Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-09-20
Domestic Paragraphs.

"A horse with five feet is said to be il
Texas.
Many Virginia farmers are boiling wa
termelon juice into molasses. 'i'' tJ
IA melon rind upon the sidewalk caused
the death of young lady in Norfolk. ~
The Richmond Board Of Trade have
sent comfortable chair to JEFF. Davis.
Lowell has 437, 200 spindles in opera.
ton this year, and Fall River 428,000.
"A rich lady in Nashville, a large rea
estate owner, has voluntarily reduced hei
rents 335 per cent. The usual plan is te
voluntarily increase them.
An Irishman in Bennington, VT, was
sent to get some green corn for dinner the
other day. He plucked four barrels and
sent them in, and then finished the patch,
leaving not an ear in the field.
"A tourist at Niagara Falls writes that
when he sees the approach of man,
woman, child, or Indian, he puts his hand
in his pocket, and inquiries, 8" Well, how
much % .-..-
That was provident and a1ectionate
father who secured $4,000 policies in an
accidental insurance company, upon the
lives Of his seven small children, and sent
the little darlings for holiday excursion on
a New Jersey railroad. -..fr4er.
"A wedding was to take place at Nash
vie one.evening last week, and bride, par
son and guests were ready, when it was an
nounced that the unhappy groom was on a
jury which was unable to agree, and had
been locked up for the night. 'D' "'
One of the largest bells in. the United
States has been cast for the city of Pitts
burg, Pa. The amount of metal contained
in the rough casting is 1900 pounds. II
measures sixty-six inches across the mouth,
and sixty-two inches in hight to the top of
the crown. ~
"A Mr.. Douglass residing in Hope Town
ship, Wis, saw large eagle sitting upon
the fence. He crept up to it, and grasped
it by the~legs. After severe contest in
which the eagle with his beak and talons
drew blood from Mr.. DIS shoulder he sue
ceeded in overcoming it.
The following is list of g commemo-
rative weddings" Two years after the
wedding is the "paper wedding;" the 5th
anniversary IS the ''wooden wedding;" the
10th the "tin wedding;" the 18th the
"crystal wedding;" the goth the schina
wedding;" the 25th the 'tsilver wedding :"
the 50th the "goldep wedding;" the 18th
the " diamond wedding"
"A young lady named Mary Dougherty,
residing in Charleston, S. c., was killed re-
Gently, in singular manner. She was en-
ployed in making up the bed of the proprie-
tor of the house in which she lived, when q
loaded pistol which had been left under the
pillow, fell upon the floor, and the contents
were discharged into her thigh and abdo-
men.
The Syracuse, n. Y, Journal relates the
particulars of the death of an aged lady,
Mrs. Sarah Keiggins, at the communion
table, occurred few day since. She went
to the alter with her daughter, and while
the pastor was reading the hymn, 9 Rock
Of Ages fell dead from her seat, without
moments warning that the messenger of
death was near. She was IS years of age
"A gentleman, resident of Cleveland, be
came crazy on Monday, on hearing that his
brothers, sister and her husband, and their
family, had all died of cholera at Cincin-
natl He was on Tuesday morning found
roaming through the str 80, needless of the
tears and entreaties of his wife, who was
| trying to persuade him to return home. The
police took him home, where he has to be
| gurded and confined to his room.
"A singular and most distressing scene
| took place, on the 9th, in a graveyard at
Edwardsville, ILL.,, where, during the funer-
al ceremonies over the body of child of
Mr.. John Gatfney, the mourners and attend
ants were attacked by @ swarm of humble
bees. The irate insects lit upon the uncov-
cred heads and faces of those present, who
were mostly all stung in terrible manner.
| The ladies screamed, and retreat was
absolutely necessary before the ceremony
was concluded. One Of the ladies stung is
confined to her bed from the effects of the
virus.
"A singular and melancholy ARRAY took
place near Richmond, Missouri, on the Goth
ult., between two little boys, aged respec-
lively eleven and thirteen years, sons of
William Flourney. They were hunting
| cartridges with their fathers revolver, but
became engaged in a quarrel, when the
elder fired two shots with the pistol at the
| younger, wounding him in the forehead and
the hip; he then handed the weapon to his
wounded brother, and told him to shoot him.
He did SO, firing two shots-one ball enter
ing the right hip, the other the brain, kill
ing him instantly.
- "A company are busily engaged at sink
ing mine on small island in South Gov
entry, Lake Conn, in the hope of finding
the treasure which they suppose Capt. Kidd
to have buried there. An old man who as
sisted the pirates in the concealment of
their gold, died few years ago, and the
company are working under the direction of
his son, to whom he. intrusted the informa-
| csy
Nova Scotia, and Mr.. Marble, an insane old
man, has been engaged in the same Quixotic
operation for many years, at the lodges on
the coast near Salem, Mass.
Recently, man at Magnolia, La, put
some tar on his pantaloons, and immediate
ly sat down upon the back of mule which
belonged to somebody else. The conse-
quence was, that when he left Magnolia the
mrla stuck to him. The people up there
called it " stealing mule" and arrested
him. Thus the matter stood until Friday
night, when it was discovered that the pris-
oner had left his quarters He was found
a few hours afterwards, dead, underneath
the projecting limb of tree, and marks Of
a rope were plainly visible around his neck.
So says private telegram. 1t is supposed
that after hanging himself he took the rope
ArOm his HecK anu plU IL somewhere.
The Videette, a sprightly GENTLE paper
paper published at Salt Lake city, under
the eyes of the Mormon leader, has the fol
lowing: "Sunday afternoon, as the SER
vices at the tabernacle were approaching a
close, there was prospect of an immedi-
ate shower, which caused several of the fe.
males to leave. heprophet took survey
of the heavens, and with due prophetic dig
nifty annnnncad that III would not rain e.,