Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-22
EareEgup Gossip.

| nave the eniIre $6,UOU.
Foreign Gossip "a
/ 1t is proposed to drain three hundred
and eighty thousand acres of the Zuyder
| Zee, al cost of Gl0,950,000.
The fnal result Of the pisbiaeite in We
META gives the following vote, viz IN favor
Of union with Italy, Gal, 768-with only 90
against zg
The tailor is just dead who used to
make the great Napoleon's gray great coats.
I His name was Legot, and he has just 60 le'
go'' this mortal coil ~,, - j
"A gentleman of Florence was. recently
from expelled the theatre for squirting
scented water on the ballet, girls. He
maintained that it was "his way of ap-
plauding" So aslI8
The Paris ladies have found out way
of dyeing dresses without ripping them to
pieces, and for few francs the dear crea
lures. appear in any color thatis desired.
looking as fresh as if just from the hands Of
the m0dtste.
-The annual ceremony Of browning the
king Of pumpki4sys ut the central market.
took place the otner day. The vegetable
which obtained the b onorS this year wei ehed.
258 pounds, and Measured ten feeb-feaf
inches in circumference.
"A rich bachelor recently died in Eng
land, at the age of sixty five, who for TWEEN
" oue years had been an inordinate taker
OF medicines. In 1910 he took over 40, 900
pills, and in ell he had taken $4,000 bottles
| Of different mixtures.
London gossip says that Mr.. Charles
Dickens is going to sue Mr.. Cave for libel.
i H. ~
not very complimentary to the Marlebone
Theatre; the manager, Mr., Cave, published
: areply wbich Mrs}Dicksns considers 80 Ii
belous tltat he has instructed his solicitor
to bring an action.
In st. Petersburg, tipsy people are
lodged for the night,at the police stations,
and in the morning obligedto do penaee as
scavengers. The whole Turkish Empire,
according to the census made for the assess
/. ments of.the 'steRths, - comprises in line
aggregate population of nearly AZ 900, 900,
CT which 100000 are IN Europe and
24,000,0 600 in Asia. NA
Keith johnson, o Scotch gentleman
travelling in the Holy Land, says ne has dis
covered in aevillage now called Tell Hum,
ancient Capernaum, the synagoge in which
Christ preached on ONE occasion. This is
4 The only ednice now exciting which was yis+
tied by the Savior. Mr.. johnson states
that the synagogue islin a very good state
of preservation, considering that it is more
thaA one thousand eight hundred and sixty
six years old.
: We learn from lie N0rQ that cholera
has been very viIVIenSin Belgium. Official
statistics just published, state that from the
commencement of the epidemic tothe 10Th
of September, the number of attacks have
been 40, sos, and the number of deaths 27,-
$40, or more than one-helfthe toaai number
attacked. The population OF Belgium IS
4, $40, $40, so that the scourge has carried
off one and sixty per cent. of the in
habitants. .
Near Basipsoke, in England, the an
cient Roman and British capitalof Southern
England, some excavations have recently
been made which have laid bare Roman
street, with another smaller one running
from it. Two large Roman houses, with
tesselated payemepts, the cite Of an amphi-
j theatre, and q portion of tbs walls sur
rounding the ancient capital have also
been dug out. Several coins, of periods an
terror to the Christian era, have been found,
and a-brick with parts of an inscription
upon IT.
] The ivory arm chair presented by the
I citvsof Lubbock to GuBtavus Vasa, was sold
I in 1925 to NJ. Sclinkel, chamberlain Of
the King of Sweden, for 100, 900 francs
the prayer-b book used by gharlesI I, OF Eng
land on the scaffold fetched 2, 600 francs;
the coat worn by Charles XII. at the battle
Z of Pullrowa, was sold in Edinburgh for
4, SOL 900 francs 4 and in. 1916, LORD Scwart.
bury gave 10 $50 francs for tooth of New
| oh ri nd
by the eldest branch OF aatz family. .s
"A literary announcement from Leipsic
runs thus: ''Ouf readers viii be obliged
to US for thus drawing their attention to
some Sausorit works which will shortly ap-
pear. Wehaye not read he books ourselves,
but, if their contents are as interesting as
their titles, their perusal must be the acme
of delight The titles are: .Swapants-
Observation-Disclosures strotra,' Tragun-
atmikakalikastotra,' UpangalaIitravrato-
dyapana,' Sankarchaturthivra
ond Observation-Disclosures"
"A guard ring, presented by Sir Edward
G0och to his bride, is thus described: s." It
4 is band Of pure colored gold, perfectly
plain, on which is deliberately devised the
word Edward in precious stones, each
letter being composed of jewels beginning
in accordance with the word The is
formed of minute .emeralds, soyle eight or
ten in number; the Of diamonds; the W
not being represented in the name Of any
known precious stone, it's composed Of dia-
monds, rubies, amethysts and emeraIds, al
ternateiy set, so as to produce most pleas
ling effect The of amethysts. the 3 of
rubies, ana the BJof diamonds The jewels
are all inlaid, and the effect is exceedingly
beautiful,
80 a33t9 s
ArE and Science.