Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19
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merly Postmaster of New York, has been
passed to the credit of bad debts. The
amount is about Sill 900
The remarkable poem, Cleopatra, " pub
lished III the August number Of BlaekmaoFs
Magazine, is attributed to Mr.. William "
Story, the American sculptor, who has re.
Gently returned to Rome after visit to This
country.
LOUIS NAPoLEoN's official penny evening
paper. re Petit Noaateur, has been ordered
by the imperial censor to be silent in regard
to the death of General Lamoriciere, lest
the mention of that heroic warriors name
should remind the people of his life long
opposition to imperial rule.
JEFF. THOMPSON tells the editor of the
Louisville Journal that the only persons in
the South who wish to do any more fighting
arc those who didn't do any when they had
chance.
No ONE would imagine, says fellow-pas-
senger of Nine. Demorest, the Queen of
Fashion to all Western women, either from
her style or dress, that she had ever looked
into fashion book. | was curious to talk
with her, and I did So She gave me the
whole history OF her eleven years in New
York She had sold out to a lady who takes
her name, and Nine. d. was returning to
England, her native land, to start hotel.
IT is reported that Ralph Waldo Emerson
lost his entire property by the Concord Bank
robbery, except his homestead.
IT is said that Edwin Booth is to be mar
ried to Miss Hermione Hauel, daughter of
the well known perfumer, Jules Hauel, of
Philadelphia.
HORACE GREELEY, while on his late West
ern tour, expressed the opinion that no tract
OF land OF equal size, on any continent, ex-
ceeded in fertility the Rock river valley.
ALFRED HANLoN, doing one of his haz-
araous trape2e performances at Buffalo, fell
to the stage, severely injuring himself, but
fortunately breaking no bones
MARTIN F. UPPER has become a play
wright, and new fve-act historical drama
from his pen is soon to be produced at the
! Haymarket Theatre, London.
DURING her late visit to Germany, Queen
Victoria made nice little bargain. Her
second son, Prince Alfred has been pro
claimed heir and successor to the present
/ Duke of Saxe-Coburg.
THE Emperor recently present life size
statue of the great Napoleon, in silver, to
the museum of sovereigns, at the Louvre.
1t is in the costume q pupil at Brienne.
| COMMODORE VANDERBILT is said to be the
best euehre player in New York. He GER
tainly handles his cards we'll, financially.
GEN. Dix can be mayor of New York, if
! he will take the nomination. If not Gen.
/ siokles will take prominent position rs q
candidate.
/ A NASHVILLE paper says that VIM. L..
Yaneey came to his death by violence, dy-
ing from I'M uries received in scnfie in the
rebel Congress at Richmond with Mr. Ben.
Hill of Georgia. The lie was given by Mr..
! Hill, Mr.. Yaneey struck the first blow, and
| was hurled back against q desk, injuring
his spine in such manner that he never
recovered. vote of secrecy was passed
in the rebel Congress, and the incident is
now for the first time, told in print.
JOHN FREDERICK HERRING, an English
artist of eminence died recently at the age
of Y. He was the son of an American es-
tablished in trade in London When boy
of Is, he went to Doncaster in search of EN-
ployment A sight Of the st. Leger races
led him to make his first attempt at painting
horses, and although for some time he was
obliged to earn his living as coachman, he
eventually established for himself repnta
ton as one Of the best painters Of horses il
England.
SOME ten years ago there came an old, one
armed, sickly looking man to the city OF
Montgomery. Ala, who followed the ayoca-
tor Of peddlng knives and scissors through
the city. 1t is said that he offered to sell q
knife to the Hon VIM. L. Yaneey, once upon
a time, and the Hon. VIM l.. struck him il
the face for having the presumption to speaf
to him. To-day this man, Wreford by name
has the largest dry goods and fancy store il
Montgomery, and the eldest son of the Hon
Vim. l.. Yancey is behind his counter dealing
out tape, etc Quite change.
THE French Emperor has lately been rus
/, ticating at Biarritz. He rises early, reads
} the letters and dispatches that come during
the night, and gives instructions to his pri
vate secretary, NJ Cont, while slipping hi
coffee. A little later he breakfasts with thu
Empress and several intimate friends H
is very fond of cold roast, and takes mucl
more time about his meals than his uncle th'
first Napoleon, who beat the most go-aheaC
American in the rapdity Of his eating.
A COMMITTEE has been appointed by th'
public school teachers Of Baltimore to pro
vide for the erection Of monument to Ed
gar A. Poe This brilliant but unhappy
genius died sixteen years ago, and was bur
led in q private graveyard attached to thu
Westminster Presbyterian Church Of Bal
ti1nore.
BtERsTADT's Rocky Mountains" has been
sold for so 900, and pjintington's ''Repub-
lican Court" has been purchased by A. i
Stewart for $4,000
Mr.. JAMEs O. DIX, Of the Boston Journal
died the other day of consumption. The
Lord knows there is no more consuming en-
ployment than that Of an editor.
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT is the Oldest ed
itor in this country, and writes better poe
try than any of the rest of us.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT is the wealthiest
and most INSCRIPTIONS member Of the edito-
rial fraternity.
MERLE D. AUBIGNE, author of the History
of the Reformation, delivered the annual
address this year before the Evangelica
Society of Geneva. He is now II years OF
age.
AVERY SMITH, the great circus proprietor,
has purchased DIR. Chapins Church on
Broadway, New York, for $4,000, and
trian theatre on the plan Of Astley's in
! London.
The Hon. John P. Hale, our new minister
to Madrid, was, in the middle of last month,
still cholera-bound at Paris, waiting for the
disappearance Of the epidemic from Spain
/ before he ventures 10 proceed on his Journey.