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

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The two hundred thousandth of Tupper's
Proverbial Philosophy has been issued.
THE Richmond Tines learns that Gen.
Henry A. Wise is lying dangerously III OF
the cholera, at his residence, in that city
GEN. N. B. FORREST, who killed q negro
man some months ago, while the latter was
in the act of killing his wife, has been tried
and acquitted. sta.n
A LONDON correspondent of the World
makes mention Of the fact that "All Alone"
is written by two different authors, one
writing one end and the other the other
end.
GENERAL BEAUREGARD has publicly de-
clared that no man shall have employment
on the railroad of which he is president,
who has not served in the Confederate
army.
ONE of our exchanges says that Mrs.
Bethshebe Coggshall. Of Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, is sixty one years of age, and
her oldest boy is seventy four years old.
Queer reckoning.
JAMES PARToN, ESQ, the well known
author, Of New York, has been visiting
Chicago, as the guest of G. NJ. Cady, Esq
of the firm Of Root s Cady. Mr., Parton
comes West to obtain material for g i2s
Of articles for the atlantic Monthly IN Chlca-
60 and vicinity.
CYRUS w. FIELD has addressed letter
to every creditor who suffered by the failure
of his house in 1860, requesting state
ment Of the amount compromised, adding
the interest for nearly six years, and as fast
al abn in fpJ
whole amount will be $500. 600.
Gov. SWAMI, Of Maryland, is thus de-
scribed ia the New York Commercial AdUer-
tissr: "Ae is stout and broad shoaldered.
has the face of one who moderately loves
wine and rich cookery, a heavy sand colored
noustache, with beard five or six inches
long, is narrow in the forehead and very
FUN over the eyes, and carries his 48 OF 80
years with charming youthful digniry.''A
THEY tell in Washington of mistake
made by the wife of Western Senator and
ex-member of the cabinet. The lady is the
daughter of Methodist minister, and her
husband, before he became politician, was
circuit preacher. at party one evening
an. Montholon, minister of France, :" was
presented to the lady, and she, desiring to
do the agreeable, asked, "Pray sir, what
circuit dc you travel in? =
LOUIS Fox, the celebrated billiard player,
was seriously wounded recently, at his
house in Rochester, by the accidental dis
charge of pistol in pocket of his coat.
He was in the act Of putting the coat en-
when the pocket struck table, discharging
the pistol The ball entered the abdomen,
and lodged in the thigh beyond the reach
of the probe. The surgeons think he will
recover.
HERR1cK AIKEN, a well known inventor,
whose death occurred at Franklin, n. H.,
o.. the 9th, was born in Peterborough in
that State, June 8, 1897 For many years
past he has been known as very ingenious
and skillful artisan. Several Of his iuvaa-
lions in the line of mechanics tools have
been lone in use. In his early years ne was
among the first to predict the invention Of
travelling by steam, and was often ridiculed
for his views upon this TOPIC. He leaves a
widow and four sons, two of the latter be-
ing the inventors and proprietors Of the IA
nous Aiken knitting machine.