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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10

A fire in Minneapolis, on the 31st inst,
destroyed $4,000 worth of property in
Guiding part Of the Daily Chronicle office
The Legislatures of Illinois and Indiana
met on the 9Th, that of Wisconsin on the
9th, and that of Kansas on the 10th.
One inch of frontage near the Court
House at Quincy, ILL.,, was recently sold for
7 81 200, or at the rate Of $14, 400 per foot
front " o.
The Attorney General of Minnesota has
gone to New Vim to attend the prosecu-
ton of the mobiles, twenty of whom have
been arrested.
The track of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad, which is being rapid
ly extended westward, is now laid to with
in four miles of .Des Moines. --.,-.
On the 31st ult., a broken rail on the
Chicago 50 Great Eastern Road near Rich
mond, Indiana, threw a. passenger train
from the track, by which the engineer was
killed, and several persons injured. 1T
Strict orders have been issued by the
Collector of the port of Detroit for the
rigid search, hereafter, of all baggage of
parties coming into this. country from Ca
NADIA 1t is claimed that this has, been
heretofore, rather neglected.
The Board of Trade of Cleveland have
recommended that the Genital system shall
come into operation March 1st They also
indorse Colonel Grams plans of a straight
canal across. the st. Clair flats, and ask
Congress for an appropriation for fiat
purpose.
The question Of the division of Idaho is
again before the Legislature Of the Terri
tory A division Of Washington Territory
is also proposed, with the object of creating
a new State from counties on Puget Sound,
and those east of the mountains, together
with a portion of Oregon. s f a3ia9
At Cincinnati, on the. 4th inst, an aban-
doned woman named Laura Quitman,
walked into the Ninth street station house
and slapped one of the officers in the face.
He locked her in cell without searching
her, and, as soon as his back was turned,
she produced a pistol, and fired seven shots
at him. None of them took effect. The
woman is desperate character, and a few
weeks ago cowhided a policeman in the
street.. 3
On Wednesday morning, the I'd inst, the
night express train on the Terre Haute &
Alton Railroad was thrown from the track
by broken rail, near Paris. An emigrant
car was thrown down an embankment
thirty feet high, turning over as it fell, and
was thoroughly wrecked, the shock start
ing off the root, which remained ON the side
of the embankment, while the body Of the
car crashed ON the fence on the level ground
below, and was splintered and broken open
ON every side, one of the trucks resting in
the middle of the car. There were large
number of passengers in it, and twenty
persons were severely, injured. One, a
woman, was killed The other cars were
| dragged into cut, and violently thrown
up against the side. The night was in
tensely cold. The cries of the wounded
and the darkness and general fright, made
terrible scene.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
MisfslIany.
YOUNG GRIMES
BY q. p. sHILLABER.

Old Grimes is dead-tilat good old man,
We meier shall see him more;
But he has left son who bears
The name that old Grimes bore.
lie wears coat of latest cut,
His hat il new and gay;
He cannot bear 70 view distress.
So turns from 1t away.
His pants are gaiters-fitting snug
Der patent leathershoes
His hair is by a barber curled-
He smokes cigars and chews.
A chain of massive gold is borne
- Above his fiashy vest;
His clothes are better every day
Than were old Grimes best.
In Fashions court he constant walks,
q Where he delight doth shed; E-7
His hands are Waite and very SOFT,
But softer is his head.
He's six feet tali-no post more straight
His teeth are pearly white;
In habits he is sometimes loose,
And sometimes very tight.
His manners are of sweetest grace.
His voice OF softest tone;
His diamond pins the very one
: That old Grimes used TO own.
His moustache adorns his face,
-p--- His neck scarf OF blue $
a He sometimes goes TO church fOr change,
= And sleeps in Griines's pew.
He sports the fastest . cab i'll town,
Is always quick to bet;
He never knows who's President,
But thinks a. Old Tips in yet"
He has drunk wines OF every kind.
And liquors cold and hot
Young Grimes. in short. IL just that sort
or man--old Grimes was not.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
The South.

