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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19
pen An AGED gentleman is said to have

pM- An aged gentleman is said to have
remarked that there was never a woman
born who could survive great while II
she had her own way in everything all
the time. The ungallant old fellow was
living with his sixth wife at tie time,
end il was generally supposed that in
her he had caught isriaf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19

neA.Indiana, Illinois and Ohio papers
are full of accounts of damage done by
the heavy floods. Bridges swept away,
culverts gone, fences drifted off, dams
broken, etc. The streams in the interior
are nearly all over their banks
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19

DD- A New York dispatch says it is
reported that two million dollars were
offered last week, by number Of prom
iuent politicians, for the Tribune estab-
lishment, and that the same was promptly
refused, with the assurance that the Office
is not for sale.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19

n@- A bill has passed both houses of
the Mississippi Legislature providing
that hereafter a married woman may,
without the consent of her husband, dis
pose of her separate estate by last will
and testament
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19
BE- The Boston Transcript ssys; i

has been humorously said, IF a gradu-
ate Of Harvard College should die with
out making some bequest to that Col
lege, It would be sufficient cause for set
ting aside bis last testament on the
ground Of ineompeteney."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19

R@-A down East paper has the follow.
ing local notice. ga child was run over
by a wagon three years old and crosseyed
with pantaloorS on which never spoke
afterwards"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19

BG~ The New York Academy of MI
sic, now rebuilding, is, according to the
papers Of that city, most magnificent
establishment, and Of course Ia to DO a
little better than any other institution of
the kind. 1t will seat 23OO people they
say, and will cover an area of 24,293
square feet, of which 1910 square feet is
the area of the stage.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19

tho Blue Hen. the RaW hide, tho stiletto,
tho Woodpecksr-these are names Of
some Of tho innumerable county papers
published in the Northwest. But Texas
beats them all with It's weekly called the
Sarcastic Bopie KNIFE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19

bH- At a fancy dress ball given at
Melbourne, Australia, recently, a Mrs.
Buffers represented the press. She wore
a liberty cap and satin robe, on which
was printed fac SMILES 6f thirteen news
papers
We suppose she represents the devil
Al koma.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19
n6s- A contemporary truthfully says

p4- A contemporary truthfully says
qBennntt invariably goes with the cur
rent, and would advocate a plurality Of
wives IL he lived in Utah, or would
olamor for cannibalism if he lived where
human flesh was the iayorite food Of
those who advertised in the New York
HERALD"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19

HG" The New York detectives have
been ordered to arrest every thief they
can find, and keep close watch on GER
tain suspected car conductors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19

B0 A late number Of Punch has a
cut representing q fashionable welded
couple. the husband searching vigorously
in his vest pockstG The wife asks
Have you los, your watch, love ? ~ and
be replies: No, darling; twas q new
bonnet had FOR Jon, somewhere.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19

B~Ex-Gov. A. G. Brown having been
invited by the Legislature to address
them, declined on the ground that he had
no desire to appear before the public.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19

B@~ The young ladies and gentlemen
of Terre HaHte, lad, are in the habit of
throwing kisses at each other in church.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-19
ADJUSTMENTS.
NEW MEMPHIS THEATRE.

Lessee and Manager.."..-.W. 2: ThOMrSVre
STAGE Manager............... Nj. lANAuhr
Treasurer. ...~...-......-.-~.c d. sTEINKUHi
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11
Pay Of ARMY Officers.

