The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14
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"A horse with five feet is said to be il
Texas.
A melon rind upon the sidewalk cause
the death Of young lady in Norfolk.
The Richmond Board of Trade hay
sent comfortable chair to jeff Davis.
An Irishman in Bennington, VT, wa
sent to get some green corn for dinner th,
other day He plucked four barrels ant
sent them in, and then finished the patch
leaving not an ear in the field.
That was provident and affectionat,
father who secured $4,000 policies in al
accidental insurance company, upon the
lives OF his seven small children, and sen,
the little darlings for holiday excursion or
New Jersey railroad.
One Of the largest bells in the United
States has been cast for the city Of Pitts
burg, Pa. The amount of metal contained
in the rough casting is 1900 pounds. Il
measures sixty-sx inches across the mouth
and sixty-two inches in hight to the top Of
the crown.
"A Mr.. Douglass residing in Hope Town.
ship, Wis, saw large eagle sitting upon
the fence He crept up to it, and grasped
1t by the legs. After severe contest in
which the eagle with his beak and talone
drew blood from Mr.. DIS shoulder he sue.
cccded in overcoming it.
The following is list Of "commemo
rative weddings" Two years after the
wedding is the paper wedding;" the 9Th
anniversary is the ''wooden wedding" the
10Th the "tin wedding;" the 18th the
"crystal wedLing;" the goth the "china
wedding;" the 25th the "silver wedding y
the Goth the "golden wedding" the 10Th
the diamond wedding"
The Syracuse, N. Y, journal relates the
Particulars of the death of IN aged lady,
Mrs. Sarah Keiggins, 81 the communion
table, occurred few day since She went
to the alter with her daughter, and while
the pastor was reading the hymn, Rock
OF Ages fell dead from her seat, without
moments warning that the messenger Of
death was near. She was 70 years of age.
A singular and most distressing scene
took place, on the 9th, in graveyard at
Edwardsville. ILL.,, where, during the tuner
al ceremonies over the body Of child Of
Mr.. John Gaffney, the mourners and attend
ants were attacked by swarm of humble
bees. The irate insects lit upon the uncov-
cred heads aud faces Of those present, who
were mostly all stung in terrible manner.
The ladies screamed, and retreat was
absolutely necessary before the ceremony
was concluded. One of the ladi IS stung is
confined to her bed from the effects Of the
virus.
A singular and melancholy ARRAY took
place near Richmond, Missouri, on the goth
ult., between two little boys, aged respec-
lively eleven aud thirteea years, sons Of
William Tourney. They were hunting
partridges with their fathers revolver, but
became engaged in quarrel, when the
elder fired two shots with the pistol at the
younger, woundng him in tho forehead and
the hip; hc then handed the weapon to his
wounded brother, and told him to shoot him.
He did so. firing two shots-one ball enter
ing the right hip. the other the brain, kill
ing him instantly.
Simple John Chinaman, out in Califor-
nia, is, no doubt, much abused, and de.
serves sympathy. letter writer at San
Francisco says: "Poor John, ignorant Of
the language, and without much knowledge
of the laws, is liable to be 'chetee' very
often, My friends told me that, in the min
ing districts, miner out Of cash would
sometimes make a raise by levying tax
on the Celestials for his own benefit. The
poor Chinaman can't tell the genuine 'taxce'
man from the bogus article, and with q
mourntul heap Mclean man, muchee taxee,'
hands over his hard earned silver. Even
this Indians, am told, have learned the
fashion Of Matchmaking John so that,
with the tax he is compelled to pay monthly
for the privilege Of mining, he may we'll
ask himself if this is the Christian land
which sends missionaries to convert him
from his heather darkness to the light Of
the Gospel"