Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14

ing fires with kerosene are Mrs. Hills, OF
housewife, Venango county, Pa, and Mary
Dunlap, q girl in her employ. Both We're
horribly burned to death. F#3 q
-Rostine Parker, conductor on the New
Jersey train under which the late Theodore
Dwight, of Brooklyn, was killed, has sued
the New York Nation for libel, on account
of its comments on that occurrence.
John Gray, the old Revolutionary
veteran of Noble county, Ohio, is to re-
ceive a pension of $500. Daniel +. Bake
man, of New York, another youngster OF
| one hundred and seven years, has also had
the same amount awarded him.
| A woman in New Britain, Conn, re-
Gently became enraged at her husband for
! some cause or other, and in revenge rushed
| out Of doors and seated herself in snow
bank, where she remained until nearly
| frozen. FL
--Semeiof the millzmen who supply the
citizens of Providence, r. l., taking advan-
| tage of the situation" during the snow
blockade, put up their prices to twenty-five
cents per quart. This was considered very
/ mean. $3.50
The remains of log cabin, composed
! of seven logs, were found at from twenty
to,twenty six feet below the general level
of the country, in digging q well near
Waveland, in Parke county, Indiana, on
the farm of Mr.. John Spencer.
! "A California miner in luck, and hun
| CRY for spree, but wishing to have COM
| pany in his frolic, hired two other miners, at
4 five dollars day, to join him in drunk.
They were too busy and too poor to take
the pastime on any other terms.
"A man residing near Cleveland, Ohio,
lately made for himself very comfortable
coffin then dressed himself with unusual
care, placed himself quietly in it, took
prussic acid, and was found by his family
dead. Cause, too much trouble.
"A Bellows Falls wife was surprised to
| find $155 in the pocket of an old pair of
| pantaloons, belonging to her husband,
which she was ripping up, the money being
wrapped up in a piece of newspaper 1t
seems lie had forgotten all about it. ~ ~
The Detroit Post calculates that IN the
"great storm. ," 1.410000, 900 tons of snow
| fell, or more than ten times as much in
weight as all the wheat grown in the ter
ritory Of the United States since the dis
covely of the continent by Columbus.
A gentleman of experience in financial
| management desires to express his admira-
ton for the management of the Ohio Monu-
ment Association which has collected $5,-
52423, at an expense of only $2,4359S He
thinks it is good thing somebody.
I'm Leavenworth, recently, two girls
| got into dispute over tie sugar on the
table as to who used the mo st, and during
the wrangle they upset the table, which,
falling upon the head of a three-year
child, broke its neck, killing it instantly.
| In this era ofbridges the me st extraor-
binary proposition is that of Senator II. G..
Murphy to bridge East river from Wall
street to Brooklyn Heights. A bill for the
construction of such bridge has been in
! troduced into the New York Legislature
There was to have been brilliant
| wedding in New Orleans the other night
| The bride came, but after waiting an hour
| it was found that the bridegroom had de-
camped with diamond cross worth 3d.
| 500, which he had borrowed of his bride
An impostor, calling himself son of
Commodore Vanderbilt, has been taking
in the Memphians. He exhibited free
passes, saysa Memphis paper, "on all the
| railroads from Passamaquoddy to the Sa-
| bine." He was feted and carried about by
prominent citizens. sstiq .5Az95T
The lives of three children, who were
buried in snowdrift at Gloucester, Mass,
week before last, while going home from
school, were saved by the barking of dog,
which brought help to the place, though
| the youngsters were nearly frozen to death
| before they were rescued.
An army officer in the Indian country
writes in the following cheerful strain to a
| friend: " would send you a lock of my
| hair, but / fear 1t would be a fraud upon
| tbo Of thic uiciritxr tTbnro ic a
| fair prospect that one of the noble red men
will be my barber before spring"
A singular lawsuit is now on trial at
Albany. Two young men, each married
but few weeks, got sick of their wives and
proposed to "swop," and very singularly
the women consented. But the husband
of the homeliest promised to pay $50 "to
boot" and as he has neglected to hand
over, the suit was brought to recover the
money.
One night last week somebody strewed
half bushel of newly made counterfeit
postal currency Of the denomination of fifty
cents, in the street at Detroit The coun-
terfeit is said to have been good one, and
would deceive ordinary judges of money
The object of throwing it away is not
known.
g AT marriage in New Bedford, Mass
the other day the parties were awidower
and widow who had each enjoyed their
solitude less than three months. An inter-
esting preliminary episode to the lady was
her former husbands funeral which took
place only the day before her second mar
rage. He died abroad and his remains
had just arrived home. 81 @W
The worlds history contains no in
stance of extraordinary DEVELOPMENT more
rapid or more marvellous than that of Chi
cago. Yesterday, frontier fort in the CEN
tire of wild and useless territory to-day,
the commercial emporium. of six States, the
granary of the world, itself the greatest
grain market, the greatest lumber market,
the greatest live stock market on the face
of the earth! IL Aygts 5aIaI 3
The Schuylerville, Saratoga county,
| Paper Company are now running on a
| large order for the New York Tribune.
| They make, every twenty-fou hours, a
| sheet that will reach twenty-one miles, or
one hundred and twenty six miles a week,
and when they get their new machine in
operation, will make a sheet every twenty
| four hours that would reach forty two
miles, or two hundred and fifty-two miles q
week.
| There is a young man named Ronalds,
| living in Louisville, who can eclipse almost
any body in skating, and what is more re-
| markable, he does it on three skates, and
has no legs. His legs were cut off by a
train of cars in Ohio, some time ago. His
j body sits upon one skate, while he uses the
| others with his hands. He can be seen on
Beargrass Greek any day when the ice is
good, and, if any young "bloods" think
/ thew can heat Mr. ROnalds he will be very