In answer to resolution of inquiry from
the House of Representatives, Paymaster
General Price has sent in the following
table, showing the annual pay and commu-
tations of army officers under the law Civ
ing them an increase of pay; this is exclu-
sive of fuel and quarters .,..e1 a.t..s
General commanding the army, $15,670,
Lieutenant General, commanding Divi-
sion, $14,118. $3.50 &. ..la.a ra ~ ~
Major, g, general, commanding Depart
Major General commanding Depart
| ment. IS, 800. .-1 ~ /. ---F .i.>,ia.t :! b
Brigadier General, commanding Depart
ment, $3.50. ',....
Brigadier General, commanding Depart
ment, 81, 436. sa a-~'4 2-
Colonel, $3,176. .a er..
Lieutenant Colonel, $2,626.
Major, $9,477. " '1 49,.
Major, Surgeon, ten years service,
| $2,915. ..., ..esj-. .5j ii. taa.a .aa
Captain, Assistant Surgeon, ten years SER
| vice, $2,375. -
Captain, nominated and commanding
company. $2,O57.
Captain, nominated general staff and
regimental, $1,937. PTS
Regimental Adutant, Quartermaster, and
Commissary, 81 $50.
| First Lieutenant of engineers, light artil-
lery, and cavalry, and Second Lieutenant
of engineers, light artillery, and cavalry,
| $1,670. t..,-
Captain of heavy artillery and infantry,
commanding company, 1887. a.-.
| Captain of heavy artillery and infantry
not commanding company, $1,777.
| First Lieutenant of heavy artillery and
infantry, not commanding company
$1,617.
Second Lieutenant of heavy artillery
and infantry, not commanding company
! 1,537. II fe at 1880
Chaplain, $3.50. batr
| Rations are counted at thirty cents. One
additional ration per day is allowed by law
| to every commissioned officer of the army
for each five years service, called service
or longevity rations Rations of Surgeons
and Assistant Surgeons are doubled after
ten years continuous service in the same
| grade. This is in addition to longevity
rations, to which these officers may other
wise be entitled
The law gives ten dollars additional pay
per month to each company officer in ac
| tual command.
Field and regimental staff officers of in
fantry have by law the same pay and allow
ances Of cavalry.
All officers Of general staff have pay and
emoluments of cavalry officers of like
| grades.
Aids of Major Generals have twenty foul
dollarsper month in addition to their grade
pay. M
Aids of Brigadier Generals and Acting
Assistant Commissaries of Subsistence have
$40 per month additional, less one ration
per day.
| In addition thereto, for fuel per annum
General, Lieutenant General, and Majol
Generals shall receive 40 cords; Brigadiel
Generals and Colonel, SO cords; Lieuten
ant Colonies and Majors, 80 cords; Cap
tains, rs cords; Lieutenants, II cords-tt
be committed monthly at its market value
when not drawn in kind for quarters. Mum
Der of rooms; General, Lieutenant General
and Major Generals, each six; Brigadiel
Generals and Colonies, each five; Lieuten
ant Colonels and Majors each four; Cap
tains, three; Lieutenants, two.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11
Wonders of Natural History.

Last July Mr. Jefferson Olmstead, of Sa-
vannah, missed hog weighing some two
hundred pounds, and nothing was seen or
heard of him until last week, when Mr..
Olmstead, having occasion to take down a
straw stack on his place, his swineship was
discovered underneath. There was no
doubt from the signs and the facts given,
that the hog had been in the straw since
last July. He was probably asleep in the
straw when the stack was being made,
which was the time the hog was missed,
and was covered up SO completely and
closely that he could not escape. His
weight was, when found, about sixty
pounds. The hog seemed to be as well as
ever, save the falling off in weight CLYDE
co., Times.
CATCHING A MINK.
Early on Saturday morning, Mr.. Enos
eraser, fagman on the Hudson River
about mile above this city, captured a
mink, in novel manner. The ami
NAL attempted to run across the track,
but the instant that he struck the
cold, frosty rail he stuck fast, and was
captured by the fagman before sshe could
move from his sealed position. The mink
proved to be of the largest size and the fur
of extra quality. Experienced hunters say
GnlS is the most extraordinary manner OF
trapping animals that has ever come to
their knowledge, and they consider it worth
a passing notice, if not special patent
Hudson (N. ~ Register.
HOW RUSSIAN Stables ARE CAUGHT,
Provided with pitcher of water, the
hunter stations himself in tree over the
hole leading to the habitation Of the ami
NAL, and when the latter comes out and
stands looking about, the hunter pours
some water on the creatures tai, which al
most instantly becomes frozen to the
ground The hunter then descends, and
with his knife slashes the sable's face The
frightened animal struggles to get away,
and finally escapes through the opening
made in its countenance by the hunters
knife, leaving its skin in the possession of
the hunter, while it returns to its hole to
await the growth of a new skin-Aasn-
clausea'S Narratives. ysss a-~sv-ssI $500
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11
The South.

