Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-03-13
Foreign Gossip.

| The Japanese have published q his
tory of our late rebellion. We haven't
read it.
| The story of separation between
| Victor Hugo and his wife is said to be
totally false. ~, ee .at.
European astronomers are preparing
to observe the great eclipse of the sun this
year, in the Himalayas.
The daughter of wealthy merchant
in Edinburgh recently received presents
at her wedding worth 100000. aEi
"A lady advertised in the London Times
for governess, and had to put in another
notice the next day to head off 200 appli-
cants 8 Ft. o5
The London fire brigade recently
spent several hours hunting up an aurora
borealis, which was supposed to be great
fire in the suburbs.
A clerk in st. Thomas (Canada) dry
goods store has been put in Jail to prevent
him from killing young lady who has the
bad taste not to love him.
The effect of the rebellion in China
has been to bring about mixture of the
several dialects in the empire, forming
them into a jargon which may, in time,
become the universal language of the
Chinese. u 9 ga 3lsa
Two hundred and forty-two deaths
from lightning strokes have been registered
in England and Wales during the fourteen
years between 1862 and 1866. Almost all
of them were cases of persons following
outdoor occupations.
AS illustrating the cannibalistic pro-
pensitis of New Zealanders, an English
paper reports that firm wishing to dis
pose of large stock of prepared meat,
caused it to,be labeled " Canned Missiona-
RES" and the natives cleaned out the stock
in two days.
1t seems that there are grades, even
among the tradesmen of London. One of
the papers advertises, among other schools,
one "where the daughters of old tradesmen
may receive good education without as
sociating with the daughters of mushroom
merchants and quasi gentlemen
The largest penguins of the Antarctic
ocean exhibit a curious popularity in the
place of deposit of the single egg laid by
them. This, instead of being placed in
nest, as with other birds, is held between
the legs and feathers of the belly, and
transported by the bird wherever it goes
until Matched. No.
During the hearing of recent case
at the Staffordshire assizes, in England,
two young girls of fourteen were examined
who could neither write no read, who had
never been at school, church or chapel,
and had never heard of the Bible. They
were employed in the kitchens of canal
boats. 5e9 @
--Theed's bronze statue of the late
Prince Albert has lately been elevated to its
pedestal, which is composed of large gran
lite blocks, and situated about quarter of a
mile east of Balmoral. The prince is rep
resented as deerstalker, with his right
hand resting on the head of a large shaggy
staghound by his side. He holds rifle in
his left hand, and his face is turned toward
his island home. ass a t
gT A curious story is told of the suicide
of young Fourteenth Ward Democratic
politician in New York, named James j.
Burke, who was employed in the Office of
the Receiver of Taxes. 1t appears that
he called on Saturday Goth ult.) at the
Comptroller's Office to receive his salary
for the month of February, which was
due on that day. He was informed that
the entire months salary Of the city en-
ployes had been levied upon and retained
for political purposes by the Tammany
ring and that he would have to live
without money for the next thirty
days. On going home from his work
that day he babe his wife good-by
and shot himself through the heart. The
Coroner got together a Democratic jury,
q Al.