Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-03-19
FACTS AND FIGURES.

ENGLAND raises ninety five per cent. of
the meat she eats.
MADAME VANYAs, an old huckster
woman in Paris, is worth 100000.
THE butler of the Princess Metternich
| gets about the same salary as President
| Grant. ..........
THE Memorial Methodist church at
! Washington cost $250,0O0, and will scat
1000 people.
THIRTY-oNE million acres of land in
| the Kingdom of Great Britain are unculti-
waited.
Snow fell in Montreal, Canada, in the
month of February to the unusual depth
of seventy-thre inches. The total fall for
the winter was 139 inches.
AN acre of land contains 1880 square
feet. A square with sides of 20S feet and
55a inches will contain an acre.
DR. HAYES, the Arctic explorer, says
the biggest iceberg he ever saw was three
miles in circumference and over 1900 feet
thick.
THE society for the protection of desti-
tute Roman Catholic children, in New
York, received and cared for 1904 little
ones in 1868.
THE volunteers in Great Britain number
10000 men, and the Government con-
tributes $1,000,0O0 toward the general ex-
penses.
FROM 1853 to 1868 there were 1888
American vessels wrecked. Loss $685.
702, ,876-an average per day OF one and
half vessels and $53 000.
A NEW ORLEANS widow of fifty years
has eloped with youth of two and twen-
ty A family of two married daughters
and son objected to the match.
OLD Faneuil Hall, Boston, was first
built and presented to the town by Peter
Faneuil in 1742 Il was destroyed by fire
in 17Gl, and rebuilt 10 1888 1t was en-
largcd to its present size in 1905.
IT is stated that several boxes of guineas,
of the coinage of George the Third, have
been recovered from the wreck of the
British frigate Hussar, sunk with a large
amount of treasure in the East river, in
1884. l, .'., ,s'lss .r..
TIE Inauguration of Gen. Grant is said
to be tie first inauguration of Chief Mag
istrate of the United States which has
been witnessed by the father of the prin-
cipal character of the great national
drama.
LONDON has thirteen Mary Ann streets,
forty-seven James, thirty seven Edward,
lDFby -olA SuhilCS, bWOhDJ
thirty.six Henry, eighty John, fifty
eight Elizabeth, thirteen Jane, four Emma
and seven Emily streets. There are fifty
two New streets.
BEFORE NJ Haussnann undertook to i'm
prove Paris, the annual civic expenditures
did not exceed $4,000 francs His estimates
for this year amount to 124,000,000 francs,
while the debt has gradually swelled from
"a, 900 to 1,023, 100000 francs, inc yearly
interest on which is 90 ,000,0 ,00C francs.
THE 10000 citizens of Rome can at
tend 385 churches, all of which contain
numerous chapels, with alters, at which
masses are constantly being celebrated. In.
deed it is estimated that 5000 masses are
said daily in Rome On Sunday more are
sung than on week days, that being the
only distinction. - u 7a
A FARMER in Griswold, Conn, has pub
lished an account of turkeys raised and
sold, with expenses and profits, from June,
1868, TO January, 1869. as follows: Credit
--o8 turkeys killed, ,426 lbs, at % cents
per h., $385.02; 3 turkeysnot killed, esti-
mated at 50; total 1894 o. Debtor--110
bush corn at 81 so, $165; cost of butcher
ing, 'etc, $40; total, $175. Net profit,
$4,000. q ~