Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-28
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20 died0ofu Umbrella, poked in his eye.
a weak Drained citizen of Lafayette,
Ind. has gone insane through the use OF
hair dye.
ITT4There are nearly twice asmany news
papers published in the United States as In
all the rest of the world together.
"A new postoffice directory is being
PREPARED to contain list of all postottices
in the United States,3 January l, 1867.
An association of youths has been form
I. ~ ed in Wilmington, N. c., who are sworn to
~ marry no woman worth less than twenty
thousand dollars. "
The Petersburg (Va) Leader created
an excitement the other day by announcing
q It's intention Of publishing the names OF all
ladies of fifty years and upwards.
Fe7{a-- Marriage Is getting to be within the
., reach OF, all classes at Bath. They have
minister there who lately performed the
ceremony for thirty eight cents III
"A Salem letter carrier received val
entine last week with $72.S0 inclosed.l 1t
: was sent by several persons as atoken OF
: acknowledgment for promptness and
fidelity. -
THE dials of the English parliament
clocks twenty-five feet in diameter, are the
: largest In the world Every half minute
the point Of the minute hand moves seven
inches.
S The American Institute has decided to
s hold Worlds Fair at New York in 1876
Z beginning on the 4th Of July, the centen
NAL Of the signing of the Declaration of
Independence.
Trade in Burlington, Iowa, has been
quickened lately by the purchaseso of three
sisters, who are preparing bridal and house
keeping outfits, and are soon to parry
three brothers. I
"A young lady in New York was pre-
scented with a basket Of flowers last week,
valued at nine hundred dollars TWAS the
most elegant and exquisite thing Of the
kind ever gotten up. s
"A member of the Kansas Senate, who
3 had been pretty strongly advocating female
suffrage, got letter from his wife the other
: day. Said his tender spouse, "Sam, don't
J makeafool of yourself !"
-Thereare six hundred and sixty-three
i. bars where wine, beer and liquors are sold
7 in Detroit, and thirty five churches. What
y ha' penny worth of the bread Of life to
this intolerable quantity Of sack ~
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts,
has decided that a bequest, to secure the
( right of voting to women, is not legal
4
4 by Francis Jackson for that purpose, shall
: be divided among his heirs.
"A young man in Pittsburgh, dying of
Z consumption, has made a will, leaving
90, 900 to his betrothed. His sister with
whom he resides, refuses to grant the
70 lovers an interview because she will get
but $1,000. -
"A st. Louis German gentleman re-
Gently displayed his parental tenderness by
dying and leaving one dollar to each of his
children, and half million to his widow.
1t is pretty certain that widow was
second wife.
~ Tiffany 81 Co. have bought DIR. Chez
vers church, at New York, and the lease
Of the ground on which it stands, for
100000, and will erect a block Of stores
on the site. The Cheever church will
move up town.
"A German girl died on the Goth at
Cincinnati, who had been an object of
charity at the hands of several benevolent
institutions, The cool sum of $4,000, of
which $1,000 was in gold, was found in
her room after her death.
The Waukesha (Wis.) FREEMAN tells
story of a couple of unnatural sons, who
had refused to support their old father, a
venerable gentleman 50 years of age, and
= one Of them had turned him out Of DOORS
The court compelled them to do their duty
Y "A gambler at Salt Lake City, recently
being unlucky at cards, took off his coat,
hat, pants, and vest and stood in his draw
Z 'ers while he bet the rest of his clothes
away. Fortune came to his rescue, and he
quit the game several hundred dollars
J ahead. "a ssil.f sas 4fa5e1 .ltt m
An outdoor relief committee, in New
York, last week, found a girl, about eighteen
years old, who exists by making trimming
at five cents per yard, and is able to make
only three yards per day of twelve hours.
/, This trimming is sold at seventy-fve cents
per yard. aal a5la.sg e.sa
Two Californians arrived in New York
/ on Saturday, with $4,000 in gold. Desir-
ing to convert it into greenbacks, they fell
in with man who undertook to secure for
them two and half per cent above the
market price. The result was that he got
their gold and disappeared.
III The librarian of the New York Port
Society has found sailor who once mined
in California and spent twenty-five thous-
and dollars, bullion, IN rum The librarian
took him by the hand, made him sign the
pledge, and was told that he was the first
man to speak kind word to him for years.
-lGAtS Is dill GACCllCub CASLlllplG~OI tllC
effect of free government upon a country.
Thirty years ago her sterile plains, called
the "Great Desert of the Southwest" be-
longed to Mexico. To-day, as one of the
United States she has more trade with the
world than the entire Mexican nation with
its 100000 inhabitants and half score of
different rulers. 4sY9
CT 1t is usually considered a noteworthy
circumstance for man to have been mar
ried three times, but of old this number
dwould have been little thought Of st.
Jerome mentions widow who married her
twenty second husband, who in his time
r. had been joined to twenty wives-surely an
experienced couple in bliss and perplexities
dof married life! se
al A bill has been introduced and ordered
o, to,a third reading in the New York Legis-s
1ature, so amending the general Railroad
v law of that state as to compel the provis-
! ion of proper facilities for the transporta-
n ton of passengers and freight. and prohib-
= iting any discrimination in ratesor facilities
in favor of any particular individual,
corporation or class of business using the
road. '4Eal EHe
. The citizens of New York are now dis
cussing the feasibility of uniting the cities
of New York and Brooklyn and abolish
ing the ferry system altogether. They
have about concluded to do this, but
whether by throwing over suspension
bridge from one shore to the other, or by