Several inches of snow fell in New Or
leans on the I'd. Is >fit'@fa 81 El7.ief
James B. Campbell has been elected
United States Senator from South Carolina.
Seven negroes were wantonly shot in
Memphis ON Christmas day, the outrages
occurring in six different quarters Of the
city.
Horace Greeley, the freedman who
killed Rhett, of South Carolina, and who
| was arrested and escaped, has been
retaken. e.. ...:t .r...
Snow fell in New Orleans, on Wednes,
day, the I'd, to the depth of two inches.
This was the first considerable snow storm
in that city since 1852 .''''. ''' 'S1'.-
A bill has been reported in the Maryland
Legislature for the enfranchisement of citi-
zens now debarred of their right by the
present constitution. sa Is e8 u.s.
Judge Ballard, OF Louisville, KY, has
just decided in the United States Court,
that the pardon of an offender for selling
cigars without revenue stamps did not re-
NIT that part of the fine allowed the in
formers. ...5,,s. e.. o.. sf % ...a..f..
Efforts are in progress to erect at or near
New Orleans grain elevator Of a capacity
equal to any in the West. A report on
this subject will be made to the Chamber
of Commerce. 1t is claimed that grain can
be shipped from the West through New
Orleans to Europe twenty cents cheaper
per bushel than through New York r ui
The Vicksburg Herald says that the
famous Davis's Bend cutoff has at length
been made. The Mississippi river has thus
been shortened eighteen miles. Tho shute
is twenty-five miles below Vicksburg, ON
the Mississippi SIDE We have heard of
but one boat going through, but we have
learned that the water is deep enough to
permit ALL The Block House" erected
by the Federals, has been washed away.
The surrounding residences OF: Joe and
JEFF. Davis are therefore on an island
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
FRUIT-GROWING.

Apples, plums, grapes and berries are natives o.
the SOIL and the cultivated varieties of all the har
dier fruits grow with great thrift throughout the
State. In the southern part, peaches and the finest
qualities of grapes yield abundantly, and large
quantities are shipped to Chicago st. Louis and the
northwest All fruits and berries here ripen early,
and the grower is enabled TO command the highest
prices of the first of the This business has
assumed SO much importance that the Company
will hereafter run FROM SOUTHERN ILLIN OBS
TO CHICAGO .
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10

Are such as to enable the farmer Of small means
to secure for himself and family home of their
own, and the well-to-do to make most profitable
investment. THE TITLE TO THESE LANDS IS
CLEAR, AND IN, FEE SIMPLE FROM THE
STATE. The markets for their productions are
always open in summer to Chicago, and, by the
lakes, eastin winter to Cairo, and, by the Missis-
sipi river, south. Coal is found in great album
dance and furnished at the lowest rates of trans
portation. Lumber is obtained from Chicago and
the forests OF southern Illinois, as well as from
those bordering all the streams. Machinery for
planting and cutivatng does the work of many
hands Grain is shipped in bulk from all stations,
thus saving the trouble and expense of bagging.
The climate healthy, taxes low, churches and
schools of all grades abound throughoutthe length
and breadth Of the State al 81 ~ a. H.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
The East.

Lake Erie is closed by ice at Buffalo.
The election of Thaddeus Stevens, as
Senator from Pennsylvania is deemed
probable. -
The election of Thad. Stevens from
Pennsylvania, and Roscoe Conkling from
New York, to the U S. Senate are regarded
as almost certain.
In unloading Philadelphia steamer at
Boston on the 31st ult., four dead bodies
were found among the cargo.
The rear car of the passenger train going
north, on the Sandusky, Dayton and Gin
cinnati road, was thrown from the track
near Tiffin, Ohio, on January 5th. A lady
and boy were killed and several others
injured. aa st3 10 "171 "
Mrs Fanny Willard, fashion editress of
the New York Sunday Times, was muir
dered on the 9Th, by policeman Thomas w.
Burke who afterwards shot and killed him
SELF Love and jealousy were the cause.
Mrs. Willard had rejected his suit.
The Buffalo Board of Trade adopted the
GENITAL system for March 1st A barrel of
flour will hereafter consist of 200 pounds,
and Genital of wheat of 100 pounds, con-
ditional, however, upon the concurrent ac-
ton of other Boards of Trade, of which
there seems little doubt.
Much distress prevails among operators
at the East Owing to the depression in
business the principal mill owners of Law
renee, Mass, have notified their employees
of reduction of ten per cent. on their
wages Two-thirds of thirty thousand
women in New York who are dependent
on daily labor for support are now out of
employment.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
The West.

