The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-04-18
CURRENT ITEMS.
Domestic Paragraphs.

"A horse was sold at auction in Spring
field, Mass, . few days ago, for one cent q
pound.
There is fellow on exhibition in New
Orleans whose beard measures six feet in
length.
The price of tobacco in Montana Terri
tory has recently been as high as five dol
lars pound.
The Davenport brothers have abandoned
the title of mediums, and now call them
selves merely jugglers.
A man at Cairo, ILL.,, bet five silver
ddllars, the other day, that JEFF. Davis was
either in Canada or Europe.
1t is charged that the postmaster at
days ago, in robbing the mail Of money let
tiers.
The New York hotel proprietors and
restaurants seriously contemplate reduc-
ton of their prices. The millennium ap-
proacheth.
- Mr.. Edward Sewell, pedestrian Of
Quebec, on Monday Of last week, ran q dis
lance Of nineteen miles and half in less
than three hours.
When the sewerage Of Paris is COM
plete, the canals will contain not only the
water and gas pipes of the city, but also the
telegraph wires of the city companies.
There is . man in Hampshire county,
Mass, who has his life insured for sixty
FIVE thousand dollars, and another who has
policies amounting to forty thousand dol
lars.
There was never 30 much crime in YER
mont as now, and the officers say that four
ffths Of it is to be attributed to liquor. One
county has fifteen criminals who will be
sent to State Prison.
The boy, Malcolm Wells, IA years old,
from GAINESVILLE, who fred the State Reform
School building at Waukesha, Wis, plead
guilty, and was sentenced to the State pris-
on for 10 years.
"A business man in Williamsburgh,
whose safe has been blown open three times
by burglars, now pursues the plan Of leav-
ing the key in the lock. He is tired Of
paying for repairs.
a lady who edits newspaper in one Of
the Western States says that the popularity
Of her journal is due to the fact that peo-
pie are always expecting she will say some
thing she ought not to.
Speaking Of moving" a family living
in Springfield, Mass, has moved" fifteen
times in the last seven years. and is getting
ready to do 1t again. "There's no place
like home" but "home" is sometimes
rather miscellaneous as to locality.
"A very beautiful PHILADELPHIA. idea is
to change the name of Broad Street to
Lincoln Avenue. and the Common Council
have gracefully responded to public expec'a-
no q n1,ffin arAn ~
alteration TO be made.
The Enquirer Company and the capital
lists associated with them. seem to have
abandoned the project of building an opera
house in Cincinnati. They talk, instead, of
erecting a irst-class hall on the ground
floor, Of which the city is greatly in need
Houses are go scarce at New Albany,
Ind, that number of people in the lowerIpart
Of the town are building fat boat houses.
intending to anchor them out in front of the
city and move their families into them
Several Of these marine dwellings are now
in course Of construction at the ship yard of
that city.
49, The Waterbury (Conn.) Chronicle
whicn has just commenced the publication
of \ large and we'll filled weekly sheet-re-
ports daughter recently born in that place
who has nine grand parents, and one step
great grandmother all living, and so far as
heard from. in comfortable health and ex-
cellent spirits.
- The De Witt (Towa) Observer says
"Jesse g. Royalty, who was taken last week
to Fort Madison to serve three years for
having three living wives, has been discov-
cred to have two more at Springfield, Mo.
Thus this youthful Brigham Young has FIVE
wives-besides . black woman whom he
engaged to marry while they were confued
in Jail at this place.
An interesting and important decision
touching the responsibility Of Common
Carrier 8, has just been decided at Milwau-
kee, in which the American Express Com.
pany are made to pay $500 for damages
pone to Cremona fiddle, while in trans
portation, notwithstanding the attempted
waiver of responsibility exceeding $50, ex-
pressed on the Company's blank receirts.
Those who are compelled to hire house
help will appreciate the following adver-
tisement, clipped from an Omaha paper: -
" Mrs. G. II Collins wants frst-rate,
tip-top, No girl, to do homework; must
thoroughly understand cooking, washing,
and ironing. Wages SIS per week. All
the piano playing. fine needle work, visit
ing and entertaining company will be done
by the lady Of the house.
A widow lady Of Danville, KY, took an
orphan boy to raise, quite small, and when
arrived at the age of Is she married him.
she then being in her 5Oth year. They
lived many years together, happy as any
couple. Ten years ago they took an orphan
girl to raise. This fall the old lady died,
being SO years Of age, and in seven weeks
after, the old man married the girl they had
raised, he being GO years old, and she Is.
"A lady, modestly attired. was on her
way to New York, ON board one Of the
Hudson river night boats. She sat quietly
reading in the ladies' cabin. when fash
lily dressed dame. installing her for a SER
want, rather rudely accosted her with, s. Do
you know this cabin il for ladies = Ger
tainly do" was the answer, and have
been wondering for some time why you
were here"
Recently woman applied at the long
bridge at Troy. New York. to be allowed to
cross. but having no money she was refused.
She applied to some people near by. who
told her to cross on the railroad bridge,
and she followed the advice. She had,
however, not gene far when, becoming
dizzy she fell through the ties into the river
An officer was called by parties who saw
the woman fall, and he endeavored to reach
her with long pole, but failed to do so.
There are now living in Ipswich, N
H., and within few rods Of each other,
two pensioners of the United States. They
both enlisted at the age Of IS years-ihe