Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-11-30

Ill the case OF Il Qeeu Vi LruSb A4oftSdge
Of the Great Western Railway for three
million dollars, held by q trustee. the In
ternal Revenue Commissioner has decided
that stamps must be affixed The STAMP 8
will amount in value to thirty thousand
dollars
About SO, 600 bales of cotton were rails
ed in Texas this year.
Gen. Carl SEIZURE, in his report Of his
tour of inspection through the South, ex-
presses his belief that to enforce negro suf-
frage in the South would require large
standing army.
The Wisconsin eagle, "Old Abe" es-
capped from Confinement last Saturday, and
| few off, alighting on high tree. He was
| finally coaxed back.
House rents are enormous IN New York.
house on Union square, (old fashioned
style not very remarkable for any hing, J
rented for 81 ,00J per month-Sl2, coo per
annun--about half of the salary Of the
president of the United States. Several
others are advertised for rent ct from 81, 900
to $500 per month.
Near Bedford, England, is little vii
| lage church, where the lord of the manor
has private box or apartment overlooking
the chancel. A little flight Of steps outside
the church leads TO the double door Of this
secluded oratory, which i furnished with a
| fireplace and sundry comfortable chairs and
fo0tstools. TIE proprietor is devoQE man
and never misses morning service. When
the service commences he opens the sash
window, which is exactly opposite the read
| ing desk, and behaves with the strictest de
corum until the prayers and psalm lmmedi-
ately before the sermon are sung to the end.
| Then just a. the minister enters the pulpit,
| he shut down the sash and devotes himself
| TO reading the letters by the morning post,
which have in the meanwhile been brought
10 him by his servant. 4..r H
| The safe in the counting groom of VIM
7. Richardson, coal dealer at Cambridge
| Mass, was blown open recently, and robbed
of seven dollars In currency and $500 0 in
promissory notes, pay ment upon which has
since been stopped The explosion was of
such power that it woke The residents OF
house in the vicinity, some Of whom aver
that it made the buildings shake; yet the
robbers finished their work and got off with
| their, to them, valueless booty.
1T has been ordered at Moscow that, in
all public buildings, the doors of the main
| entrance shall open outward, instead of in
ward, as hitherto. The reason Of this ar
rangement is to enable people to have free
egress in the event Of any accident or panic
| occurring.
| The presidents message and accom-
panyi Dg documents are to be printed in ad-
vance, sent to government agents in differ
ent cities, and by them given &c the public
press the day they are delivered in Con.
gress. @boa s @9A
IAN indianapolis paper says that COW
stealing has become regular business in
that city. A number of citizens have lost
their cows. which were probably converted
into steak and roasts by the time they were
missed. ,tru
In making some excavations in New
| Albany, Indiana last week, an immense
tusk OF the purest ivory, seven feet, nine
inches in length, and at the th:ckest part
eight and one quarter inches in diameter,
was discovered. 1t weighed nearly one
i hundred pounds. Several years ago, a
tusk Of nearly the same dimensions, was
found near the same place, and is now in the
possession of DR. John Sloan of New Alba
ny. In taking it out OF the ground, the tusk
was broken into several pieces, the ivory
| having become very much softened.
The farmers Of California are turning
| their attention to the culture Of cotton. Don
Jose Rubis Of Angeles county, has ginned
i 100000 pounds of the fabric this year
Matthew Keller, rich and extensive wine
grower of the same county, raised l25 acres
of frst-rate cotton this year.