Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-01-11

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cation Of Normal school there, proposing
to donate q building which, cost some $780,
600. 80
The portrait of Mrs. Lincoln, painted
uuder the auspices of Brady, the New York
photog raphist, has gone to Europe, having
been purchased by an Englishman for
1000.
An old lady of considerable property
has just died near Sheffield, England, who
never washed her face till the dirt peeled
off in fakes-who never allowed her room
to be swept and cleaned for seventeen we ars
whose sole attendant was an idiot lad,
and whose principal food was putrid meat
/ There arc now in the District of Column
bia at least $4,000 negroes (6,0 900 more than
in all New England} against about $4,000
I whites. ,-,r.
| The Pope sent the last Spanish princess
f'a portion of the Savior's holy crib" and
the Queen sent back 8 magnificent golden
tiara valued at $4,000.
There were 682 murders, and only "a
executions in this country in 1864 since
when the crime has rapidly increased with
out corresponding increase in the hang
ings. fo 17afe ~ .iHa 5Thaf
The census of New York shows that the
population of that state had decreased 49,
600. At the same time the population of
Illinois had increased 100000 "Westward
the course Of empire takes it's way"
The 'ssection boss" on the Terre Haute
and ST. Louis railroad, near Stockton, pick
up thirteen prairie chickens, few days
since, all killed in q few moments while q
flock were crossing the road, they having
struck the four wires of the telegraph line.
| Several were only stunned and escaped be-
fore they could be secured
Nine hundred pounds in bank notes
were found sewed up in the waistcoat of
Tom Sayers aftor his death.
The great American branches of labor
are as follows: Blacksmiths, ,357; Car
penters, 252, 958; Clerks, 49,, ass Farmers,
2,423, 1885, Farm hands, 785, 679; Laborers,
900, Dol Miners, 147 $50; Shoemakers,
i 1874, $50; Servants, $50, 908; Tailors, 101,-
808; Teachers, 10, 469.
"A paper was read at the last session OF
the Belgian Academy by NJ. Plateau on the
Muscular force of Insects The author,
by means of very ingenious experiments,
attempts to show that the muscular force of
insects, compared with that of the verte-
brates, is enormous. The common cock
chafer is capable of exerting a tractile force
equal to fourteen times the weight of its
body, while the drawing power of the horse
is only 81. the weight Of its body. As the
result of 400 experiments ION different in
sects, he states that the power exerted is
inversely in proportion to the weight of the
body. This interesting paper was ordered
to be printed in the Bulletin.
From the experiments made by Prof
| Thomson Of Copenhagen, on light as q
source of motion, he calculates that the light
emitted by the sun, would lift thirty five
billions OF tons one billion of kilometers
high per second, and that it would raise the
earth twenty feet in the same time.
1t is said to be a fact that notwithstand-
ing the difficulties in the Fenian Brotherhood
at least $4,000 is yetreceived at the O'Ma-
honey palace, New York. This is ample
pay the champagne and cigar bill of that
establishment.
"A profile portrait of the President, in
silver, has been made for distribution among
the Indian tribes. 1t is mentioned as a sig.
nifcant fact that no chief thus favored has
ever broken treaty obligation.
Mr.. Clahay, tiourneyman trunkmaker
in Buffalo, on Christmas day picked up a
wallet containing ten thousond dollars in
$100 greenbacks, and at once took it to a
bank, to await the discovery and demand OF
its ownor.
The general minutes Of the annual oon-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal church,
have just been issued. 1t has 60 annual
conferences, and a membership of 928, 259,
deing an increase over last year of 929. 1t
has 7,175 travelling preachers, being an in
crease of 354 for the year. The local preach
ers numbered 8,492, being an increase of
288. It's total value of church property is
estimated at $13, Al, 1892, which is 81 1858,
157 more than last year. All the benevolent
contributions show an advance of more than
one fifth. In the Sunday School department
there has been about the same advance.
"A New York millionaire, said to be
afflicted with the leprosy, was cured by the
| President of the New York Medical Univer-
sity, and in his gratitude rendered him a
$4,000 fee, but the doctor accepted only
1000
On Christmas morning, every gable,
| gateway or barn-door in Norway, is decora-
ted with sheaf of corn fixed on the top of
tall pole, from which it is intended the
birds shall make their Christmas dinner.
The Boston Journal says that the divi-
dends for the past six months already an
nounced by manufacturing, railroad and
other corporations in New England, or
which will shortly be made public, as they
are payable in January, denote degree of
| prosperity without a parallel. It has been
| the best six months ever known by the
| NJ, of
high as rs per cent, while the dividends of
the railroads are large, showing an increase
over former years.
The Methodist denomination have do
mated to mission purposes the coming year
round million; 1our hundred thousand of
which is to be expended among the white
| and black population of the South.
The business of one of the leading do
nestle and jobbing houses in New York, for
the year 1865, reached nearly $70,000,000.
john C. Keenan, the pugilist arrived in
Boston from Europe, December Goth. 1t is
reported he is about to take porter house
in New York.
The Toronto Leader is publishing series
Of medical articles written by DR.. Black
burne, the person charged with attempting
to introduce yellow fever and smallpox
among the United States soldiers during the
war,
"A musician in Salzburg is playing the
piano with clothes brush.
-Ayoung 'sswelp' in London, who dissi-
pated a fortune of $4,000 year, now
earns S. week as stage driver.
A marriage is thus noticed by one of our
contemporaries "Married, last week, John