Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-03-14
At a recent weddine in New york the

elry, India shawls and laces, were estimated
tozhave.cost,.$10OO00. Fzrg re
l. rQwingSto the number of mad. dogs,
Indianapolis is having hydrophobic panic,
and the Mayor has ordered a general
slaughter of the CANNES.
To terminate dogs suffering man
in st. Louis struck it over the head with a
revolver, which discharged ball into his
own body, killing him instantly,
Sally abbot, of FRANKLIN, Me, seventy
years old and an Invalid FOR many years fell
into an open fireplace recently, while the
family were absent, and was so badly burned
that she died soon afteE1ija9 1i4di sIa5 foi
&c If you had avoided rum, said rum
seller to customer, " you could now rae
i'm your carriage And if you had never
sold rum" said the badehanal, you would
shave been my driver. q e I
Z -AMeddlesome mace uialiciously munched
| a lot of FRACTIONAL matches in the law Office
of Gresham & Butler, in New Albany
setting fire to the building and running 1 a
law library worth. 81, 0O0- ~ - ~
WIN. Baxter of Geneva, N. Y accord.
| ing to local paper, had thumb sawed OH,
i last week, wl1ih working, at albuzzJsaWf ~
lis added 4 And THAT is(the fourth time. he
has suffered from such an accident"
1t has been calculated that in Britain
a salmon represents value equivalent to
that of a good listed sheep, without inn
posing on any one the trouble of housing
and feeding .rv~-..,- s,----vz- -y- ~.y- -xy-
"A maslsin Stone Greek fowl ship. 0hin.
received such blow from his wife few
days ago that he fell selseless to the floor.
Another woman il. the same place, Auarel5
4 ing With her husband, crarnlned a hot ppf
Etate down histhroat N1 NIS kB
An ingenious if not practical person
lately applied FIR patent on al invention
designed to render spirits palpab!e to the
senses, by means of some tancied attenua-
ton of light and air in closed room. The
commissioner couldn't see it.
"A man died in Annapplias 9hree' da@
ago, of 'hydfophobia. He was Bitten by a
dog three, months ago. and for three days
precedihg his death, the mere Sight. of
water, or any other liquid, would throw
him into{violent spasms. III M q
-The-bAl for bridge over East river
to connect New York and Brooklyn has
passed The New Work Legislature and
there is a prospect Of New York haTingits
sleeping. chambers before long within
reasonable time and distance.b l)A.l
"A subscriber who has paid yearly post
age on anewspaper, need not pay a;second
time at another off1eeto which he has Oh
dered the publisher to send the paper to
chim4 He should, however, exhibit "a. re-
ceipt for the postage'to the Postmaster.
a we shall knowwhat are, the necessa
ries iof qife," said a. country storekeepef
during a severe storm, Z" as no one will ven
In the evening he found that most of his
sales were yellow snuff and New England
IA drunken man fell out Of the second.
story window of the Chicago Court House
recently Land might have broken his neck
on the steps, if his fall had not been broken
by "a woman who was walking beneath.
llegwonian was much hurt-the drunken
man not much.
The Taunton (Mass.) Gazette says that
an infant was recently found in the rear of
dwelling house in that city. & A paper
was found pinned to it saying that it was
valentine for man living in that house
The child, which was a girl about two
weeks old, was taken into the house and
cared for. ,&33t;lg -ft<9H ao9odi
Some free and independent American
CluiLOI1 WOo, lCOOuolJ, CbetoVioCo Wy OIL lu0l-
ian, at the New Orleans theatre, during
Ristori performance, for remarking that
call of that stuff might be well enough,
but he had little rather chearG the negro
mlnstrels."
ALI the wit of the world, it seems, is
not monopolized by Irishmen, as thefollow7
ing from the San Antonio, Texas, Express,
referring to the obsequies of General Johne
ston, at Galveston, will show. 1t says:
eff General Johnston was alive, he. would
tell the fools to let his ashes alone"
The fashion Of fifteen years agoof wear
ing black court plaster On the face has just
been revived in New York; and d number
of the bellies now appear in full dress with
sable spots in close proximity charming
dimples. They are sentimental finger posts,
pointing out the tempting localities. "
A number of persons have been dig
ging for some time for hidden treasures Oh
the beach near Belfast, Me, under the 'di-
rection of a clairvoyant. The "mejum' can
see in her minds eye'a chest filled with
riches few feet beneath the surface, but it
is moved as the diggers approached it., by
evil and mischievous spirits.
The Evansville Qnd) Journal says !:
"The maidstone has failed The individu-
bal who applied it last has gone Nmad.H He
lived at UniontoWn, and was taken down
Iby locking him up in o befth on one of our
steamers. He raved (and foaIhed all the
way down, and ere this is probably dead
with the terrible hydrophobia 9TAaGD
A peddler living in Lebanon, Ill, I'M
deEteok to kill himself last SaturdayAev
ing, by the entirely original method. of
Swallowing a razor. The instrument stuck
in his throat, and the attempt was failure
but he succeeded in inf1ictIng a fearful
cash. By the prompt interference of
friends and the arrival of surgeon, his life
was saved, The foolish fellow is likely to
recoyeE ~ - SsEAsEs ~
An Englishman named Armstrong, re-
siding at Mt. Clemens, Mich; lately. at
| tempted to commit suicide by cutting his
throat with razor, but was prevented by
| the timely interference Of his employer,
MI, Moross. Although weakened by the
loss of blood flowing from his wound, just
at dusk he managed to crawl, on his hands
and knees to the river near, the premises,
and, ,throwing himself into the water, was
| drowned. The cause of the suicide is said
| to be delirium tremens MM A
I A gentleman of Buffalo, who returned
| from San Francisco to New York some
| months since on the steamer Ocean Queen,
relates that among the passengers was a
| family named Brown. The Browns were
| blessed with three daughters, named respect
| lively Nebraska Brown, California Brown
and Nevada Brown. Mrs. Brown would
| frequently say to her eldest daughter
"Come here, Nebraska, and bring California
ond NavorJa with Won, az nj, oh ~, ri n