Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-10-18

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market at this season, and the news from
the bay Indicates that the catch this year
will fall much below the average, though
we have larger feet than usual engaged
in the business
During the month of September there
were lost by fire, wreck, collision and other
disasters, twenty-five vessels belonging to
| the United States, valued at S1,6l8,000
There were three ships, one steamer, nine
barks, three biigs and six schooners de-
'stroyed during the month. Thus far, in
1866, there have been 800 vessels, valued
at SIS, 682, 800, lost by disasters at sea as
compared with 275 vessels, valued at $780,
549, 800 for the same period of 1865.
The Portland Press records whatit calls
zone Of the wonders OF the WORLD in the
| in the case of a woman who had just died
in the aims house in that city, at the age of
| seventy years. Disappointed in love in
/ early life, she made a vow never to speak
another word during her life and during
the thirty-fve years she has spent in the
Portland poorhouse she religiously kept her
vow, until death sealed her lips, not utter
ing single Ineligible word during all the
that time. -t
In the year 1888, Mr.. Cobb, Of Bal
! timore; was applied to to change $40 note,
which, on looking at it, he discovered it to
be a $1,000 note His suspicious were
aroused, but he could find no more about it
than that it had been offered by an old ne
gro woman as SO note in payment for
some small articles. lie kept it and adj
veatised it, but no claimants appeared. FL
nally, he deposited it with the city author
tiles, and by them it has just been donated
to the Union Orphan Asylum Of Baltimore.
Including the interest, the sum amounts to
near $1,000. "a
The Springfield (Ill) Journal of Oct. 4
says: "Last Monday, Frank A. Harding,
proprietor of billiard hall in Jacksonville,
in a friendly game of billiards with Mr.. A
Freeman, of Peoria, made a. trun' OF l, 553
points. The balls were not 9 locked and
many shots made were table shots of the
most difficult character. Nearly half the
shots were back handed Twice during
the run the balls were frozen, and the
run only terminated when for the third
time the balls were frozen, and this time
in manner that rendered count impossi-
ble Time Of run, one hour and twenty
minutes" .,.r-~ -,.--. 49,.
The Ocop omowoc Badger says that
stolen as fast as they ripened, until they
were nearly all gone. At last, seeing that
he could get no good of his melons,
he determined to have vengeance on the
thieves; accordingly, when the last two
lots were about ripe, he injected power
full dose of croton oil into each one, and
then waited for the result. A night or two
after the melons were all taken, and the
farmer had the satisfaction of knowing that
his medicine had taken effect, from learning
that doctors were in great demand in that
neighborhood for day or twothereafter.
Professor George w. Harper, of Gin
cinnati, in his regular monthly weather re-
port, says Of September: ''In several re-
spects this month is marked period in the
meteorological history of this place. The
maximum temperature, and the mean
temperature of the month are the lowest
l ever recorded for the month of Sep
TENDER The amount of rain nearly
eleven inches-is, | believe, unprecedented
This excess will more than make up the de-
fciency Of last May. The year 1866 is
memorable as containing the dryest May
and the wettest September perhaps ever ex-
perienced at this point. More rain has
len during the past month than l have
ever recorded in any previous month
"A New York correspondent of the AL
bany ArgWs relates that handsome orphan
work girl had been for some time courted
by a journeyman halter. One day she
pressed him to marry, as she had received
disrespectfnl proposals from rich lawyer.
There is my hand" said she, marry
me directly" The lover, highly indignant
at the attorney, was too glad to obey the
direction. The marriage took place at the
residence Of the bride. The evening before
the wedding, however, the bridegroom told
his bride that he had secret to tell her.
He was not journeyman hatter,, but was
one Of the richest men in the city of Bos-
ton, and said he would take her the next
day to the beautiful country scat in the SUI
burbs of the modern Athens, which he had
/ inherited from his father and mother, for
he, indeed, was an orphan like his bride.
AN Albion IN. W paper says: The
most important criminal case on hand is the
Lindsey case, which created so much in
terest throughout the country several
months ago. Lindsey was arrested for
VIII piping his own child, boy about three
years of age, to death. He was released on
$4,000 bail, given by his father and broth
ers, and his case referred to this term of
the court. Yesterday, full bill of man
slaughter was found against him by the
grand jury. To-day he was brought into
court and plead s.not guilty y to the indict-
ment.i His case was put over to the J anu
airy term, at the request of the district
attorney. He is man rather below the
medium size, about IS years of age, and has
very determined look. He fully justifes
himsel; in his horrid work, and declares
he was only in the way of duty: 49,
| The Methodist Church in this country
is just enc hundred years of age. 1t COM
menced business over an obscure grocery
store, M 1855, in the city of New York
| The official census placeit, numerically, far
ia advance of any other American religious
'Fbody, and the general religious statistics
Of the country show that it comprises
nearly one-half of all our Protestant COM
municauts. The different bodies of the
Methodist church comprises about 1000, 900
commandments; $4,000 local and $4,000
travelling preachers; 200 colleges and acad-
emies, with $4,000 students; publishing
institutions with an aggregate capital of
about ST 200, Goethe one in New York
city having on its catalogues more than 800
books and 900 tracts, beside 1900 Sunday
school volumes, and scattering more than
1000, 900 copies of the latter annually, and
100000 copies of Sunday chool periodicals
monthly.
IA piece of .rascality was attempted up
on Saginaw gentleman in Detroit few
evenings since, which, however, proved
failure He had taken his seat in a crowded
car, when person near asked if he could
give two SIS for So The ever obliging
Saginawan took a roll of bills from his
pocket and passed over the two fves to the
person, receiving in exchange the $40,