Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-01-31

t nols State Agric cultural Society repor
! the receipts of the past year 1874 81
and the expenses 1924, 906.65, leaving
balance in the treasurer's hands o
: $8,068.17.
That the feminine folly of tight lac
ing is not wholly abandoned is proved b.
the death of New York lady the othe
day from apopleXy of the lungs, super
|, induced by closely binding her body will
steel corsets. SO the coroner's jury said
DIR. Knight, of Waterbury, CT, ha,
, brought o suit for $4,000 damages agains
the Goodyear Rubber Company, of Nau
, gatuck, claiming that an accident from
which he suffered was caused by his horse
taking fright at the company7s factory
whistle. -sF
"A COW in West Brattleboro,. VT, re-
Gently lost large part of her tongue by
its being bitten off by horse standing il
an adjoining stall. The cow was accus
toned to steal the hay of her neighbor
who showed his resentment by depriving
the culprit of the "unruly member"
"A lady in Lawrence, Mass, suddenly
awose in the night with the impression
that her little girl was in danger Feeling
her way in the dark to the child's crib,
ldirected by a strong impulse, she put her
finger into the little sleeper's mouth, and
to her astonishment took from thence a
large pin.
l-y--Geo. w. Williams has been arrested
at Boston and bound over for. trial in
$4,000 for forging Government stencils 1t
is alleged that he is the party who made
and furnished the revenue stencils
which were used extensively in the Buff
falo and Boston whisky frauds some
months since
Miss Gilbert, the daughter'of wealthy
New York tradesman, ran off with her
fathers clerk, who was promoted from the
office OF coachman, and got married to
him. She returned after having been
away three days, when her father gave
her her clothing, packed her off to her
husband, and told her to come home no
more. & 3 = ~ ava =E ss
"A weather prophet in Michigan, who
| squares his practice as farmer in accord
ance with his own predictions, thereby
showing faith in them, prognosticates as
follows: LIST. About the middle of Janua-
~ there will be thorough thaw. I'd.
February will be very moderate. 3D.
About the 9th of March it will begin to
be cold--very cold. 9TH. We shall have
an open winter and very late spring.
f. The Kansas papers state that several
cases Of poisoning have occurred in that
State from parties eating buckwheat flour
IN which the seeds Of the "jimpson"
weed had been mixed and ground. The
symptoms are Intense thirst, followed by
crying and laughing fits, in which the
pupil of the eye becomes greatly dilated,
and finally delirium sets in. No one. has
yet died OF 1t, butseyeral persons have
81 -. I,xc~
lily of four was thus poisoned. TsF
"A young man who got married at the
Phillips House, Dayton, Ohio, Christmas
eve, shortly after midnight alarmed all the
dodgers with the doleful wailings and
lamentations that proceeded from his room.
A crowd of hastily dressed persons gath
cred about his door, supposing that there
might bea murder going on inside An
investigation, however, showed that the
new bridegroom, who had never been
from home before, and felt uncomfortable
among strangers, was simply "baWling
for his mother"
Some time ago little daughter of |
Mr.. Bowers mysteriously disappeared from |
Sandusky, Ohio, and was supposed to have |
been stolen by gypsies. Since then the
father and mother of the child have been
constantly searching for the lost one, but
without SUCCESS. They have once or twice
obtained traces Of the gypsy family trav-
cling with mule team, and having with
them q white child, but have not been
able to overtake them. The mother
writes We have found five or six little
children that are supposed to have been
stolen, and we must find ours, although it
is long, dreary waiting" g
- Industrial.
The wool production of California
to 100000 pounds last year.
Minnesota Journalism represents
100000 capital; st. Paul figures for
$175000 .t. e.. - ..4s.l
"A druggist in Boston makes eau de
Cologne, which is exported to Cologne,
and sells there. is5r. '-l@v.
!. The Portland (Me) Kerosene Oil
Company made 100000 gallons of oil from
Albert coal in 1857. '''s@ 'oi'
The population of Allegheny City,
Penn, is estimated at -5O,OO0; 023 new
were erected last year.
"A fine black marble deposit has been
opened by men blasting rock on the
Duchess g. Columbia IN. Y } Railroad.
Over 10000 bottles of mineral water
oAO SUN III 4NCW AOlA CFCAy Ndy db bulS
season, and nearly twice that number in
warm weather.
The receipts of treasure at San Fran
cisco from the interior and coastwise for
the quarter ending December 81, were
over $12,00O,000.
The working people of Boston have
Workingmen's party" to act
of all others in National,
State, and local politics.
The Mormons have imported the ma
,hinery for and set in operation three {
WOODEN mills in Utah, the past season.
There was one there before, owned by
Brigham Young. .....a
The capital stock Of the Western Union
Telegraph, according to the last annual re-
port, is $40,350, 400. The profits of last
5ear's business, after paying dividends,
amounts to $495,734 aI ,a73qa1a IS ~
The Grant Locomotive Works in Pat !
3rson, New Jersey, are closed for want of l
work. The wages of the men, however,
will be paid, less twenty-five per cent, ..
while the works are idle. z
Nearly all the mills at Holyoke, Mass,
ire running on short time, and are turning
Ut all extra help, and some are reducing
wages 1t is almost impossible to get work
If any kind in that town. -
The depression in New England has
brown out of work about 100000 people
10, 900 in Maine, 10000 in New Hamp t
hire, 10000 in Connecticut and Rhode {
Stand, and 1905 in manufacturing Mas