Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-21

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ambulance wagons is set apart for this
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| DURING late hail storm at Wellsboro,
| Penn, sheet of ice measuring about
| two feet square and three inches thick fell
| from the clouds with the hail stones.
| A BRILLIANT lady at ball in Saratoga
sent to newspaper correspondent memo
randum of the size of her waist and the
great cost of her toilet. She understood
the tricks of the market.
JOHN HARVEY TUCKER, London bar
rister, who was graduated at Yale College
in 1895, died at Somerville, Bermuda, on
| the Goth ult. Yale now has only four sur
vivors among the graduates of the last CEN
fury.
! A FARMER near Davenport, Iowa,
while binding wheat, stuck thorn into
his hand, poisoning it so as to kill and
putrefy the flesh on his hand, and make
a1nputation probably necessary.
| NAPOLEON and his family and guests
lately had a spelling match. The Empe-
ror missed nine times, the Prince Imperial
eleven, Prince Metternich six, and the
literateur, Octave Feuillet, was the worst
ofall, having fourteen faults.
THE number of emigrants passing west
ward through the city of Milwaukee, du-
ring the past year, comprised 5000 Nor
wegians, 5000 Swedes, 1000 Germans and
afew hundred Bohemians, Hollanders, and
Frenchmen.
THREE little girls of Patterson, NJ,
family recently murdered neighbor
about their own age, by throwing her in
a well, to obtain her fine clothes. One
of the murderesses, Sarah Long, ten
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/ Newark.
THE entire dist riot swept by the great
flood in Baltimore is coated with sticky,
Shiny mud to the depth of six or eight
inches, and the smell arising from the mix
ture is very offensive and dangerous to the
health of the city.
THE number of cigars sold per day on
Broadway, New York, is estimated at
10000. Broadway expends upon its cigars
$4,000 per day, or $2O50,850 yer year. 1t
is estimated that in the city Of New York
75,000,000 cigars are consumed yearly, the
total cost of which is $9,750,000.
A RICHMOND lady sent silver urn to
her once great wealth. The people pres
emit who knew her made up heavy purse,
put it in the urn, and sent it back to the
owner.
W. G.. RAYMOND, near Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, lost his voice for two weeks, in con-
sequence of sun-stroke. He suddenly re-
covered it the other day by an almost
compulsory effort to halloo at team likely
to run away.
A LARGE rock, weighing about twelve
tons, broke loose from the side of Lookout
Mountain, recently, and rushing down,
struck the dwelling of Mr.. Geo. Ashcroft,
instantly killing his wife and her infant
and injuring seriously three other chill
dren.
In Russia, for distance Of nearly forty
miles around ST.. Petersburg, immense
rigor of last winter. Many oaks, ASH and
walnut suffered greatly, and the maple
trees seem to have been almost entirely
destroyed.
AN American student at Heidelberg
rather astonished the German youth there
by accepting challenge and choosing pis
tolls. Their ridiculous sword fights were
too small play for him. He shot his an
tagonist dead, and since then Americans
are allowed to study in peace.
THE mechanics employed on the United
States Courthouse and Post Office build
ing being erected in Springfield, ILL.,, are
working on the eighthour system, and re-
ceiving full pay at the old rates.
A PUBLIC clock at Sherburne Falls is
so unmusical in its striking, that dying
woman, as she heard its sounds for the
last time, remarked: ooh, sister, how l
do pity you who must stay here and listen
to that awful clock"
WHEN the Hindoo priest is about to
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beautiful sentiments: "Little baby, thou
around thee smile. Contrive SO to live
that you may depart in smiles, while all
around you weep"
THE number of thrashing machines in
the country is set down at 225,000, and it
is estimated that they can save five per
cent. more of the grain than the fail.
This would save the country more than
100000 bushels Of grain, worth at least
! $30000,000.
A MAN named Allen, leader of gang
of thieves, recently imprisoned at Man
chester, N. H., had key constructed of
tin, with which he could open almost any
door of the prison, and with six other
prisoners had arranged everything for an
escape, when they were detected
On Sunday, the 10th ultimo, as Mr.. w.
Ell. Wilson, Quartermaster's clerk at Brazos
de Santiago, was taking stroll on Padre
Island, he accidentally stumbled on an
old iron box, about four inches square,
which was found to contain diamonds,
emeralds and rubies, worth at least
100000.
DR. WooLsEY, President of Yale Col
iege, in an article designed to show the
necessity of revision of the loose legisla-
ton governing the marital relations, says
that in Connecticut during the last eight
years there were 2,010 divorces, or nearly
one to every eleven of the marriages in
the State.
FROM July 20 to August 5, 2,724 emf
grants arrived at the port of New York,
making total of 1855 against 154, $780,
arrived to same time last year. The COM
mutation of passengers amounted to $685.
5000, and the disbursements to $780,
| 90243. There is balance in bank, at date
of Sill, 26794
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN left by will, $1,000
to the young married artifcers of the town
of Philadelphia, and like amount to
those of Boston-both ON the same terms
the rate of interest being five per cent.
Somewhat curiously, the Boston fund has
accumulated $125,365, while that of Phil
adelphia has only reached $65,467.
THE recent medical investigation on the
body of the late General Halpine, showed
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