Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-03-14
3 Foreign Gossip.

Switzerland.
fAIhe1 total nuhnber of deathssi1H English
ceaImines during thelast tens,y earsis 1916.
An English gentleman has built a
church costing $4,000, in memory of his
daughter.
In Buenos Ayres, South America, a
paper dollar is worth one twenty-fifth as
much as gold dollar.
~ e=-In some of tie Villages of Prussia one
thirtlusof Stipulation will leave Tor
America in the spring. - -
Nine hundred and eighty nine love let
ters We're produced in evidence i'll a recent
breach Of promise case IN Liverpool, Eng
land
The Eastern railwaycomE France.
has adopted u third class carriage Ia is
two storiesfhigh, andAcontains Beats for
eighty persons. a q
"A feature of the Faris Exposition will
be a japanese coffee house, with eight ia
panese girls, who are already on their way
| to- Paris, as Walters.
= The population of London is over
three Millions which is considerably larger
than the population of all England in the
days of Richard the Second
AT m ;slzed ball in Vienna, divorced
wife destroyed her former husbands eve
with vitriol, but split so much On her own
arm that it required amputation. -
In the year 1866, ia persons commit
ted suicieteYat Fienug, and 50 made unsuc-
-eessfal5 AtteM ptss @0f the whole number,
1916 were men, 70 women, and five children
"A Scotchman asked an Irishman sswhy
y
Pats ahswef sas 'ss To give Scotc6mdAn Il an
opportunity of subscribing to charitable
institutions" l ii
Switzerland, with population of three
and half millions has 1873 political and 157
scientific publications, while France, with
thirty-seven millions, has hardly 500 jour
llIF6e widest bfffid gs ihnhtatnie world, which,
spans the Thames, from PATTERSON to PIN:
leo, England was opened recently for
traffic 1t is ITO feet wide, with space
enough for eight lines of rails.
-Cduft b. has offered fifty francs to
Mile Cora Pearle, the English actress, for
heaf59ots that Fshe wore1on the memorable
occasion Of her debut on the stageS as
"Cupidon" =
-gThe CaRadian Government, despite it's
promises, has decided not to enlarge the
locks or deepenIthe Grenyille- canal The
work il afeally necessary tpne,I when con-
sidered in relation with the lumber
interests. nuiTa NJ d2iIan1
* cat recently got into the large cylin-
der of the Hoe press of the North British
Mall new paper. The unfortunate cat lie
manned quiet for two hundred rev olutions,
when she fell underit upon the forms and
was 'sdistribdted| over them a.
], The last new dance is called "The
Dip" and lis, in fact, Ia very slow redowa,
and very much like the Cuban dance so
popular few years ago. This and the
| 1ross Temps (three step galop) are the only
new dances introduced this season.
32-Great Transformation prevails in Paris
over the sudden disappearance of over forty
persons during the last four months,
which has never been explained A new
association of hackmen recently established
are suspected of making way with them.
In suit before a-Berlin court, relative
to "a spaiE, of hired pantaloons, "a contract
was produced containing the following
clausech "These pantaloons are to be en-
ployed by the lessee for family use only, and
any other use of them is forbidden"
AS a result of the late strike in the
irond trade, scheme has 3beenIstarted at
Darlington, which appears to have the
sanction ofthe iron workers Of the district,
and is principally under their management,
Ptoferect rolling mills in athe cooperative
principle. ~ oh oe.,u .e''' y.
The Peruvian Government has pre-
sented1 Captain Cole, of the American ship
City of Mobile, $500 for his successful eff
forts to- save his ship loaded with guano,
after she had sprung a leak. He stopped
the leak by running a sail understhe ships
bottom
I Suits for breach of promise OF mar
riage are not common in France, as the
Judges always rule that, up to the last mo:
ment, the parties should be free to change
their1minds, and so do'not decree dam
ages except where deception has been
used
A-LIhe' French expedition against Corea
has shown that that country was more civ
ihzed Gthani1was believed to be the case
They make their own arms, and even
preeeh- leaders reconstructed on the principle
of Snider's gun. They manufacture their
own gunpowder, and excellent silk The
country also possesses silver mines.
There iSndGovsrn1nent IN de world
whose credt stands SO high in the European
market as that of Chilli. The Minister of
Finance ofvCldli maae applicstionAin Lon
don, recently, for a loan of ten millions of
dollars, and the application was Immediately
answered BY an offer of eighty -tive millions,
and scramble for the stock at one and
duartter prenfgem ~ =
The latest Exhibition rumor is that
some adventurous members of English
swimming clubs have determined to swim
across the Channel on their way to the
Exhibition. They are to be accompanied
by umpiresfin boat and are to be furnished
with planksa to rest uT5ohat stated intervals.
This may be well for variety, but most peo-
pie would prefer to go in the usual way
Submarine telegraphic items seem oc-
casionally to get tempered with in trai,Situ,
probably by some aquatic'meddler whose
knowledge of English iss defective. One
received recently in London from India
read 80" Decor. luco-- appointy to finlo."
Ihe:operator got a severe headache intry-
ing to interpret it; but translation
brought by steamer read. !" Dear Lucy :
Appointed to Dehra-" 6 q - ) 81
"A great amateur bull-fght took place
at the City of Mexico on the 18th of Janu-
larry, which was originated for the laudable
purpose of replenishing the Golfers Of the
Hospital de Pobres. Four thousand of the
elite of the city, including ladies, were
present, and the flower of the youth of
Mexico Joined in the sport. Eight bulls
were' Excessively brought in and tortured
tel cath orvdisabled, amid the cheers of the