The Missouri Senate has ratified the con-
stitutional amendment Te
The election of Charles D. Drake to the
Missouri Senatorship is deemed certain.
The Ohio House of Representatives rati-
fed the constitutional amendment on
the 4th.
Governor Grape is reported to be dam
gerously i'll. His complaint is hemorrhage
of the bladder. ta q ed ea s1a
There was an unsuccessful conspiracy to
revolt among the convicts in the Illinois
State Penitentiary On New Years day,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
How 10 Reach these Lands.

The farms offered for sale may be reached FROM
the east and west by any Of the railways crossing
the Illinois Central at Odin, Sandoval, Mattoon,
Para, Tolono, Decatur Gilman, Ell Paso, Mendo-
ia, or Dixon. 70
ALL STATION AGENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH
MStlt2 = ~ PLATS, . 1R E s ~ tf1AA
Showing the lands for sale in their vicinity
Prices, and full information all points, together
with maps showing the exact locality of all the
lands, will be furnished on application in person.
or by letter, to ..-..-......,.... -
.ei.sf faes vH
LAND COMMISSIONER, @
Illinois Central Railroad Company, ~
CHICAGO, ILL.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10

THE AMszoN VALLEY.-Prof Agassiz
says he found the valley of the Amazon
mcommonly fertile, and its climate very
healthy. 1t is his opinion that it will one
day become the mart of the world, sup
porting in comfort 100000 900 of inhabi-
tants,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10

wall shall not separate US, who are neigh
-bors. Hark !" .Atithat moment the cook
opened the gate, and both cats at once ran
in. The gate was shut after them, and so
nothing more could be seen. But some
thing was heard. 1t was a sort Of 'seraping
soundSon tin pan. H. E. S.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
Foreign Intelligence.

war between Greece and Turkey is I'M
minent.
Queen Isabella has dissolved the Spanish
Cortes. a.f=91.
Mexican advices render doubtful the re-
port of the murder of Escobedo by Ca
males.
A heavy earthquake has just occurred
in Algeria, destroying several villages and
many human lives. - a.544 .at
BY direction OF the English Government,
the sentences of the Fenian prisoners con-
demned to death in Canada have been COM
muted to imprisonment for twenty years.
They have had panic at Havana, with
tremendous run on the banks. One bank
paid out six hundred thousand dollars in
gold in one day. The panic is now over.
The steamer Tasmania, on the passage
between the West Indies and Southampton,
England, had ninety-six cases of yellow
fever on board, twenty-one of which were
fatal
The London Times continues to evince
anxiety on account of the Alabama claims,
and urges their prompt settlement. 1t says
that this is the only question threatening to
involve England in difficulty with foreign
Powers. .a.l.l aa 4la $3.50 e a.t3t
No Mexican news can stay news long.
The reports are about as distracted as the
state of that unhappy country. Escobedo
has not been captured or hung, as was re-
ported, but was well and on his way to
Monterey on the 21st ult.
A heavy battle has been fought between
the Turkish army and the Cretans, which
resulted in total defeat of the latter, two
hundred Cretans being killed, and the whole
army fled in disorder to the sea- where the
greater number of the remnant embarked
on vessels for safety.
A conflagration at the London crystal
wing, in the section devoted to tropical
contributions, and the Egyptian and Min
even Courts are almost totally destroyed.
The northern tower. is left standing. The
fire was extinguished only after continuous
and gallant exertions The damage to the
building and contents is estimated at
$1,5O0,000. ~. tssI l3.
In Canada, the MadOc gold excitement is
still sustained. Specimens of gold, said to
have been found in that vicinity, are ex-
hibited, and there is much talk of contem-
plated purchases of land by SPECTATORS
But it appears that no lands have yet actu-
ally been taken up. Meantime scientific
men have been detailed by the Govern.
ment to make thorough investigation of.
the subject.
A special cable telegram dated London
January 4th. states that England had been
visited by a snow storm of unusual and
extraordinary severity. 1t commenced on
Wednesday and continued till Friday morn
ing. Trade and travel are almost COM
pletely suspended. The streets of London
are choked with snow and the city is envel.
oped in fogs, several accidents having oc-
CURED. The snow drifts are of great depth
in the rural districts and many dwellings
are almost buried. The Underground rail
road affords the chief means of locomotion
around London. .s..
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
Curious Chinese stories.

