Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-24

In Cleveland, recently woman jumped
into the river to drown herself Her dress
caught a projecting root and she was dis
covered and rescued. Her husband re-
fused to assist in getting her out Of the
water, saying she ought to be drowned.
PREPARATIONS are making to raise the
wrecks of the ships of war sunk in Charles
ton harbor during the war. They consist
of the Weehawken, Housatonic and Guy
ascutis, the last named being the subma
rine boat which sunk the Housatonic.
A LITTLE girl, on hearing her mother
say that she intended to go to ball, and
have her dress trimmed with bugles, in
nocently inquired if the bugles would blow
while she danced ooh, no." said the
mother, "your father will do that when
he discovers have bought them"
SOME sharp individual in Cincinnati has
been selling old potatoes for new. The
old stock of potatoes left over was manip-
ulated by chemical process, and the
tough jackets of the neshannock and
peachblow were made to resemble the ten
der skin of the early potato.
A FACTORY girl in Fall River recently
returned roll of bills amounting to near
ly 5000, which had been inadvertently
done up in package of goods she had
purchased in store in that city. She re-
fused to accept any reward in money, but
was prevailed upon to take good dress
pattern.
New YORK scoundrels hire letter boxes
in the post Office, and giving names nearly
like those of permanent firms, rely upon
the carelessness of clerks to put letters de-
signed for others into their boxes In this
manner they get hold of many letters con-
tanning money or valuable information.
ARTEMUs WARD went to his hotel late
one night, and, calling a waiter, said to
him: "James, has Mr.. - manning the
proprietor of the hotel gone TO bed ?"
7" es, SIR" "Then, James, wish you to
go to him and wake him up, and tell him,
with my sincere regards, that the price of
liberty is eternal vigilance"
THE total valuation Of the real and per
sonal property of New York City, liable
to taxation, foots up this year to $9O0, 1885,
1877, against 1881, 669, 813, last year, being
an increase of SIG, 1864. This increase
is due mainly to the rise of real estate in
upper wards. This year the rate of taxa
ton will be about $3.50 per $1,000; last
year it was $3.50.
II
while sitting IN the gallery of the Connec-
ticut Legislature, when that body was put
ting through divorce cases, wrote the fol
lowing impromptu:
''For cut-ting all connections famed
C0naaect-i-cat is fairly named;
/ twain connect in one, but you
CIT those whom L connect in two.
Each legislator seems to say,
What you connecticut away "
STOPPING at village tavern in New
Jersey, there came a thunderstorm, and
Captain Hall, surprised that sparse
country should have reached such per
lection in these meteorological manufac-
lures, said to a by-stander: Why, you
have very heavy thunder here" "Well,
yes" replied the man, we du, considering
the number of inhabitants"
SoME inhuman creature-an Italian
has been placarding the streets of Phila-
delphia, announcing the exhibition of
living "headless rooster" The admit
lance charged was fifteen cents. Some
one, cruel to degree, had cut from liv-
ing fowl all of the head except the brain,
had healed the wound by means OF plas-
tiers, and had sustained life in the body of
the mutilated fowl by introducing Indian
meal into its craw by artificial means
JOdN n. ENOS, dUOu0 -" Noto u "SC,
walked few days since, from the monu-
ment in Peabody, Mass, to the Eastern
Railroad depot, in Boston, and return, de-
clared to be "a distance of twenty-eight
miles, in five hours and thirty eight min
utes, an average of mile in eleven and
three-fourths minutes. The time made by
Weston in his walk on June 4, for TWEEN
ty-eight miles, was six hours, nine minutes
and twenty five and half seconds
A DRY GOODS house in Boston, having
frequently missed valuable goods from
their stock, determined to set a close
watch upon their customers, one day, and
the result was the detection Of four
women in the act of stealing. Two of
them were elegantly dressed, and proved
to be mother and daughter, named
Hollis, living in Charlestown, A search
of their premises discovered four trunks
full of costly goods, all supposed to be
stolen from various dealers.
4 YOUNG Chinaman, in San Francisco,
made mp his mind to foFsake the customs