The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-04-11

VII INC oIst, HeHulSH attempt was MAJ
to fire the Office of The Reconstructionist, Mrs
Swisshelm's paper at Washington. Had i
proved successful, all escape for Mrs. s. an,
her assistants would have been next to i'm
possible.
The loss by the recent great freshet i,
! Wisconsin is estimated at from 81 ,OOO,O0t
to $2,0O0,oo0. the damage to the Milwau
kee and Prairie du Chen Railroad alon,
being placed at $500, ooO The loss at Mil
waukee is stated a. $l50,o0O.
A disastrous fire on Oil Creek occurred
on the Sls by which the famous Coquette
Jersey and Maple Shade wells were dcs
troyed. The entire loss is put down al
$4,000 barrels oil, and $4,000 in property
Twenty boats and barges, loaded for ship
ment were also destroyed.
man named James r. McGregor, form.
crly of New York, hung himself from tree
between Summit District and Virginia City
on or about the end of February. lie com
mitted suicide after reading novel; had
on his best clothes. and possessed $15C
| WoItA vi 0ust III HIS puChet.
Miss Marsh. of Portsmouth N. H., was
conyersng with friends, when she faltered,
her head fell, and in less than an hour she
was dead. Miss Lizzie Haven. of the same
city, retired in good health Tuesday night,
but, not appearing in the morning. her
room was visited and she was found dead in
her bed. .
The storm Of the Cd damaged bridge No.
6, on the Prairie du Chen Railway, near
Wauwatosa, Wis, to such an extent that,
Immediately after the afternoon passenger
train had crossed it. it fell with crash
into the stream. The water was from FIVE
to seven feet deep on the railroad track in
that vicinity.
AT ..charivar near Toronto, Clinton
county. Missouri, few days ago, one of the
musicians, after due warning to the crowd
from the justly incensed bridegroom, re-
ceived in his body the contents Of a shot
gun. or one hundred and serenity tro small
bird shot, as the physician asserts, yet was
not dangerously wounded.
The Commercial says that during the
burning of Pixies Opera House, Act, 1868
gallons Of water were used over and above
the ordinary consumption of the city.
During forty eight hours 100000 gal
Ions were consumed-all this immense
volume Of water being thrown upon the
burning mass by the steam fre-engines.
1t has been known for some time that
systematic robbery of freight trains was
going on near Carbonate, Ill. The Central
road sent detectives thither, who recently
arrested DR.. Hadley, his wife and son, and
W. r. McMuir, his sou-in-law. Upon
searching the premises large lot Of stolen
property was found. The parties arrested
were all placed in confinement.
At Milwaukee, about 6 o'clock on the
morning of the 9th, as a girl named Marie
Alison, having charge Of the hall in Bow
mans block, north of the Postofice, was
engaged in boiling some wax to prepare the
hall for dancing party tonight, the mix
ture boiled over the stove and so ignited
some benzine, which exploded, burning the
girl badly and setting fire to the building,
the inside Of which is entirely destroyed.
The loss on the building is fully $4,000;
insured for $4,000. The girl survived only
a few hours.
By the burning of barn attached to the
Farmers Hotel, Chicago, early on the morn
ing of the Sd, Whitewater, Henry Bah
Ter and his young daughter. Is years old,
were burned to death. They slept in
the loft, and were doubtless sutfocated.
Seven horses and two cows also persisted in
the confagration. A fellow named Louis
Hoffman confesses to having set the barn on
fire, being melted to the deed when in
| liquor, by one Casper Eisenbrandt, who
kept rival establishment to the Farmers
Hotel. Both are in custody.
The NewJmyport Herald tells story of a
venerable citizen of that city, who, while
walking in Salisbury few days since, was
seized violently by four strong and rough
men, who ran him some distance, to his
fright and no little danger to his wind
1--WE know you you're too good q man to
be kilt" 1t seems that he was near where
they were blasting rocks on the track of the
Eastern Railroad, and, without knowing it,
was within few feet of where train was
laid and an explosion was to take place. He
would have been blown to pieces in less than
two minutes but for the timely interference
of the workmen.