Geo. w Randolph, formerly Confederate
Secretary of War, died at Richmond on
the 3d.
In one family near Dalton, Ga, four
children died of starvation in February,
and it is believed that others died from the
same cause.
Potts, the messenger who recently
robbed the Southern Express Company, at
West Point, Miss, of $4,000, and ran
away, was caught on Saturday, the Both,
near Baltimore. Most of the money was
found in his possession.
A New York Herald dispatch says that a
Union State Convention was held at Little
Rock, on the 4th inst, and that "a plat
form, with resolutions, was adopted, of an
ultra radical character, approving the
Congressional plan Of reconstruction and
re-admission into the Union" aU a.
The numerous breaks in the levees assure
the devastation of the richest portion OF
Southwestern Louisiana. The giving way
of the grand levee Morganza overflows
seven parishes. This was one of the
largest works of the kind in the world, and
was but recently completed.
The citizens of Georgetown, KY, are en-
ioyinga first class sensation. A negro man
received dry goods box by express, few
days since, and was Mortified to find that 1t
contained the dead body of his mother, who
had been living at Lexington. Appear
ances indicated that she had not been dead
more than eight or ten hours, and some
suppose that she was alive when placed in
the box. The mystery has not been ex
plained. 7.' ~ '"N '7'''+-'. y
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11
TERRA INCOGNITA.

A little song has come to me,
A strain of sadness from over the sea;
And hear its music and love it well,
Though the heart which framed it l cannot tell.
A little picture comes to me,
A dash of brightness from over the sea;
There are clasping hands and holy face
But the name of the artist, who can trace?
So I, in faith which comes to me,
Believe in a land across the sea, 4,
Where my vaguest fancies stand supreme
In a grand perfection beyond my dream.
o land unknown! in thee alone,
Shall fo1mless lyrics to shape be grown;
In thee all rhapsody riseth true,
And the thoughts of beauty are ever new.
o land unknown where all is best,
In thee is my aspiration best,
For / toll and tarry until may,
With my broken sentences, pass away.
= The Round Table.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11
The Elections.

The city of Jacksonville, Illinois, has
elected the entire Republican ticket.
Dubuque, Iowa, has elected Republican
Mayor, Common Council and City Mar
shall.
Madison, Wisconsin, on the I'd, elected
for Mayor, Hon. A. S. Sanborn, Democrat,
by 248 majority over General James K.
Proudfoot.
In Milwaukee the municipal election has
resulted in the election of the Democratic
ticket by 1900 majority. Hon. E. O'Neil
is elected Mayor. aliaa II .n.g
Cincinnati elected Wilstack, (Union) for
Mayor by 400 majority, and throughout
Ohio, where elections were held, the Re
publicans gained largely. e5saL
The election in Michigan, on the 1st inst,
passed off with but little Interest, and the
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11
Proposed Monument to Arternsls
Ward.

A proposition has been made by "a.
Head,'' who is facetious writer ON tho
New Orleans Crescent, to erect monument
to the late "Artemus Ward" AS the de-
ceased was a printer by profession, GA
Head" who is also retired member Of
the craft, proposes that printers in the
land, and every one who can perform such
a feat, shall set zone thousand ems" of
type, to be paid for in the usual way ac-
cording to the price in the locality, and APP
propriated to the purpose of raising q
monument which shall "typify y the vir-
tues of the deceased, and transmit his menu
DRY to futurity in imperishable bronze or
marble. The proposer of this scheme has
already set his one thousand ems, and Is
now on his way to the Paris Exhibition
as correspondent for the Crescent. His real
name has not transpired, A. Head being
his nom de plume. Whether the idea will
take and become popular is more than we
can foresee but it is certainly very good
way to raise large sum of money, There
cannot be less than twenty or thirty thou
sand practical printers in the land, active
and retired, and if each would set his al
lotted amount of matter, at an average Of
fifty cents per thousand ems of type, the
sum would be some ten thousand dollars.
Perhaps the money could be. appropriated
to better object, for, after life's fitful fe-
yer, we think, Artemus sleeps well, and de-
sires no imposing stone or pompous column
to typify his virtues or 1e2Dress his vices
Richmond Eraminer a't a.4 a
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11
PART III.
THE RESULT.

