The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-31
--35 murders were committed last Christ

Coy. Lincoln, of Massachusetts,, in 1928,
sent message TO the Legislature Of that
State upon the subject Of the construction
of railroad from Boston to Providence. In
that message he estimated the number of
passengers per anuum at 10000; last year
they amounted to over 100000. The re-
eeipts he estimated would reach $40 per
annum. Last year they reached 81 ,2ol l04.
The annual expenses he put down al Sis, 400
while last year they footed up $s5A,710, and
the net income 900 to S366, 900. The
venerable ex-Go4crnor must be not u little
interested in comparing the estimates which
he then submitted. with the actual results,
as stated above
A man in Newhurg offers to skate with
anybody this side Of the equator, for $500 q
side, the distance 10 be five miles.
During the recent intense cold weather,
large numbers Of the fish irhabting the
waters of Cape Cod Bay persisted from cold,
myriads Of which, consisting Of sea bass,
that locality, srewing the coast for miles
around with their frozen carcasses. In
stances Of this character are exceedingly
rare, even on this bleak coast.
At the funeral Of an Irish child at
Hartford recently. the father and godfather
had fight to sec which should ride in the
carriage with the coffin. They tore the top
Of the carriage off. and then the procession
drove off, leaving them to fight it out.
-" Ashland" so long the home of Henry
Clay, has been purchased by the trustees Of
the Kentucky University, at a cost of 500, 600.
The farm contains about three hundred and
twenty five acres of the best land in the Blue
Grass region. The Lexington Observer says:
The Kentucky Agricultural School, which
is under the patronage Of the State, rs well
as other schools Of the University, will be
established at Ashland and it is proposed
to begin the improvements on most extend
ed and magnificent scale-one that will do
credit to our State, and serve as a monument
to the memory of MIR. Clay
The church Of DR.. Bellows, Of New
York, often spoken of as the "Church Of
the Holy Zebra, from the striped look given
it by its materials-yellow earn stone and
blooa-red bricks about to be sold for
$4,000, not being large enough for that
growing congregation.
Cincinnati escaped the devastation Of
CONGREGATIONS during the year 1866. There
were only 50 alarms in all, Of which %
were not attended by loss of property.
The total loss was about 100000, covered
by insurance to the amount Of $4,000.
A firm of iistillers in Maitland, Cam
ada, are on trial at Toronto, on charge Of
| swlndling the Government out of $685.
by smuggling whiskey into the United
States.
This is the way man in New York fills
his ice house so that it has not been empty
for twenty years: Attaching q rose jet
to water pipe on cold day, the water
freezes rs fast az il comes through, and con-
tinues to do so until the house is full Of SOL
i'll ice.
The Sandwich Gazette of the 18th, says
that young lady of Dekalb, hitherto Of
high standing and responsibility, has been
arrested and imprisoned as an accomplice
of young Atwood, who recently murdered
his wife she having promised to marry
Atwood if he would do the unnatural deed
They are killing the millions of rats
which swarm the sewers at Paris, by cleo
tricity.
Besides its immense coal, iron ard oil
trade, Pittsburg produced Sl2,O00,O0O
worth of glass last year. II took fifty fac
tories to do it.
The Michigan Supreme Court has re-
versed all legal ruling made heretofore in
that State by deciding that n husband may
deed property to his wife.
The Mont Gents tunnel is progressing
so rapidly that the railroad through 1t will
be open in 1870
"A hypochondriac of rank and fortune
in Ireland fancies one Of his legs Of one re-
ligion, and the other Of another. He fire.
qucntly puts one Of his unfortunate limbs
outside the bedclothes in cold weather, to
punish it for its religious errors.
A very pretty little girl has tanned a
tiger, and the two have been giving exhibi-
tions in the city of Mexico
The editor of the Grant County wis
Herald says only three deaths have occurred
among his subscribers during the past year.
At this rate, he calculates it will require
500 years before they will all die. On this
basis, he invites all who are ambitious of
longevity to subscribe to the Herald, as they
will have chance to live 500 years, with q
splendid show Of being at least centen-
arians.
The ancient custom Of "crying the
hour" by night watchmen has been kept up
at Pittsburgh, and it is now proposed to
abolish it.
A London servant girl recently hung
herself Beside her body, after death, was
found sensational novel," narrating
murder and suicides.
The whole site Of the populous and
wealthy city of Leeds, in England, is owned
by the heirs Of certain Joseph Wilson,
many of whom, named Ingraham, are now
| living in this country. All Of the buildings
in this city of 300, 900 inhabitants are built
| unon land which In hpnn lon God since 1870
The will of Joseph Wilson is missing, and
hands of his heirs.
Spanish fowls for the table, Hamburgs
for the greatest number Of eggs, and Brah-
mas for eggs in cold weather, is what the
| Scottish Farmer advises
The Mormon paper at Salt Lake City
notices the new demonstrations Of Eastern
and Congressional feeling against polygamy
under the head of i" He'll Boiling Again.
The editor is United States Postmaster.
A patient New Yorker has written Pre-
sident Johnsons annual message, which
covered page in most newspapers, on q
space % by 20 inches, and will give the re-
suit of his labors to the President. He was
FIVE weeks at work upon it, and might have
been in better business.
The San Francisco directory, published
on the 1st of January, contains nearly
$4,000 names, by which the population is
estimated at 10000. The number Of build
ings in The. city and county is 1858, viz. !:
of wood, 12,2G8; of brick, $3.50. Many of
the buildings erected during the last year
were very costly and of great architectural
beauty. There are 1923 liquor saloons,
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