Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-08-30
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as by magic, on the line of the Pacific Rail
road, disappear, some of them, as rapidly
as they were created. The North Platte
Irader, says ~" Our city is disappearing as
it by some mighty feat of jugglery, and
the busy scenes of trade have given way
to the sound of the ak and hammer, tear
ing down houses and business places, which
Will soon be seen eighty miles west OF here,
at Julesburg Nearly every man who has
been engaged in business here is going into
business at Julesburg, and most of them
ON much larger scale than here, and In
one week from this time we shall see Jules
burg a lively business town, larger than
was North Platte. The next number OF
the Insler will be published at Julesberg"
Incidents and Accidents.
"A bar-keeper in ST. Louis had his bed
made up on the window-sill of the fourth
story, and woke up to find himself in an
ash. barrel on the pavement with broken
back. '-.sA~'' y ~'&'-
!, "A woman died in Fort Wayne, Ind,
lately of self-imposed starvation. Her hus-
band with whom she had lived twenty-five
years, recently eloped with clairVoyant
doctress - -
Lewis Allen, wealthy farmer in
Jonesville, Mich, committed suicide on
the 10th, by hanging himself in his barn.
His mind had been partially affected for
some time.
The Boston Post says The steel of
hoOpskirt, gaiter, a fan, and a grease
spot, were found on the sidewalk of one of
our streets yesterday. 1t is supposed a
lady unfortunately melted, and that these
were her remains
The Fairfield Qowa) Ledger says that
the two children smothered to death in
circus Gas stated by correspondent of the
Burlington Hdaokeye) at that place, have
not yet been buried, owing to the fact that
none were smothered
An incautious individual at Terra
Haute, the other day, after smoking, put
his pipe into his pocket with package of
powder. He was seen shortly after look
ing good deal surprised, and inquiring
for his coat tail and large piece of his
pantaloons.
"A convict at the Auburn prison got
into shoe case and was nailed up for ship
ment. He would doubtless have gotten
away had not the foreman noticed that the
box was marked with q size of shoes not
then being examined, which caused the
prisoners discovery.
"A man in Massachusetts, while drunk,
wanted his wife to go for more liquor, and
upon her refusal threw kerosene lamp at
her. 1t failed to hit her, but was broken
and his contents spilled on his step daugh-
ter, a little girl, whose clothing was set on
fire, and caused her death.
The New York Gazette says. j" It is
nts q ~ l. /
keep boarding houses in this city, that adj
vertisements which appeared in Friday
mornings paper are never answered.
There is evidently good deal of supersti-
ton afloat in New York" 81 ~
During the performance of Robinson's
Circus at Norfolk, Va, a portion of the
seats gave way, precipitating 200 persons
to the ground. An intense confusion pre-
vailed. Three ladies were severe injured
and numerous children received commissions.
No one was fatally injured. st.g
Some little girls in Dubuq ne amused
themselves by making moose OF a rope
attached to the gate, and putin 1t about
their necks and leaning forward so as to
bear their weight upon it. One of them
tried this too hard and was taken up for
dead, but after lying senseless three-quar-
ters of an hour, finally recovered.
| AT Indianapolis the other day, man
was caught in the quicksands, ON the bank
of river, by the bank caving in. A pole
was reached to him, and afterwards rope
was attached to his body, but he could not
be drawn out until further caving in OF
the bank drew him completely under Eff.
forts to secure the body are unavailing.
| "A young woman at Philadelphia hay
ing accepted two lovers, and being driven
| to final choice between thOm, resolved to
place herself beyond the Jurisdiction of
| either by drowning herself. The plunge
was heard by private Waterman, who
rescued and took her home. The af
fair created a great excitement in the social
circle.
| -"Why don't you write book in re-
ply? You could beat him completely "
said one of his parishioners to an old New
England divine, who had been attacked IN
print with more fervor than grace, by a
brother minister. Because" the Chris
tian man replied, 81 don't wish, when my
Master comes, to be found beating my fel-
low servants"
At picnic near Panama Station,
Chautauqua county, N. Y, lad twelve
years old picked up gun which he sup.
posed to be empty, pointed at little son
of Samuel Smiley, aged five years with
the, remark, Pm going to shoot joey
To his dismay it discharged, the contents
entering the side of the face and neck
| The little fellow survived but five hours
"A Boston constable found a man dead
drunk in the streets, and in accordance
with the usual custom in such cases, adj
vanced to take him to the station house
He was, however, repulsed in disorder by
the drunkard's dog, who was too big and
ferOcious looking for the constable tC
tackle. The faithful dog kept ward over
his british master until the effects of the
whisky were so far dissipated that he got
up and walked home.
Mr.. Ashman, living near Bonneville
Mo-, had diseased mule, which he at
tempted to drench by pouring medicin,
down its throat, and his fingers were
slightly bitten by the animal during tn,
operation. The saliva entered his blood
causing the most intense suffering, from
which all efforts to relieve him wer,
unavailing. He died on the following
day in the greatest agony-a raving
maniac. Pc m 'f 81
An outraged husband publishes tn,
following flattering description of his run
away wife: "My wife is about five fee
,, high, has light brown hair, right eye out
/ the other is of pale blue color, has PIN
! pile on left temple, near the eye, pug nose
, scar across one arm, is stoop shouldered
!, has short thick feet, and easily makes tn
acouaintance of strangers" Her nails will