fabricated at home as an
argument in favor Of protection.
On the 22d Of August, new planet was
discovered by Dir. Robert Luther, director
of the observatory at Blk, Germany It
appears as q star Of the tenth magnitude,
is the eighty fourth Of the gronp Of small
bodies, revolving between tie orbits Of Mars
and Jupiter, and is the fourteenth detected
by DR.. Luther. During period of twenty
years, no less than eighty Of these small
planets varying from the seventh to the
twelfth magnitude, have been dctecied; and
as optical power is increased, these minute
bodies will probably be found, which are
invisible to the most powerful telescope Of
the present day.
The Eric DeYatch tells a funny story Of
oil: citizen who lived near the refinery,
found his cellar knee deep with undoub.el
petroleum. No man in an oil country has
any right to be asionisled al such inica-
tons. lie fell at work. collected thrty-six
barrels OF the fluid, and sold it to his neigh
bors OF the refinery, at six dollars per barrel,
promising to bring them all he had They
poured it into their immense underground
tank The yender went his way. SO did
the oil. and it came TO pass they moi again in
the cellar. After the process Of sale had
been twice repeated, the rciiners smelt some