Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-09-13
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miscellaneous Items.
The Portland Press knows mouse
That has fallen in love with canary bird.
Don't tell the cat.
From April z to August Z, not single
death occurred in Coldwater, Mich, a city
of 5000 inhabitants "a ..,.s..T
"A carefully estimated list of the num-
Der of persons executed since 1865 by
Maximilian's order, shows total Of 1914.
An eight horse thrashing machine re-
Gently thrashed the life out of its driver,
near st. Louis, by tearing his legs off near
the thigh, ,govoi,ia.;e s..- .5..-.~res
The irreverent New York World hopes
people won't laugh at the idea of reli-
gious paperin Chicago. 1t says they have
one in Boston 40 id4ia adi DO 74vo7 adt
laa--In Philadelphia, on the 10Th, George
=. WinnemOre was executed for the mur-
der of Mrs. Magilton. He made speech
protesting his innocence. hga e|gd
Eey--The corner stone of Jewish Hospi-
| tai was laid in Chicago on the I'd inst.
| There was an imposing procession and an
attendance of the city authorities. 1t will
1 not be exclusive !,7G .554.,. .-5i. f.oz
IAN Essex paper, in giving an account
of family being struck by lightning, Gays
"They were sitting round the table at the
time, and were terribly shocked, all believ-
ing themselves dead for some time" t
=, The division of the Episcopal Diocese
| of Western New York will be followed by
a division of the Eastern Diocese, 80 that
the four Episcopal centers will be New
York city, Albany, Syracuse and Buffalo.
Frank 3. Ainsworth, Assistant Super
intendept OF the Ohio Reform School
at Lancaster, Ohio, has been appoint
ed Superintendent of the Indiana House
of Refuge. His wife is also appointed
Marion. piaii 2n~ rt mali eeN
TO show how completely iron steam
| boats are superseding wooden ones, it may
be mentioned that only forty of the latter
were built in England this year, while two
hundred and eighty three iron steam YES
sells were built.
| Havana has found new source of rev
enue. Some 81 900 cock.fghts take place
there every year, and by imposing license
of $500 per day on the fighters, a neat lit
tie gum will be obtained. There is $780,
600 invested in that business In Havana. 2
r-Rev. G. l.. Vance, the "Boy Preach
err who created quite sensation in Steu-
benville, n. Y, last winter, and was sub
sequently dismissed from the Methodist
Church for dishonest practices, has turn
ed up in Tennessee as the vender of Life
Drops. -''. '-
THE State Superintendent of Public
| Schools in Missouri has recommended a
| change in the text books used in the schools
throughout the State. 1t is estimated that
the change desired, if carried out, will in
volve an expense of $500, 900 to the parents
! of the scholars. ~ blo 4. RI --..s. .5.,s t
AN educational, journal for the State
| Of Mississippi is soon to be established at
| Jackson, under the auspices of the State
Teachers Association. It's editorial con-
tee of three gentlemen essrs. John Hun
ter, H. Pierce, and W. G.. White. 81 q
Two whales came into Seaconnit river,
in Rhode Island, recently, and lost their
lives thereby. The larger one succumbed
only to the third harpoon. 1t took two
horses, four yoke of oxen and 100 men to
| drag him upon the beach, where he lies ex-
posed to the gaze Of the curious.
The widow McClintock, or Steele,
Farm, once famous in the oil regions, re-
| being operated. It is now the property of
| Mrs. Steele A local paper says, that
!" johnny her wayward husband, who has
spent $2,000,000, don't like to go to work
| again. F
The Cheyennes have a prejudice in
favor of oX-teams as means OflocomotIon
! for white men, but have a. wholesome dread
| Of steam. In the graphic language Of a
warrior at a recent pOw-wOw, they are
willing to put up with those conveyances
! that 90 .smoo-moo," but will not tolerate
| that which goes Shoe shoo" '5-S" q
Montreal and Plattsburgh, N Y, have
been exchanging civilities. The Montreal
t7GaSette says !" The coal oil fire at Middle
| tons store was seen at Pittsburgh, dis
lance OF fifty to sixty miles in bee line.
| The great Pittsburgh fire was, per contra,
seen from the highlands in this vicinity" 4
| 1T has become quite usual to see the
word ''restiye" applied to the conduct of
horses as if its meaning was the same as
restless" This is incorrect. A FESTIVE
horse is one which is reluctant to move at
the word of command, and is what in vul-
gar phrase would be styled "balky"
Hiram Reynolds, a much respected
citizen and farmer of Drury township,
Rock Island county, H., where he has
been constable for several years, was coolly
shot and killed, lately, by John McGreer,
with whom he had some official dealings a
year ago. McGreer was captured after he
had attempted to shoot Mrs. Van Camp,
who gave the alarm. g ana H
&C. Kohler, butcher Of st. Louis,
leaning over to draw some water from his
well, recently, so provoked a ram by his
apparently hostile attitude, that the ami
NAL pitched Mr.. K into the well head fore
most. Next day the flesh of that ram
"might have been seen" hung up in a
stall in Center Market, for trophy of re-
venge If for nothing more.
/ "A little son of Amos Kidder, Of the
firm of Kidder Peabody s. Co., bankers,
of New Y FORK, died on Monday, at the resi-
denoe of his parents in Boston, from lock-
jaw He had, by some accident, about a
week before, broken off a tooth, the stump
of which had penetrated the tongue. Cold