Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-12-20
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"A sharp merchant in Maine, was lately
sold in the purchase Of lot Of Shanghai
ROSTERS for turkeys.
"A man in Ohio has effected insurance
upon his life to the amount Of 100000, to
the great satisfaction of his relatives.
1t has been found by experiments that
the total, weight of the earth is 1856
500, co., 000,0 100000, 900 tons Of matter.
There is a region in Oxford county,
Me-, where the soil is so poor that a single
grasshopper might look over ten acres of it
and weep.
Stealing hogs has become quite common
in some parts of the West. The thieves
use chloroform to prevent the porcines from
giving the alarm.
One of the engineers of the coast sur
vey states that the sea-coast Of Maine, fol-
lowing all its indentations, is longer than
the Atlantic cable.
The Bridgeport Standard tells story Of
the keeper Of toll-bridge, who refused
silver quarter in payment for toll, and
insisted upon having good money
"A married lady Of Detroit sold her rag
bag, recently, for one dollar, and after
wards remembered that she had deposited
the sum of $3.50 in it for safe keeping.
"A hotel proprietor in San Francisco an
nounces that ne has opened a large read
ing-room, containing 500 volumes of
standard works, which is entirely for the
use of patrons"
Mrs. Susanna Zeigenfuss, an old lady
of Carbon county. Penn, recently died,
leaving II children, IS grandchildren, 10
great grandchildren, and great-great~
grandchildren.
Mr.. John Quincy Adams Crane,
printer, of Raleigh, recently took from his
ear grain of corn which had been there
eighteen years. The corn was in q perfect
state of preservation.
I'm forty counties of Indiana there are
one or more soldiers in the poor houses
There are in the State, seven hundred total
Iy disabled; three thousand partially disa-
bled, and seven thousand orphans
"A white Squire Ell was caught in the
town Of East Ashford, Cattaraugus, county,
Y. Y, short time since, by farmer named
Pierce. The animals fur is all pure white,
while the eyes are pink. The creature is
on exhibition in Buffalo.
An old lady named Elizabeth Ross, re-
siding in Mansfield, Ohio, was attacked the
other day by ferocious hog, knocking her
down, breaking her leg, ssand tearing her in
shocking manner. Fer life was first
despaired Of, but she is recovering.
"A millionaire Of New York recently
gave dinner at his elegant residence, to
which forty guests were invited, one-h&lf
of whom were ladies. With very question
able taste, a present worth $500 was laid
beside the plate Of each Of the lady guests.
At Evansville, the other evening, at a
wedding party, while everything was gay
and joyous, the bride suddenly fell to the
floor in convulsious, and remained go for
twenty-four hours. She laced rather
tightly.
There are at this time il South Carolina
eleven cotton factories in successful opera
ton, running q, 200 spindles 996 looms, the
largest one, the Kaimia Mills, having TO- 900
spindles and 600 looms, and the smallest
one, the Valley Falls Factory, having 500
spindles.
John Sheppard, the pedestrian, who
attempted TO walk one hundred and ten
consecutive hours, at Savannah, Ca, fell at
1853 p. ~, losing by one hour and seven
minutes. He was taken out on streteher,
having walked one hundred and eight hours
and fifty minutes.
A man named Flynn, a hostler in Hud-
son, N. Y, under the effects of detiriWna ire
mems, went into the country last week,
Invested himself of all clothing and re-
manned in this exposed condition for two
days. When found he was in a dying con-
dition.
1t is humorously reckoned that the
heirs of Aneke Jams number two millions.
Thus, provided Trinity Church was made
to disgorge, each heir would have fou' dol
lars. 1t is obviously better to own share
in the Opera House rattle.
The San Francisco News Letter is very
severe on poetical correspondent 1t
says: 9. The best line in your poem is Ri
toll Idly dol, whack fol de riddy dol de ray.
But we have grave reasons for Believing it
is not original. We have seen something
very like it before"
The voters Of Fairfield, Conn, know
ing P. 7. Barnum's fondness for practical
joke, have paid him off in his own coin, by
electing him to an Office known in New
England as Hog Hqyward. the business of
which is to drive stray hogs to pound; and
to keep them out Of the road.
The bridge of the Chicago. Burlington
& Quincy Railroad, across the Mississippi,
at Burlington, has been let to a Detroit
firm. The structure will be of iron, and is
to be flushed by the first of December,
1867. 1t will be but q few years before the
Mississippi will be bridged at all principal
railroad points.
In the cemetery at Chester Village, VT,
there is grayestone bearing this singular
inscription: TN memory Of Stephen Riggs
he was Is feet inches, and was devoted to
the naval service of his country. Died
Dec. 6, 1900" Apparently some wag pre-
fixed the figure l to the 6, thus making it
read Is feet.
The Sand Patch Tunnel, on the Pitts
burgh & ConDensville Railway, is at last
cut through. It's total length is 4, 7G0 feet,
being 1000 feet more than the long tunnel
on the Pennsylvania Railway, through the
Alleghenies, between Altoona and Cresson.
1t is intended for a double track, and is
twenty-five feet wide by nineteen feet in
height.
The clergymen of Norwich, Conn,
have issued circular, expressing their de-
termination to attend go more funerals or
Sundays except in cases of absolute neoes-
sity. They object to the practice as being
clear violation of the fourth command
ment, both from The amount or work it
involves, and because it keeps many from
attending church service
A man in Pittsburgh, Pa, fancying
himself attacked with prelGcnitory symp
toms of cholera, swallowed an entire bottle
of Perry Davis Pain-killer, and followed
it with dose of 1audanum. He did not
take the cholera, but the remedy did the
business for him most effectually. a deep
sleep succeeded the heroic doses Of the anti
dote. from which the unfortunate man never