Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-07-12

The Mount Pleasant Journal tells, on
good authority, about child being Tiled
by cat. 1t says: "On the 9th ult., a
mother living near this city laid her babe
in the cradle to sleep, and, passing out of
the room, returned in about thirty minutes
and found the child dead As she entered
the room cat jumped off the cradle. The
animal had evidently sucked the child's
breath, causing its death. The name of
the unfortunate parents is Ayres. This
1 should be caution to mothers not to lay
their little ones to sleep where cats are
about"
"A correspondent of the Manchester
/ (Vt) Journal vouches for the truth of the
following very remarkable circumstance
One day recently child, nineteen months
Of age, belonging to Mrs d. H. Sheldon, of
South Dorset, went out into the door-yard,
while the family were at dinner, caught a
green snake nearly two feet in length, eat
about three inches of its tail, hit it once
through the head, and came into the house
with the snake wound round it's sarm, and
/ still eating. the tail, with the blood ,oozing
from the corners of her mouth. With the
\ exception of a badly poisoned mouth, the
child received no injury. -
"A ludicrous incident happened at Bel
| grade, recently. A body of well known
Servians, all members of the extreme pat
riotic party, marched through the streets
with long boards down to their knees, es-
! corted bya number of BARRIERS, razors in
hand, and in this array entered the fortress,
where the BARRIERS proceeded at once to
strip the bearded party of their hlrsute
adornments, and sent them out clean
shaved. 1t appeared that, at the lombard
ment Of Belgrade, in 1862, these Servians
had vowed never to let a razor touch their
faces until they could do so in the fortress
itself, on the day which the Turkish troops
abandonedaiit it, and they completed their
VOW. s's..n i':ias -
i The New London Comm Star says
rumor has been in circulation in that city
for the past two days to the effect that Cap
tain Silas Buchanen and wife and Riley
| Sweet, all of New London, who were sup
posed to have been lost at sea many years
ago, are still living-prisoners at one of the
Fejee Islands. Captain Buchanan sailed
| from San Francisco eleven on twelve years.
since, bound for Australia, aceQfnpaniedh yS
his wife. The vessel in which he sailed, a
small fone-anC-aft schooneg, called the Sea-
Breeze, was 16veE heard ftohl, and it was
believed that.sh Meht Down at sea and that
all on board persisted. The report is said
to come from some men who were in cap
tivity with Captain B., and who had ar
rived at New York. es.a ~
Dennis Colgan, draw tender at the
East Bridgeport Conn draw-bridge, per-
formed heroic act on Friday, June 21st,
by which a frightful accident was prevent
ed. The draw was about fifteen feet from
its place when the train came in sight,
and was swung into its position with all
possible speed But as the track strikes
the draw at strong curve on the west
side, the train would inevitably force it
open unless it was locked. Colgan instant
lY ran across the bridge in front of the adj
vancing train, dropped in front OF the
engine, locked the draw with about an
inch of the bar, and slid to the platform
below So narrow was his escape, that all
thought he had been crushed to death
beneath the wheels, until he emerged in
the rear of the passing train.
The crime of foeticide exeites gener-
al and well-founded alarm. At least one
religious denomination has touched upon
the topic in the pulpit, as well as pressed
it upon the attention of its people in pri-
vate Mr.. Horace Greeley has made it the
subject of recent article in the In0epend-
ent. Other opponents of the public alarm
appear in the numerous publications, most
ly printed in Boston, which shows the ex-
tent of the crime, and suggests means for
its suppression. DR.. Blanchard FOsgate,
formerly physician to the New York State
Prison at Auburn, classes it among the re-
cent causes for the increase of crime in
general, in greater ratio than the increase
of population in this country would seem
to warrant DR.. Fl. G.. Slower. of Boston,
has written book ON the subject, which
shows that the people of Massachusetts, in
respect of this particular crime, in the vii
lagos as well as in the cities, are nearly
twice as corrupt as the population of
France, and eight-fold more depraved than
that of the city of New York.
The Philadelphia Ledger exposes a
new swindle which has been introduced
there. The operator adyertises for "copy-
lists, male and female" and, on visiting the
place he refers to, applicants are informed
that he has $4,000 circulars to! copy. He
gives each applicant one copy, Of the cir
cular and package of letter paper in
half sheets He then says Ghe applicant
being stranger to him) a deposit must be
left to insure the return of the paper.
When the applicants return with the work
done, expecting to receive their pay, they
find that their pretended employer has
disappeared. The entire object of this OPP
Grafton is to sell cheap writing paper at
very high price, and in this way one OF
these swindlers managed to get a great
deal of it off few days ago. The affair is
but type of the numerous swindles car
ried on by sharp fellows at the expense Of
credulous or over-anxious people. In the
present case, however, a number of poor
and deserving people, who are willing to
labor to earn the means of living, were
robbed both of their time and their small
pittances of money. The case is hard
one, and the fellow should be pursued and
brought to punishment. d. ss,s1.
n s Foreign Gossip.
The tallest policeman in England
died of consumption two weeks ago. He
stood six feet ten inches in his stockings,
which was bad way for consumptiYe
"a leaatfom Maritans>to the london
Times says. ~ am writing from the city
of the eead-;S 900 persons have E been car
rice off already the average in town ssq bell
A sharp fellow in Paris has erected a
telescope ON the bridge of jena which
| commands peep of the stage. of the Chi
nese theatre. Two sous gives spectators an
Illicit view of the Chinese stars
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