Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-05-09

given, applied to Mr. Carr and procured a
deed. Tie citizens are indignant over 1t,
and intend contesting Mr.. Gray's title to
the land Mr.. Gray is, however, quite con-
fident of having the inside track.
Incidents and Accidents.
"A Montana paper says the mortality
of Helena is extraordinarily good. Only
seventeen men were killed during the past
two weeks" &
The paper works of Jessup & Moore,
near Wilmington, Delaware, were totally
burned last week The fire was accidental
Loss 100000; insured for $115,000.
"A fire occurred at Charleston, South
Carolina, ON the 28th ult., destroying large
warehouses occupied as auction and com
mission merchants. Loss. $150,000.
"A fire occurred at Fond du Lac on the
Sd, which destroyed the Lewis House and
ten other buildings The loss will reach
$4,000, which is mostly covered by insur-
ance. stkCsL
"A saloon keeper of Cincinnati named
James Kelly, had one of his eyes com
pletely cut out, ON the 22d, by a flying
fragment of mineral water bottle, which
burst while he was opening it. 40 81
"A woman named Whitmyer, who was
watching in an alley, axe, in hand, to strike
mad dog at Philadelphia, on Friday
morning, April 26, was shot and instantly
killed by a man who fired at the dog and
hit the woman
On some railroads it is customary to
have lock onJthe stove, to prevent the
passengers from meddling with the fire.
q wag being asked why7they locked the
stove, coollyTeplled that ait was to pre-
vent the fire from going out"
"A melee occurred in Memphis on the
night of the 23d, in which policeman John
Calridge was shot and killed. Another
policeman was badly beaten. John Cos
grove, a fireman, has been arrested as the
supposed murderer Oh UI
I'm Cincinnati, on the 22d, ship car
penter, named Caspar Kuber,. fifty years
old, committed suicide by blowing out his
brains with a shot gun. Dependency on
account of the loss of his wife was the
cause. He left six children unprovided
for.
Daniel Scott, of Keller, Van Buren,
county, Mich, has had six valuable horses
poisoned within a few weeks, making a
total of eleven that he has lost through
the villainy of some unprincipled miscre-
ants There are two young men now in
jail awaiting trial for poisoning five of
them. -T7
The wife of Wall street broker, re-
siding in fashionable boarding house on
the Heights, ran away with an adventurer,
because her husband took the ridiculous
part of Cock Robin in the charade Babes
In the Woods" and hoped about the stage
with two feather brushes under his coat
tails.
john Med onald, of Detroit, one of
Sherman's men who drank from spring
in Georgia in 1864, and thought he swaI
lowed something" has been relieved of a
four inch lizard. He coughed up The in
truder at dinner table, the other day.
Mr.. McDonald's health had been for
some time. running down, but is now i'm
proving.
"A horrible murder was committed at
the village of Cambria, Columbia county,
Wis, Thursday, the 18th inst. An old
man named Bartlett, some sixty wears of
age, killed his wife with Ratchet, mutila-
ting her in most horrible manner, and
further attempt was made to kill his son,
The guilty man has been lodged in Jail at
Portage City, and opinions are expressed
that he is insane
AT St. Louis, on the 10th, August
Blanke accidently shot and killed LiZetta
Brinkman, a very estimable young lady.
Miss b. had, in sport, thrown book at
Blanke, who, having a shotgun in his
hand, which he supposed not to be loaded,
playfully pointed it at her. To. his sur
prise, the gun was discharged, lodging the
whole load of shot in her face, and prOduc-
ing death in few moments.
james Hart, a respectable citizen of
Morgan county, Illinois, near Waverly, on
the Goth ult., was found hanging to beam
in his own barn, quite dead. A fresh cut
in the forehead indicated that he had re-
ceived severe blow from blunt lnstru-
ment, while all around were marks of
blood and the appearance Of a struggle,
indicating that he was foully dealt with
Suspicion rests upon parties who are being
pursued by the police.
The Racine Journal reports the drown
ing Of a little daughter of Mr.. Horn, about
four years old. She was playing with some
other children when she fell headforemost
into barrel. which had been sunk into
the ground, and which was full of water at
the time. Her playmates were too much
ran away screaming for help, and the little
girl was dead before any one came to her
rescue.
The bell man" at the Hoosic tunnel
was standing at the bottom Of the shaft
on the Goth, when drtll, fivefe in length
rolled off the platform, and falling dis
lance of three hundred and seventy feet its
sharp end struck the man in the side, and
or a,,ff
body, and then some distance into heavy
plank, completely impaling the unfortunate
man, who lived about twenty -four hours
On Sunday night, the 21st, at Mount
Morris, Greene county, Pennsylvania, an
old man named Martin Cane, aged about
90 years. his wife having retired to bed and
fallen asleep, procured an axe and dealt her
blow on the head, from the effects of
which the doctors say she cannot possibly
recover. short time after the commits
sion OF the bloody deed, the lifeless bloody
OF the OLD man was found suspended from
the limb OF tree near the house, he hay
ing hanged himself
AS locomotive ON the Pennsylvania
Railroad, was crossing the beautiful bridge
near Grays Ferry, on Thursday of last
week, with two cars loaded with coal oil in
barrels, the combustible material took fire.
The engineer put all the steam on the en-
CINE, and cleared the bridge before the
burning oil had commenced to run down
in liquid flames upon the structure. Upon
reaching the land near the Arsenal wall,
he detached the locomotive. The oil and
cars were entirely consumed.
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