Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-07-05
CUR EMIT ITEM ..
Domestic Paragraphs.

Domestic Paragraphs.
"A. 7. Stewart has purchased Kellogg
"Princess after The Bath said to be a
marvel of coloring, for the nice little sum
of $4,000
m A son of Morris Rockwell, only two years
old, fell out Of swing at Fort Wayne anu
caught by his neck in such manner as 70
choke to death ere assistance couId reacn
him.
Two young girls in Memphis tried to
frighten companion by holding her on the
railroad track as train was approaching.
The fright didn't kill her, but the engine
: did.
"A little girl in Bethlehem, Connecticut,
chewed off the ends of her finger nails and
swallowed them, but they stuck in her
stomach, liberated it, and killed her.
Moral: don't bite your finger nails.
There is a serious stagnation in the
steam coasting trade Of New York, and
many splendid and thoroughly appointed
steamers are idle at the docks Of various
ports from Baltimore to Portland.
in New Bedford, Mass, recently, a
four-year old girl was reproved By a domes
tic, when the child went and shut herself up
in spring lock trunk, like Geneyra in the
old story, and was nearly dead when found.
The wife of Captain Vessels, living in
Acccmac county, Virginia, gave birth one
day this week to two children, each having
two heads, four eyes, and three legs. This
rather surpasses anything Of such nature
that has come to our knowledge.
The new Odd Fellows building to be
erected on the corner Of Sixth and Vine
streets, Cincinnati, is said to exceed in
grandeur any similar building in the United
States, and will cost half million dollars
Twenty lodges and encampments will hold
tkeir meetings in it.
in consequence Of the Increased cost
Of materials used" the New York dentists
have advanced their charges. Before the
war man might be dragged three times
around the room, have his jaw broken and
double tooth extracted for the low charge
of twenty-five cents. The luxury is now
no longer within the reach of moderate
means.
.%-The Iron Works of Mckay g. Aldus, in
East Boston, can certainly claim amongst
FITS employees two of the strongest men in
the country. One of them picked up
piece Of iron weighing 300 pounds, in the
ordinary course of his work, while another
raised another piece, weighing 600 pounds,
as high as his head. These feats were not
executed as tests of strength.
The Oldest house in the United States
now standing as 1t was originally built, is
the Rev. DR. Whitefell's at Guiford, Conn
1t was built in 1859; the walls are of stone
and the wood work is Of oak. The diamond
shaped Windows were removed some sixty
or seventy years ago, but in other respects
the venerable mansion remains in its orig
inal state.
The Cleveland Leader reveals the lamen-
table adventure of confding Illinois mer-
chant on his way to New York, who fell in
with lady on the Lake Shore Road who
inaugurated herself into his affections until
they became very confidential, got possess
sion Of his baggage checks, "just to take
care of them, you know" left him at Buffalo,
and ordered the baggage sent after her by
the next train to Rochester. The last seen
of the merchant he was excitedly following
his trunks to Rochester.
Miss Mary G. Halpine, of Nashua, New
Hampshire, contributor to several literary
works had an adventure with burglar
few evenings since. Only herself and
mother were in the house, and it was rain
ing in torrents. She watched the operations
of the burglar while he removed pane of
glass and introduced his hand to raise the
window, and then, thinking that the affair
had been carried far enough, she discharg-
ed a revolver twice, dropping him to the
ground. A policeman fastened to the spot,
but the burglar had escaped leaving pool
of blood under the window.
"A Presbyterian clergyman named Lind
sley, residing about a mile south of Medina,
New York, whipped his child, boy three
years old, so severely that he died three
hours afterward, all, forsooth, because
the poor little martyr could not, or would
not, say his prayers. The body of the child
told more plainly and pathetically than
words could, of the terrible punishment it
had undergone. Several of It's fingers were
hrsken, and the blood had oozed from every
pore.':fTo conceal the crime, the father tied
the little ones hands behind its back and
placed it in its coffin.
A few days ago, a boy in Appanoose
county, Iowa, killed a snake that measured
sixteen feet and two inches in length, and
one foot and eight inches around the body.
He came upon the snake about noon, and
thinking perhaps that it would be wise to
look for a more healthful locality, took a
bee line towards home. Snake pursued.
Boy ran awhile, got mad, and determined
10 stop and fight it out on that line. The
snake was not prepared for this show of
courage-faced about and began to retreat.
Boy now pursued, and hit the enemy blow
across the back Snake turned upon the
boy again and was killed by blow on the
bead.
-Chas T. Chamblin of Leesburg, Va,
coughed from his throat, few days since,
a mimic ball that had been lodged there for
more than four years. He was shot at
Seven Pines, June lst, 1862, the ball enter
ing the side of the nose just below the left
eye. 1t was probed four inches, and found
to have passed nearly perpendicularly in,
scarcely missing the brain. 1t disabled him
for duty, and has ever since caused much
pain in damp weather, frequently render
ing it almost impossible to swallow at all.
When coughed up it seemed TO have come
3 from just below the right ear, under the jaw
bomb, causing but little pain, and was fol
Logged by no blood. -.
Foreign Gossip.
"A new paper has appeared in Paris un-
der the name of the Creditors Koniteur, in
wb;nh will ha inscrihad tho names of all