Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-10-25
CURRENT IT E NJ -
Personal and LITERARY.


Mr.. W. W. SToRY's statue of g Medea'i
has arrived in England andis On exhiti-
tion in Southampton. -
BISHOP CoLgXso writes to the London
Times defending his hymn books for not
containing the name of Christ.
REV SAMUEL D. BALDWIN, author OF
ssArmageddon,p died at Nashville, Tenn,
last Monday evening of cholera
Mrs. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON announces
herself candidate for Congressional hon
ors in the Eighth District, New York. James
Brooks Is one Of the other candidates.
- HORACE GREELEY is said to have already
made q hundred thousand dollars out of his
" History of the Rebellion" and will prob
ably make still larger fortune out oft.
NEW religious magazine is announced
by the American Tract Society, 10 be emit
tied Sabbath at Home, and is to be issued
monthly, the FIRST number in January next.
HOWELL Rose, an eccentric old miser Of
sGoosa county, Alabama, died recently. He
lived In q log cabin, and by long continued
: boarding, hadsaved nearly $500, 900, which
he left TO his wife for life. ----...,
BAHxUMs fat woman last week broke
down a cab in Toronto, and tumbled out in
the mud, greatly exciting the respectful
commisseration of the newsboys. The cab
man will sue for damages s--e =. lss- go
Mr. SINN, the theatrical manager, has
sued the Philadelphia city Item, for calling
him Z handsome man; with beautiful..te
. der. s,ssa fine nioustaehe and imperial
The LONELINESS of mn was proverbial.
"SoJoURNER TRUTH" is at Washington,
D. c., laboring among the freed people,
and instructing them show to live in free
dom. She is II he only colored volunteer
laberef ~in the District in behalf of the
emancipated.
Mrs. DEBORAH SAUNDERS, of Gloucester,
Mass, was century old, en- the 4th. She
is in good health, reads the newspapers
without the aid Of glasses, and has knit
stockings and worked for the soldiers Of the
Revolution, the war of 1912 and the rebel
lion.
!, SIR HENRY HOLLAND spends his-evenings
quietly at Mr.. Stewards house at Washing
ton in playing chess with Miss Fanny Sew
ard, the Secretary's daughter. This famous
physician has attended to his own health
with remarkable success. Though nearly
eighty, he looks hale and hearty.
THE whole expense of Thoreau's trip.to
Canada whereof he makes mes6.grsphic
account in his new book, just published,
was, including two guide books and map,
JUST twelve dollars and seventy five cents.
He Travelled on foot mostly, eleven hundred
niles, forth ssrnaH sum. -
In view Of the fact that Messrs. Glass and
Canning, Englishmen, will be knighted for
the part they have taken In laying The At:
lantic cable. the New York Tribune suggests
that some national recognition should be
given to Mr.. Cyrus w. Field, to whom, more
thansto any other individual, the enterprise
is indebted for its success.
trRoGER WILLIAMS remains, having lain
lo3 years without stone to mark the spot,
search was recently made for them, when
they were found to have been absorbed by
the roofs of anapple tree. The place occu-
pied by the spine and both legs was filled by
root with its two forks, and not a trace Of
bone was left. In his wife's grave Was
found only lock of hair.
THE Boston Transcript announces the
death of Joshua D. Robinson, author of the
beautiful poem, 'sThe Little Boy that Died, 2
which has been attributed to many leading
poets. ~ Mr.sRobinson was native of Hart
, ford, Conn, utresided much of his life in
Newburyport, Mass. He died of cholera at
San Antonio, Mexico, where he had lived
for number of years. ~s.4A r
A MONUMENT of granite, costing $4,000,
has just been erected at Mount Auburn,
Cambridge, Mass, to the memory of VIM.
F. Ha.nden,. the founder of the express
business in America. Its marble tablets
are inscribed, because the Kings bust
ness required haste. First Samuel, q, s,
and erected by the Express Company of
the United States, in the year 1867 IS ~
Mr.. JERRY HAYES, of Centreville, Pa,
who claims to have made y good oil barrel
out of the rough in Is minutes and 80 Sec
onds, and has given a challenge to any other
man in the sum of ST. 200 to compete with
him at a. similar trial, is answered by Peter
Moran, of Cleveland, who offers to bet
$1,000, and put up the money, that he can
not make good oil barrel out of the rough
In Is minutes and 30 seconds, and aiso;an-
other 1000 that he can make barrel as
quick as Mr;-Hayes can. gs.. t
sTHR late Commodore Stockton was re-
markable for his independent manners.
While in Constantinople many years ago
with his squadron he was, on being intro
dUcedgto the. Sultan, adnronishedr to address
him in French, butfo forbear deliveriugIhis
address until his Majesty had spoken first
The Commodore committed his French
speech to memory, but forgot all about it
when the Sultan made his appearance, and
without waiting for permission to address
him, he rushed up to him as the monarch
entered the audience room, and said, grasp,
ing him by the hand: '''How do you do, Mr..
Sultan"
The editorof the gasos{ Vysd@6, of Sail
Lake City, has been disabling the peculiar
institutions of the Morn ons, and has there
fore lately been taken il hand blythe Dan.
ties. Himself and his foreman while on
the way home one night were seized by a
band of ten or twelve rufians in disguise,
and were compelledt to promise to,leaxe. the
TerritprE, under the threat of instant
death. He says, however, "the promise t
leave the Territory, and take Capt. Brown
and DR.. Williamson with US, was extorteC
by force,, and is therefore, according to oul
views Of moral philosophy, invalid, and h'
will remain.
Mr.. RAREY, the horse tanner, whose deatl
took place recently at Cleveland, was a maj
remarkable for his modest and loving
nature. 1t was by. his tenderness and affec
tionateness that he succeededin conauerine
the obedience of the most untamable horses
The English officers and noblemen Will
whom he was in personal relation while h,
was In England, looked upon him not only a
the friend OF, their horses, but as their per
sonal friend, and missed. no opportunity t
testify their regard for his beautiful nature
Mr.. Rarey was not only apublic benefaoto
by causing one of the noblest of animals t
:, be better treated, but he taught also tn
world to emulate his example, and to Sc
what works combination of goodness an