Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-01-10
ClsEpIEaS AND DaTgPsNGS
miscellaneous Ktessas.

There are fourteen thousand Quakers
in Indiana. a.a.l 4. d, --.a
The valuation OF Maryland is $492,
e53,572.
1t now costs but twelve cents to send
letter to Europe. saF a'...aa
The Chicago street railroads earned
$4,000 for the past year. bro
Milwaukee expended $176, 900 in street
improvements last year. @.t s..s.
There are now 800 miles of paved
streets in New York city a...f...,
--One Of the Maine courts lately grant
ed forty divorces in single term. -..'.''
There are nearly 10000 members Of
temperance societies in New York city.
The gross income Of the Atlantic Tel
egraph Company is said to be about $4,000
per day. ..aa .g5..r.r
The last valuation of the property of
the State of Ohio is $1,140,000.000, half
the national debt. "
1t is said there are ten thousand men
in Montana who would be glad to get home
with empty pockets.
The Chief of the Cherokee nation is
anxious to have 3 newspaper in his CAPT
tai, printed in English and Cherokee,
The number of immigrants from Eu-
rope, who arrived in New York during
the past year, exceeds that of the previous
year by 1922. ~.
"A grandson of Daniel Boone, who
lived in Missouri, found the settlers getting
too numerous for him, and he emigrated
to Colorado.
Six thousand mules, twelve thousand
oxen and one thousand horses crossed the
Plains between July 1st and the Both of
September. -e.s. a..t. ....,t.
During the year ending November /,
nearly eighty million (79,925,000) persons
crossed the ferries leading to New York.
This is about double the entire population
of the United States
The Union Bank of Concord, N. H.,
after ten years of prosperity, has closed.
On each share of one hundred dollars it
paid two hundred and twelve dollars and
thirty cents %
Bean poles are among the leading pro-
ducts of Maine A million of them were
sent to Boston from Ellsworth and Tren-
ton. The average price is thirty cents
dozen.
commissioner Wilson is In receipt of
returns showing the disposal Of 30,177
acres of the public lands during the month
of November last at the local offices IN
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota.
The Washington monument has
reached the height of ia feet, at cost of
$4,000 1t is proposed to further ele-
vate it 374 feet. sH ..s.r ~.
The silk factory in East Bridgeport,
Conn, has resumed operations, after o
suspension of some weeks. They fur
nish employment to about two hundred
hands .sf ....,-. ..,l
The Senate having leveled the distinc-
ton between Senators and other people by
striking the Hon" from their names, the
Chicago Post supposes they fiatter them
selves that they are as good as the rest
of us. d. 2l'j
Laura Keene, according to a Detroit
paper, wishes to give an American game
ordered the game from Detroit firm.
two wild turkeys weighing forty seven
pounds. ...sr t-..
An arrangement has been; effected by
the Postmaster by which four mails will
leave New York for Europe each week
during the year 1868. The steamers will
also sail at later hour in the afternoon
than usual, In order to receive all mailsup
to noon.
DIR. Hall asssils the IDEA that men
rest by doing nothing. He says the only
healthful rest, as long as our physical con
dition remains as it is, is to be busy. Men
of force and industry will everywhere tell
you, g 1t is the hardest thing in the world |
to do nothing" .ttaseef4 afsf i1si
Statistics relating to the brevet system
show the total number conferred since the |
commencement of the war, TO be three |
five hundred and twenty seven, |
for various reasons. Among the recipients |
are included ccmmissaries, ordnance STIR
geons, quartermasters, chaplains, and sur
geons, few of whom ever looked into the |
muzzle of an enemy's gun.
accidents and Accidents.
The net profit of the Albany On. y |
Penitentiary, last year, was $21,346
Judge Barnard, of New York, has |
Just been swindled by bogus diamond |
broker to the tune of $4,000. Il s.EuJ
"A facetious stage driver in Iowa |
drained comrades whisky bottle as 3 |
joke, and died. 1t was bug poison.
An Indiana husband recently hung |
himself to get rid Of his wife, suc-
ceeding to their mutual satisfaction.
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