PARI Ill.
THE RESULT.
Another year crept on to the close,
AS wears will do, whatever befall-
And Fanny sleeps by the churchyard wall,
Where the grass waves heavy, rank ana TALL
Mrs. Jones is exceedingly we'll;
She may be a vampire-who can telI!----
For the thinner and paler her husband grows,
The more she blooms like summer rose.
She gives grand parties, also goes out; =, a..
Her lord so devoted, is always with her;
Like a lamb Or poodle he follows about
His magnificent mistress hither and thlther.
But does he speak to a beautiful woman, So
Or Waltz-he waltZes so oharm1ngly =
Or do anything else that is proper or human, -
He begins to twitch most alarmlngly.
A peculiar twitching, very strange th!ng,
As If he were jerked by viewless string.
The world remarked on this twitehing complaint
A nervous disease, so the doctors sald;
Dyspepia from living too weIl-some restraint
For awhile would be wholesome-say, water an'
Whatever it was, twas troublesome thing
To be constantly jerked by yiewless string.
TO beautiful girl did he bow and smile, =. -
Jerk? he forgot what he wished to say;
Did he talk with friend for a little while,
Jerk-jerk in the most intolerable way!
No wonder he grew so thin and pale,
It'll the once familiar paving stones
Re.echoed no more to the tread OF Jones,
And his shadow from out the earth did iall,
Jones disappeared-not even his wife
Knew what become of him under the sun
With dreadful terrors her thoughts were rife,
But she dared not breathe them to any one.
Many days went by till an empty room
Which long had slept in gorgeous gloom,
Was opened again to the garish light
By her restless hand, and she saw "a sight r ~
'Iwas a golden room with carpet of gold,
And golden tapestries, fold upon fold,
Mirrors, gold -circled, rejecting gold
A room Of splendor, superb to behold!
The bridal chamber, two years before,
OF the happy man who was now no more.
No more for there, from the gilded hook
EWhence chandelier had recently hung,
Cold of feature and fearful of look, 49,. \
The lifeless body of Wykhoff swung
A skeleton form, frame of bones,
The last OF the gay and wicked Jones.
He hung in the place of chandelier.
Shut off forever life's Pickering flame!
But his light may still shine far and clear,
ga warning to those who would do the same.
His wife fell down in a fainting fit 1870
When she saw his body, and also IT
For this was the terrible joke of the thing
He had hung himself with an apron string!
Mrs. AZ. Y. Vict0r.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11

Her blue eyes over her thin cheeks shine,
And she looks at person in such a way!
Don't, Wykhoff, don't tumble my curtains SO; z
And1 the end of that tassel 60, 80
know I'm ugly, l know I'm old
You knew It, too, before you consented
To barter your youth and beatty Tor gold;
And it's hardly proper, because you We repented,
To throw nv false teeth into my face.
Don't tear the rufie off that lace
It's vastly pretty to see you rave, "a
Your eyes are SO bright, and your sweet hps
ss sting
But the truth is, Jones, If you don't behave,
IN draw still tighter the apron string 5"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11
From Beadles Monthly for April.
POOR WYKHOFF JONES.
PART I.
THE CoURTsHIP.

PART l. N
THE CoURTsHIP.
They had stolen apart from the careless crowd,
Whose heads were whirling with waltz and VINE;
Music and dancing were all too loud
For the breathing of sentiments so divine
Conversing together in undertones
We're AIr,aranfh Crispin and Wykhof Jones, $50
Where the light streamed through yellow SILK
curtain,
Very becoming and very uncertain; al,
He iounged In an easy and graceful styie,
While a tender and half triumphant smile
Conquered an imperceptble troWn'
Sbe stood beside him and bent ABOVE MIN; - ~
Her very attitude breathing, ST love him e. -
tOh' saw" She whispered III softest tone, "
g Dear Wykhoff, say thou wilt be NINE own!
He naused as modest young man might, ss
-Twirled his mustache, through his hair 80
Ran his fingers. slender and fa1r, r I, q
AS doves glance through the darkling night,
She patted her foot impatienty-
The diamonds quivered upon her breast
With the tremulous play OF silent sign
The rich silk rustled in which she was dressed
She bent still lower" Ny own sweet Jones p
Who couldresist those siren tonesF
His silence was that of solemn thought
His memory ran through the brilliant past
Ofthe fun which money had always bought;
OF the fortune left him, ''too brightto last
He unused on the future untold ills
Nothing to dash on-nothing to spend
Nothing to meet his unpaid bills
Nothing to give a suffering friend = 5.-yre, r
He was very handsome she very plain
lie poor she rich-she thirty, he not
which of the two had the most to gam
Nav be revealed at the end of the plot
he raised his eyes with aspensive glance, =,
Sweetest she said, you We spiendld eyes
He looked at her jeweled throat askance,
81 am yery Young" he murmers and sighs,-
81 can not marry, to be tied down. Ff -@
To cut my friends, to clip my WINGS i1lG ,o,,n 3
To be joked by the fellows apout tne no"A
AS tied to woman's apron strlngs.I;5Gfe
.sYou sbali not be-oh, neyerl on, no!
You shall have money, all you can spenu' s.y-,-,
1rlIar n IN, f.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11
Selected at1iseellaay,

