Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-01-03
CLIPPINGS AND DRIpPINGs.
Persosal and Literary.

hsh " A sisters Bye Hours. - S-s -
DU CHAILLU has Juvenile book in
press, "Stories of the Gorilla country.
ALBERT ID. RICHARDSON and Richard
T. Colburn are writing the life OF General
Grant 49,
DICKENS was offered $500 to sit for his
photograph, by an enterprising Boston
artist.
RoEBLING, the Suspension Bridge engl-
neer, is farming in Iowa on little patcn
of $4,000 acres.
? A NEwBURYPeRT gentleman OF eighty
three has just taken a young rwife-nls
first venture in matrimOny.S T. es
HON. GEORGE w. MARTIN, Chief JUS
tice of Michigan, died at Detroit, Deem
Der 18th. . 10 5n0s1sI-j3 q 1s'a.1.3''-lS
q "GEN. CUSTER neither drinks, swears,
norIlses tobacco" This is remarkable, all
three being quite Custer mary in the army.
) Mr.. ARMINIUs VAMBERY, the Asiatic
traveller, is about to publish book Tor
boys, under the title OF /" Adventures In
Asia" 40
7 Mr.. JAMES RENN1E, author of Insect
Architecture, and other works OF natural
history, died recently in Australia at the
age Of eighty-one. 4193 fis2 .@ut.aa
MRS. GENERAL STERLING PRICE has re-
Gently received $4,000 insurance upon
the life of her husband in a Connecticut
life insurance company. ll'mmoo b9jHIoq
MAJOR FRANCIS j.. SKUNK, of the Ord
nance Corps, died suddenly, at Richmond,
Va, on the 10th. He was son of Gov.
Skunk, of Pennsylvania, and graduated at
West Point in 1853. na0Y hazf eyeb 9dT
I. A LETTER from Mexico says of Presi-
dent Juarez, that he resembles Douglas in
muscle, President johnson in self-will,
Schuyler Colfax in suavity, and Everett
in precision and style. ~ 30 hsn9ao asa 5
ROBERT M. DOUGLAS. and Stephen A.
Douglas, sons of the late Senator Douglas,
were lately on a visit to their relatives IN
North Carolina. Robert M. Is nineteen
years. of age, and Stephen, A. is seventeen.
. 1IH miscellaneous atesns. 1901 II
. The making of jewelry boxes employs
1900 persons in New York; .i45bie9rq
The /" hot skate is the last invention.
The heat comes from chemical arrange
ment. gaIE.f4 lq3aaE .Ys1Hsss4 4
-Prussic acid, in minute doses, is de-
clared to be a cure for cholera and inter-
mittent fever 1t is a very dangerous
remedy. 2 W .o3 sfglJ ,lsiTEM dna
I" Orders have been received at the
Charlestown (Mass.) navy yard for the
discharge of 80 per cent. of the force OF
employees in the mechanical department
r Affirm in Hubbardston, Mass, is man.
ufacturing a rocking chair without rock
ers, the desired motion being supplied by
steel springs, ingeniously arranged under
the seat. 3. ....,s 3, a., -.,;...,.e. ~
z The Boston Post admits that the new
style Of hoop-skirts don't give the ladies
as much room as the old pattern; butthen
it gives every body else good deal more
room. ..r .-....,,, -: -;
b Lake Erie is fed by one Underground
stream that is seventy feet deep where il
enters the earth, and does not reappear
until its waters have mingled with those
of the lake. 5gG ,s@ufu3Tq 7o9 Ii
An Alabama editor recently made a
wholesale black-mail speculation, by an
nouncing that if bottle of champagne
should be sent him, he would refrain from
mentioning ga certain little affair" He
received seven bottles from seven persons,
with seven notes, requesting him to keep
shady" -'S' '' ''''
Late dates from Montana say that the
John Cinnamon Of Virginia City were
about to hold an election to ascertain
which of their number, in their opinion,
had been guilty of certain act of incen-
diarism; each one placing in a box the
name Of the person he thought guilty, and
the one receiving the highest number OF
votes to be punished with death. 81. -.
The New York Constitutional Con-
vention adjourned December 20, to meet
at Troy, January IA. A motion to remain
in Albany was defeated by 81 to 60, and
the invitation of Troy was accepted, "a
to 81. 1t is expected the adjourned ses-
sion will continue six weeks. The most
important question remaining is in rela-
ton to the government of cities.
y The Travellers Insurance Company
of Hartford recently examined into the
case of Joseph Brown, who claimed a
$4,000 policy on the life of little girl
who was burned to death in his house in
Canaan N. Y, some days since. The body
of the child was .exhumed, and marks of
heavy blows were found upon the back of
the head 1t is thought probable the child
was murdered before the house was set en-
fire. .., ~. l..,.. -a., r. ,H., h..-.g.... u.
The Cunard steamers are to be with
drawn from Boston. Mr. E. Cunard writes
that "when we have been sending an
average of 1850 tons of freight every
week, or 10000 tons per month from New
York, we have been unable to get 500 or
900 tons once fortnight at one half rates,
and a good deal of the little freight OBJ
tanned in Boston was sent on from New
York, or purchased for New York account,
the low rates of freight being the induce
ment." - a3f taa :y ,@t2 u1.0 F.,
In his Ledger story, Dickens assumes
the position that first impressions, based
on the first sight of a face, usually prove
correct, though they may for time be
explained away, if unfavorable, by the
tact of the person so judged. He also
says in relation to another kindred matter :
81 have known vast quantity of nom
sense talked about bad men not looking
you in the face Don't trust that conven-
tional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty
out of countenance, any day in the week,
if there is anything to be got by it,"
in Boston horse that had for long
time drawn q steam engine to fires was
temporarily exchanged for one that had
never performed that service. The night
when the change took place fire occurred,
but the firemen could not make any use
of the city aniaal which proved 'balky
and totally unmanageable. The regular
anima! confined in the city stables, on
hearing the fire-bells, amused itself by
kicking down the stall, and everything
else within the reach of its heels, in its
anxiety to get out and go to the fire.
The following are the names Of the
off,o g.. IL of not OF
Base Ball Convention President, George
u Qoo5, &c Ab;r. Vica praeidants M