Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

separator during the process Of threshing.
A Young man named Niffin, whose duty it
was to oil the journal, opened the box and
poured in some kerosene oil, which no soon
er struck the heated iron than it ignited, or
rather exploded, throwing Nifin back upon
the tumbling rod and whirling him about in
such manner that he was stripped and near
" killed At the came time the flames of the
burning oil communicated with the straw
heap, and five stacks of oats, twenty tons of
hay, the separator and shed, reaper and
other property were destroyed.
Sir Morton Peto spoke the highest praise
of American institutions in his brief address
at Cleveland. ..In our jourleyings through
the East and West" he said, "we have not
seen single man asking aims This he
regarded as extraordinary. He knew of no
other country in which this noticeable ex
emption from beggars might he witnessed.
In other countries, no matter where he
said, "we could not have travelled day
without being appealed to ON all sides by
beggars not port that we could enter with
out being met at the landing with appeals
for aims. -
"A photographer of Cleveland, Ohio, is
about to explore the Mammoth Cave, of Ken
lucky, for the purpose of taking views of its
interior, by the aid of strong chemical
lights.
The building of the Blackfriars bridge
across the Thames occasions the reproduc-
ton of the fact about the construction Of
Westminster bridge, where an unexpected
/ difficulty arose in the use of diving bells.
1 The men, comfortably out Of sight of their
EMPLOYERS, occupied their time in reading
newspapers, playing cards, and drinking
! beer, only making signals to those above now
and then, TO give the impression they were
working These sub-aqueous debauches
were carried on by candle light, because it
| is as night few feet below the surface Of
this dirty river After they were found out,
! diving dresses and helmets were substituted
! for the bells.
There is much enquiry now as to the
origin and pronunciation Of the word Fen
IAN One suggests that it be pronounced
I Esanian e short), supposing the name to be
! derived from Fens-the marshes on boys in
which the insurgents, he supposes. will
gather Another suggests that it is derived
/ from Phenix, to typify the purposes of the
society to cause old Ireland TO rise like the
Phenix fran her ashes, but in that case the
word might be spelled Phenian. This is
probably incorrect. An English journal
derives the name from a mythical Irish hero
named Finn, who once led the Celtic race to
victories--the corruptions from g Finnians"
into g Fenians' being easy and natural.
The engineers Of the Canandaigua and
Batavia Branch Of the New York Central
Railroad noticed for some time little piles
OF sand placed on the rails at a certain
/ curve These sand heaps offered no OBJ
Al.
paid to them. One day last week pile of
sand was found to haMe sharp stones under
it; there was nearly an accident in conse-
quence. 1t is supposed to have been the
work of children.
A bout the 10th nltmo, Mr.. @Roman, of
Ell Paso, New Mexico, stopping at the Lin
dell Hotel St. Louis, had occasion to 60 to
the water closet late at night, and while
there took off belt, which he wore around
his waist, containing $4,000, which he
forgot on going to his room Early the
next morning one of the employees found
the belt, but its contents had been abstract
ed, and no clue was discovered to the
guilty party until q few drys since, when a
bell boy was found to be spending more
money than he earned, and was arrested.
One thousand dollars have been recovered,
and that is probably all that Mr.. Roman
will get back.
"A new toy has been lately invented in
Paris which bids fair to supplant the rose
ale balloons so eagerly acquired by the
children of the rising generation. 1t CON
sists of o serpent composed of quicksilver,
sulphur, etc., which, lighted by means of a
common lucifer match, and projected into
the air, performs a series of marvellous ev-
olutions But against the glittering fasc-
nations of this tempting toy, the children of
France are warned by an article in the
Courier d. Ia Mosel5e, in which they are in
formed that while this flaming serpent
whirls and members in the air it emits
mercnrial vapor Of the most pernicious ma
ture.
"A gentleman of considerable wealth,
including large amount Of house proper
ty, at Stratford, England, where he resided,
has recently died. During his long resi-
dence there, he had acquired considerable
notoriety from his peculiar notions as re
CARDS letting his houses, every applicant
having to agree to the following conditions
before entering upon the tenancy LIST,
"There must be no children I'd, "The
tenant must not smoke;" 3d. "Nor keep
birds; 4th, ''Nor exhibit flowers in pots or
otherwise in any or either of the windows,
of the house; 9th eff bachelor, or
widow, or spinster, he or she must not
enter into matrimony during his or her
tenancy"
-Barnum's last venture was thepurohase
of a dwarf elephant not much larger than a
Newfoundland dog The animal is on his
way to New York from London.
Alderman Phillips, of the Hebrew faith,
has been elected lord mayor of London
1t is believed that political catastro-
phe is impending in the Danubian princi
palities, and Turkish corps of $1,000 men
is ordered to be ready to move across the
Danube at twenty four hours notice.
A singular railway accident took place
recently near Fermo, in Southern Italy.
While the train was crossing the bridge over
the little river Marano, violent tornado
broke out, filling the air with clouds of dust
and hurting the ears into the river. Owing
to the strong current, one of them was driv-
en- to the Adriatic, number Of passengers
being drowned.
"A Philadelphia butter dealer disguised
the good people of that city by asking dol
lar pound for butter. One lady offered
ninety cents, which he refused and just at
weighed his lEmps, and found every one I'M
der weight, and confscated his entire stock,
to the great delight Of the lookers-on.
With regard to the recent excitement in
the New York stock market, the Herald Of
The 9Th inst says: "There is q notable &C.
cession of outside spectators and orders