Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-01-28

Being secured by the bonds of the Uni
tea States, and hence by the entire, pro-
Tperty Of the nation, and being receivable
by the government for all dues, except
duties, thenotes of these banks, with
greenbacks, will soon form nearly the en-
tire circulating medium of the country.
PUBLIC LANDS TO WISCONSIN AND
MINNEsoTA.-tnder the act approved
July 2, 1862. donating lands for the
benefit of agriculture and the mechanic
arts, !" the State of Wisconsin has selec-
ted in the land district of Menasha, Ste
Iyens Point, Eau Glare and St. Croix
Falls two hundred and forty thousand
acres being the quantity to which said
State is entitled by virtue of the act
The State Of Minnesota has selected at
the Winnebago City Land Office fifty
nine thousand acres under the same act.
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office has submitted to the Secre-
tary Of the Interior, for his approval,
list of the lands within the six mile limits
of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail
road enuring to the State of Wisconsin
under the act Of Congress approved June
8, 1856, containing three hundred and
twenty-four thousand seven hundred and
four acres. % ,.1 .z97oN
THE ATLANTIC .TELEGRApH.-T The
Atlantic Telegraph Company have post
poned the laying of their cables until
the year 1865, for the purpose Of inves
tigating more thoroughly the question as
to the size, material, and structure prop
er for submarine cable of such length.
There are in the Thirty-Eighth
Congress, ninety two lawyers, twenty
three merchants, five editors, eight far
mers, three manufacturers, two mechan-
les, three bankers, one professor, Zone
preacher, one chemist, and forty-seven
of other ayocations, making in all one
hundred and eighty-six members.
Alta war meeting in Troy the other
night, Gen. Wool was present and Of
tered sentiment complimentary to the
General pre- eminent among the Generals
of the war, who had fought sixteen bat
ties, taken six hundred cannon, 10000
prisoners and opened the Great Western
pathway of Commerce, the Mississippi
Gen. Grant, the chief Of the army of
the West. The sentiment was endorsed
by round of cheers that made the
rafters shake. --.
A FRENCH GIANT.-A man Of gigan-
tic stature is exhibiting himself in elias
gov. His name is Price, and he was
born in that portion of the Voges Noun
tains which belong to France. He calls
himself the French Giant ofthe. Noun
tains He is twenty three years of age,
eight feet in height, about thirty stones
weight, and measures four feet three
inches around the chest While in
London, the tallest man in the Life
Guards could easily walk, under his
outstretched arm.
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. - Solitary
confinement of prisoners has been ADAM
doned in the State Prison Of Michigan,
on account Of the evil consequences at
tendant upon the punishment J; most of
those SO confined quickly becoming
hopelessly insane. }f
Y PRINTER's CoMpANY-T Memphis
Journal says that the printers of that
city commenced at i l o clock on. Mon
day Of last week to organize militia
company, and before two in the after
noon they had swelled their list Of en-
listed men to something over a hun
dred. This is what we call quick work,
and don't think it can be beat in any
section Of the country.
+ The OLDEST MARRIED COUPLE IN
THE World. There are living in Mar
ulan, in this colony, two persons, hus-
bandand wife, aged respectively III and
1O7 years. They are extremely feeble
and bedridden, but are in possession Of
both sight and hearing The old man
arrived in. the first fleet in 1888, and has
consequently been Is years in the colo
ny of New South Wales.-Sydney, AZ
S. W. Empire. .I 35a3
PATRIoTIc-There is an old gentle
man in Bolton, who has in the United
States service four sonsin-law, seven
grandsons, thirteen nephews, and one
daughter Gas Nurse in all twenty five
Of his family connections.
THE Posi- OFFIcE-The postal rev.
enue for the past year was 81, 173.799,-
50, while the expenditures exceeded
that amount by the sum of $50, 417,25
only. In many former years the def
cheney has been counted by mill ions.
DO-There are many persons in whom
men can see no sin-nor God, honesty
STRAY NOTICE.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, residing ~
= in the Town of Dodgeyille, on or about LL~
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