Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-21
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g.E-Srns Wn. Fowler OF II ecatonica, aik,
slas fasely Manufactured aVieIin Of Super.
or tone, consisting of nearly 5000 pieces 81
WOOD and pearl. The wood is said to be
historic, being taken from the Museum in
the BROOKLYN Navy Yard. 1t is a wonder
full piece of mechanism, and reflects great
credit on the genius and patience OF the
n makeK ON WIFI
= Mr. Zones, aged seventy years, recent
ly married young girl in Schoharie coun-
ty, n. Y, went to Albany on his wedding
tour, fell down stairs at his hotel, made bis
will, and left her to 90 forth rich widow
who came in as welded attendant of an
Tlintirn old man, Bgt3 glrisssue accidents
4 dc not ALWAYS happth'aiidef these circum-
stances.
"A man named Blackburn and his wife
ifhave been arrested inrG'ohirnbus foHincrees
ible cruelty to their little daughter, seven
wears old. The hands of the little victim
have been nearly burned off by her fend
ish ep-nlother, and she IS mass of fes-
atering.scars ,fronshead tosfoot.e Some q
the cruelties practiced upon her are too IN
decent for narration.
r. 4The. new; nionssefT Cornish engine at
Fine water works, the largest and only one
of the kind in the country, for which the
CITY expended half a million, and which
\ has beenit thought failure, hasgot to work
Iat;last, E,punps the enormous Quantity
OF million gallons per hOur,gwhich is FAR
beyond the capacity Of the reservoirs.
New T 9servoirs will be built
IT-4The Ottawa County s(0hie). Union
E,E 1oyrc On Vr.ig ed
1.-THE ice from Put-in-3ay 1sland-ato Port
Clinton, twelve miles, obtained a marriage
license, went back "by the same convex
ance" the same days 9and was married. In
the evening. Walking twenty miles
on the ice and getting married besides,
must haye. been bard days, work. ,.,,,
g. few eaavs ago IN Milford, Chelnung
county, N. Y, Miss Mary Falls, aged
seventeen, and daughter of one Of tie
thn6a resp ected citizens of the 'yiltage, shot
I one Nelson Rogers, wlioit isA alleged SCI
duced her under promise of marriage, CD
serted her, and, as a correspondent states,
spoke IalI niannerof evil against her"
| ROGERS VIII recover from the injury The
young girl has been held in $1,000 bh1fof
trial. e
/ IA lcorresDo6denf fren&g PTinc eton,
T Mass, writes about the late Storm: |" Our
windows are entirely buried in snow. To
see our way about the house at MONDAY,
we were obliged toAshovel, removing the
snow from the highest panes of glass. THIS
VIC were compelled to do for three days, as
/ the wind blew az perfect gale,s 1n,the westY
Eefn-psrt ofsthe- town aiel drifts2afe thirty
| feet deep.
| During the the tremendous rain storm
| of December GDM,. IN California, a curious
| exception is reported to have occurred at
| Fair Oaks, near Menlo Park, where for the
greater part Of theday little rain fell; men
blowing in their shirtsleeves, while tor
rents were, falling at San Jose and ReFlr
| wood City, on both Sides The rainfall Of
San Francisco was 7.16 inches in twenty
hoqrsSz75p y double the heaviest on rec
The Gift enterprise case Of Williams
& Co., heard before the Cincinnati Police
Geurbin DECEMBER, has come UP ia anoth-
eI.shapel before theCP ostmaster General.
Williams & Co. claimed some two thouSanda
letters sent to their address, most. OF them
containing money for prizes The letters
were detained because addressed to q firm
which had no existence, and in spite ofthe.
efforts of several claim agents have been
returned to the Dead Letter Office De
IUuCll itl(llNI uudIo WIN dGGCilIDtCNt tJO DC
sWindled will receive their money through
thaf 7 Channel. a document FLED IN the
Post Office Department exposes the true
| character Of the s0-called firm Of Williams
81 Co. ~ ''''"' '''''' tsGsso
Chicago having made good begin
! ming, goes OF. tunnelng. The next work.
in order is 4 tunnel under the Chicago
sriver, syhegeit is crossed by Washington
Street, whichiwilEbe t,s00feetloug, having
two passage ways for trains, each eleven
Ifaetd wideJ with aatiGFd for general pur-
poses The masonry will be protected by
heavy sheathing Of lead. Instead 9fbor-
ing under the bed from the ends, in the
usual way, this tunnel will be CONSTRUCTED
|9by sections 10 Golfer dams, taldngTupa por
ton Of The river bed at a time, 81 as to OBJ
struct navigation as, little as possible We
see it1 stated thai the contractors have
agreed to complete the work in March,
TAI icii1ncihtnati,, on Saturday, john
Hauf bauer, German, thirty eight years
7otlS bought a revolver to kill, his wife, who
caused hisiafrest' ohA Monday but, failing,
to appear against him, he was discharged.
AS seQnEasAhe was free he ;weptou the sus
pension bridge and, after taking off his
coat and hat. leaped into the river fully
seventy-fse feetsbslow. aAll thought him
drowned But he reappeared on the sur
face, and was rescued by the crew Of the
steamer General Buell., No.othersdamage..
appears to have been done the maainanl
than abrasion of the skin of his legs, where
he struck floating ice. His nose and ears.
bled some, but no other evidence of Injury
from such a. frightful leap appears,
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Art and Science. 'c<Ni
-Thee 1patehtees Of the punched t1gtin.
manufacture have punched 1917 in. hole
-downsthfoa9h a Steel ingot fodrzfeet high
and Weighing three ,tonsI IVA
"A. It. Stewart, the dry good 7nief
chant of New York, has purchased
Rosa Bonheur's " Horse Fair" for $4,000.
The artist originally received but $1,000
for it.
I'M. 8eard IS paiptih ga fety lcomical
picture representing some squirrels who
have, become decidedly = tight " from inn
billing too freely from flask whichIa hun
ter has dropped in the woods. = -, 91 T,
"A cubic yard of gold is worth, in. round
numbers; S 10000, 600, and at this estimate
all the gold in the world if melted into
ingots, might Shes contained in a cellar
twenty fur feetfsquare land ki&teen feet
high. All the boosted wealth already
obtained fro1pT CaliforniaE and Australia
would go into an iron safe nine feetlsquare
fS1 TihUd most f{ cdslsBbral5ad sAt1stQ d9 bI
T,,,o,Do +bo+ ocK oDi froJ, ovo,