The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-10-05
CUR IL EMIT ITEMS.
Personal ana Literary.


Tns second volume Of Mr.. Greeley's
"American Conflict" which completes the
work, has just been issued.
DR. LlvINcsToSE writes, July II, from
somewhere in the middle of Africa, that
he IS well and pushing along"
The widow Of the late rebel General Polk
has accepted the position of Vice Prin pal
OF the Columbia Female Institute in Ten
nessee. MI tae a# #@A
HARRIET BEEcHEn STowE thinks billiard
tables, nine pin alleys, ball playing, etc,
under certain conditions, better than Sun
day Schools. ban
DAVID CLARK, Of Hartford, has given
$4,000 to each Of his five ncphews who
served honorably in the war to suppress the
RopEnr BONNER has written an indignant
letter to the Milwaukee Wisconsin denying
charges Of gambling made against him in
that journal.
The Independent has stopped printing Mr..
Beccher's sermons, but the World gives
them in in full, although they do not now
contain my politics. t'
IT is said in Providence. Rhode Island,
that Mrs. Kate Sprague, daughter of Chief
Justice Chase and wife Of Senator Sprague,
is about to apply for divorce.
The portrait Of the late Joshua r. Gid
dings, painted by Miss Ransom, of Cleve-
land, and purchased by Congress for 81 900,
is TO be placed in the rotunda Of tho Capitol
ct Washington.
REV DIR. CHAPLIN recently said in a SER
mon: "The resurrection Of Christ trans
formed the interrogation point Of the phil
osopher into the exclamation point of the
Christian"
The King Of the Sandwich islands is
breaking down. lIe manifes,s a constant
desire to sleep, and fears of his brain soft
ening are felt If he dies, Queen Emma will
succeed to the throne.
Mus. FoRD Of Monroe county, Ky, gave
birth, on the 10Th 4lt., to three children,
all boys, weighingYs pounds each. All are
living and healthy. Names, G. d. Prentice,
Gen. Lee, and JEFF. Davis.
GEN. GRANTS pay is SIS G78 per year,
and Lieut.. Gen. Sherman's $l3,5lS. Each
Is allowed fifty horses. A Major General
gets $4,000 per year, and is allotted five
horses. The pay Of Brigadier is $780,
So
CHARLES BEADER, of Philadelphia, who,
years ago. compromised with his creditors,
ana received legal discharge, recently in
vited them to dinner at the Continental,
and paid each creditor the full amount Of
his Indebtedness.
"EccE Homo" has reached its twelfth
thousand in England, and the demand still
continues. The authors name is not yet
known;T hut if he prefers profit to fame, he
Is probably satisfied, for it is announced
that his publishers have already paid him
$4,000.
Mrs. STuRGIs HOOPER, the rich Boston
widow, has sacrificed the interest of hum
drcd thousand dollars, bequeathed TO her
lately by her late husband grandfather (as
q property to belong to her as long as she
remains a widow), in order to become Mrs.
Senator Sumner, and leader in the Sena-
torial society Of Washington.
TIM Boston Transcript announces that
news magazine, edited in Boston, but pub
lished in New York, is about to appear.
"All its articles will be anonymous it will
aim to develop new authors" and its to be
under the editorial control Of lady and
gentleman very widely known in literature,
namely, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and " Ed
mund klrke," e.. r. Gilmore.
A BERLIN writer says that the Queen Of
Prussia will not visit Baden with her royal
spouse, because his ways of living are too
expensive for her ideas Of prudence. He
boards alta hotel eaA she eannotsafford that
much, Gyens of.queeR'y stale, but takes nn-
prsIettpuss ptivat y .aca lamentations, eats
little, to save expenses, and generously
allows her chamberlain his honors for pay
in his situation.
DAN RICE is serious about his candidacy
for Congress in the 10th Pennsylvania dis
trict-indeed, Dan. never was more serious
in his life. He lives at Girard, and erected
there last year . conspicuous monument to
thGsmemory Of our fallen brave. He has
been the soldiers friend, and the friend Of
the soldiers widow and orphan. lie has
beer. y public spirited citizen; has got rich
enqagh; is tired Of being q clown, and
wants TO be > Congressman.
SIN HasRr Heb1Asp, the famous physi-
clan Of QNeen' Victoria. il soon expected on
visit to the United States. lie is the
author Of several important medical works,
some Of which were reprinted in this coun-
try. His second wife is a daughter Of Sgd
ney Smith. lie will be accompanied by
Mr.. Morgan, the American banker--succes-
sor Of MIR. Peabody in London. Mr.. Nor
gan is son-in-law Of the late deceased
Rev. Mr.. Pierpont.
Hon. ALEXANDER G. CArrHLL, Senator
elect Of New Jersey, was born in Salem,
lew Jersey, in 1916. He early devoted
n:telf to business, and is a merchant Of
ssa ending. He was formerly connected
sna Wing party, but has lately identi-
=. s.mssS with the Republicans. He does
~ - "a Philadalphia, and is President
w.. 'L ~ oorn .Ychelse 3 ank In that city,
oue mas residence n Ca mden county that
euaiineo nam az AcitiIsn Of New Jersey.
lHE report that Hiss Spurgin, who trav-
cieu m company Of Queen Emma Of the
ecan4wlch Islands, is q daughter Of the
famous London preacher, is not correct.
lnS hev MIR. Sturgeon has not been mar
I,ea sunciently long to have daughter Of
inc age Of the lady in question. Poor
queen Emma came to this country to collect
of ea ns wa. sSs Iatse MANY
kind attentions, but Of little cash.
INDIAN BILL DAVIS recently died at La
fayette, Indiana. Attic time Of his death
he was the owner Of . large amount Of land
just north Of the Wabash river, on the line
Of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
Railroad, valued at some $4,000 or $75,-
600. Davis was half-breed, his father
being = Frenchman, and his mother an In-
dian woman of the Pottowattamie tribe and
the lshR in Question was entailed to him
from bis father, who received 1t rs \ grant
or reservation from the Government years
ago. The bulk Of the property Davis has
willed to the Irish Catholic church Of La
fayette. He was, by the death Of brother,
also chief Of the Pottowattamie tribe, and
aslsuch, some time since, received large