The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-02-21

nothing except the money ~ IN your pocket.
Have no account current ut tho g,ocers or
butchers. Go without new clothes until
you can pay for them. Give your note Of
hand to nobody. Eschew credit. Deal for
cash only
boston ice is now used daily in CAL
cu,ta, Bombay. Madras, Hong Kong,
Whampoa and Batavia.
A girl at Manchester, Vermont, has six
grandmothers, whose ages range from 40
to SO.
during December fifty Post -mistrcsscs
were appointed
The Unitarians have subscribed $l2l,-
APO. 50 for the endowment of Antioch College
In Providence, alone, the sum Of $50, 800
was raised.
Under the title .'Clcrgymen for sale
Cheap" the Round Table lectures the cler
gymen who recommend pianos, washing
machines, pills and other commodities, /" for
a consideration" and il gives list of more
than twenty clcrgymen whose names arc
advertised rs indorsing various articles.
How many Of these are paid for the use Of
their names is not said.
A noted spirtualist, DR.. Randolph,
says now that after an experience OF five
wears as medium, ii is his candid opinion
that spiritualism is onethird imposturc,
one third insanity, and one-third diabolism,
and that insanity is the usual fate Of trance
mediums.
There is woman in Charlcstown, N.
H., who has = collection Of tame toads in
her yard. They know their mistress, fol-
low her, and hop in her lap to be fed, and
arc tendcrly cared for.
Y ~, oe hrD Or
promise case in which a lady, % years Of
age obtained n verdict Of $4,000 against a
rcpudiating lover Of g..
The famous damascus blades" arc
proved, previously to grinding, by striking
them upon stones, ramrods and barrels.
They may even be struck violently upon
wheel tires, or heavy pieces Of iron, without
injury to the hammered edge.
Eighty thousand we'll to do Germans
cmigratcd to this country during the past
year, according to the London Times.
The expense of lighting up the. Hall of
Representatives at Washington with gas is
Sl5o night, and the COST Of heating is S25
additional.
No less than thirteen persons were
hung in different parts of the United States,
during the month of January.
A few years ago o druggist Of Portland
purchased a lot OF rhubarb nj 90 cents per
pound. Last week he sold large quantity
of the same to q Boston firm for So. 80 per
pound. snug little margin for profit,
that.
-2a, 100000 Of people in America used
more paper than the twice as many millions
of England and France together, and one
American read more than four Frenchmcn.
The Archbishop of Paris stated in the
Senate two years ago, that the suicides in
France averaged ten day, and the iafanti-
cides as many.
Damascus is the oldest city in the world.
Tyre and Sidon have crumbled on the shore;
Baalbec is ruin; Palmyra lies buried in
the sands of the desert Nineveh and Baby
lon have disappeared from the shores of the
Tigris and Euphrates. Damascus remains
what it was before the days Of Abraham-a
centre Of trade and travel, an island of ver-
dure in desert, "A prcdestinated capital"
with martial and sacred associations extend
ing beyond thirty centuries.
Two sharp boys in Waterbury, Conn,
twelve years old each, have started local
newspaper. They do the editing, compost
ton and press-work themselves, and sell
their own paper on inc street. Inc sheet
measures seven inches by nine.
Tho Altoona Tribune reports the shoot.
ing of gray eagle near that place, measur-
ing feet inches from tip to tip Of its
wings.
Seven burglars entered NJ. Arsene Hous-
ayes house, at present unoccupied in Paris;
they were heard by neighbours information
was given the police, the house was sur
rounded, and when the police entered, they
found the burglars seated around a fire
made with the costly furniture, roasting
chicken, and drinking the best wines.
-Polygamy is not very fruitful Of reye-
nue., whatever it may be in other respects.
Utah, with 100000 inhabitants, only pays
1000 into the United States treasury this
year, whilst Colorado, with $4,000 inhabit-
ants, contributes 100000.
Many colorcd women and children arc
making 81 day by digging out bullets in
the soil about Petersburg and selling them
for old lead.
There are in tho United States sixty
four towns and villages by the name Of
Liberty" Maine, Michigan, Illinois, and
New York have one each, containing 1, llG,
S9l, and 2,612 inhabitants. Arkansas has
three, with 1900 inhabitants. Iowa has
with 1871 inhabitants. Pennsylvania has
seven, with 5,78l inhabitants. Missouri
has five, with G,089 inhabitants. Indiana
has sixteen, with Il, 2O5 inhabitants. Ohio
has twenty-fv with 2O,607 inhabitants.
Total G4,579. The smallest Liberty" is
in Keokuk county, Iowa, which has popu-
lation of s. The largest Liberty" is in
Highland county, Ohio, which has a popula-
ton Of 4,O75
Judge Russell, of New York, got re-
putation few years ago for sentencing
garroter to 40 years Imprisonment. II has
recently come out that the next week after
the judge saw his friend, Gov. Seymour,
and got the man pardoned out.
During the progress Of conAagration
at Pitholc, on the 9Th, very astonishing
circumstance occurred. There are two wa
ter wells on the hillside, about fifty feet above
Holmden street. Several parties were en-
gagged in pumping water and throwing il up
on the fire, when it was discovered that the
flames were increased instead Of diminished
by the application. Upon examination, il
was found that in one of the wells the water
had becu exhausted, and the pump was
yielding a stream Of pure oil. The opera
ton was continued, and, when our inform
ant left, the .well was producing and the
rate Of one hundred barrels per day.
"A new Roman Catholic cathedral is be-
built in Pekin, China. It is to be Of magni-
ficent dimensions-3OO feet long and $50
feet in breadth. Its spire will overlook the
loftiest Of the palaces Of the imperial city.
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