The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-10-19

A drunken ruffian in Cairo, Illinois, few
days since, who had mounted his horse and
was trying to ride down every one he met,
was shot by boy ten years OF age, and his
life is despaired OF.
The sale Of public lands advertised to
take place this month at the Council Bluffs,
Fort Dodge, and Sioux City Land Offices,
has been postponed for one year, by an or
der from the Secretary of the Interior.
In Westport, Dane county, Wisconsin, on
Saturday. a young man named barnard
Rudy, about eighteen years Of age, was
handling loaded gun, when it was acct
dentally discharged, almost instantly killing
his mother.
State Union Prayer Meeting, which all
Christians are invited to attend, has been
called by clergymen Of Springfield, ILL.,, and
various other parts of the State, to meet at
Springfield on the 14th Of next month, and
to continue till the 10th.
An old man had his throat cut from ear to
ear, in the vicinity Of Blue Lick Springs,
| Ohio, few days ago, by young man
named Stewart, who fancied his wife had
been insulted by his victim. The murderer
was arrested, but escaped.
A young lady near Summit, Waukesha
Co., Mo-, was injured in shocking manner
a few days ago. She was getting out Of
carriage, when the horse caught his foot in
her hoop skirt, dragging her under his feet,
stamping upon and kicking her until she
was shockingly mangled.
A Mormon mob, of some forty or fifty
persons, attacked three families of unarmed
settlers on the night of September "A, on
the banks of the Jordan river, three miles
from Salt Lake City, tore down their houses,
and drove the settlers away, threatening to
kill them all if they dared to recross the
river.
The Davenport Gazette says contract has
been made by the Merchants Union Express
Company with the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad to run their freight
over that road The efforts Of the monop.
olists to prevent them have proved a failure.
The Merchants Union viii be ready fol
business on that road in a few weeks.
| Advices from New Mexico state that game
has almost entirely disappeared, and in
consequence the Indian tribes are starving
As a matter of course the Indians have
made incursions upon the settlers stock, and
the settlers, scarcely approaching the claims
of starving Indians, have resorted to the
rifle, and blood has been shed on both sides
The only thing, probably, that prevents q
bloody Indian campaign, is the very sensi
BILE and humane plan already adopted for is
suing rations to the starving tribes.
Last week girl at Milwaukee, in the EN-
ploy of the Wisconsin Paper Company
while engaged in picking and asserting
rags, found ST., $50 in 7-3O bonds and green
backs in an old knapsack, which had beer
purchased along with some other rags. Sht
communicated her good fortune to two o.
her companions and shared the money with
them. They kept the matter secret, and
left the employ Of the company, seeming t.
feel quite independent Their first action
of course, was to purchase some expensive
articles of dress. This led to suspicion,
that something was wrong, and led to AZ
investigation, when the facts of the cas-,
were brought out. Between 5000 and
$1,000 Of the money was recovered and
taken possession Of by the company.