Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-08-09
Foreign Gossip.

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Accounts from Brisbane, by way O.
| Sidney, published in the Melbourne ARGUS
mentions a report that Fenian movement
| is afoot there, and that men are being
drilled, and meetings held at South Bris.
bane.
Madame Bravura French, married to
Russian) spends 5000 rubles every year in
Partisan bonnets. She has new one sent
from Paris every day, and has never been
seen twice in the same head-gear.- Pc
ters5urg Letter.
The Partisan ladies have made new
and startling invention in Dress They
have made bonnets smaller and smaller and
beautifully less, until at last they consist of
nothing more than ribbon round the head
with veil attached to it. The veil is gen.
orally black.
"A Paris banker was recently presented
to Prince Demidoff, who, to prevent con-
versation from dropping, said "You have
beautiful breastpin." The banker de-
lighted, for he was proud of his breastpin,
said: "Yes, it is very rare stone" Prince
pemidoff replied: "Very rare and very ex-
pensive. You can't imagine the trouble I
had to get my chimney pieces at st. Peters,
burg for they are made Of ito
The Earl of Derby, the new English
Premier, is said to be much more genial
and full of life and fun, his advanced age,
than his son, Lord Stanley. At dinner at
Knowsley Park, Lord Stanley left the table
soon after the ladies had Withdrawn, leaving
the gentlemen to their usual devotions,-
whereupon the Earl said, ''Now that the
old man is gone, let's have some more
wine"
in the first accounts of the battle of
Custozza, it was stated that Prince Hum
bert had performed ''prodigies Of
valor." Full descriptions Of the engage
ment reveal the fact what they were. Find
ing himself surrounded by Tyroleans, he
drew his sword and ordered his men to form
square, with himself in the center Col
Booker did the same thing at Limestone
Ridge, with similar result.
M. Alexander Dumas says in recent
letter: ga short lime since an old friend
of mine was arrested for So, 400, and thrown
into the debtors jail. He sent me word he
was under lock and key, and asked me to
liberate him. had not So, 400. l went to
his creditor and entered into a contract,
binding me to deliver six lectures in any
six provincial towns he pleased, provided
he released my friend. He accepted my
offer, and my friend came out of Jail at
once"
The lively Paris correspondent of the
american Literary Gazette and Publishers
Circular gives some amusing examples of the
inevitable propensity of the French to make
blunders whenever they attempt to write on
English or American subjects. A French
newspaper, speaking Of the horrors of Lon
don, said quite recently: "Will it be be-
lieved, In London soup made of rotten
green walnuts and cats livers is eaten and
popular in all classes of society,"" Some of
the subscribers of the paper insisted upon
further particulars, in order that they might
avoid the horrible soup when they went to
London, The editor said the soup he al
luded to was called in London walnut cat
sup.
Among the many singular revelations
made during the recent trial of the royal
scandal case in London, is one which, if
true, clears up the long disputed point as
to the authorship of the letters of Junius
They were written by DR.. Wilmot, his
granddaughter asserts, to obtain redress
from George III, who, writing under their
sharp lash, was induced TO sign certain GER
tifcates testifying to the marriage of Olive
Wilmot and the birth of her child. The
youthful Olive made the discovery accident
ally, when she was but II years old. She
CHANGED to take from her grandfather's IL
brary some loose manuscripts to scribble
and draw upon, and they were found to be
some of the letters of Junius.
City of Mexico correspondence says the
Fourth of July was duly celebrated there
by the citizens of the United States resid-
ing there. Gen J. B. Magruder, of the
rebel army, and Prince Salm Salm, former
ly of the United States army, paid their
respects to the American Consul during the
day, besides quite crowd of less distin-
guished individuals. The Declaration of
independence was read by the Consul. The
memory of Washington was eulogized by
Ex-Governor Reynolds, of Missouri, and
Magruder responded to the toast Of the
army and navy of the United States. The
memory of our martyred President was re-
ceived with distinguished honor by all, the
ex-rebels joining with marked respect in
its observance.
Some idea of an English dukes estate
ment of Devonshire would occupy one Of our
large counties. The park Immediately sur
rounding the palace contains 5000 acres.
The principal garden for vegetables, fruits,
green houses, etc., is Is acres There are
30 greenhouses, each from so to Is feet
long. Three or four Of these contain moth
ing but melons and cucumbers. One peach
tree on the glass wall measures 81 feet in
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peaches. 1t is the largest in the world.
The grape houses, 5 or in all, 700 feet
long. But what shall be said of the con-
servatory, filled with every variety of trop-
zeal plants 1t covers an acre of ground,
is 100 feet high and cost 100000. 1t is
heated by steam and hot water pipes, which
in all are miles in length.
A young lady while bathing at East
New London, the other day, had one Of her