The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-10-12

| sClDIC, mas feCOVereu Verulct OF 'pOU
against the Morning Call, for the publica
ton Of local item headed "A Darkey i
Luck"
When the boilers Of the Allena May ex
ploded near st. Louis, the pilot was blow
up five hundred feet into the air, and alight
ing head down into the river, descended !
the bottom kerchug. lie came up all right
however, and is ready for another blow up
The earnings Of the convicts at tn
State Prison at Charlestown, for the las
year, were the heaviest since 1860, ant
more than paid the expenses Of the institu
ton. For the last six months they amount
ed to $4,000. There ar3 now 5lS inmates
in the institution.
The Portsmouth Chronicle notices
monster cucumber raised in that town til,
present season, measuring twenty inches il
length, fourteen and one.half inches in cir
conference, and weighing eight and three
fourth pounds. 1t is quite likely that thi'
cucumber brought on the present COO
weather. ,rI..a
Returns from ell the Lodges of thu
Independent Order of Odd Fellows in the
United States, except those in Texas
and North Carolina, received at the recent
meeting Of the Grand Lodge in Baltimore
show that the total number Of members Of
lodges is 1915, and Of encampments
25,746
| During the recent freshet in Vermont
and while Rev. Cyrus Lisoomb, Of East Ca
lais, was looking at the water pouring over
the dam in that place, the dam gave way,
carrying Mr.. Liscomb, down the rapids be.
low, and over two dams, distance of over
ten rods. and fall Of 10 to Is feet, and .,
last landing him on q small island, compar-
atively unhurt
The Charleston Courier Of Friday Gays :
From q private letter which we have re-
| ceived from the estimable wife Of the dis
| tinguished prisoner at Fortress Mooroe, we
learn with inexpressible regret that his
health continues to decline, and that the pc
cuniary affairs Of his family are becoming
very embarrassing.
A lady entered train at country 81 a.
ton on the New Jersey Railroad, the other
day, and sat down with her back to the
locomotive. Finding her mistake, and not
wishing to ride backward, she politely asked
the conductor if he would turn the car
round. He objected, as he thought it
wouldn't be dealing on the square with the
other passengers.
A brakeman named Littlefeld met with
series of disasters the other day. While
walking on the top Of one of the car Of the
up freight from Portland to Portsmouth, he
was struck by bridge and knocked down
into the next car-an open one filed with
cattle. He was seriously injured by the
blow and fall, and had one Of his legs
broken by the cattle tramping upon him.
Alta fair in Norwalk, CT, last week,
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five or six hens, all in the gayest of plum
age-red, white and blue; yellow, green,
purple sc. The colors, however, were oil
artistical save the white, and were put on at
the Norwalk dye works. The rooster was
decked off in great "agony," and strutted
about as if proud Of his new costume.
According to the last United States cen :
sus, the number of churches in the United
State was $4,000, and the value of church
property over Sill, 100000 The number
Of churches had doubled in the previous
ten years. More than one half the church
property was owned in four States-New
York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and
Ohio. Pennsylvania has more churches
than any other State.
The Gloucester Mass. Teleyraph.says:
''Those people who consider mackerel a
luxury Will uuO IL III 04pcuStV6 mOTsel 10
indulge in this winter. For many years
market at this season, and the news from
the bay indicates that the catch this year
will fall much below the average, though
we have larger fleet than usual engaged
in the business.
The New York Erening Post says:
"One Of the curious results Of the Europe
an war, and its contingent ruin of many
private fortunes, is the sudden appearance
of old family diamonds in the market
There has lately been received in this city,
q magnificent collection Of stones Of the
first water, which will command high
prices. Among them is a pair of solita,res,
valued at four thousand dollars in gold,
which were set as ear-drops century ago"
During the month Of September there
were lost by fire, wreck, collision and other
disasters, twenty-five vessels belonging to
the United States, valued at $l,6lS,O00.
There were three ships, one steamer, nine
banks, three briggs and six schooners de-
stroyed during the month. Thus far, in
1866, there have been $50 vessels, valued
at $40 ,682, 800, lost by disasters at sea as
compared with 275 vessels, valued at $780,
$4,000 for the same period Of 1865.
The Portland Press records what it calls
"one Of the wonders Of the world in the
in the case of woman who had just died
in the aims house in that city, at the age Of
seventy years. Disappointed in love in
early life, she made vow never to speak
another word during her life; and during
the thirty five years she has spent in the
Portland poorhouse she religiously kept her
vow, until death sealed her lips, not utter
ing . single Ineligible word during all the
that time.
John Dabury, the keeper Of a restau-
rant in Richmond, was o slave before the
war. and had bought his freedom, and when
the war broke out he owed balance Of
5000. Some advised him not to pay it.
saying. "you are free by the law" Johns
reply was, "No. my master acted like q
gentleman to me; he let me buy myself
and my wife cheap, | owe him the money
honestly, and l intend to pay it" And he
kept his word, and few days ago dis
charged the obligation in full.
In the year 1888. q Mr.. Cobb of Bal
timore, was applied to to change $40 note,
which, on looking at it. he discovered it to
be a $1,000 note. His suspicious were
aroused, but he could find no more about it
than that it had been offered by an old me-
gro woman as $40 note in payment for
some small articles. He kept it and ad-
veatised it. but no claimants appeared. FL
nally, he deposited it with the city author
tiles, aud by them it has just been donated
to the Union Orphan Asylum of Baltimore.
Including the interest, the sum amounts to
near 5000.
The Springfield I'm Journal Of Oct. 4
says: "Last Monday, Frank A. Harding,
pronrietor of a billiard hall in Jacksonville.