NO notice taken of anonymous communi cativ1
Manuscript should be written on.one size oniy.g a
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11

The population of Russian America is
estimated at 81, 900, of whom perhaps 5000
are Russians, Creoles, Kodiaks and Aleoots
The remainder, above $4,000 in number,
enjoy greater or less degree of independ-
ence, and consist almost entirely of Esqui-
r1al1y ~. ..
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11

vote is very light, but is accompanied by a
general increase in Republican majorities.l
In st. Paul, On the I'd, the Democratic
city ticket was elected by about 1000 ma.
jority. Winona, Lake City, Hastings,
Mortified, Owatonna, Anoka, and other
towns in Minnesota, gave Republican ma
jorities. ~ 81
Sacramento, Cal, held city election
March 18th, for the first time under reg
istry law. There were 2,119 names regis
tered, and 1,718 votes polled, as follows :
For Trustee, David Kendall, Republican,
1,043; William Z. Herndon, "anti- Chi
nese," 657. ----.--
Full returns from the Connecticut cleo
ton give English, democrat, .979. The
Senate stands II Republicans to 10 Demo
Gratis. Three Of the four congressman cho-
sen are Democrats. F: T. Barnum, the
Snowman, was defeated by VIM. III. Barnum,
| Democrat. a,r.r,f t@. ....'-5 ,-,. ,,..f ,tll
The Rhode Island State election, on the
Sd, resulted in the success of the. Republl-
can ticket for State officers, members OF
Congress, and the State Legislature. The
vote was very light. Gen. Burnside was
chosen Governor. The Senate will stand
%, Republicans to 6 Democrats; the
House, 60 Republicans and Democrats.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11

OF, Inc same Ianqs may De pUlchaseu TOT SZoe IN
cash.
The title to these lands is clear, and in fee simple
from the State. For full information all points,
together with maps showing the exact locality Of
all lands, sold or unsold, address, or call on
.rfas4 loo LAND COMMISSIONER, 80 =: ta.ae ,H
Illinois Central Il. r. Co. ~ y
- IS Michigan Avenue, CHICAGO, IL.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11

y Anact of the Legislature of New jersey,
went in effect last week, prohibiting the
whippingof children in, the public schools.
A bill hasbeen presented in the Pennsyl-
vania Legislature which proposes to pro-
hibit political professions in Philadelphia
| by night, within ten days of an election
The Spragues, of Providence, r. l., have
nearly consummated their purchase of mill
property in Augusta, Me-, where they will
soon erect the most extensive cotton mills
in the country, if not in the world.
Advices from Pittsburgh announce the
"strike" among the operatives in the nail
manufactures, which has been maintained
for about three months past, ended on
Tuesday last-the operatives going to work
at the reduced wages offered by the manu-
facttlrers.s " 1871 80 IL I'll
The enforcement of the Prohibitory
LIQUOR Law was commenced in Boston on
the list day, Of April All the retail drink
ing establishments, including the lager
beer saloons and cider taps, were shut up,
except the bar rooms of the hotels Noat-
tempt was made to close the wholesale
| houses. 4i-44 ie--elai9 +r5d Z ~ q
T. The reported massacre at Fort Buford is
not confirmed. Letters have been received
from Fort Sully by gentleman in St.
Louis, of later date than the one on
which the story is based, which reports all
well, and makes, no allusion to the disaster
General Sherman has no adYices of a mas
sacre, and disbelieves the report. ....,
On Sunday, the 18th inst, the Cincinnati
Express train on the Pennsylvania Rail
road was thrown from the track by an OBJ
struction, wrecking five cars, and engine
and severely injuring' four employees. "A
suspicious looking man in the adjoining
meadows was arrested and confessed tc
having placed the distractions. on the
track. -...,.ty --,-....,f 2a Sims .s..y
An explosion in the Glover, Hill coal pits
Chesterfield. county, Pa, occurred on the
Sd, followed by three Others. An attempt
was made to descend the shaft, but The
bursting out of the flames prevented it
Nothing is known of what occurred in the
pit Thirty white and thirty nine black
miners were at work in the mines at The
time of the explosion. all of whom Were
doubtless killed outright or sulfocated.