Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-15
CURRENT ITEMS.
Personal and Literary.

MRS. zen. DOL mas been STRUCK WILl
paralysis.
AT the banquet to George Peabody, in
Baltimore $72,000,000 were represented.
FRED DOUGLASS and his son are going Il
start start colored paper at Alexandria
Virginia.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, the witty writer o.
~burlesaue literature, is now victim Of the
locke-jaw. - -
One of the candidates for the Legislature
in Leavenworth, Kansas, is named Michael
Przybylowicz.
~ No wonder 2ismark is broken down. In
the campaign of Koniggratz he slept but
80 hours in 81 days.
GEN. FITZPATRICK, our minister to Chilli,
rumor has it, will shortly marry an accom-
plished Chiiian lady.
DR.. MARY WALKER says women are over
worked and their vitality exhausted by car
rying around dry goods stores.
The author of John Halifax, Gentle
man." is writing new novel, which VII!
probably be published next year.
FLORENCE MARYArT dedicates her novel,
"Too Good for Him." I'd her husband.
Nothing personal meant, Of course.
=. D. b LOCKE (Nasby), it is said, has been
offered and viii accept a lucrative position
in New York. He is at present connected
with the Toledo Blade.
p THALBEPG, the great pianist, who made
the Bostonians furnish preference" before
he would admit them to his concerts, q letter
writer says, 50 is making wine near Naples,
forgetful Of music"
THE New York World states that Commo-
dore Vanderbilt inter ds to retire from act
i've business as soon as he obtains a COM
petence," and then quietly adds that has
estate is now estimated at "only fifty mil
lions"
sREv. SYLyANUs COBB, who died the other
day in Boston, was not the New Y ork Ledger
contributor, but the father of that celebrity.
Rev. Sylvanus Cobb, D. D., was distin-
guished clergyman of the Universalist de-
nomination ~-ss
GEN. GEARY, Of Pennsylvania, has been
suffering for several days past, the result
ofsoyer exertion during the political cam
paign. Ia six weeks of the canvass he
travelled over 5000 miles,. and averaged
three speeches every three days.
THE Empress Eugene is well known TO
be religious devotee. In the Church Of
Notre- Dame des- VICTORIES, in Paris, she has
caused TO be suspended a beautiful lamp,
bearing the initials L. NJ" ard which is
to burn perpetually before the high altar.
The viii of Mrs. Blondina Dudley, of
albany, N. Y, which is now being contested
in the courts of that city, disposed of pro-
perry valued at $4,000, whereas seven
years before her death it was known to be
worth $3.50, 600, and the courts are trying
to find out what has become Of the other
$53O,O0O.
Rev. GEORGE Z. WILLIAMS, rector Of the
Episcopal church at Suffolk, Va, was ar
rested in New York, on Friday last, for
picking lady's pocket. He was impris-
ioned, and the case is still pending. The Pc
tersburg Index says there must be some mis-
take or fraud about it, as he has lived in
good standing in that vicinity for many
years.
BARON JAMES DE RoTHsCHILD has, within
the last two weeks, entirely lost the sight OF
one eye. 1t has been cling for some time,
and some of the most eminent oculists in
Europe tried in vain to save it. The other
eye, unfortunately, shows symptoms Of
sympathetic affection, and il is feared that
the great Paris banker, whose intellectual
faculties are yet as vigorous as ever, will
become totally blind. Baron James is sew
enty-four years Of age, but does not look so
old.
A LAMP TRIMMER in the United States ma
Wy, named Edward Louis, who was employed
on the steamship Madawaska at New York,
lately ascertained by foreign advertise
ment that he had become heir to $500, 900 in
gold, the title Of Count, and an extensive
estate. Louis, who is a young Hungarian,
upon learning of his good fortune, deserted
from the navy, but is now in Washington
making an effort to secure formal dis
charge from the service, having the assist
.ance of the Austrian ambassador.
IA LONDON literary monthly, the Stationer,
says; "Mr. Bell, the late proprietor of
Belts Messenger, was the person who origin
ated the exclusive use of the round S in
printed books. When this letter was first
introduced it met with great opposition
AS an instance of this may be noteo the
circumstance that Messrs. Gilbert having
set up three sheets of a work for late
bishop of Durham, in which the round
was used, were obliged to recompense them,
as his lordship declined to sanction the in
novation."
THE Minneapolis Chronicle of the 9th in
slant, says that on Monday morning Col.
Oonwell found pocket book near the post
Office, containing four thousand and ninety
Ave dollars, mostly in 7-30 bonds. He i'm
mediately left word at the post Office and
several of the banks, as to where it could
be found should there be any inquiry after
1t, and also sent an advertisement of it to
the Chronicle. About noon person called,
giving his name as Gracious u. Canady,
late OF Springfield, H., who proved proper
ty, and when it was handed to him, told the
the Colonel he was an "honest fellow, and
he was much Obliged 10 han i! :" and ne quiet
ly left the office, not offering to pay even for
the advertisement.
PATTI is now worth 100000 in gold;
O. her father as much apparently; and Maui
1ice Strakosch the making and made Of
Them, ought to be worth half a million. A
sweet shylock is Maurice in art, and can
not forbear tellingyou the part he played in
the salon of Rothschild. Patti, as you know,
goes out to gentlemen's houses of nights to
sing for which she gets, therefor, clever
sums, At first, in the flush and heyday of
her coming, she demanded, through Maui
rice, as much as 10000 francs per night.
She is now willing to sing for 5000 francs,
(and once, am sorry to say, consented TO
appear with Theresa the ballad womanl.
Rothschild, on 8 certain night, not long ago,
had it arranged with Maurice Strakosch,
that he should produce Patti at the bankers
palace, where she would sing two selections
for s., 600. The night came. The guests
were of the froth Of Rochefort Patti sur
prised herself When she had done there
went up a great encore. 4" Baron" said the
ladies, ''won't Mademoiselle Patti sing
again." Certainly" said the banker.
"Monsieur Strakosch, Miss Patti will re-