Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-03-07

An important point being considered
by the British Government at present, is
/ the ACCESSIBILITY of a royal residence 'fol
ireland. 1t is proposed that such shall be
erected at the expense of the state, and
presented to the Prince of Wales, with a
request that he occupy it for some portion
of each year. d ~ atag
| Owing to high winds in the Adriatic
| Venice has been inundated to an extent
| which has never been equaled within the
memory of any OF the inhabitants. The
piazza of st. Mark was SO flooded that
| boats and gondolas passed over it, and the
| whole of the space had the appearance of
| a vast lake. . % s'ru,s .a.,; d se...- ~
A man has been arrested in Hungary
| for killing four children and eating their
| hearts raw. He acted on the beliefthat he
would have the power to become invisible
when he had eaten seven, but was not per-
mitted to carry his experiment to CON
clusion. He ought to have been made in
visible on eating the first one. n h
A servant girl in Berlin fell against a
red hot stove, and burnt on her arm the
date, 1909, which was on the stove. The
physician who was called on to minister
to her looked at the date branded on her
arm, and, shaking his head, Withdrew, re-
marking that for so old an INJURY there was
no cure. ~ !ii l.Y. sesaaf ,ra
sa-A young married lady, welded to a
German or a Dutchman, was making pur-
cliases in the Chaussee dAntin, Paris. At
length she desired the things purchased
might be sent to- her address. "And your
name, ma,am -" Really, sir, am not
acquainted with my name; Twas the,Prin-
cess TrcmOuille and have married the
Baron -Tenter-Tenter--if you will call
my servant, whoiis at theidooEi L think he
knows"
"A correspondent to the New York
+ Tribune, signing himself Thos K4Beecher,
and writing FROM Rio de Janeiro, earnestly
,dissuades the blind emigration Of American
mechanics and laborers to Brazil. He says
each steamer brings from 100 to- 300 de-
ceiyed men and women, the greater part of
whom are miserable and, begging for help
in less than a week. There is room for
associated labor; a colony will do wei, if
judiciously mapaged.s But the solitary
mechanic or, laborer, whatever. his skill
may be, cannot, so long as he is a stranger,
compete with the cheap slaves and cheaper
working men who do the shabby work of
Brazilian trades. srs.i5 g,f .Y5s9iot, s.a M.
z "A letter from Paris, of January 22d,
says that body of peasants, from the
depths of Siberia, have come to Paris and
put up wooden cabins like those Of their
own country, near the Palace Of the Ex7
position. "They suffer horribly from the
mildness of oursclimate. The other day,
when twas freezing hard enough to split
rocks, one of them cried out, with melan
choly air,%Oh, my God! when viii it get
cool here?' Another, thinking it was mid
summer, arrayed himself in calico gown.
And third wrote to his father: 'The heat
is Successive at Paris Would you believe
it ?-for eight days that we have been here
my nose has not been frozen single
Time III /I|)ltiH
Edward Hays keoghoe, of Ballenclar,
county Wicklow, Ireland, an eccentli c but
worthy gentleman, retired from private
life in December, 1886, in consequence of
some trifiing pecuniary losses, and re-
manned in his bedroom for thirty years and
one month"; He died this last January.
He occupied a most beautiful residence,
and remained, undisturbed through the
changes of three ownerships, from uncle
to nephew and from nephew to brother
He has been attended by all the physicians
in his neighbochood, who have pronounced
him perfectly healthy. He was well post
ed in the news of his neighborhood, re-
tailed by his attendants. 1t is, one of the
most extraordinary instances of longevity
under such circumstances on record.
Religious and Educational.
: The Second Adventists in Connecticut
are preparing TO "go up'' on or about the
10th of next June.
a Three thousand and sixty-four Ian
guages are spoken, and one thousand differ
ent religions professed in the world.
Parties who have visited Page, the al
legged Valparaiso murderer, in his cell at
Laporte, Ind, says he has suddenly become
pious, and spends great deal of time in
reading the Bible. He stoutly asserts his
innocence, and says a trial must certainly
result in his acquittal
There are in the United States and in
the Territories 1856 Baptist churches,
with 1,043,641 members and S,03S ordained
minister's These figures are from returns
made in 1865, with the exception of twelve
of the Southern States in which the re-
turns are for $780, OF the States making
returns in 1865, New York stands highest,
the number being S26 churches, with 49,
OF members, and 745 ordained ministers.
Henry Ward Beecher's church is far
eclipsed, as to receipts for pew.hire, etc,
by Rev. Mr.. Stebbins' formerly Rev. 7.
Starr Kings society in San Francisco.
The total amount of premiums, or bonus
es, on pews for 1867, is ,$24, 1926; the rent
being from $25 to 800 per year for each
pew, besides, and amounting, for the 154
pews on, the lower floor to- SIC, 365-the
also large gallery, Of which no mention
is made.
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