Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-10-04
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PERSONAL and Literary.

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PERSONAL ansz Literary.
THE widow of the late rebel General Polk
has accepted. the position Of Vice Principal
of the Columbia Female Institute in Ten
nessee. {sAs III
SISTER DoMINIcA;~-head of the order of
Pthe Sisters Of the Poor Of ST. Francis for
the United States, died at the convent of
the sisterhood in Cincinnati the 18th inst,
Of cholera. ~ ha'h + i7ni'1 ,,.o-s
Mr.. JOHN D. HEATING, an old New, York
| merchant of the Knickerbocker stock, who
lssr7ed8in the war of 1872 and participat ed
in the obsequies of Gen. Washington, lied
on the 9th inst, aged IT,,
NJ. W. BALDWIN, who lately died at Phil
adelphia, was the father of locomotive
building in this country, having built the
first model loSepleti9e7 in this country, and
devoted his life to the business. s,.4git !
VICTOR HUGO does a large par5.i of his
daily work before breakfast, gets up at 5
O'Clock, and all that. He writes standing,
and blots, grasses, and interlines, SO that all
the matter MUST 1ss be copied before # goes ito
The printer. IA ~ - = \. H.
Mas. STURGTs HOOPER, the rich Boston
widow, has sacrificed the interest Of hant'
rdred thousand dollars, bequeathed TO- haf
lately by her late husband 8 grandfather ltas
* property to belong to her as long as she
| remains widow, in order to become. Mrs,
Senator Sumner, and aleader ia the iSeha5
torial society of Washington, s4.z ioils5 81
DAVID DUNBAR, @ sculptor at Dumfa9es,
Scotland, is dead, His best works are b1sts
/ '1ifo opd com hla fFHfu T d
| antique He had sittings from Earl Gray,
Lord Brougham, Lord Durham, and npther
eminent statesmen AID he exeouted5a bust
"a Grace Darling, which was several times
reproduced in marble for the Bishop of
A BERLIN writer says that the Queen Of
PRUSSIA viii not yisit Baden with heBgagal
spouse, because his ways Of living are too
expensive for her ideas of prudenoeaiiHe
boards at a hotel ana she cannot afford9that
much, even, of queenly state, but takes IN
pretentiousA private accommodating eats
E,little, zstossave expenses, and generously
allows her chamberlain his honors forpay
IN n his situation. d baa s4afo7 IL 10 lnlIoYo
5o SIR. HENRY HOLLAND, the famous physfa
clan of Queen Victoria, is soon expected on
visit to the United States. He ID the
author of several important medical works.
some of which were reprinted in this coun-
| try. His second wife is daughter of Sgd
Aney Smith. He will accompanied by
Mr. Morgan, the American bankers scces-
sor of Mr.. Peabody In London. Mr.. Nor
gan is q son-in-law Of the late deceased
Rev. Mr.. Pierpont
HON., ALEXANDER G.. CATTELL, Senator
elect ofSNewi Jersey, was born in Salem,
New Jersey, in 1915. He early devoted
himself to- business; and is merchant Of
nigh standing. He was formerly connected
With the Wing pssty, but has lately identi,
fled Himself with the Republicans Hedees
business in Philadelphia, and is President
| ofathe Corn Exchange Bank in thaEeity3
but has a'residence in Camden county that
| qualified him as a citizen Of New Jersey.
I'd THE young king of Belgium, who has
| just recovered from an attack of small pox,
seems to be much beloved by his people.
He is good looking young man, little
over 80 years Of age, and very grave. He
has well-shaped, longish Dutch head, dark
ecomplexion, soft brown eyes, prominent
land good nose, rather inclined to be aquif-
inc. He seems to have much humility, is
earnest, anispeaksweH His Queen, who
was an Austrian Arohduchess, is remarka-
bly, pretty 5il q ., ,a" I'll. S t.a5
/ THE report that Miss 'spufgin, who trav-
eled in company Of Queen Emma of the
Sandwich Islands, is a daughter Of the
famous London preacher, is not correct
The Rev. Mr.. Sturgeon has not been mar
ried sufficiently long to have g daughter of
the age Of the lady in question. Poor
Queen Emma came to this country to collect
funds for the Hawaiian ,GEpiscopalian
churches. She was the recipient of many
kind attentions, but Of little cash
INDIAN Bell DAVIS recently died at La
tfayette, Indiana. At the time of his death
he was the owner of a large amount of land
just north Of the Wabash river, on the line
of the Louisville, New Albany. & Chicago
Railroad, valued at some $4,000. or $75,-
900. Davis was a half-breed, his father
berg aIFrenchman, and His mother an Iu-
dian woman Of the Pottowattamie tribe, and
the land in question was entailedto him
from his father, who received it. as grant
or reservation from the Government years
ago. The bulk of the property Davis has
willed to the Irish Catholic church of La
fayette. Hewas, by the deathref brother,
also chief of the Pottowattamie tribe, and
as such, some time since, received large
amount of money in the way Of 1annuities.