Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-13

secured and at all points it is the design Of
the Board TO place it's operators sin the
best possible condition. { III
Incidents and Accidents.
"A Buffalo man whipped his wife nearly
to death because she ate an orange that
another man gave her.
"A boy in Buffalo reached a fatal
"pint in his career last week. when he
drank aHnt Of rum. ! 81 q
, Noah Forsyth of Riehville, Ohio, was
killed by being caught by belt in saw
mill at Bad Ak, Wis, recently. .,-4xe
in Baltimore man was fined twenty
dollars for cracking and eating peanuts ip
a church, during divine service.
Although the town Of You Bet in Cal
ifornla has voted to keep Sunday hereafter,
Yuba Dam declines to follow suit.
S. S. Patten,. OF. Minneapolis, while
passing near:a carpenter who was driving
nails with a common Ratchet, had his nose
cut off by the instrument
On the railroad from st, Petersburg
to Moscow, 400 miles inlength and opened
to travel in 1862, the life of single pas
senger has not thus far been sacrificed
: IA bdltiuloIC ldu SoJ3uio llttttlsl etSt uo-
tween two iron ratings upon pair of steps
the other day, and the rails had to be cut
by, a blacksmith before he could be extri-
Gated. III
AT London, Ohio, Mr.. Payne was in
stantly killed by lightning, while sitting in
the door of his carriage shop. A child in
his arms was badly burned, as was also Mr..
Noel, his partner.
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ceased to be a novelty, though it cost
$4,000, petitions are in circulation for sig
natures asking the New York Common
Council to take it away. p
The heirs of Col Butler, who, it may,
be remembered, was killed by an accident
near Landisville, Lancaster county, Pa,
October IA, 1865, have recovered verdict
of $4,000 against the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad Company.
Some cowardly villain, a few nights
since, entered the sheep yard of Benjamin
Winslow, in South Alabama, N. Y, and
administered poison to the entire flock,
consistingof fifty eight ewes, earlyallof
which had ayoHhg lambs. ~ss 3 4 -
The widow of a rich man In West
Springfield, Mass, has sent bill to the ex-
ecutors of her sisters estate for 81 so for a
Thanksgiving turkey presented to her sis
ter twelve years ago, and $3.50 for repair
ing the tomb of her ancestors. gs. t{a%
"A San Francisco pawnbroker, who two
and half years ago was robbed of $4,000
worth of diamonds, has been gladdened in
heart by ithe9recoyery of, his property, and
| the knowledge that the thief. in attempt
| ing to escape, was killed by jumping down
| deep precipicc. q va" '''.''-At 'o'''
"A whirlwind in Pleasant Valley, CT
hurled a twelve-foot plank across the street
and through the windows of the residence
of OrYille jones The pile Which,i it Be
| longed was strewn over the road In circle
A calf was carried over a fence and into
the fields five rods distant
~ The dangerous habit of throwing or
ange peel on the sidewalks Is exciting thu
inhabitants of New York, who insist tina
| the city government should pass an ordi
nance making the throwing of orange pee
on the sidewalk severely punishable.
| A nice young man in St Louis visitet
| his.ladylloHe, stayed too long, and was cap
| tured by o. burglar, who in turn was cap
| tured bya policeman, and soon after Thu
4 young man was also arrested and put int
the station house. Explanations followed
"A considerate individual in Detroit
who abors under the impression that hi
days are about numbered, and that he viii
4 wake up some fine morning and find tina
| he had departed this life during the night
bought himself a coffin some years ago, ap'
has regularly slept in it every night since
Y An Irisbman with a heavy bundle o
| his shoulders, riding in front of one of tn
II yn1 Inv no II
A not set his burden on the platform, II
enough to do to drag me I'll carry tn
bundle"
( Lorenzo B. Sheppard, youthful fol
ger from Albany, N. Y. has terminated
1 brief but brilliant career by falling into th
/ hands of the Sheriff, at Philadelphia. ]
glance at his diary exhibits details OF
Western trip, commenced May 9th, an
] shows that he'll had realized some $4,000
That time. ew - 49, q.
! a boarding house at Mehonoy Plain
I Pa, which was builtoyer mine, recent
sunk into the earth to- a depth of sevcnt
fret or more, by the caving IN OF the ros
I Of the mine below. The occupants of Ii
house saw the back building sinking, an
made their escape. r, The cavity int he cart
is thirty or forty yards in diameter
james Grant, of Licking county, Q
has commenced suit against Isaiah T. Jont
and wife, of East Newark, for conspirin
to produce and perpetuate, the alienation
the wife of said Grant from her husban
Mrs. Grant. is a sister of Mrs. Jones. HI
. second marriage took place about stw
years ago. Damages are laid at 100000.
"A large clarifying tubat Smith, Dixie
81 Co.'S vinegar works, Detroit, burst
T the 31st inst. The front and sides of u
building were blown out, and the brio
, were thrown twenty yards A colored |
, borer was badly scaldcd, and s. r. Woolie
one of the partners, was buried IN Il
debris, but not seriously injured. The To-
is $4,000, with no insurance.