Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-05-16
Incidents and Accidents.

/ Three of the japanese gymnasts got
drunk at Hartford on the 21st ult., fought
the police, and were finally locked up for
the night ....... '.....,. :.
There is great excitement in Mound
| City, Ill, over mad dogs. Mr. Potter,
editor of the Mound City Journal, is among
the bitten 1N F
"A son of Adam Reash, twelve years
| old, died in Mansfield Ohio, recently, from
| the effects of stone thrown at him by a
| playmate, which struck him in the stonl-
ach.
AT the regular meeting of the Sanitary
Commissioners of Cincinnati, held recent
| ly, the Health Officer reported the number
of deaths during the month of April past
| to be two hundred and seventy-eight
which, by singular coincidence, was the
mortality for the corresponding month last
year.
The Evansville, Wis, Citizen reports
| that Mr.. j. e. Ring, of Union, scooped up
his wallet, which he had deposited in his
oat bin for safe keeping, containing 81, $3.50
in Government bonds, and sold it for fifty
cents bushel. He regards it as a losing
sale, and now offers 5000 to have it re-
| turned to him.
In Philadelphia, on Saturday, May 4th,
two colored children were suffocated, hay
| ing set fire to the room in which they were
| placed, by playing with matches While
| endeavOrlDg to put out the fire, young
man named Richard Kelly was killed by
the fall of an iron hook, and the sparks
from a steam fire engine set fire to neigh
boring building, and it was consumed.
"A bit of sharp practice has been going
on at Hudson, N Y. A man contracted to
purchase farm. The forfeit was $500.
A few weeks subsequent to this transaction
a third party came and offered the original
owner an advance of 81 500 for the farm
The seller backed water" and paid the
forfeit, when purchaser Number Two
didn't want to buy. Several parties have
been duped in the same manner within a
short time. + ,1
AT regular meeting of Free Masons
at Columbus City, Iowa, and while the
lodge was IN session one of the members
had his horse stolen. The next morning
a bottle of whisky was found near the spot
from which the horse was taken A young
man by the name of John Gets drank a
portion of this liquor and in less than half
an hour he was q corpse The liquor upon
being examined was found to contain ar
seNic enough to poison ten men, and it is
supposed to have been dropped by the thiei
hoping that some one would drink it, thus
raising an excitement and giving him bet
ter chance to escape.
There seems to be no limit to human
ingenuity in the evasion of SUMMARY laws
Vermont has prohibitory law and boasts
that it is well enforced, but those who want
liquor find means to obtain it in the vii
lagos, and lately an entirely new source OF
supply has been opened. Distilleries have
been established, and the man who wants
rum takes quantity of molasses to the
distiller, who converts it, receiving a GER
tain proportion as toll This business is
done openly, and there is no law forbid
ding it. And it is said that the distillel
pays no tax on his business beyond the reg
ular income tax, so that not only is prohi
bition defeated, but the General Govern
ment loses a considerable amount of the
revenue it,would receive if the distilleries
conducted their business in the ordinary
way. 1tt.
The constables ferreted out and broke
up very ingeniously concealed gamblers
den at Boston, on Wednesday. The keeper
of the place was Nathaniel G. Goodwin
who pretended to be an agent for the Day
ton copper company, and had an Office or
fremont street, with all the paraphernalia
of ledgeIs and stock certificates, and the
name of his company upon the door. The
premises were searched, and closet found
with small pane of colored glass, and in
side of the closet was a man with a tele.
graph machine. Whenever green one
entered to try his luck hewas seated at the
table with his back to the closet door, SO
the man in the closet could see what cards
he held, and by wiles from the machine
running beneath the carpet inform the
"operator" at the table, thus insurlng the
| fleeing of every victim.