Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-08-23
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and $500 per thousand and their favor IS
: correspondingly delicious.
} "A country printer, copying paragraph
about Marshal Benedek's moustaches pelng
waved a Ia hongroise, made it read "a nag
grease.
1t is said the ashes and lime deposits
caused by the fire at Portland, would be
worth $500, 600 if applied to the farms in
the vicinity.
The new fve-cent coin, is FIVE grammes
in weight and one fifth of meter in
breadth. The cube of the breadth of FIVE
Of these coins is a liter.
The commanding officer at Norfolk,
Va, has arrested the giver of a juvenile
concert, and his little daughters, Of eight
and ten years, for singing :" the conquered
p banner"
One hundred and twelve thousand
dollars was realized at Savannah, Ca, few
days ago on a lot Of shot and shell, broken
cannon, field and siege pieces collected from
Georgia battle-felds.
On Monday of last week little son Of
Mr.. G. A. Blanchard, of Lawesburg, Wis,
aged four years, drank the water from a
dish Of fly poison, prepared with fly pa
per-" and as a consequence died in few
hours.
The monum ent which Barnum is build
ing for himself in the cemetery at Fairfield,
Connecticut, will weigh about sixty-iye
tons, and wag suggests that when the great
Snowman gets under it, he will be perma-
nently located.
Joseph Inman and wife Of Westfeld,
Ind, have been arrested for tying young
girl naked to tree, where, after scourging
her with raw-hide whip, she was allowed
to remain until the sun had blistered her
fearfully. a passer-by cut her loose.
At Manchester, Iowa, on Saturday
week, Mrs. Tiefney had gone to the well to
draw water, and in STOPPING over lost her
balance, and fell head foremost into the
well. Assistance came promptly but, when
the lady was rescued life was extinct.
Two well developed and apparently
healthy young turkeys were produced from
a single egg in Ann Arbor lastweek. They
are the property Of Mrs. John Haddy, a lit
tie of whose assistance was necessary in
causing these younglings to see the light.
"A negro woman recently died in New
York city of Inflammation of the bowels.
The deceased was five feet eight inches in
height, and measured five feet across her
chest Her weight was 1913 pounds, and it
required the muscular efforts of six strong
men to remove the body.
The Jefferson (Wis.) Banner records
the suicide on the Both Of July of Mr.. J.
G. Bartholomew, who resided about four
miles from Fort Atkinson. He went out to
work in the field, and not returning, search
was made for him, and he was found with
his throat cut from ear to ear.
The burglar who stole large amount
of money and valuables from the State
House at Bellair, Ohio, last week, was ar
rested at Wheeling early this week. Instead
os man, as the dress indicated, the pris-
oner turned out to be young woman named
Malinda Goldsborough, notorious female
burglar.
"A Miss Mary L. Schell has sued Gen.
Henry Nj. Naglee for refusing to marry her
after promising repeatedly to do so. She
has laid her damages at 100000. The
case will be tried at San Francisco, Califor-
MIA. Is IS said that the plaintiff viii intro
duce on the trial over hundred letters
written to her by the defendant.
"A little girl, near Milton, Pa, was sent
to the field, few days since, to carry
lunch to the field hands. Remaining away
longer than was necessary, search was made
for her, when she was found strangled to
death by black snake. The reptile had
coiled itself several times about her neck,
and had to be cut in two before he would
release his hold.
Efforts are being made to check the
rapid breaking up of the Falls of st. An
thony, by placing aprons upon them, which
will conduct the water down an inclined
plane, and prevent the wearing away of the
quicksand below the rock. During the
past six or eight years the Falls have moved
seven feet up stream, owing to the wearing
process.
The indianapolis Journal says that
certain IN. D." of Camp Point, Adams
county, Illinois, lays claim to the original
plat on which that city is built, basing his
rights thereto on will of one John L
Wheeler, to his nephew of the same name,
who sold it to claimant The will is claimed
to have been made between the years 1880
and 1885.
DIR. Stonerrad, of Pittsburgh, last week
extracted from the ear of little girl 10
years of age, a living animalcula the size of
bee, which, under microscope, had the
appearance of a tobacco or grub worm.
When extracted, it was three quarters of an
inch length-pointed, and well defined. 1t
had black head, thirteen ribs CT rolls on
its body, and forked tail, one-eighth of
an inch in length.
During fire, two weeks ago, at
Mobile, Ala, a man endeavored to rescue
crippled old man from burning house,
but being unsuccessful both persisted in the
flames. The former had his life insured for
$4,000, which the insurance company refused
to pay, calling his death clear case of sui
eide. suit was entered against the COM
pany to recover the amount of insurance
and the company obliged to pay.
At the laying of the cornerstone of a
new Catholic church in Detroit, Mich, July
%, it was stated by Rev. Mr.. Kilroy in his
sermon that so years ago there were but
10000 Catholics and % priests in the United
States, while now there are 1, 400, 900 mem
bers of the church and $500 priests, and
that the present bishop has founded no less
than six churches, and has added 40 priests
during his ministry.
Several days ago Luigi Piccigalope an
Italian, l6 years of age, residing in Boston,
had tooth drawn at a dentists office in
that city. Blood continued to flow from his
jaw and he was taken TO the hospital for
treatment. Plugs were inserted, but failed
to stop the hemorrhage. He remained there
three days and was then taken home, where
he died from exhaustion, CONSEQUENT upon
the loss of blood.
Alexander T. Stewards (of New York;
income is larger than the annual salaries
combined of the President of the United
States, the Governors of all the States, Sen
ators, and Congressman, State officers, and
memhers of the Legislatures nf the different