The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-13
GLEANlNGs.

John II. Surratt. one Of the assassins OF
President Lincoln, when last heard of, was
at monastery in Canals.
A correspondent whe has been travelling
through Nevada, thinks that the silver re
sources of that state ''arc sufficient TO pay
off a national debt of twenty billions, pre-
sent each returned soldier OF the Union with
a silver muskct. and then plate all our war
vessels with silver thicker than they are now
shcathed with iron
= Connecticut girl ofthc mature age of
I . or l6 made runaway match. She had
five dollars in her pocket. After meditating
on the best mode of appropriating il for the
purchase of her trosstau. she decided to de-
vote the whole to the purchase of hoop
skirt. Being thus thoroughly equipped, she
set out on her journey.
The Fond du Lac press says: a few
days ago, the lightning struck a telegraph
pole near Minnesota Junction, just rs the
cars were passing it. The pole was shatter-
ed to splinters, many Of them passing
through the car windows. and one falling
into the lap of little daughter of d. d.
Hooker, Esq, of this place, whose family
were in the train.
Tho village of Niles, Michigan, has
latey been thrown into intense excitement
by the discovery of an oil we'll on the banks
Of the st. Joseph river, about two miles and
half below the village. The people talk of
nothing else just now.
A man was admitted into the New York
Hospital the other day, tn great agony at
having swallowed his false teeth. He was
relieved at once, when the teeth were found
in his bed, and presented to him.
The Cincinnati papers are chroncling
the case of q gentleman who left that city
few years ago, largely in debt, and who
was only recently heard from by his credit
ors in the shape of good bank checks. can
ceiling all his debts lie had '.struck lie"
No one will be sorry to hear of the prosper
ity of such a man anywhere.
The gunboat building at Tonawanda.
near Buffalo, will be ready for trial trip
on tho lake in about six weeks. The boat
is Us feet in length, - in width. and II feet
beam. to be propelled by feet cylindero.
A payer down east, classes its accounts
of the recent railroad collisions under the
head Of --latest Fashionable Reunions"
-Gossips tell of a rough fight with The
tiger at Morrissey's at Saratoga. A party
sat from four o'clock one day TO four o'clock
the next. and the animal came ont best al
though they were $4,000 ahead at one
time.
"A returned soldier in Davenport, Iowa,
lately collected Of an officer. $500, money
borrowed year ago. the instrument used in
collecting being six-shooter.
Two little princes were recently mar
red in Indore, India The bridegroom is
aged 6, and the bride years.
bl,aG mon in on ojy -, nnlop
charged with attempting to roast a man by
putting him over a slow fire.
An English woman in Dundalk lately
gave birth to four children--two boys and
two girls \ contribution is solicited for the
bereaved husband
The New York Central Railroad finds
that $500 lbs of peat will run an engine
l15 miles
The finders Of the assassin Booth, have
not received their reward
A few nights since, the structure COW
ering the stairs leading under under Table
/ Rock, at Niagara, was destroyed by fire.
I The work was that Of an incendiary. aud
suspicion points to rival stair owner.
Chicago has eighty-fve hotels which are
divided into eight grades, the prives rang
ing from FIVE dollars to dollar and half
per day.
A piece of pe.rifed wood, full of nails
has been found i'll California. The query is
who drove the nails in the wood The In
dams who inhabt the country have no idea
Of working iron. Perhaps it is piece of
one of Solompn's ships which he sent to the
land of Ophir after gold.
During an irksome delay Of two hours
/ on the Troy and Boston Railroad the other
day, two young men, just to kill time, pro-
posed TO two young ladies' respectively, and
clergyman being on hand they were mar
ried on the spot
The population Of Illinois is about .
2OO, OW-an increase Of nearly 100000 in 5
years
In both New Orleans and Mobile, there
is much complaint of the want of houses
New Orleans is said to be more crowded now
than ever before
A gentleman saw a notice of valuable
information sent to any address on the re-
ceipt Of ten cents, in New York paper and
thought he must have ten cents worth more
of knowledge, and consequently received in
answer by return mail, the following ..My
friend, for your ten cents postage, &c,
please find enclosed advice, which may be
Of great benefit to you, as many persons are
injured for weeks months. and even years by
the careless use of knife, therefore my aid
vice is, when you use knife, always white
from you"
Fort Smelling in Minnesota Is about to
be abandoned as a military post, and the
troops stationed there are ordered to go to
Fort Leavenworth while the ordinance stores
/ go to Rock Island.
/ Central Park, where New York people go
to breathe, mas nine miles of drive, five de-
voted to equestrians, and twenty-five miles
Of walk. More than 80, 900 trees and shrubs
were added last year, and the park has now
cost nine million dollars. "A yearly expend-
iture of $3.50 900 is made upon it. There
were about six millions of visitors to the
park last year. But whole column full Of
statistics would fail to give any idea Of the
beauty, richness and taste displayed in it.
A darkey omnibus driver at Joliet was
recently called on for his poll tax, but he
refused to pay it. He was next ordered to
appear, shovel in hand, TO work it out, but
this he refused to do. Mr.. Colored Individ-
ual was now brought up before the Police
Court for trial. Here he pleaded that he
was not a "pcrson," s'citizen' or president"
etc. After the lawyers had spread them
selves, at least to their own edifcation, the
darkey was pronounced nobody and excused
from paying tax
At the Chatalet Theatre, Paris, Ia play
called '.the Universal Deluge," is performed
without any fluid at all. The rain is very
cleverly represented by ranges Of bright,
white metal wires, upon which electric light
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