Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-08-09
Foreign Gossip.

Queen Victoria has nominated the
| Prince of Wales to be Knight of the most
| ancient Order of the Thistle
The mortality from exposure is greater
| among the London police than in the Brit
ish army. Dyspepsia and sore feet are
common complaints.
AT Prague, recently, an American, ap-
parently insane, created a disturbance and
was sent to the mad-house. After his re-
lease, he said he pretended insanity so that
he might obtain an inside view of the
celebrated asylum to which he was sent.
1t is said that the King Of Greece will
not accept the Russian religion on his
marriage with the Grand Duchess Olga,
because his father, the King of Denmark,
does not desire it. His children, however,
will be brought up in the orthodox Greek
faith.
"A Brussels letter gives some informa-
| ton as to a civic Cross which is going to
| be founded in Belgium for acts of devoted
ness. 1t will be in enamel mounted in gold
| for the first class and in silver for the sec
ond. The project has been well received,
| and will soon be carried out.
Louis Napoleon's stables contain 300
horses, of which 200 are carriage, 70 saddle,
and 80 post horses. Hundreds OF men are
employed in taking care of these stables,
all ruled by a quartermaster. The stalls
for the horses are made of carved oak
The floor is made of a resistant bitumen,
designed in lozenges, and each stamped
with spread eagle.
Twenty thousand Swiss women earn a
| comfortable living by Matchmaking. They
make the movements, and even mostly put
them together. A few women are finish
ers The English W0n0n's Re0ieao says
Geneva has refused to employ women,
| and, totally lost the watch trade None OF
the so-called Geneva watches are made
there, but in .Neufchatel where women
have always been employed"
The King of Sweden is now upon his
travels. After visiting Berlin he will go by
way Of Frankfort to Vichy, where he will
| remain three weeks in order to take the
baths. The Queen and Princess Royal
| Louisa of Sweden accompany the King as
| far as Frankfort, and thence proceed to
Holland IA visit to the Queens family.
| They travel by the names of the Count
and Countess of Beckaskog. -
The Montreal newspapers are at
tempting to prove that "The Dominion" is
a much better place for emigrants than the
| Western States and give as a reason that
living is cheaper in Canada IsTb;a ,st- 10
of argument reminds one of the Iris,ma N
who, while Dragging that in County
Kerry you could fare sumptuously for q
sixpence, closed his remarks by saying
that the only difficulty was in getting the
pennies.
1t is said that at a recent audience
given by the sPope. an American Iadv
stepned forward upon the entrance of his
Holiness and with the peculiar nasal twano
| of the New England States TINS smoke
9 HOW do YOU do. Pope Plus Ninth?
lwant to introduce you Ito nv flarter
Jane" His Holiness appeared to take
the affair yery good .naturedly and to
appreciate the Joke. while the Americans
| present were overwhelmed with mortifica-
ton. aSIsla 3tso ystA1 Jsl3 ID s
! AN individual named Stanhope, in
England in order to test his wife's love,
hung his effigy. The old lady took the
matter quietly, told her daughter to go
four blocks to a shoemaker for loan of a
sharp knife TO- cut him down, and regretted
| that he had spoiled new clothes line. At
this the living husband, who had lain con-
cealed in closet, Jumped out, called the