From the London Pail Mall Gazette.
There is well known Greek story OF
penniless man who, going out with rope
in his hand to hang himself, found purse
of money, which induced him to throw the
Topesaway,g whefeas the oEner0f the purse,
coming back to look for his property, and,
finding only the rope instead, straightway
hanged himself 4 still more, curious tale,
4ofya similar (indl is told by the, China
papers In the native city of Shanghai,
the parents OF a young lady lately married
having fallen into distressed circumstances,
applied to her for assistance, and her hus-.
band allowed her TO give them coat for
the purpose of being pawned The daugh-
ter, however being anxious to render fur
Their aid without the knowledge of her hus-i
band, secreted sixteenldollars in the pocket
of the coat The old man did not discover
this and took it to a pawnbroker, who, no
ticing the money on unfolding the gar
ment, kept his counsel, and quietly adj
vanced two dollars. Soon after the hus
band discovered that the wife had given
the sixteen dollars TO her father, and made
so much noise about it that the young lady
disposed of herself BY hanging. In this
way the news Of the robbery committed by
the pawnbroker became Known to the pa
rents, and the old mother took the matter
SO much 10 heart that she poisoned herself
with opium. Lastly, the paWnbroker, get
ting alarmed on hearing that his dishonesty
had already caused two deaths, drowned
himself in Well This story is very char
acteristic of the Chinese feelings in regard
to life, and similar incidents not unfre-
quently occur. .-.-.......
Some years ago, for instance, an accom-
plished young lady at Canton, who had
been unfortunately married to coarse and
stupid husband, was bewailing her fate to
party of sisters and female cousins, and
declared her intention of committing sui
eide 1Ou this the other young ladies de-
clared that, since such was married life,
they would die too and SO the whole bevy
of them joined hands together, and walk
ing into a fish pond, deliberately drowned
themselves Again, three men Imprisoned
in Hong Kong gaol on a charge of piracy,
determined to make away with themselves
rather than have fine bother of a trial AT
some height insthc cell in which they were
imprisoned, was a small window guarded
by two iron bars, and the problem which
these tlIrce worthless had to solve was how
the three of them were TO be hanged upon
the two bars. From the position in which
they were found in the morning it would
seem that the third man assisted the two
others in hanging themselves to the. bars
BY their tails; that then he had cut down
one of them by gnawing through the tail
with his teeth and, using the dead body
as a stool, to be afterwards knocked over,
he had contrived to suspend himself. All
this too, was done so quietly as not to, at
tract the notice of a'sentry who was pacing
outside beneath the window. eaa1
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
For Grain Growing,
-l;as 9r,tss + % n 5ae s..ssgtH 70 a
AND ESPECIALLY FOR
STOCK RAISING

These Prairie lands present unsurpassed advan-
tages. Farmers from Ohio and Indiana, as well az
those from the more densely-settled portions of
Illinois, selling their valuable farms and
are now making investments in se.cheaper lands,
which produces with larger profit and to greater
extent the best fattened beef in America.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
TERMS OT PAYMENT.

These lands are sold on credit or or cash.
deduction Of ten per cent from the credit price is
made TO those who purchase for cash.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
EXAMPLE.

Forty acres, at So per acre, on credit; the prin-
cipal, one quarter cash down--balance, one two
and three years, at Elk per cent interest, in adj
vance each year.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
$4,000 ACR ES

Are now offered at So to $12 per acre with some
few tracts at higher fgures) rated according to
quality and nearness to stations. The
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10

Several of the newspapers having perpetrated
jokes ON the travels and exploits of sic transit
whom '.niha ff' and 'nocteSn head off, the Yale
You .danuaalQa' SOULS He didn't either sic
Transit drove tn pone tandem ten,o Re,'' from
Terra in this city, and will stay till Ortem.' DR..
Dignos the '7saTis CTerrys), likewise 'et super
with us last evening. He eta beta pi." The pugi-
in the street; he cuts nos Off and 'n0ctsm fiat
arnerf fOunder'' - 54s o.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10
COmique.

