Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10

"A Mr.. Snowberger, of waynesboro, Pennsyl-
vania. tells how he was swindled out of $500 in
gold by gypsy doctor. The gypsy agreed to cure
Mr. s. of rheumatism, and made him gather all the
treasure in the house, set it before the DOCTOR who
was to tieit in nine bags, while the owner was to
sit with his back to the operator. The bags were
all well arranged and tied with the injunction that
they were not to be opened for nine months. The
nine months having terminated, the bags were
| opened, and Snowberger's gold had melted away.
The La Crosse Republican says: 1--WE are told
good one La Crosse official, who recently ar
rested a couple of scamps in Jackson county.
While riding with his prisoners prairie chicken
made its appearance, and the officer drew his re-
yolver and fired two three shots at it, One of the
| prisoners suggested that he could do better and
the revolver was handed over to him. The prisoner
however, did not try his skill on the chicken, but
presented the shooting iron at the officer and
backed off, leaving the officer to cogitate on the
| uncertainty of man, and to return home minus
prisoners and $40 revolver" 49,
| "A curious attempt to realize money on a life in
surance has just been exposed at Lebanon, Ohio.
/ man pretended to be sick. His accomplices. one
of them physician, were summoned, and next
morning they sent dispatch to his wife, at Eaton,
to the effect that the supposed sick man had died OF
cholera They called in the neighbors to help dis
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they were only needed to help load the coffin, sup
posed to contain the body, into wagon, in order
to ship it to Eaton Suspicion of foul play being
aroused dispatch was semitic Eaton, which brought
response that the corpse arrived there sometime
during the night, and inferred about midnight.
Officers sent to Eaton, who found the grave to
contain coffin filed with broom corn seed. The
parties to the fraud were arrested.
AT St. Louis, a young lawyer, said to be from
Illinois, became convinced that his gifts were
adapted to make him successful on the stage. He
l made an arrangement with manager for a pre-
l lmnary rehearsal While speaking his piece he
was Interrupted by the falling of bags of saw
dust and other articles upon him, that he left the
theatre in disgust. Next day he challenged the
manager, referring to Colonel Bob Claiborne, late
of the rebel army, as his friend. The manager con-
sented to fight with customary stage clubs stuffed
with shavings. Disguised, he undertook to have
warrants made for the arrest of the manager and
his subordinates. He was informed, meanwhile,
that he himself about to be arrested for sending
a challenge. He therefore suddenly packed his
small amount of baggage and left the city.
The Columbia City Qndiana) Post records a
case of severe punishment inflicted by Mrs. Lucy
Hemmick, teacher in one of the schools of that
place, the little of James B. Edwards, City
Clerk The little boy was caught whispering, called
on the floor and ordered to hold stick of wood,
three pounds more in weight, at right angles
from his body with one hand for fifteen minutes,
with the other hold his book and study. He did so
as long as it was possible, then commenced easing
down the wood. The teacher flew into passion,
caught him by the hair and threw him against the
stove, jerked him over the floor, choked him until
black in the face, and otherwise maltreated him
that half the school in tears and several got
frightened and home to tell their parents that
the "School marin had almost killed little Tommy
Edwards" IS
An internal machine conspiracy has just been
ferreted out in Northern Ohio by Cincinnati de-
tective. On the Sd of December, Howard Tilling-
| ham, master machnist of the car shops at Youngs-
town, Ohio, received by express small box shipped
at Cleveland. Not expecting anything of the kind,
he was at suspicious of its contents, and in
| stead of drawing the lid, pried open one of the
lower corners. A lot of gunpOwder fell out. The
box was then thoroughly soaked and opened in the
SIDE 1t contained half pound of gunpowder and
q row of upright matches, so arranged as to ex-
plode the powder when the lid was drawn. The
matter entrusted to detective, who succeeded
| in finding the man who sent it. The scoundrels
name is William Howartn, and he is one of the
machnists under his intended victims control.
Last month the latter discharged his son, and the
Internal machine intended to revenge the act.
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