Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-08
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1890 S A MEMORIAL to the late Washington Irving
Is now in process of erection at Tarrytown,
New York, in the shape e a church.
PRoF DANIEL REED, of the Wisconsin
e.. State University, has gone to Missouri to
.ss act as President of the Missouri State Uni
versity.
.- The Erie Disratct says that Hon. G. "
Culver, now confined in Jail at Franklin,
T.. Pennsylvania, declines to avail himself Of
-. { his Congressional privilege, and will meet
his trial in November.
CHARLES READE has -ealy commenced
his suit against the Roa "a 1I6le Some say
-~- the suit is more to advertise his books than
-~ to assert his rights Well, he will have
laa ''Good Fight" of it. and if he does not get
rid Of large edition of his "Grifith
Gaunt," he viii of his every Hard Cash"
---, The Rev. Mr.. A was more eminent
~ in his day for the brilliancy of his magma
4 ton than the force Of his logic At one
time he was preaching on 'fThe Ministra-
ton Of Angels" and in the peroration he
suddenly Observed 81 hear Whisper"
The change Of tone started the deacon, who
sat below, from drowsy mood, and spring
ing to his feet, he spoke: 81 guess it is the
10 boys in the gallery"
MANY years ago Horace Greeley and Park
Benjamin were joint editors Of weekly
Journal The hour for going to press had
room, and we're unexpectedly summoned for
''more copy" Surprised and vexed, they
al looked at each other moment, sat down to
desks facing each other, took up their pens
and went to work. After two hours hard
n work they compared notes Greeley had
- written cTusher on Demonstration"
and Benjamin remarkably bitter article
against " Haste''
JUsT after Mr. Tieman had finished his
term as Mayor Of New York, and Fernando
Wood vac about to occupy that Office, the
latter parsonage was met in the park enc
day by John Van Buren,, who congratulated
= him very heartily upon his election to the
office Of Mayor once more. Mr. Wood
thanked him cordially Mr. Van Buren,
then observed: q Mr.. Wood, allow me to
observe to you that Mr.. Teman went into
the Mayors Office an honest man, and is
coming out scoundrel; permit me to hope
that in your case 1t will be the reverse"
JULIA DEAN, that used to be, has applied
TO the Salt Lake courts for divorce from
Hayne, the individual she married several
years ago. Hayhe is brother Of Paul, the
poet, belongs to one of the first families of
South Carolina, and captivated Julia with
his lineage and escuteheon. She soon found
out what mistake she had made, to her
sorrow Actors, who were III companies |
with which they played, all declare that he
treated her horribly-too horribly to adj
NIT of the details being made public She
earned over sixty thousand dollars in Cali
fornia, yet is poor to-day.
THE benevolent millionaire, Mr.. Peabody,
adds to his princely gifts to the worlds poor |
and to science the sum of $3.50, 900 to Yale |
College, after having endowed Harvard
with equal generosity. During the last
sIree years he has endowed charities to the |
amount of GS00,000 and he had previously
given away about ESQ, 000--in all close
upon $5,000,000. 1t is safe to say that he
cannot now be worth more than $40, 600 600 |
Mr.. P. recently made speech at Baltimore,
in which he referred to the current charges
'-i that he was Southern sympathizer during
the war. Ho avowed that during the terri
bile conflict through which our nation has
sas passed, his sympathies are still and always
were with the Union.
AMONG the anecdotes Of the poet Percival
in Mr.. Wards biography is one to the
effect that whom DR.. Percival occupied rooms
in the State hospital at New Haven $50
snowy gentleman with some extra airs, who I
was showing pair of ladies the sights,
called on the janitor and asked to be shown !
the way to the distinguished mans apart |
ments. The ianitor pointed out the way,
and watched the encounter. Percival an
swered the strangers knock, and opening
The door, beheld the gentleman with q lady
on each arm. " l am extremely happy and
b. rejoiced," said the intruder pompously
''that have the honor of addressing the
poet Percival." " Boo!" responder the
r9- DOCTOR instantly shutting the door and bolt
ing it, The visitor did not tell the story,
but the janitor did.