Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-29

I opinion that the Atlantic cable would abe
more likely to- be SUCCESSFULLY it were prac-
ticable 10 lay the cable in an elastic glass
tube,snd squosed from an ranoienE classic
! author { Petronius. Ar5iter) to snow that in
those days the elasticity Of glass was
known.
Rev. Il. WARD BEECHER has Withdrawn
from the Ladependent the right of publishing
his sermons. They will hereafter appear
in the Examiner and Chronicle and IN the
Ifethodtsk The antagonism created be-
tween Mr.. Beecher and Mr.: Tilton by the
political course Of the former is the cause
of this step taken by Mr.. Beecher
Mr.. GEO w. NIGHTINGALE, OF Maysville,
Me-. six weeks ago had a family consisting
of himself, wife, four sons and two daught+
ers. Typhoid fever entered the house, and
now the wife and three sons are gone, while
the two remaining daughters and the re-
naming son are Frustrated with the disease,
and not expected to survive.
Mr.. GEORGE PEABODY, during his stay IN
GAINESVILLE, received no less than sixty let
tiers from all parts Of the country, soliciting
donations for the aid Of individuals, torpo-
ration, for charitable and other purposes,
in fact for almost every conceivable object
for which money could be applled-to all
which he paid no attention. But to Bishop
Mcllvafne he gave, unsolicited, $25 GEO for
the benefit Of Kenyon College
sDoo," Pitbole darkey, accidentally
shot himself with revolver q day or two
ago. A physician was called to attend Rim
and began by examining the revolver in
stead Of the "pig." The result was that
the revolver was again accidentally dis
charged, the Same niger getting the bene7
! ft offthe second discharge. The ball that
the darkey lodged in himself was taken out,
but the other is lodged beyond the reach of
the. probe. 5{hfl w y gf
A YOUNG MAN named Perry committed
suicide at Ogkaloosa on Monday. the 18th
He had been rejected by Miss Mary Hull
which SO affected him that he determined
to kill her and himself. : His plan was to
kill her while on her way home from church
on. ssunda y evening but the lady, learning
of his threats,, YES protected BY the sfEeffiff
and taken safely home; Perry then killed
himself He left letters. to lis friends in
Indiana explaining the affair.
In is announced, that Ristori' 81 theatrical
sxceesslin AR9 RIGA has been almost without
precedent. She made her first appearance
in New, York pn.the evening" of September
20th, andiths re6eipts'.of twenty six repre-
| sensations in that city and Brooklyn were
! $4,000 SIZE has since, given in. B6stpn
| ten REPRESENTATIONS, and one in Providence,
the receipts being $4,000. making $780,,
! 600 paid to see her perform in foreign
language during a period Of little more
than seSensweeks. s.,.& ~ 81 IL
THE Teputed richest man in St Louis is
James H. Lucas, whose income is SOB. 281.
Forty years ago, a considerable amount of
property in land was left him by an uncle.
He, was at 5hat time living. in x emit eky.
He repaired to st. Eouis, and since then
has done nothing but improve his posses
sions and pay taxes. As a large portion Of
his property consists O.. unproductiye zeal
estate, his income returns give no correC5
idea OF bis wealth, which is ESTIMATED al
the way from $10,00OO00 to $4,000, 900,
and is daily growing in value.
JEAN INGELow devotes most of the money
shesreceives from her writings to charitable
purposes. She fives IN London, With her
mother, in very retired manner, giving a
part Of her time to personal attention to the
poor Besides her various other charities,
she has setrup q dinner tablacfop the in
digent sick-especially those just out of
enough to work. She has genefally about
twelve of these needy guests to enjoy
her hospitality about three. times a week.
She very appropriately calls this free feast
| Copyright dinner" 3%FTF
MARY T., wife Of John Appleton, died in
Boston on Wednesday, aged. So years, after
welded lifelof 81: years duration. Dur
ing the long period of their married life
they have never been separated only sim
gle night, and neither hasseyer been out Of
the limits Of the the State. Mrs Appleton
rodein the steam cars only once during her
life, and never in the horse cars. It is also
stated that her husband has only taken two
rides in the steam cars, though he occasion
ally rode in the street cars. Mr.. Appleton
is now ninety-two years of age, and has
survived ali but one Of a family Of six
children. x
Don PEDRO IT,, Emperor Of Brazil, when
on his way to the Paris Exposition, intends
to pass through the United States, and it is
now stated that his Majesty will now take
advantage of this opportunity to make ar
extended tour in this country. He has
long since desired to do this, and to witness
the progress we have made in the arts and
sciences. He is a good chemist, and civil
engineer, an accomplished Hnguist, and
great admirer of American institutions, and
he is animated by that desire, SO strongly
expressed by almost all the nations Of the
world, to make good friend Of the United
States Government.
A NEW clergyman is just now at. the
zenith of popularity in New York. Rev.
Charles B. Smyth, but few months ago,
began to preach there, and within that time,
by the nnyelty of his ideas, his peculiar
style and the undonbted force and rhetoric
Of his language, he. has succeeded in SO far
engaging Ethe public interest that he now
breaches every Sunday in Cooper Institute
to- an audience greater than that Of any
divine in the country. He. is a man.of
abous 81, with pleasing; though notremark-
able face. Heis already SO popular thatsit
| is proposed to build him q magnificent
| church, lobe erected at once e
NAheAlbapy 4ryus has the following about
Sing Sing State Prison 81 The story about
KetchRm, CUR ant in Sing Sing, and. which
marty beieye, shows, even ifcfalse, into
what estimation the institution has fallen.
tits, that the young man was,s entered ct
the prison, remained there few weeks, was
| then taken away by his friends, went to
Europe, where he now is i1acog., ana there
he will remain until just before the expira-
| ton of hissentence, when he viii return to
State Prison and stay until regularly dis
charged. Tt is said that visitors to tie
prison do not see him among the gangs of
convicts, or IN the office Of the contractor,
where he is said to be employed" 81
EDWARD GARRISON WALKER, the colored
man. who was recently elected to the Mass
achusefts Legislature from. Charlestown, is
| a son of the late David Walker, who pub