Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-25

| way, corner OF Tenth street, New York, is
/ to-be enlarged during the coming summer.
The present struc.nre IS to sbe mpltiplied
six times id size, and the new building win
cover no less than an acre and quarter of
| ground.
little animal known as the c]ay-fish
eats through the levees on the Mississippi
and causes the crevasses which are now so
prevalent. The woi ST of it is that the raw
ages, Of the clay fish cannot be detected I'M
til it is too late to repair the damages he
has done
1.-THE Boston Athenaum has just pur-
CHASED nearly one thousand five. hundred
books and pamphlets relating to our civil
waT.;g which, with their previous list, makes
up the largest and best collection of publ
cations relating to- our military and Revo-
lutionary history in thescountry. 4
"A few days ago Pierson Scott, an old
citizen of sFloyd~ county, Indiana, died at
his residence, three miles from Jefferson
vile, of dropsy. Up to the time of his
4 death he had been tapped sixty-one times,
| and one hundred and fifty-two gallons of
fluid were taken from his system.
/ james McGregor, one of the brothers
who founded the now prosperous Iowa
town which bears their family name, died
at his home few days ago The lawsuit
to which the deceased has SO long been a
Eparty, involving the title to most of the
| town of McGregor, remains unsettled.
"A steamer left Pittsburgh, Penn, the
Sd inst, for the Missouri river and the
Montana mining regions,-a distance OF
nearly 1900 miles. She carried number
4 of families designing to settle in that re-
i mote territory, and took on at Cincinnati
fifty-five Dakota Indians, on their way
home from Washington.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
says of the new Broadway bridge: 1t
will beavailable and crowded on fete days
or would have been on other days, when
professions extended to the Battery. But
fas fcrossing,' the person who ascends and
7 descends its winding ways a second
time, should be taken to Barnum's Museum
'on exhibition - - 4
"A contemporary remarks, if the pub
lie knew one half the trash that enters into
the composition of what is commonly
sold as ground coffee, they3would be struck
with astOnishment and disgust" The re-
mark holds good not as to coffee alone, for
it is equally applicable to most of the pre-
pared articles offered in such alleged cheap
ness and perfection. gu Cd {
| When the State Constables called at a
saloon in Westfield, Mass, the other day.,
the proprietor slipped the chain from
large black bear which he keeps, and re-
tired to an ante-room to await results. The
officers opened the door, and the bear
courteously advanced to give them a friend
ly embrace, which they. declined, and have
not been seen in that locality since.
The inventors Of popular toys get
quick returns The inventor of the COM
mon street toy knownas the "return ball"
is said to have, realized 800, the cal
ways wound up top" realized 1000.
The inventor of. the walking dol, (which
was so fashionable a few years ago, made
$4,000 by the patent. The dancing "Jim
Grow" toy, introduced about two years
ago, was invented by an invalid boy and
won fortune.
The people of the townships of Madi-
son, Jefferson, Cass, Jackson, Licking,
Hopewell, Muskingum Falls, Washington,
and the city of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, are to
have grand rat hunt on the LIST of May
the township destroying the greatest num-
Der of rats-the tails of three mice to be
equivalent to one rat tail-to be entitled to
a banner, the expenses to be paid by the
three townships producing the smallest
number of rat tails.
Among the latest mining news on the
I Upper Missouri is the discovery of very
rich and extensive copper deposits in the
valley of the Muscle-shell, about sixty five
miles from Helena, Montana. Men who
formerly worked in the famous Copperop-
oils lode of California say that the depos-
its, Judging from appearance, are the rich
est they ever knew. This isan item of i'm
portance to boatmen, as the ore will most
| likely be smelted in St. Louis.
The celebrated "Big Trees of Cali
fornia are now being successfully grown
in New York State, and are increasing in
magnitude, according to the proper order
| of things. 1t is now thirteen or fourteen
| years since gentleman resident near
Rochester, made plantations of these gi-
gantic trees from seeds procured in Cali
| fornia; and the progress r, they have
already made gives proof that in two or
three thousand years they will attain their
full growth. 4sf
| "A society for carrying on systematic
| ally the business of stealing, seereting and
selling stolen goods has just been unearthed
and broken up at Norwalk, Conn. 1t was
regularly organized, with President, Secre-
tary and Treasurer, and was composed
mainly of clerks in all branches of trade.
A strict account was kept of the stealings
Of each member, and the value accredited
to him on the society book. Profit enough
had been already secured to enable two
families connected with it to visit the Paris
| Exposition. ~ ..s3 bae ei
| "A well-known expert in burglary bust
ness, styled "Peppery Joe" was arrested
on Thursday, in Jersey City, charged with
being concerned in the robbery of $780,
600 from the Brooklyn Navy Yard, some
two years since, Joe has been looked for
ever since, but had retired into private life
in Newark, where he owned some real es-
tate The arrest was mt de by two Govern
ment detectives, who ha the photograph
of the relictant Joseph in their possession
-. and were thus enabled to identify him. He
was taken on to Washington. ~ ga 4
when Messrs. Ticknor s. Fields issued
the first volume of their diamond series O
Charles Dickens works they resolved t.
5 lmake the author sharer in the profits o
+ this edition, and accordingly surprised hin
by sending him over two hundred pound
j sterling last month on account of his in
' tcfest in the reprint. We have seen pri
vate letter of Mr. Dickens to friend il
i America, expressing great satisfaction il
& 1.-THE transaction. In it he says C. thinl
lstyou know how high and beyond tn
4 linoney's worth l esteem this act of man
! 4 hood, delicacy and honor. have neve
= laderiyed greater pleasure from the receipt 9
2 money in all my life"
Uucideuts and Accidents.