The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-03-14

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Edward Ryan, formerly at La Sale, H.,
committed suicide at Nashville, H., on the
sth, by shooting himself.
A fire on Front street, at Beaver Dam,
Wisconsin, on the 9th inst, destroyed stores
| to the amount of $4,000.
Hank Wilson, one of Burbanks stage
| drivers, was shot dead on the 9th, at La
noble, Mimi, by a tavern keeper named
Hammond.
A great fire occurred in the suburbs of
Yeddo, Japan on the 3lst of January.
Thirty thousand houses were destroyed and
so persons persisted.
John Jenness, Of Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, went into stuper Of sleep on the
10th ultimo, and all attempts to arouse him
have thus far proved futile.
A Miss Malcolm, at Saltwater, Mimi, was
struck by o coasting sled, guided by a
youngster one day last week, and seriously
if not fatally injured.
On the 10th ult., while colored man and
his wife were at church, in Doniphan coun-
ty, Kansas, their house took fire, burning
three children to death.
General Hitchcock was knocked down by
runaway horse in Washington, on the
9th, and severely bruised. He is not in
jured seriously.
! a FIRE in New York on the 5th destroye
! 1000 bales of cotton. Loss 100000. The
fire is supposed to have been the work Of
incendiaries.
The steamer Mary Helm, from Shreveport
| for New Orleans, was burned on the 2Sth
in Red river, with GOO bales of cotton. One
U. S. soldier was lost.
On Saturday, the Sd, Mrs. Hill, of Pitts
field, Washtenaw county, Michigan, while
walking with her daughter in the street
fell, and expired instantly.
stroycd an entire block, fifteen buildings il
number, among which wasthe Moore House
Loss estimated at 500, 600; insured for les.
than $4,000.
A desperate conflict took place few days
ago on plantation in Stewart county
Georgia, during which three whites and
seven negroes were killed and q number o.
others injured.
A couple of belligerent roughs at Daven
port, Iowa, last Friday, waded out into
water knee deep, so as not to be interrupted
and had fight, in which each was pretty
soundly thrashcd.
The Damer Lockwood blew up and was
burned on the night of the 14th, Is miles
below Memphis. Twenty persons were
killed and 25 injured The boat was valued
at 100000; no insurance
The late disastrous fire at Olean originated
in q lot Of ashes left in shoe shop Of that
place, and that one little piece Of careless
ness cost the village half million oil
dollars.
barn belonging to Fred Bell, adjoining
Turner'S Hall, in Madison, Wis, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 9th. Four cattle,
three horses, and other property were burnt
up in it.
There was collision Of freight trains on
the Illinois Central Railroad, between Car
bondale and Mskanda, on the evening of the
9Th. Several persons were badly hurt.
James Place, engineer, had his leg cut off,
At Bedford, Ind, on the 9Th, DR.. Benja-
min Newland killed Prof. j. Madison Evans,
who had seduced the daughter of the former.
The Doctor first shot the Professor, and
then " cut him to pieces" with dissecting
knife
A boy named Sedley, aged 3 years, while
attempting to jump on the Alton & Chicago
train, at the Junction, two miles south Of
Springfield, missed his footing, fell under
the wheels, and was instantly killed last
week.
Taylor Headley, a young man residing in
Springfield, ILL.,, in attempting to jump on Q
train Of cars on the Chicago and St. Louis
Railroad at the junction, was thrown under
the wheels of the carriage, which passed
his body, sevcring it in twain.
The Seymour, Indiana, Times mentions {
case in that town in which a young lady ad.
ministercd "love powders" to . young
gentleman in the hope Of winning his affec
TONS The consequence was that he wal
poisoned and came near dying
William English, an orderly to Gen. W
Morgan, while crossing the track Of tn,
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad, nea,
Illiopolis, ILL.,, on the It'll, was run over by {
train Of cars and instantly killed, together
with horse which he was riding 1t tn
| time.