The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-02-28

denial, he finally acknowledged the charge,
and confessed that the job was "put up
by himself and the other parties
The rapids in the Niagara river, orpo-
site the Cataract House, have, for few
DAYS, been hardly covered by water, on ac-
count of an ice jam which threw the cur
rent close to the Canada shore. The like
was never known before.
1t is better to love n person you cannot
marry, than TO marry person you cannot
love. This is u short text for long ser
mon, which human experience will continue
to preach until the last syllable of recorded
time.
indianapolis affords some queer inci-
dents in matrimonial way. Only day
or two since n couple were married in the
morning, 60: drunk by twelve o'clock, and
spent the first night Of welded bliss in the
county Jail.
During the festivities of Christmas a
large cake of very rich appearance was
sent by some unknown person as present
to General Manteuifcl, Prussian Governor
of Schleswig. The gift was received with
great pressure by the Governors family,
aud one evening it was placed on the table
with no little ceremony. But on cutting it,
the tempting outside was found to be mere
ly a shell containing numerous copies of
journals prohibited in Schlcswig by order
Of the General.
The oldest house in southern Illinois,
the residence Of Mr. Etherton, in Villa
Ridge, was consumed by fire on Sunday
night last week.
Tho st. Panl and Pacific Railroad COM
pany are building fine wheat elevator
in st. Paul with q capacity Of $4,000
bushels.
Tho greed Of the landlords in New
York who endcavored to extract extortion-
ate rents from their tenants during the COM
ing year, has over reached itself. Many OF
them who demanded an advance of from
fifty to one hundred per cent over last year $
rates have consented to take last year $
prices, and some have been unable to get
even that the tenants becoming obstinate
in their turn.
Hughes, who was hung in Cleveland re-
Gently, must have been comtortcd by reading
in the papers of the day Of his execution the
advertisement Of an cnterprising publisher,
Of 1.-THE Trial and Death of DR. John W..
Hughes for the murder Of Miss Parsons. A
Record of Love, Bigamy aud Murder unpar-
alleled in the annals Of Crime
John G. Quigley dropped suddenly, in
Norwalk, Ohio, the other day, and as was
supposed, dead. While being shaved in pre-
paration for the grave, the razor cut his face,
setting the blood flowing, whercupon Mr..
Quigley arose, put on his clothes, and went
about his business.
The people Of Lagrange, West Tennes-
see, were hoaxed the other day by a prac-
! teal joker, who came among them as Gen.
Il. i. Lee, and was received with distin-
guished honors.
The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror
chronicles the death in that town, on the Sd
inst, of Mrs. Lucy Cooper, colorcd wo-
man, aged about 10 years. She was
brought from Africa. slave, to South Caro-
lima, where she toilcd as a field hand. In
1911 she was brought by her owner to New
port, Il. L., where she resided some time, and
was converted under the preaching Of Father
Webb. Her mistress was exceedingly cruel,
and the slave at length escaped to Nantucket,
where she was twice married, and during her
long life was respected for her simple and
and genuine Christian worth.
The establishment of coffee and read
ing room at Cincinnati as countcracting
attraction to the saloon and bar, has been
now been opened, where an excellent cup OF
coffee and few crackers are given for five
cents, and large plate of soup and small
loaf Of bread for the same money. It is a
powerful temperance agent.
"A new counterfeit on the twenty five
cent fractional currency is in circulation.
In THE counterfeit, Mr.. Fcssenden is adorned
with breast-pin, which does not appear in
| the genuine The engraving on the vignette
is very imperfect.
A fat man in Paris recently sold his body
to the surgeons for 200 francs, went on
spree with the money, died from the effects
Of it, and was Immediately cut up according
to contract.
One of the latest manifestations of the
triumph of genius was the other day given
on the Fifth avenue New York; skating
pond, where young man without legs of his
own, but having pair of artificial limbs
appeared to be enjoying himself as well as
anybody on skates. He seemed to be swift
and graceful as any skater on the pond,
meeting with no accident whatever.
Louisa Blackburn, the little girl who
escaped from the Mormons, went twenty one
days without food, and whose adventures
almost beyond credibility, have been record.
ed, is gaining rapidly, and from present
evidences it is probable she may recover.
The days of combing and brushing on,
own hair are numbered. The Philadelphia
Nfws reports barber shop in that city where
heads are manipulated by revolving brush
which makes the fur fly" in the most ap
proved manner. Now for steam knives, fork.
and tooth picks.
Tho Maine Farmer saws the cause Of thu
| hog cholera is eating more than the ANNA
can we'll digest, and salt and coal are re
commended as proper remedies and pre-
reach Of swine.
"A young lady in Florida, who has beer
gradually becoming insane lately destroyed
her ambrotypes and letters, set fire to hcl
clothing in a wardrobe, and dressing her
self in heavy woollen fabrics and broadclotl
cloak, set FIRE to herself and sprang into
bed, where she was found enveloped in
flames, and with clasped hands, exclalming
"Oh, amt it glorious? Amt martyr 2
Though her limbs and the lower part of hel
body were baked brown, she did not appear
to suffer pain.
The Troy Times says young colorcd
medical student, who served as assistant
surgeon in colored regiment, has com
menced practice in Charleston, and his sue.
cess exceeds his most sanguine expectations.
The French people are indulging in al
sorts OF sarcasms and witticisms upon tn,
Emperor's address to the Chambers, an
nouncing his intention to back out of Mexi
CO. The police and spies are on the alert
hanging around places Of public resort, ane