The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-03-07
GI.EANuNGs.

atlcr reading the accounts OF the trlchlna
in swine's flesh last Thursday threw away
all her lard, hams, sausage meat, etc, she
had laid up for the present years supply.
A drcss-makc Of Fon du Lac, Wiscon-
sin, has fallen heir to n fortune of 81 $780,
600.
The population of the city of London
is rs great as that Of the whole of Scotland.
A man in London kicked his wife to
death lately
How long did Cain hate his brother?
As long as he was Abel.
1t is reported that Maximilians army
numbers $4,000 men, composed as follows:
French, $4,000; Austrians, Bclgians and
Egyptians, 10000; Mexicans, 5000. This
force has l2O field pieces and included
twelve cavalry regiments
Tho State Of Rhode Island, by census
just taken, contains population of lsi,?6o,
of which SS,263 arc males and 96, 102 tc-
males.
The wife of Gen. Eli Long, whose trunk
rolled off the boilcr-dc oil Louisville
steamer during the careening caused by y
sudden gale has recovered, in the Superior
Court Of Cincinnati 81 $4,000 for its loss,
being little over half the amount for which
suit was brought
There is in New York gentleman Of
ample fortune, which he received by in
heri:ance. Ills wife recently ordered a
new carriage, and was anxious that the
:. family coat Of arms should be emblaz-
oncd upon its panels. This the husband
consented to, and taking pen, the million
aire drew something resembling II small
mound by il was stuck q manure fork, and
upon the fork was pcrched chanticlcer.
rampant. '.Why, what is this ? = asked
madam, in amazement -" This" said the
man of money, !" is our family coat-of-arms.
My grandfather made his money carting
manure in Brooklyn, and invested it in real
estate in New York. Now listen to the ex
PLANTATION Of the arms. This mound and
fork represent my grandfather occupation;
the cock perched upon the top of the fork
represents myself, who have done nothing
but flap my wings and crow on that dung
hill ever since" The carriage still has
plain panels.
"A Directory of Indianapolis has just
been completed, and it contains l3,4i0
names against 1850 in 1864. From this
the Journal figures out that the present po-
pulation of that city is $1,000.
Tho United States is commonly known
in China as 1.-THE Kingdom Of the Flowery
Flag"
-Goethe says we should read few lines
of good poetry, hear some good music, and,
if possible, say few words every day, in
order to neItralize the debasing effects Of
ordinary, vulgar life.
They had baby convention over in
Muscatne the other day. Fifteen mothers,
with their little ones were present, and
they voted on the question of the prettiest
Each baby got one vote and no more.
Every mother voted for her own offspring.
"A joint stock company with $1,000 cap
ital. is being raised in Buffalo, to establish
an institution to treat diseases by compress
ed air.
In Richmond there has been grand
tumble. A store rented the other day for
81 800 for which 5000 was refused in No
vember. In the Canadian cities where the
provincialism is observed Of u wood cut of
house to each notice ITO Let" il looks as
if the papers of Quebec and Montreal were
trying their hands at illustrations of their
respective cities in John Phoenix style.
The University of Michigan is now the
largest University in this country, contain
ing 1851 students, divided as follows;
Medical department, 436; law, 500; litera-
ry, 265. Three new assistant professors
have been appointed, one in each depart
ment. The institution is well endowed and
tuition is free.
-Pittsfeld, Mass, is having violent
attack Of mad dog fever. Thirty persons
were bitten last Thursday, and the city
authorities have ordered the immediate kill
ing of all unlicensed dogs, and the claiming
up Of all the other, as precautionary meas.
ures.
New Orleans now has population lar
ger by sixty thousand than ever before.
Galveston and other Texan cities are full to
overlooking; and the same is said of Men,
phis, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta, and all
the towns Of the southwest.
The editor Of the Muscatine Journal
has been shown bug about the size and
shape of a bean, which was taken from the
heart Of potato, that article not seeming
to be in any way decomposed or effected by
its chronological tenant"
I'm Liverpool, a woman of sixty, the
mother of nine children, determined to
marry young man Of twenty four. Her
children played her a scurvcy trick. just
before the wedding the graceless scamps
sent a hearse and coffin to the house with
an order for her dead body A sensation
was of course created, but the old lad was
married nevertheless.
Not long since some person threw a
lighted Pharaoh's serpent into the bear pit
in the geological Gardens, in the Jardin
des Plantes, Paris. The bear attacked the
serpent and set his own coat on fire. A
plunge in an adjoining tank extinguished
the flames, but not until the animal had sus-
tanned serious injuries.
MIR. c. F. Brough skated thirteen miles
in forty-fve minutes, at Dubuque, a few
days ago.
"A Justice of the Peace in Nevada agreed
to try case in which beef was in dis
pute and to take the tripe for his fees
While holding court he hung the fees on q
nail outside Of the cabin, and during his
charge to the jury one of the lawyers stole
them!
The people of Philadelphia are still
considerably agitated by the Communication
sent to the Legislature by trustworthy
physician, to the effect that the cattle d.
sease is raging in the adjoining county of
Montgomery. Great efforts appear to have
been taken to keep the matter secret, al
though the disease has been raging nearly
twelve months. The doctor asserts that
many OF the deceased cattle have been sold
to drovers and farmers Of Pennsy lvania and
the nelghboring States, and that the flesh of
the diseased animals has been sold to and
consumed by the Philadclphians.
"A rich and generous man at Salem.
Mass, invited all his children to dinner the
other day, and each of his sons and daugh