Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-07-04
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS


ROBERT Ell. NEWELL (OrpheuS " h0ii'
is dangerously i'll in New YORK.
SAMUEL BOYD ToBEY, Chancellor VI
Brown University, died on sunday the
Two lvoJ1yMEs of the newspaper contra
bu4sons of rtemus Ward are to be issued
Inv Carleton, of New York. HAM
AT a grand army festival at Richmond;
Ind. Miss Jenny Prescott was voted to be
the hardsomest girl in America. hsngi-7-hoa
STERLING CoYNE is writing farce for
Barney Williams, who viii probably reap
good many sterling coins from it. "
MADAME RIsToRI is living quietly IN
Paris. She realized quarter of a million
of dollars in gold from her American trip.
Ex.PREsIDENT GERHARD, of Hayti, has
arrived in Paris. He is distinguished by q
snow white moustache on a dark back
ground.
Dr.. JOHNSON in his dictionary describes
a garnet as "a room ON the highest floor in
the house." and a cockloft as the room
over the garnet"
II. B. CLAFLIN is said to purchase gold
to the amount of 100000 each day, in
Wall street, New Y FORK, for the purpose of
carrying on his immense business.
JENNY LIED's husband has written an
oratorio entitled Ruth" for the coming
musical festival at Hereford, IN which
Jenny will sustain the leading part.
BISHOP, E. THOMPSON, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, is about to start on a
professional tour TO California, Nevada,
Oregon, and possibly idaho and Utah.
Rev. GEORGE T. WILLIAMS has been
honorably acquitted of the charge of pick
ing 1adys pocket ina New York omni-
bus Mr.. Williams has returned to his
home IN Virginia. ,~
HosAeEGREE LEY Albert Brisbane, Jo3
siah Warren, Ed. Rowland, and other
philosophers, have issued call for meet
ing in New York July 4th, to discuss the
foundation of School of Social Science.
ACURIoUs old German lately died, who
had collected over 900 editions of Don
Quixote, including a copy of every one
which had been published in Europe since
the book first appeared. Spain furnished
400 editions, England 200, France 1853 and
Russia 4. ny l-.ffa.er4 81 }.i ssil sltd8IE
THE New York EDening GGzGtte says
thata'newYpaper called IhetLOsSh, a week
lyjourral Of satire and bad jokes, is soon
to be started The contributors include,
the proprietors state, John Broughan,
John G. Snake, Wrangle Fillips, George
Disgustus Snarler and Joe Bloward, Jr.
The editors preparatory note is
s. Come rouse ye, then my merry, merry men,
For it is our ohpunning day."
MANY an old farmer in Blandford tells
little Renaissance of Daniel Webster
that has never before found it's way into
print. While on fishing excursion
among the hills the great expounder came
to the village one day when the people
were gathered for some public occasion,
and entered the tavern, where were assem-
bled between thirty and forty of the prin-
cipal men of the community To each one
he was presented by name, and in those
ante constabulary times invited all to
drink with him, which they did. After
half an hours general conversation, in
which all took part with perfect good will,
the great man in leaving passed around the
whole company, shook each by the hand,
and without stammer or hesitancy called
each by his name, thus binding them all by
that delicate compliment to lifelong allie
glance, and at the same time performing a
feat of memory almost without parallel