Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-12-06
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w. J. Foster, of Rochester, Iowa, hat
felon on his hand last week, took NOR
phine, and never woke up.
On the bridge leading into Pittsburgh
from the suburban towns, women are passed
free, but all male passengers have to pay s
penny for every trip. - -,
An attempt was made by burglars tt
break into banking house at East Saginaw
in Michigan, on Sunday, two weeks ago
The burglars failed in the attempt, and ont
of them was shot.
"A vein of coal eleven feet thick is SAID
to have been discovered within thirty miles
of Denver, and gold, silver, and coal are
reported to have been discovered in Dakota
GA traveller wishes us. to explain
what sense there is just now in The term
"railroad securities" seeing there is nc
security in any Of the railroads.
Forty five million quarts of milk have
been brought into New York city since
January last by the Erie, Harlem and Hud-
son River Roads.
The Atchison & Pixies Peak Railroad
is completed to point forty one miles west
49,
of four miles per week. 'ci1J0I
Real estate in New York, especially on
the upper part of the island, is higher than
it has been for years. During the past
twelve months capitalists have been buying
lots for speculation, and land Is now held at
fabulous prices. .fIf.00~, {
The Council Bluffs Nonpareig reports
the tracklayers on the Northwestern road
at work now only few miles above st.
John, on the Boyer, about thirty FIVE from
Council Bluffs, and coming IN that direction
at the rate Of a mile day. -
1t is expected that work viii commence
next week on the railroad bridge over the
Mississippi at Quincy, all arrangements to
that end having been completed. It viii be
of immense advantage to that city Us well
as the commercial interest Of Chicago.
M Blot, at Cincinnati, spoke aspanish
proverb about salad making, which runs
thus: To max ;, agood salad requires four
men; spenthrift for OIL miser for vine
gar, sage for salt and penpe end q mad
man to stir it all up" 80
A colored man created a sensation in
Richmond the other day by driving through
the streets in an open one-horse carriage,
made entirely of broom straw, With the ex
ception of the running gear, the wheels
being sawed out of the solid timber,
eighteen inches in diameter.
i'm 1866 the postage on letters between
Falmouth now Portl&nd- Maino, end Bos
ton, was two pounds sixteen shillings. We
are surprised to learn that at this high rate
even as many as i've letters q week were
sent, which was about the average. 1t
then took four days to go from one place to
the other, distance of one hundred and
fifteen miles.
Through railroad conmuni cation from
Cairo to New Orleans, without change Of
cars, was perfected on the 9th. Passen-
gers can now leave Cairo at $50 in the
aftern con, and, after spending the night in
luxurious sleeping cars, arrive at New Or
leans the next evening at six o'clock,
Through connections are also made with
Nashville, 0ia Humboldt and Parish.
One very dark and windy night, two
weeks ago, freshman distinguished him
self at Yale, by climbing the hghtning.r ID
up the side of the Lyceum tower and
p&iuted''70, the year Of his class, in large
red figures on the dial Of the old clock. The
feat was indeed daring one, and by, it. as
some one has remarked, the CLASS have
evidently made their mark upon the face Of
time. ,v.~ - .,.-. @~a e----,a
The Portland Press tells a stery Of an
Irish woman who applied to the relief COM
mittee few days since to be supplied, with
rations, stating That she had nine in her
family and no husband. A member Of the
committee took her name and residence,
and subsequently called'at her house, where,
to his great establishment, he discovered
that she. had told the truth; but her family
consisted Of nine stalWart men, aeho soera
6oarders!
"A project has been revived to run a
railroad in continuation of the Racine &
Mississippi Road, from point opposite
Savannah, Illinois, to Anamosa, where the
route is already mostly graded, thence by
the Dubuque Southwestern to Marion,
thence to strike the line Of the Cedar
Rapids s. St. Paul Road at It's crossing of the
Cedar, following the latter road to Vinton,
and thence to be continued westward inter-
mediate between the Dubuque s. Sioux City
and the Chicago & Northwestern Railroads
"A farmer residing near Pickensville,
Alabama, while passing through a large
field in which was grazing a bad tempered
bull, the gentleman cow took offence at the
color of his clothing, and made aevigerous
charge. The farmer had two alternatives
to take a seat ON the pursuer's horns, or
climb tree at hand with hornets nest.in
it. He was rapidly carrying out resolu-
ton to try the hornets, when he suddenly
disappeared in an oldwell, dry and shallow,
and not much damage was done. The bull
looked around astonished, shook his head,
and walked off. ~
The third rail on the Great Western Rail-
way, to enable the cars on the New York
Central and Michigan Central roads to run
on it, has been laid The Great Western
and other roads next week will put on a
Through freight line between New York,
Bpstsn and the West, to be known as the
Blue Line" The Red Liue has been in
operation some time from New, Y ork to Chi
cago The White Line is now under pretty
good Roadway between New York, Boston
and the Southwestern cities BY and BY,
competition for freight. One Of the Blue
Line cars has been sent from Detroit to
Worcester, as sample car.
Although the United States increases
in population with great rapidity, the vari-
GUS State censuses that have been taken
lately demonstrate that the cities grow more
rapidly than the rural districts. Thus in
Iowa. in 1860, the rural population was
500, 800, and in 1866 had increased to $780,
953, whilst the city population during the
same period increased from 81, 941 to 107,-
800. The country grew in population but
per cent, while the. cities increased more
than 81 per cent. The same thing is OBJ
servable in Wisconsin, where the cities
between 1860 and 1865 increased 81 per