Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01
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Domestic Paragraphs.

Domestic Paragraphs.
z 4 A Mr:sSiill padded his OWN canoe from
Z Fort Leaven~ orth to New Orleans, 0oo
miles.
The coroners of New York are driven
with business-they are running 1t INTO 'ne
ground. fEu,s
: = A splendid revenue isthat of the Third ir
q Avenue horse railway, New YORK; @l@o'ooo
per month. .---.,e ,---~.s. ~ 4ssr' =. 9
The Mobile papers announce valnaole
coal discoveries within convenience Instance
2 Of that city,
y Pat McCann, an Irish street laborer IN
Erie, Pa, lastweek became hear to fortune
of 5000.
The Charleston Mveurg, which has
beeu suspended for some years, is about
to be revived by its former editor, Mr.. R.
Sn.Barng en Rhett, yr. 81 =
. s. -TheFond du Lac (NFis.} COMMONWEALTH
says eight divorces were granted in one day
by the Circuit Court, and it was not very
good day for divorces either.
Twenty thousand dollars have been
appropriated by Newport for the extension
of Bellevue avenue. This, it is said, will
make it the finest drive in the world.
= The people scout West" have good
- idea of the fitness of things. Mr.. James
Hogg and Miss Ella BeNns were lately
Joined in wedlock, at RushVille, Indiana.
Lager beer, it seems, has become what
NAV be called " naturalized American
beverage, for the amount manufactured in
this country is said to exceed the amount
made in Europe.
Norfolk, Virginia, must be an unfortu-
nate city, when its chief newspaper, the
Norfolk Dominica, says It is "uselessto deny
y tbat oar city is,at stand still in every sense
of the word"
The New York Sun, in speaking of Mrs.
Stanton running as an independent candi-
date for Congress in the Eighth District,
doubts the pr0priety of sending ladies' TO
Congress, as it might Induce the members
to "pair off " too frequently. all a.,.f
A New York correspondent of Boston
paper writes that merchant VINO tailed
r.r>twice in fifteen years, and was forced to
sell his wifes wardrobe to procure the nee
essaries of life, has just retired from bust
ness worth fortune of five hundred thou
sand dollars. Never say die -...-~-7-
u. . When Judge -, a member OF Con-
gress from Ohio years ago, was opposed at
the second election ON account OF lntem-
perate habits, he good-Daturedly admitted
the fact, but insisted that he never was so
drunk as not to fairly represent his con-
s.sstituentsl He was elected by triumphant
maj GRITTY. Esg E- So
One night last week, two loyal Kansans
stopped Missouri negro, who was driving
a cam, at Turk ~ Greek Bridge, over In
Bourbon county, Mo-, and demanded his
money. The negro gave the rascals his
empty pocket book, with which they LETT.
This is about as mean as stealing coppers
from dead Negroes eyes"
= The contract for sweeping the streets of
New York was awarded to parties for ten
years, at $495, GOO a year. The contract
has been running three years, and persons
have agreed to assume the obligation for the
=. remaining seven years, at the price above
stipulated, and pay the city quarter OF
million of dollars for the privilege.
AN interesting and amusing article in
the November number of Harpers Magazine,
on newspaper advertisements, closes with
tie following advice "To merchants:
1.-Advertise. 2.-Advertise literally.
3.-Advertise courageously. To the Public
at Large: Read the advertisements.
2.TStudy then, and verify they shall be
your profit"
The gold and silver products of the
United States for the year 1860 have been
estimated at from eighty-two to one hundred
and six millions. California producing
twenty-five millions; Montana, eighteen
millions Nevada, sixteen millions; Idaho,
seventeen millions; Oregon, eight millions;
Colorado, seventeen millions; other sources
five millions.
- IA pleasing incident transpired at Eliza
beth, N. j., q few days since, being the mar
rage, by Rev. Mr.. KempseIl, assisted by on
Interpreter from New York institution, Of
III ho rartIpS
were Mr.. H. W. Strong, a clerk in one of the
departments at Washington, and Miss Fan
ME L. Freeman, of Elizabeth, whose father
and mother were both murdered in India
by Sepoys while engaged in the missionary
work.
d, Labor is well paid in San Francisco.
Bricklayers get SIS day !; capfkers for
Sunday work), SIS, and for ten hours on
other days, SO so; stevedores, S. black,
smiths, 81 to Sc chambermaids, $40 to $25
a month laundresses, $25 to $50; men
servants, $50 to $35; men cooks, $40 to
500 printers, 75vcents per 900 ems ;
:, !. shoemakers, SIS per each pair of boots or
shoes; policemen, $125 a month. These,
of course, are gold prices sYs
LThe charleston, fIll) P1aindealer says:
"When Chris. Beckum sold the saloon, I'M
der Parcels store, six or seven months ago,
D0X containing lutLle Was, IoSctncr WILL
other rubbish, stored away in one corner OF
the room. On Saturday last, the box was
removed, and the turtle taken out. Not
withstanding it had been confined in a close
dry box, for long period, the turtle Wa;
still alive, and when exposed to the sun
shine made tracks for a more healthy
abode"
IA favorite means of suicide, of late
seems to be running before railroad train
but it is not by any fneans'a sure way. A
man who tried it at Rochester, the othel
night, was thrown as high as the smok'
pipe of the locomotive, and when he fell
one of his feet was caught under a wheel
which cut off two or three o. his toes. Th
sole of his. boot ON the other foot was tori
off. His head was injured, and he was lef
senseless upon the ground but his injnrie
will not prove fatal.
- Superintendent. Knapp, of the New
~ York; Postofice, has for several days pas
been engaged in procuring data in regar'
to the weight of the mail matter which ar
rives atthat office, the result of which show
that the average matter each day is abou
35 tons; the average quantity of the let
lers, newspapers and miscellaneous matte
from ten to twelve tons daily; and the mai
matter sent out of. Che city is about twice q
,Alarge,s being about % 'tons. These figure
show an increase in a year of the weigh