Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-12-27

lady, made her this singular demand:
'FMadem0iselle, wiz you do me the honor
of becoming rich widow 2" ~rr, :
The dancing master Of the French
Prince Imperial was given the privilege OF
the "eloak, cane and umbrella room at
the 5Paria Exhib. tion.A He Immediately
realized, selling his right to the profits OF
this apartment for more than S20,OO0 IL
gold.
The deepest coal mine in the world, that
of Montwearmouth,s England, 1890 feet
from the surface was visited by gome1nen-
bers of the British association. Four ladies
were Of the party. The workings extend
to distance of two miles from the shaft.
The heat at the bottom is from 80 to so de-.
gr6es F. 81 lsF
"A Paris physician processes to have bit
upon means of reviying those who are in
a collapsed condition from oholera. The
blood being thickened in that staleS grow
ing blue and cold, he elects warm water
into the veins. whereby the circulation is
promoted and a new lease Of life given the
patient
Only forty pictures by American artists
are to be allowed in the great Paris Exhibi-
ton. A committee Of New York gentle
men, amateurs in art, have been chosen by
the artists themselves to make the selections.
Church's j" Niagara Falls " and Bierstadt's
first "Rocky Mountains the latter already
in Europe, are among the chosen.
Prince Arthur having now reached his.
sixteenth year, Queen Victoria has deter
mined that he shall enter the royal military
academy at Woolwich IS q gentlemen cadet.
The prince of Wales is q general in the
army and colonel Of the 10th hussars;
and it is intended that Prince Arthur shall
be prepared for commission in either the
engineers or artillery. The royal family
will thus be connected with nearly every
branch Of theservice.
1t is intended to forward to the Paris
Exhibition, from Melbourne, Australia, 3
pyramid representing the space that would
be occupied by all the gold produced in that
colony during the last fifteen years. The
height of the trophy will be SO feet 10
inches, while at the base twill measure 10
feet square, It's cubic capacity will be
equal to 1894 feet and it will represent "a
weight of | ,0Tl tons, quarters, II pounds
of the valuation Of Gl40, Q00,0 900. 81 49,, 4
Mr.. Kavanagh, q newly elected Nom
Der of the British Parliament, was born
without arms or legs, and, when speaking,
will not have "a leg to stand on" person
ally, whatever may be the case with his
argument. He rides or horseback, drives
q tandem team, writes with his mouth, and
makes a good speech. lie is rich, married,
and has four sons with the compliments of
arms and legs. His valet carries him on
his shoulders, and viii have to bear him
aloft when s'the honorable member from
Wexford has thefoor.'h
"A letter from Berlin says Russia is at
present by no means in q position 20 enter
tain aggressive designs, for the emancipa-
ton of the peasantry has not led to the
results that were expected from the meas
ure. The peasants have shown so little
inclination for industry that whole tracts
of land have been left entirely unoultivated,
and the peasantry are now unableto fulfil
their engagements to those who have as
signed to them those lands for cultivation.
The latter ane now on their part unable to
pay their taxes to the Government.
The Brownsville RGnchero tells an anus
ing story of charge made by o cow upon
the Notifications Of IS heroic Metam0r&s."
Some wags Of Cortina's command caught
the COW, and, dressing her up in some fan
tastic manner in raw hides, oldhD pans and
sheet iron, started her off Of the top Of her
speed toward the city. With noise Ike
thunder, she rushed rnadly to the very ditch
Of the works, when Satando's braves, think
lag by the clatter that 8 brigade of cavalry
were charging the fort fred a few shots,
and deserving their guns, fed ingloriously
to the town plaza. 1t was several hours
before they could be led back to the fort.
Personal Rxass literary. ~
Mrs. BLooMER is no longer Bloomer.
She wears her clothes row just like other
women.
REV IsAco S. KAL1oc has become Preai--s
dent of the Ottawa University, in Central
Kansas.
REV j. C. s. ABBOTT has sailed to Europe
to gather material for biography of Ma
poleon III
PRESIDENT JOHNSON presented RistoEi
with copy Of his message, with his.auto-
graph attached, as q souvenir.
ORIsoN Blunt, noted New York politi-
tian, dresses in most respects like a car
man, but he is "some' on diamonds
About $50, 900 worth are generally disposed
about his person, and he has $50, 900 oa his
watch.
DR.. J. SrERRy HUNT, +. R. s., of .Canadas
is lecturing upon the question, els the
center of the earth solid-4or in fusion !? y
He maintains that it is solid, not fluid, at
the center, and composed there chiefly of
the denser metals. .T1slE%.V fTeFf
LORD BRoUGHAM has talked with q lady
who lived in the reign Of Charles IL; She
was his great aunt, who died at the age Of
one hundred and six, in the yearr1789:s
Longevity runs in the Brougham family;
Lord Brougham's grandfather died at nine
~ three and his mother at eighty-nine. r.
Mr.. RoBERTs, the Fenian President, has
written to Col. Lynch, 81 regret totell you;
that T do not believe that you are to be
hanged" He be.ssges that Col. 1Lynch,s
execution would result in the conquest of
Canada by the Irish. This is carrying pat
riotism to an excess that Col. Lynch will
scarcely appreciate. bib 155i.6
E. N. BRUCE Of Kentucky, formerly q
rebel representative from that State to the
Richmond Congress, died suddenly last
week, of heart disease, at the Southern
Hotel, New York, Of which he was the
owner. Heis said to have made two mil
lion dollars by cotton speculations in the
South during the war.
MISS CHARLOTTE P. HAwsE, well known
in the world of literature died in Worces-
Ter, Mass, on Thursday Of last week, VIC
tim to consumption. She contributed fre-
quently to the Atlantic Nonthly and other
periodicals. Her last published contribu-
ton was upon LpUaIidism. in the November
AtJantic.s Her age was about 30 years.
LAToUR MAUBoURG lost his leg at the bat
tie Of Lninsin After he had suffered am