Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-05-09
Domestic Paragraph 8.

The first cost of Russian America
isabout two and half cents per acre in
gold.
strawberries have appeared in the
New York market, at seven dollars 9
quart. n. <4j}s#I
"A Scriptural student, who has just
heard of. the Russian treaty, says Uncle
Sam is like the prodigal son, because he is
wasting his substance in fur country.
The distance from New York, by rail
to Salt Lake, is 1929 miles, of which 1897
miles have been completed and, are in sue
cessful operation, leaving but 1859 miles to
be built ~ "A = = y
The Chicago Lake Tunnel, it is said
profited the contractors about $4,000
This will give them salary of about
$4,000 year each for their services-pret-
ty good wages. ~ 81 81
The Lorillard tobacco factory in New
York is the largest in the world. 1t pays
more than 81 100000 per year in taxes to
the Government, and spends $1,000 per
month for printing labels
The Postoffice Department is about to
sell at public auction some six thousand
daguerreotypes, ambroSypes, &c, that were
sent through the mail and finally found
their way TO the dead letter office
-Forepaugh's' immense menagerie and
circus will shortly exhibit under canvas in
New York The menagerie is said to be
the largest in the United States and in
cludes twenty-five cages of wild animals.
The infant elephant, twoinchesh high,
is one of the attractions.
An exchange tells that Oliver Day,
one of the Oldest settlers of Western New
York, took his first ride on the cars on
March Cd, although he had lived within
fortysrods of hesrailrOad for the last TWEEN
ty-five years. After he had got out of the
cars, he said that the ride had made him
"sea-sick."
Track laying recommended on the
Union Pacific Railroad on the Goth ult.
and will be prosecuted vigorously. Ties
enough are at the end of the road for one
hundred miles of road, and there are four
hundred miles of iron now in Omaha.
Grading will be done at the rate of two
miles per day. sg
AT the telegraph Office in San Fran
cisco there is q large mast erected, and,
when the line is open flag is flying, and
lowered when communication is inter
rupted This flag constitutes toa great
extent, the commercial thermometer OF
the metropolis of the west, and bust
ness! rises or is depressed in a correspond
ing ratio.
in New York jew butcher has been
arrested and bound over under $500 bail
for cruelty to animals, by cutting the
throat of q bullock instead of first knock
ing him on the head. The rites of the
Jews forbid them to kill animals in any
other way and they will strenuously
oppose this new order of things, which
they claim is an infringement upon theil
religion. a,-a. Hse siea ,.iiol4
Ernest Sheerer, of Philadelphia, hav
ing promissory note falling due, under
took to get rid of its payment Monday in
rather surreptitious manner. He callee
upon the holder, asked for and received the
note as if he intended to pay lie and imme
diately transferred it to a capacicus mouth
and at one gulp took it down. He was ar
rested and committed to Jail in default o.
$1,000 bail. ~ t
1t is said that the salaries-the fees, We
presume--of lawyers in the United State.
amount to $50, 000,0 900; that the keeping o
criminals costs $12 ,O0c, 900; that the dog
require $10,000,000 for their subsistenc,
and entertainment, and the preacher
$6,000,000, and that there is more grum
bling about the expense of suppOrtin,
ministers and religious institutions thai
about all the others named;