tOml4ue. .s.f, ..- r.
II is not whatwe eat, but whatwe digest, that
makes us fat. .era
1t is not what we make, but what we save,
that makes us rich $3.50
Why is Athens like WORKOUT shoe Because
1t once had Scion. ar
1T is not what we read, but what we remem-
Der, that makes us wise. 3,. ..H 1T-.
! Why is wit like Chinese lady's foot " Be-
cause brevity is the sole of it.
1t is calculated that dancing belle In one
season traverses 500 miles of floor.
Why are your eyes like stage horses? An
swer-They are always under the lashes. u s.
What word will make you sick if you leave
one of the letters out? Answer-Music.
Why can persons occupied in canning fruit
stow away more of it than anybody else? Because
they can.
The following question is now before the
love the best?-to be Rugged in polka or squeezed
in a sleighf"
A clergyman gave a toast that was not very
gallant, at late tireman's celebrations: "Our fire
engines-may they be like old maids-ever ready,
but never wantedl'
-Quilp thinks it rather remarkable that while
several thousand feet are required to make one
cient to make one civil.
WHAT is indifference between rifieman who
shoots wide of the target and husband who black
ems his wifes eyes? The one misses his mark and
the other marks his missis.
a person asked Mr. Patrick Mcguire if he
knew Mr.. Tim Duffy. "Know him!' said Pat,
why he's very near relation of mine. He once
proposed to marry my sister!'
A bright little girl, in playful anger caught
hold of older sister, saying, 'sNow TN shake the
sawdust out of, you," thinking the human species
was got up on the same basis as her doll.
Farmer Gookins was impatiently waiting for
his son to pass the mug, when the young hopeful
said to him, g Father this cider is SO hard can't
bite it off," Cider is not the only hard drink to
bite off. 5,...'e s.. re--l
TO A BOTTLE. ,ir 5j. T.
ctr hat opdT
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10

The same land may be purchased for 1888 In
cash. ~ 20 't,''-
.jHe y ft38t<5f 81 2tt4 ttt 1874
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-10

General News.

The steamer Colorado the pioneer ship
of the China and Japan line, left San Fran
cisco on Christmas.
A suit has been brought at Virginia City
against the Savage Mining Company to re-
cover six hundred feet of mining ground,
and damages to the amount of five million
dollars.
1t is rumored that Minister Campbell has
received instructions to join the Juarez
Government, and is!already en- route from
New Orleans for Chihuahua.
The anniversary of emancipation was
celebrated On New Years day, by the col
ored population of Detroit, Indianapolis,
Raleigh, Memphis and other cities
On the first of January, 1867, the Ma
tional debt, less the amount of cash in the.
Treasury, amounted to $2,543,325, 174.62,
being q. decrease in five months of over
S2140O0,00O H. l....
The business of the money order branch
of the Post Office is steadily increasing,
and the system is growing popular and
useful as it becomes familiar Eleven mil
lions were transferred by this system dur
ing 1861 Z aia uas III 4d -ava93a 70
The Commissioner of Agriculture has
been advised of the arrival at New York
of a large invoice of valuable foreign seeds
for distribution by this department They
are now ready for distribution, or viii be
very soon. --.@' 't'.'93'A
Chief Justice Chase having refused a
writ of ha6eas corpus in the case of DR..
Mudd, his counsel have decided to bring
the case before United States Judge in
Southern State, where the application will
have better chances of success
Intense excitement prevailed on the Cd
at Washington over the recent decision of
the Supreme Court relative to the legality
of Military Commissions. Although the
Frcedmen's Bureau and Civil Rights acts
are, thereby rendered utilities, Senator
Trumbull sustains the decision. Gen.
Grant and Secretary Stanton have held a
a long interview in regard TO the compli-
cations likely to arise therefrom A move
ment toward the impeachment of several
of the Justices is about being made.
Congress re7assembled on the 4th, but a
full quorum not being present in either
House, no. business requiring vote was
transacted. The. members of the respec-
tive parties have been mainly occupied in
holding caucuses and uniting for future
action. Mr.. Sumner INTRODUCED in the Sem
ate7a resolution requesting the Judiciary
Committee to inquire if any further legis-
lation be necessary to prevent the Southern
States from selling negroes into slavery as
a punishment for crime. The impeach-
ment of the President is warmly discussed
by Republican members, both Senators
and Representatives of the party being
divided on the subject On the 9Th inst.
the Senate was not in session, while in the
House no business was in order save debate
on the Presidents message