Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-24

CURRENT NEWS ITEMS.
reSSsonar and Literary.

w. W. AsToR,S SON of John j. Jr.,s is q
pupil of Thompson, the sculptor. A Psyche
of his is well spoken Of
IT Is rumored that David Dudley
Field, of New York, is to succeed
Charles Francis Adams as Minister to Eng
| land.
! FIR Prince Of Wales has had bad
1 attack Of boils Frozen meat eaten dur
ing his Russian jaunt is said to have been
the cause.
Iolag1R zhonoroi gclaimed for Gen. Thomas
Of being the first man to suggest the great
national work of national cemeteries for
ourdead soldiers. " 4" u
HoN.sIra van Vesburg, PelInsy lrania
gentleman, lately deceased, left his entire
property, valued at S45, 900, 70 his 5ia1sce,
who comes into possession when she IS
! twentyone.
e- A~YoUNG French pianist, Leon Roquer,
has been voyaging round the world, aud
whilst in Otaheite the eldest daughter of
! Queen Pomare fell in love with him, and
| 4hey are now betrothed. - tgrTT = -
! lTBE New York Herald recently con
tanned the following touching personal
advertisement
- Little niger come home. Ten thou
sand pardons are asked. Telegraph to
your Piggie."
-. Hon. E. 3. .WAsHBURSE, Of illinois, will
1lsosn ssaiIsfor Europe, intending to be alb
! Sent about three MONTHS, He is said to
be suffering from a spinal disease, and goes
for the purpose of obtaining medical as
ssistance.# gHE F.N s
e THAcKER4sY s'nose was almost broken
bridge Jerfold being told that the wits
religious opinions were unsettled, and that
a lady acquaintance of his was doing her
best to convert him to Romanism, eXclaim-
ed: ITO Romanism? Let us hope she'll
begin with his nose"
ty DEAN Afford has been leeturing inTEng-
Y hafa against tie anonymous character Of
newspapers, and some one pertinently asks
+ Iiiniif he wont be good enough to tell who
7 wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews, and if
/ the anonymous character, of that. pro-
ajdbction affects theTestimate the Deah puts
upon its value.
hoTHE Bishop Of Verdun, in France, re-
Jcently deceased, diedfrom over-eating. He
was a gourmand of the first class, and the
amofnt Of food consumed by him in a sin
Egfes day was sufficient almost for the larder
| Of a small hotel When be dined out he
was always accompanied by his servant,
who stood behind his chair and signalized
| to-the host when his master had eaten TO
Within few points of apopiexy.i Il 8 iii
Ian Domestic Esaragrapils'o r
"A pew I'M Boston church sold recently
| farr$5,400. - y
U-Hoodston, Texas, has six times as many
| inhabitants as in 1863.
| --A<negress in Austin, Texas, has sued a
white man for breach of promise. 0A-- -
r--George Peabody has donated $4,000
to the Massachusetts Historical Society.
"A lady eighty years old attempted sui
eide in louisville. 0Old enough to know
| better.
A negro woman in New York bit off
and ate q white wOman's nose on New
Years day r
The largest diamond in America, val
7ued at $4,000, is on exhibition at New Or
leansI s = 81 }YB i
Rents in Pittsburgh have doubled
within alyear and tenements are scarce at
that.
"A marketman in Harrisburg has man
ufactured sausage fifty feet nine inches
in length. ..f,ro3y aso~e. e,sEr strronY
The present population Of Wisconsin
! is estimated by its State Treasurer at0one
million.
2 "A county in wisconsin, it is reported,
will send specimen shingles to the Paris
Exposition.
(, I4-A9 gentleman from Montana lostc$3,500
in Philadelphia while drinking whisky with
"a ''friend" W on 5atA
The Philadelphia Mint is producing
about two million pieces of the new fiYess
per month. rs
A Nevada miner has brick worth
$4,000. He does not carry it in his hat
habitually.. sia29 t'-
An unnatural mother in Macon, Ga,
recently laid her newly born infant on
railroad track.
A flying machine is in course of con,
struction, and is being made ION the model
of a wild goose" =, .e.v
= The editor of Galveston paper lately
heard hooking bird whistling Dixie y
with great animation.
The Council Bluffs s. St Joe Railroad
was. completed last week to the Engine
House at Council Bluffs IT
Many persons during the past month
have been searching for "Mugby Junction
on the English railway maps. -
"A woman of Utica, just deceased, was
married three times and each time her
husbands name was Tompkins.
s -Anegrogweman, aged 20 years. died.a at
Cinciniati, recently, from the, effects of
drinkiiiga quart of common whisky on a
wager.
In Taunton, Massachusetts, a malicious
scoundrel the other day stabbed in the hips
or sides all the horses tied around the city
SQUARE. ~ 0R ggK
ssa -Arhe Western Transport; ion Company
is delivering freight in Denver in four days
from Il the western terminus of the Union
Pacific Railroad.
- The Merchants Union Express Comg
| pany, which shas now been in running orr
der about, three months, is said to be;in a
highly flourishing condition.
A ladyin. Cevington, Ky,while walk
ing along the street, on Saturday, slipped
down on the covered pavement, and crush
ed to death her: year-old' baby, which she
was carrying in her arms. = D. g
MIR. Spillnr, of the Woolwich arsenal,
has remarked that the barrels of the rifles
used by the volunteers there are strongly
magnetic. The range at which they are fired
is situated due north and south.
General Grant has been successful in
his law suit at ST Louis A verdict has
been given in his favor to the amount Of
[ $40 damages, for unlawful holding of his
land, and $16.66 per month for back rents
I'm New York, during the last month,
the United States District Attorney insti-
tuted no less than seventy-five suits against
distillers of whisky. Forty four of
these have terminated in favor of the Gov