Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-10-11
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daily paper.
The Civil Engineer of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad has arrived
at Quincy with a corps of assistants 10 lake
observations for the site of the proposed
bridge across the Mississippi at that point.
The New York papers, with one excep7
tioh wish to raise the price Of their jour
mails from four to six cents for single copies.
Bennett alone obstinately blocks the move
-. lnent, and it is hoped even he will soon
yield.
"A Maryland farmer tried to start
balky horse attached to wagon filled with
wheat, by firing a sheaf under him. The
horse kicked the blazing sheaf into the
wagon, which was consumed with its con-
tents, the horse being narrowly rescued
from like fate.
Martha Grinder, the incarnate fend
. who killed the young and beautiful Mrs.
Caruthers land it is believed others) at
Piusburg, Pa, by slow poison, subjected
the victims husband to the same terrible
. Ctreatment, with even a worse result He
is now a raving maniac. lrF
The Episcopalians of New York are Sc
riously debating the extension of the Epis-
cOpate, particularly with reference to the
erection of one or more new Dioceses under
the jurisdiction of the present Bishop of
New York, whom, in such case, some of the
clergy and laity would favor creating Arch
bishop.
Underground travelling increases at a
surprising rate in London. In the first six
months of 1868 the number Of passengers
carried Ga she Metropolitan line was a, $685.
437; in 1864 for the same period, it was
5,207, 1856; in 1865, it was Z, f62, 1928. but in
the first half Of the present year it rose to
10,303, 1896. --- 8
At the sinking of the Linnie Drown, a
planter from Kentucky, bound to Washing
ton county, Ark, when awakened, seized
his carpet sack containing eight thousand
dollars and rushed into the cabin, where he
saw a lady struggling in the water. He
threw away his carpet sack and money,
ald, Selling the lady, carried her to place
of safety.
The city editor Of the Cleveland Plain
deaEe, has received the present of q little
stranger" snugly packed in basket, with
a note attached requesting that "the child
be taught 10 be an editor. The PJaindeaL-
er man doesn't consider such thing as pro-
perly belonging to the perquisites of his
Office, and, to place the child beyond the
corrupting influences of the dead head gang,
has turned him over to the infrmary.
I'm addition to samples of fractional
currency, the Treasurer of the United
States, Gen. Spinner, is now prepared to
furnish sets of perforated postage currency
first issue). The cost of set of the per-
forated currency is ninety cents, making
the total cost of a specimen of each issue
of postage and fractional six dollars and
sixty five cents. There is scarcely q mail
In which there are not number of letters
applying for specimens, from all sections of
the country.
"A verdict was recently given in the Cir
cult Court in Jefferson county, Wisconsin,
- by which the administrators of Francis L.
Bishop recovered So, 900 from the Chicago
& Northwestern Railroad company as dam
ages for killing the little girl of the deceased,
aged eleven years. The train did not stop
long enough for her to get from the car, and
she was crushed to death in making the at
tempt. The accident happened at Fort At
kinson, in March, 1865.
1t is quite probable that an effort will
ere long be made for the consolidation of
New York and Brooklyn. The two cities
are now practically united, not only by their
contiguity, the unity of their interests, and
the commingling of their populations, but
also by their local governments, SO far as
the Police, Health, and other departments
are concerned. They will doubtless con-
tilue to be drawn closer together by the
extension of other branches of local gov
eminent over both, until finally they will
be merged into one city.
The Turf, New York sporting paper,
says the famous horse Kentucky horse AS
teroid has broken down, and will never
more appear on the course. He jOurneyed
more than thousand miles to meet his
rivals at the Inauguration of Mr.. Jerome's
park, near New York, recently, but seems
to have been injured on the way so that he
showed signs of lameness on his arrival.
The next day he was pulled up from short
brush with the power of one limb destroyed
He sprung the tendon of the right fore leg
so severely that he will never be able to
stand the preparation for another race.
The Macon Telegraph says an old lady
named Martha Carson died lately in Bibb
county, Ga, aged 103 years, months and
-o7 8 days. She had cut three sets of teeth,
the last being small and like SQUIRRELS,
She never took an active dose Of medicine
in her life. Up to within six years she
would walk two or three miles with the
greatest ease. About eight years ago her
d sight failed, but when she cut her last set
Z very much. She was born in North Caro-
lima, but has lived in Georgia for so years.
Her oldest Son, William, died in Louisiana
q few months ago, at the age of 81 or 81
&. years. She had IL children, 5 of whom
are now living
On Saturday evening, the 22d inst,
says the Rochester Union, box containing
human body came TO this city by the Unit
ed States Express. 1t arrived late in the
evening, and bore an address-it being the
name of a lady in this city, but did not
bear the name of the deceased. The ex-
press agent did not desire to retain the body
over Sunday, particularly as it bore evil
dences of decomposition, and he therefore
sought for the party to whom it was ad-
dressed, and inquired among the under
takers, but could get no information. The
body was placed in the dead-house, and on
Sunday the lady was found. She knew
nothing If death among her friends, not
having been apprised by letter or other
wise of such an occurrence. She went to
the dead-house, the box was opened IN her
presence, when 10 coffin was revealed
which contained the body of her mother!
,4 Miss Hetty H. Robinson, the aged spin
ster worth five millions, who last year in
stituted proceedings to break her aunt How
lands will, and get two millions more at
the expense of certain charities named
therein, has got herself into trouble, and
won't get out Of it easy. The affair is be-
ing examined by commissioner at New
Bedford, Mass, and not much information