Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-07-23

Rhode Islander, VINO once had the mis-
fortune to occupy cell in that institu-
ton.
THE gradual disappearance of strip
of land about 30 by 100 feet, and covered
with trees etc., near Fort Wayne, Ind, is
causing considerable comment. There is
supposed to be an underground river or
lake, causing its slow wasting away.
A. WHITE, of Craftsbury, Vermont,
while recently cutting a hemlock tree,
found embedded in it four ounce bottle
OF French glass. The tree was nearly all
sound, and the bottle must have been
there nearly half a century. r.- .gf
THE towns of Wallingford and Shrews-
bury, VT, are much excited over the dis
covery of valuable "lead mountain "
within their territory. Some of the rock
has been blasted out and specimens sent
to New York, Boston and Washington
for examination. vaEsB
SOME men were loading baled hay upon
Lake Superior propeller, at Detroit, a
few DAYS ago, when they were startled by
a terrible Kissing, which came from bale
partially burst open, and a badly press
ed black snake, four feet long, wriggled
out. .s
THE temperance people of New Hamp-
shire have decided to hold a State Con
vention the coming fall, and will advo-
cate the putting up of separate city, town
and county tickets. 1t is quite probable
that they will nominate an Independent
candidate for Governor.
A coLoRED woman, near Charleston, S.
c., was bitten by rattlesnake few days
ago, while picking berries, and the poison
r. let a1,
ately ensued. Modification spread so ra-
pidly that it was necessary to bury her
on the spot. l5a
GENERAL JOEL A BATTLE, of Tennessee,
recently recovered plain gold watch
which had been taken from the dead body
of his son on the battle field of Shiloh. 1t
was returned by Federal officer who
recognized the family name engraved
thereon.
THERE are one hundred and thirty COM
positors employed to set the types of the
London Times, sixty by day and seventy
at night: while eleven foremen and as
sistants direct their movements. Twen-
ty-four persons are required to read proofs,
and three are employed merely to pull
the proofs. ~'"
The hack drivers of Springfield, Mass,
are laughing at bridegroom, at re-
cent fashionable wedding in that city,
who drew from his plethoric purse the
sum of ten cents as bonus to the hack
driver that carried him and his and their
trunks from the church good half mile
to the depot. ta
About a month ago at Grand Rapids,
a young man named Wicker, carpenter,
stepped on nail, which ran through the
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but this seemed in a fair way to get well,
when he was taken with 1ock-jaw and
died
A SHOCKING case of destitution has re-
Gently been discovered on Staten Island.
A German, named Jacob Ultrich, with his
family, consisting of wife and six chill
dren, became located in a cellar in Clifton
eight or ten days before, no one knows
and two others were in dangerous con-
dition
A YOUNG man who could not dance at.
tended an excursion party to Glymont,
below Washington, on the Potomac, and
because his sweetheart could dance, and
would, leaving him to his own poor
amusement, he hung himself upon tree,
but was cut down. Then he tried the
river, but, having been watched, he was
saved again.
A NEW alloy, forming beautiful white
metal, very hard and capable of taking a
brilliant polish, is obtained by melting to-
gether about seventy parts of copper,
twenty of nickel, five and a half of zinc
and four and a half of cadmium. This
alloy has been recently made in Paris for
the manufacture of spoons and forks,
which resemble articles of silver. t
WHEN the King of Prussia was, the
other day, at Hanover, he lifted up very
pretty little girl, evidently the daughter
of aristocratic parents. He asked the
child, "What is your name? ?" HMy name
is Annie" said the little girl, who, after a
hesitation, added II like you,
big King; but father and mother don't"
The King kissed her, and shrugged his
shoulders, with melancholy smile.