Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-12-21
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DIR +. Hunter, we'll known throughout
the country for his method Of treating con-
sumption by inhalation, has lately under
gone trial at Montreal for an alleged rape
committed en- Mrs. Annie Merrick in October
last, and has been hoEorably acquitted Of
the charge.
The Richmond Examiner is revived. It
spells horror with "u, T" and public with
*
Cora L. V. Hatch has got married
again,
"A man in Illinois has been watching the
musklats, and predicts the mildest winter
we have had for thirteen years.
They have giant in Sweden nine feet
eight inches high.
Gordon, the recently executed rebel
leader in Jamaica. had his life insured IN
Loudon for $50, coo, which lbs been paid to
his wife.
The bridegroom Of 9 fashionable we'd
ding in church at Trey, few evenings
since, WAS in such haste TO reach the cars
that he started down the aisle with his bride
when the ceremony was only half per-
formed The clergyman rushed after the
retreating pair, and, amid general litter,
com plctSO MS 1t1lALASs
The manager of the theatre just closed
in Washington reports that its lightest
receipts on any night OF his proprietoiship
were dollar and q half.
The new Colts armory at Hartford will
be of brick, and work will be commenced
upon it as early in the spring as possible
When completed, it will again be the largest
Of its hind in the world. Its two sections
and wings uniting, will form q structure
sixty feet wide, five stories high, and twelve
hundred and fifty feet long.
The Salt Lake Daily Union Vidette, the
able and fearless organ of the Gentle popu-
lation in Utah, published hitherto at Camp
Douglas, opposite Salt Lake City, has now
established its office in the heart of the
@ Holy City, and proposes TO remain here,
bidding defiance to Brigham and his saints.
Over forty millions of letters are re
ceived and forwar ed at Chicago for ether
points, and correspondence Of that city
alone amounts to seventeen millions9of let
tiers per annum. This is exclusive Of news
papers, of which an almost incalculable
| number are received and sent to their Gesti-
nation.
A New Brunswick paper remarks that
Of all the places in the world penitentiary
would seem the most unlikely 10 be broken
into by burglars. Yet on Wednesday night,
last week, the Provincial Penitentiary al
ST. John was broken into by robbers, who
stole gold watch and claim valued at S rs
from an apartment Of one of the keepers.
Two men at Rockford state that On last
Tuesday evening, as they were walking by
the park, they were startled by report
like that of pistol, accompanied by q
binding fash Of light at the same time, and
were conscious OF q shock not unlike thai
received from galvanic battery. A gentle
man who was walking on the opposite side
Of the street some distance behind, also saw
this body, and describes it as about twt
feet in diameter, moving slowly from south
west 10 northeast, and it appeared to bt
about thirty feet above tie ground WHIST
was it?
"A theatrical conference.-the pu!pi
vs. the actors, is in progress at Troy. N. Y
Pulpit Eliminates. and actors reply, as has
been done in Chicago.
The ribbon trade at Lyons, France
has received the liveliest impulse from Anne
rioa since the close of the war Many
heavy orders have been lately received
The operatives again have plenty Of work
and at better wages than ever before, fol
| the price of ribbons has risen almost one
! third.
"A divorce case even more disgusting
han the Strong and Harris cases. is Oh
trial at Upton, Iowa, wealthy barker Of
that place suing for separation from his
wife.
/ "A female suffrage amendment to The
constitution has been introduced into tho
indiana Legislature.
"A bill is seriously pressed in the Mis-
souri, Legislature that no officer in the Con
federate army shall hereafter be addressed
! by his military title, unless the WORD
s'rebel" is prefyed TO it. Thus General
Price will be unlawful; but g rebel General
Price would be just right
The New York Round Table having
berated General Grant for associating with
such fast men and sporting characters as
George wilkes, the latter comes down upon
the Round Table by calling its editor 30
heroian poe-cat, q cracker-nibbling scrib-
bier, foul harpie, and other pleasant cpl
thets, which by no Means show the injustice
Of the Round Tubes original statement.
Hundreds of liliputian graves have re-
Gently been discovered in Middle Tennessee
Skeletons less than two feet high but EVIL
IDENTIFY those of adults, have been found, and
there are all sorts of theories as to the time
the pilgrims fourished there.
"A young and beautiful lady in st. Louis
in .s6xing up" to attend the Southern Hotel
ball, unfortunately used little too much OF
q preparation of belladonna, for lending
additional briliance the eyes, and tempo
rarily lost her eyesight-a warning which
fashionable young ladies would do well to
heed
The new back. hair twist which has su-
perseded the waterfall, is called the water
wheel.
The "Fenian hat" is the latest novelty
advertised by enterprising New York mer-
chants.
A son Of Robert Burns, aged 70, died
in Cheltenham, England last year.
"A peanut oil factory just been start
ed at Augusta, Ga.
"A comely young wife, the eynosure Of
her circle, was in bed, apparently dying
from swelling and inflammation in her
throat, an inaccessible abscess stopping the
way: she could swallow nothing. every thing
hal been tried Her friends were standing
around her in misery and helplessness.
..Try her with compliment said her hus-
band in not an uncomic dispair. She had
genuine humor as we'll as be; and as ply
| siologists know, 8ere is a sort of q mental
tickling which IS above and beyond control,
being under the reflex system and instinct
i've as signing. Shelaughed with her whole
body and soul, and burst the abscess, and
| woe xyo1I