Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-10-16
VARIOUS ITEMS.

| a BEECHER says he used to wash dishes
and hem towels. f. Ii. .,,-.v -; s,..,
CAN a printer who "sticks" type be
said to adhere to his profession
SCARCELY 900 young men year re-
ceive University education in England.
r. Four miles of new oyster beds have been
found in Long Island Sound. t.I7er,
QUEEN VICTORIA is the first English
sovereign who ever saw Switzerland. s.
u" BALLAST for the Grecian Bend" is ad-
vertised in New York store window.
QUEEN VICTORIA is in her fiftieth year,
aud has nine children and thirteen grand
children. q"
Mrs. STowELL, an aged lady, was
burned to death in Huntington, Mass, the
other day. g7sees siee4 se s.lt ni
A BOY was gored and almost killed by
mad bull, in New York, a few days ago
A VIRGINIA paper recently stopped the
press to acknowledge the gift of can OF
oysters. s5s a5aasJ .lisuou va
THE celebrated English race horse, Blair
Athol, was recently sold for about $4,000
in gold. a3a''oH'.'' sa'.'''i -
THERE went into the army from Massa-
chusetts, 1171 Smiths, III Browns, and
365 Joneses. .e-, .... .,,,......., ~
THE manufacture of the telegraph cable
to connect France with this country has
been commenced. o. H,a>e@fSf Sfa5 q
HOUSTON, Texas, is of the opinion that
in ten years she will be the "grandest
railroad center in the South" ,r
THE Inebriate Asylum, in Brooklyn,
has received over 100000 from license
fees collected in New York E.og ~
THE street lamp-lighters of Pittstield,
w. Mass, are two smart boys, the one
seven and the other nine years old.
In Riverdale, Mass, some excitement
has been occasioned by the poisoning of
cats and hens by eating CLAIMS. lso. $3.50
""DoG Shoes" for protecting the feet of
sporting dogs when running on stubble
fields, are proposed in England. ''
A MAN in Connecticut State Prison bled
himself to death, rather than spend two
years there for horse stealing. -.,;.,. 4sI.
AN unknown man, being ",tired of
life," both poisoned and shot himself, re-
Gently, in a hotel in Albany, N. Y.
Mrs, FLORENCE, the actress who had
brown hair last year, has retured from
Europe with hair of gorgeous golden
blonde.
NEW YORK journals advise rustic youths
to remain at home if they can possibly
live there, and not migrate to the metrop-
oils to starve.
In 1861 the number of bull fights that
took place in the principal cities of Spain
figured up to 245. In 1866 they increased
to $50. it
A VIENNA physician predicts another
visitation of cholera to the continent next
year, and says that it will make fearful
ravages. a -., s
ALL Germany is to assist in erecting a
bronze statue, in Berlin, in honor OF
Father John," the apostle of gymnastics
in the Faderland. 5sg -oe
FLEsH-CoLoRED CATERS, with the toes
stitched with black, to look as if the feet
were bare, are reported to be the newest
style. 4M aai.a 1..5ls
THE Cincinnati Orphan Asylum has
been operating thirty five years, and dur
ing that time there have been in it 16,053
inmates ~ ID .a,4 ya8 - f3s aas
WHO ever saw the "pale of society y
running over with the "milk of human
kindness?" If so, where was the cream
of the joke" l "TH72aai .3
AN actor, who had been maligned by a
Boston critic, glutted his revenge by ap-
pearing "made up" exactly like the critic,
and eliciting "roars of laughter"
RECENTLY, a boy performed an accident
al somersault over a ledge forty-five feet
high, at Gloucester, Mass, and alighted
not much the worse.
A New YORK paper reports four cases
at Quarantine" two of cholera morbus
and two of Grecian bend. The same REM
edies are applicable for ALL" .1.a ...-r
THE dance-house on Water street, New
York, Immediately above John Aliens
den, has been leased by the City Mission
.ary, and is henceforth to be used for relig-
ious purposes. ..... ..e,...
A TWO year old girl, named Lavina Luf-
kins, fell from the third story window of
a housein New Y ork, the other day, alight-
ing on her head, yet she was not seriously
injured.
ISABELLA, the ex-Queen of Spain, re-
Gently invested a large sum of money in
profitable stocks in this country--a part
OF the Investment being in the stock of
the Germantown (Pa.) Water Works.
EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT.
By one decisive argument s .e.
Tom gained his lovely Kate's consent
/ To fix the wedding day. l h
I'Why IlSdFy in q such ae haste, dear Tom, to wed'
snail not change my mind, - she said,
s4 . But then," says he, 81 may" a
A GREAT captive ballon' is the Lon
don sensation. 1t is 80 feet in diameter,
has lifting power of II tons, and will
take up 30 people to height sufficient to
show them one-tenth part of England. r
THERE is a mathematical genius in
Charleston, S. c., about ten years old, who
is represented to be a prodigy in the men
tai manGuvering of figures. The most
abstruse and difficult problems are solved
with rapidity said to be astonishing.
Mrs. CORNELIUS GIBSON, of Albany,
being told that the oil of bitter almonds
would cure the cough of her little child,
gave it dose, and in twenty minutes it
was relieved of the cough and every other
ailment and trouble in this world.
MYsTERIoUs red crosses marked on GER
agitated the gossips and lovers. Their
romantic fears subsidized on learning that
an old peddler had thus marked the houses
to indicate those he had visited.
A RESIDENT Of Bangor Me-, who fell
from the top of third story window, not
long since, escaped from death by keeping
his arms close to his body and drawing up
his legs while making his involuntary de-
scent. He was slightly injured.
A WIDOW who had just lost her husband
was weeping bitterly for the dear departed
A friend tried to console her. "No, no."
said the fair mourner, "let me have nv
cry out after that I sban't think apvth;nI,