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

The last Paris papers give particulars of the
trial of Lamirande, who robbed the bank OF Polo
tiers He was sentenced toten years imprisonment
Lamirande stated that New York lawyers kept AL
600 francs nearly all he had in his possession Ills
counsel restored no. 600 francs in court the where
abouts of which they had discovered without his
knowledge. The prisoner had previously declined
to answer where his money was, as it would, he
said compromise innocent parties. His counsel,de-
clined to tell where he obtained the money. n
AT an auction In Paris, some time since ma
rine store dealer purchased box OF thread for four
francs. At the bottom of the box were found TWEEN
ty bank notes for 1000 francs each. These the man
appropriated tohis use, but the sudden increase
of his wealth led him into improprieties which re-
suited in his arrest, when he MESSED the whole
matter. The civil tribunal of the Seine acquitted
the man of the charge of misappropriation
but handed seventeen of the notes for 00O to the
heir-at-law, the nephewOf the woman to whom the
box originally belonged.
The surgeons of Vienna have employed, accord
ing to the Journal of the Society Of Arts, with much
success, the white unsized paper known as papier
Joseph for dressing wounds. 1t has all the proper
ties of lint and in towns it may be obtained in large
quantities at very low price. In every way it has
all the advantages of lint; it does not change in
contact with water; it is bad conductor of heat,
snd preserves in consequence, the wounds from
atmospheric influence. From its absorbent nature,
it sucks up the matter, maintains the wound IN a
state of dryness favorable for healing, and it may
be used in certain circumstances more advanta-
geously even than lint.
The Malta Observer, of the latest date, says ::
"Bv reliable information, recently received, we
learn that the works of the Isthmus of Suez canal
are being very actively carried forward by NJ De
Lesseps who however, is at this moment in France.
An average depth of from seven to nine feet has
been obtained from Port Said along the salt water
canal and the rest of the distance to Suez is trav-
ersed temporarily by a fresh water one about
seven feet deep, connected to the other by means
CT locks and powerful pumps. AS far as 60stations
the full width of the proposed ship canal has been
exeayated to go meres, but from that point to the
sevepty-th station and Ismaha the width is incom-
plete.
The Prince de Ligne, says the Pail Mall Gazette,
is the happy possessor of curiosity OF literature
which ought not to be withheld from the forthcom-
ing Exhibition. 1t consists of book neither writ
ten nor printed, which bears the title "Liber Pas
sionis nostri Jesu Christi cum characteribus nuila
materia composite" All the letters cut out of
the finest vellum and pasted blue paper, and the
reading is as easy as that of the best types. The
precision with which these very small characters are
cut excltes unbounded admiration Tor the patience
of their author. The German Emperor Rudolf III.
is said to have offered, in 1910, the enormous sum
of 1000 ducats for this curious work of art.
Strangely enough the book bears the English arms,
though it is supposed never to have been in Eng
land. t'~ : E}Eftil st3'4
The servants in the palace tell many amusing
stories regarding the queer doings of the Emperor
Napoleon when the morose fit is upon him. They
say that in his room, he arranges things to suit
himself-hangs his engravings and family portraits,
places the furniture, and piles away his letters and
papers. So long as he is, in his way, cheerful,- he
seems satisfied with the disposal of the rooms; but,
during 1.-THE dark days. he takes down the pic
lures, moves the furniture and the books, all the
while grumbling and growing at himself. nthese
occa sions the maitre a. hotel of the palace is in
despair. The dinners are always sdetestable,"
the wines ''sour'-in short the great Cesar Is
as fretful and whimsical in his blues as the most
petted and spoiled girl.