Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-11-29

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A negro died lately at Yazoo, Miss sun.
posed to have been one hundred and sevsy,
years old. He was reputed to hsve bee,,
! the servant of Dr. Corbin, the A torneu
General Of Virginia in the days of Georos
| III, prior to the Revolution.
| "A woman in Indianapolis found
burglar in her room, filling a bag with
articles of jewelry ard wearing aDnarel
She procured revolver, cooked and nra'
sented 1t to the robbers head, and allowed
him to depart upon promise of reform.
Two Swedish laborers in Rock Island
county, Ill, were attacked by highway
ropDers Inc other evening, beaten until
| senseIess, and robbed. The skull of ore is
fractured, and he will probably die. The
Ioooers were arrested, and proved to be
iaoorers on neighboring farm. -.
At Cobourg, N. Y, is a two,nonths
old baby named Lily Lev. WHO weighs chs
two and half pounds. AT her birth She
weighed just pound. "A gentlemsn's
ring passes over her hand to the elbow
and pair of shoes two inches Ione are
altogether too large forsher. uF 7 ~
One Hoover, German silver platter
at Lafayette, Indiana, was found in his
room the other morning with CHASTITY
wound in his throat, from which, be NAV
possibly recover. He left a note, desiring
1t TO be put IN the paper that he tried
10 nang myself hrst, then poison, then the
A few days ago Joseph L. Stevens of
Manchester, N H., was pouring Babbitt
metal INTO mold the mold being damp,
the molten metal scattered over lis face
ana as ne lnyoluntarily closed his eyes,
the lids were sealed down bv the metal
ciottlng in the lashes; thus, as if by mir
acle, saving his sight. @4fs&
Eva Brand, young married lady at
Pittsburgh, kindled fire in her kitchen
stove, recently, and before she had replaced
the cover on The stove, overturned q bottle
of refined oil, which stood on a shelf i'm,
medlately over the fire. which came in con
tact with the flames, and thus ipnitine her
clothing, which had also become saturated
with oil She was fearfully and probably
fatally burned. A7s aaas. :. i,seE -Iaisss
singular case of petrifation has
come to light in Hartford, Conn. The
body OF William Butler, which was buried
thirteen years ago In the old North bury
ing ground, has just been exhumed for re.
lnterment in the Spring Grove Ce1netry
On removing the body it was found com
pietely petrified or changed to a substance
resembling limestone, and SO heavy that
four men could with difficulty carry it,
err E0resga GOSSIP.
The meteoric shower in Paris was
very brilliant. 9unfafaws fgT
"A converted burglar breaches in
Wilton, England. 2"
1t is said that Matthew Arnold will be
the Poet Laureate of England
The French troops are preparing to 90
into winter Quarters at Civlta Vecchia.
There are forty thousand children in
Manchester, England, who do not attend
school
An old servant of an English lord has
fallen heir to fortune of million pounds
sterling. 1'' t'4'e' -"ts 81 39ii9
Monte Rotondo, the scene of Garibal-
dis defeat, is small town of 1 200 souls,
ten miles northeast of Rome. : E,rse 2
The price of rat skins, for the purpose
of making gloves, is higher now in Paris
than 1t has ever been before. sss i7a93
The throwing of vitriol on ladies'
dresses is said to have become a fayorite
mode OF dolng mischief in the London
streets.
I In Trinidad-one of the West India
islands--there is pitch lake of nearly one
hundred acres, which is capable of sup
plying the world. 2 g1asTI lsEL8
The Royal Academy of Music, at
Freiberg, has one hundred and twenty
students, of whom fifty are Americans.
The latter stand high. lss#ssiea s7,4q
Louis Napoleon has given $4,000
francs towards 100000, which an explorer
named Lambert wants for polar expedi-
ton via Behring Straits. r'le i-aa S8
Black satin is the great fashion in
Paris now for all visiting robes. They are
slightly wadded when worn for walking
costumes. sf Fcssi a.s.li -f74yd0rw
1t appears from official statistics that
one or another of the West India islands
suffers from hurricane almost every year.
Danish statistics show that since 1918 st.
Thomas has been visited by seven similar
calamities at intervals varying from sixteen
to thirty years. .-.,' ..:'-...t $50