Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-03-29
Foreign Gossip.


--Omnibuses, have been introduced in
Rome. ,75.. .,n 3t.# 4o e, E%aa
/ "A real estate suit, which has been in
the Prussian courts three hundred years,
was lately decided. .a Bar He ms I III
"A French Marquis, having run through
fortune of 100000 has enlisted as pri-
vate in the French army.
BY the last census of London it appears
that there are more Scotchmen there than
in Edinburgh, more Irishmen than in Du-
bin and more Jews than in Palestine.
M. Henri Martin, the historian, is
candidate for admission to the French Aca-
deny. 1t is urged in opposition to him that
he wears his beard long which no academic
clan has ever ventured to do. lTcH 1Giib
Geo. N. Sanders, recently rebel agent
in Canada, having failed to maintain the reb-
ell Confederacy, is now in London advising
the English how to regulate their elections,
by means of letters published in the news
papers. e~ar
"A weaver in q Scotch manufacturing
town has been presented by his fellow
workmen with silver snuff box for his
pluck and independence in refusing to re-
move his pig-sty when ordered to do so by
the sanitary authorities.
Some London merchants have insti-
tuted custom of charging an admissionf fee
to their stores. The lady sight-seers can en-
ter by paying small fee and examine all
the latest styles and costumes without ma
king purchases, unless disposed to do so.
Our Consul at Amsterdam writes to
the Dept of State under date of Feb goth,
that the cattle plague is still spreading, and
\ s1 60 phalo
The farmers are 80 opposed to the killing of
infected cattle, that in some instances the
military had to be employed to enforce obe-
dance to the law. Is 81
"A triple marriage IN one family took
place recently at Lyons, France. The three
couples, representing three generations,
were united by the same priest, and, at a
ball in the evening, they figured in the Same
quadrille--father, son and granddaughter,
with their respective spouses.
An English paper says the trichinm
cannot live at the temperature of boiling
water, so that thorough cooking, by boiling,
of infected pork, is all that is required to
render it harmless. This reminds the Hart
ford Press of the old lady's advice: "Alwuz
eat your chestnuts billed, my son. BHeL
worms don't never hurt nobody"
AT newspaper Office in Sydney, Aus
tralia, is tablet informing visitors that the
editor cannot be spoken to unless paid for
his time. Persons desiring an audience are
invited to buy ticket of admission at the
door of the waiting room-one hour costing
ten shillings; half an hour six shillings;
fifteen minutes, three shillings.
The travel is so great between London
and Paris that proposition has been laid
before the British Parliament for the estab-
lishment of a railway ferry across the chan
mel. The steamers are to be large enough
to take on q whole railway train. 1t is ex-
pected that the passage will be accomplished
in about an hour, and this hour is to be de-
voted to dining the passengers and in the
examination of luggage by the customs Off
GERS on either side, so as to avoid detention.
Agricultural and Scientific.
A NATURAL deposit of gold has been dis
covered in New Jersey, in Passaic and Sus-
sex counties, of an average yield OF ga
per ton.
THE rich cheese called Stilton, is due to
the addition of the cream of the milk drawn
over night, which is mixed with the new
milk of the next morning. :.
THERE are seventy thousand kernals Of
corn In q bushel; two hundred and fifty
four thousand apple seed in a bushel; and
over fourteen thousand seeds in an ounce OF,
tobacco.
IT will surprise people to learn that the
island of Great Britain produced in 1863,
81, OO0, 900 tons Of coal to the United States
15, 900, 900 tons Half the coal consumed in
Great Britain and the United States was
nroduced in Great Britain.
AaAss1z goes ON from victory to victory
in Brazil. He will need squadron to
bring home the fish and creeping things.
The last reported census footed up $40 diff
ferent fishes, of which 700 are lew species,
and Is are Of new genera; and he is still
fishing.
Dr.. FITCH, the entomologist, describes
large yellowish hairy fly that devours honey
bees, catching them ON the wing and eating
out their entrails. One will kill hundreds
of bees in day, and it is not affected by
stings, nor even poison, such as prussiate
Of potash. In some sections this insect de-
populates hives.
A NEW material for soling shoes has
made its appearance. 1t is a substance of
which India rubber is the basis, but it is
| heavier, and while as solid as iron, is fexi-
BILE and elastic. 1t is said that one pair Of
shoes soled with this article win outwear
four pairs soled With the best English
leather.