Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-13
Foreign Gossip.

j. --MaXlmlllanS unfortunate cOnSOrI is
still insahe, aiid shows ndsign Of irpproYe:'
llG I'm China there / are seven grouddssofl
divorce, of which the fourth is laxative
ness is women.
"A journeyman baker with one arm,
has made his debut as a tenor, at Hamburg,
with great success. He sings the note do
! with much feeling.
The steel bridge of the Quay D'Orsay
near the Exposition building,-the first of
the kind ever yet built--is said to be
failure, having already sustained de-
Election Of, at least. three. inches in the
center. 4ogi $.
The British Premier said in the House
of Lords, few days ago, that ritualism
I was totally santagonistic tothe spirit OF the;
Church of England, and hes should advise.
Her Majesty accordingly.
: The extremely fine, warm weather
which existed in England during the second
week of May, it is said, had wonderfully
changed the face of the country, promising
very early wheat harvest. The grass
was also very promising.
Adam Goodson, of Wayne county, Ind.
loved a fair maiden, and wanted to marry
her The maiden had a sneaking kindness
for better looking and richer "feller, and
told Adam Goodson togo and hang himself
Adam couldn't see the hang but he loaded
his gult and blew out what little brains he
had. fzr rn t~y >
DIR. Brown Seqtard, an ,emi nent phys
iotogist and physician to one of the Paris
ian hospitals, recommends the use of the
swing as preventive of nervous attacks
which recur periodically. In certain cases
of hysteria and epilepsy he has prevented
the coming on of the fit by engaging his
patient in violent swinging at the first in
dication of its approach
Information has just reached this
codntryof the death of Paul julien, the
distinguished violinist, who, some years
| ftr01e at the SOntag concerts. His death
occurred Dec 30 last, at the small town of
| ST. Dennis, in the Island of Mauritius. He
was only twenty-six years of age, and
leaves a wife aud child 6sAa
| -Gounod's new opera, "Romeo and
| Juliet grows more and more in the tastes
of the Partisan public. 1 Mdme. sMiolan-
| Careallio, as Juliet, is full of charm, genius,
musical accomplishment, and dramatic &C
ton. M. Gouzien, the critic of the Gazette
| Musicale, says the opera will last as one OF
| the most poetical conceptions OF our time
| The New York Revieso's correspondent
writes with respect to the rush to hear it,
| that the tickets are sold at five times the
regular price, and the seatsare engaged three
months in advance. Verdi's "DOn Carlos"
| is also enjoying a good unsat Paris, but in
| no comparison with the favor of nj. GOun-
obs beautiful work. .sair.,..s. II
| How is 1t that notices on clocks and
watches have almost invariably been of
| little witty significance? One of the best
was an effect of accident The maker of a
public clock repeatedly asked his employer
what legend he should put'upon the face,
but he could never get an answer AS often
as heappeared in presence of his employer,
| the latter was too much occupied, or too
little in the vein, to attend to him. AT last,
obtaining sight of the approaching clock
maker, on the old question, the angry gen.
tlenan called aloud "Go about your
business I" The delighted mechanician
took this as designed for the legend for
which he was waiting, and clapped it on
1 the face of the clock Thenceforth, who
/ ever looked up at it to learn the hour had
the not unapt edmonton before his eyes tG
eco about his business - = = 80 -
i -Offenbach's new comic operetta, which
is having so tremendous a run in Paris
has lust been,the' occasion of a serious ac
cident to Grenicr, the, excellent actor who
plays the part OF Prince Paul" in that
charming farce, and who, in cutting ons
of the.astonishing p6rouettes with which ht
ACCOMPANIES his songs, managed to break
hisleg. Surgeons declare themselves I'm
able to imagine how such an accident
could have resulted from the movements
he was making !, but the leg was none. thu
less really broken. The unlucky actor
; was carried off the stage upon shutter
and will be laid up, say his medical at
PENDANTS, for two or three months to come
: The oldest circumstance about this acct
4 dent is the fact that the same actor, tel
. years;;ago, at the Odeon- Theatre, suddenll,
l broke the'ether leg Unjust such an inexpli
cable manner.
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