Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-15


with the celestials- own tail OF hair.
TO casual visitor, the people Of Bos
ton all seem to be constantly employed il
getting out of the way of the street cars.
The citizens of Harrisburg, Pennsyl
vania, intend shortly to commence the con-
struction of new bridge over the Susque-
hanna.
Lady book keepers are generally en-
ployed in England. American ladies make
good book keepers also. They seldom re-
turn them.
"A man was fined $14 at New Haven,
on Saturday, for tying rope to balky
horses tongue and attempting to pull him
along by it.
Six hundred thousand cattle perish
every year to supply Newburyport factory
with the material from which they produce
four million combs.
Thirty persons are in the State prison
of Nevada, and as proof Of their intelli-
gence it is stated that every one of them
can play draw poker.
The Bucyrus, Ohio, Journal reports
that the hog cholera is prevailing in that
county, in several quarters, and isvery fatal.
One farmer lost 120 hogs by it.
The soldier, John Campbell, who in
dignantly returned his bounty money 10 the
United Statas Treasurer, saying he wanted
no pay for shooting en-, turns out to be IN
sane.
The violen,e Of the expansion Of water
when freezing is sufficient to cleave globe
of copper of such thickness as to require
force of $4,000 pounds to produce like
effect. FRA ~.e
"A woman in Detroit, married seven
years, recently gave birth to four children
| at time She has attained her present
proficiency by arithmetical progression,
| producing one, two, three and four in reg
ular graduation.
There is farm in Colorado, Is miles
long by IL wide, which pastures 5000 head
Of cattle and 5000 sheep, and last year
yielded $4,000 worth of grain. 1t is
worked by Mexican laborers, who are fe d
and managed by officers, like an army.
"A lady in Columbus, Ohio, dreamed
that three persons were being suffocated
near by. She awakened in fright and in
duced her husband to examine the house.
In an adjoining room, young lady was
found insensible and nearly dead from the
effects of escaping gas.
"A few night since woman with a child
in her arms jumped from the train going
west from Toledo when 1t was running at
the rate of fifteen miles an hour. She
learned that she had passed the place she
wanted to stop at, and Immediately ran to
the platform and sprang off. She and the
child both escaped injury.
"A New York lady writes to the Times
of that city, to complain of the high price
of bonnets. She says: "One day LAST
weeh / went into leading millinery on
Sixth avenue, for the purpose of purchas-
ing a bonnet. / saw only one which suited
my taste-a plain black silk, trimmed only
with cut beads, and the price was SIS /
did not take the bonnet, bat went to work
and made one exactly like it, at q cost Of
$461."
"A few days ago young man residing
at Fl 7etteville, Onondaga county, New
York, Of strong muscular frame, dislooated
his lower jaw in the act of gaping. doc
tor was called to his assistance, who found
his patient unable to close his mouth. 1t
became necessary to put him entirely under
the influence OF chloroform before a 'suf-
fcent relaxation of the muscles could be
induced to restore the jaw to its natural
position.
There is place in Union county, Ca,
west Of Blue Ridge, where more than 100
tracks of animals, the bear, deer, fox, lion,
horse, &c., may be seen imprinted in what
is now solid rock. One horse track is Is
by II inches, and must have been the ami
NAL ridden by the great warrior whose
track appears near by, being that of hui
man foot 173 inches in length, with six
toes-a regular son of thunder All the
other tracks are of the natural size.
"A Pennsylvania Irishman undertook to
60 hunting the other day, and, in reaching
for his powder flask, he dropped it into a
tub Of water. He poured the powder into
a frying pan and dried it over the fire. The
result can easily be guessed at. Mr..
O'Rourke was blown into the yard, with
his head so singed that he looked like
prize fighter, though luckily for him he re-
ceived no serious injury. His hair, beard
and eyebrows were taken off as closely as
if by a razor. ....--
"A plan is reported to be on foot in the
city of New York, among several wealthy
men, to build q village, within easy distance
of that city, for the exclusive accommoda-
ton Of the working classes. A healthful
site has been selected, and the village will
be built with the utmost regard for sanitary
rules. The houses are to be conveniently
arranged and to be fitted up for the espe-
cial comfort of the tenants. A moderate
rate is to be charged for the houses, as the
idea is not to found a charity.
"A man named John Eek, living near
Reading, Pennsylvania, some time ago
offered his home for sale; for some unknown
cause it was nos sold. He then made the
declaration that she wished it would burn
down over his head" On Sunday morning
last the house was discovered TO be on fire,
when some of the neighbors rushed up
stairs, where, strange to say, they found
Mr.. Eek dead, having received stroke of
palsy few moments before the ire.
Through the efforts of the neighbors the
body was conveyed to the yard before the
house was in ruins.
Within a few years and since there has
been such demand for American cheese
in Europe, factories for its manufacture
have been established in Vermont and at
the West, and there are one or two estab-
lishments in Massachusetts. Farmers, in
stead Of making cheese at home, carry the
milk to these factories, where it is weighed
and credited to them, and the amount Of
milk developed by each determines his
share of the proceeds. By this process,
better cheese, of more comedy shape, is
made, and it demands higher price-a
cent or more on the pound.
of the town of Pontotoc, Mississippi,
the founder, General Mackin, says: Gin
one month after laid off the town, sold
eighty thousand (S8O,0O0) dollars worth of
lots. In two months put up hotel; good
log houses, with brick chimneys, to accom-
modate 400 persons with board and lodg-
] ing. srn hln nam and lnts 10 accnmnnn date