Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-03
CURRENT ITEMS.


THERE- are 2o,059 miles of telegraph in
France. --- l&N ---.
SAN FRANCISCO has cooperative boot
filters association.
THERE is a town in Colorado named
Purgatory.
Poor CARLoTTA's case has been finally
decided as being hopeless.
AT recent fire in Gorham, Me-, the
engines were worked by women.
GEORGIA grows the tallest men in the
United States; New York averages the
shortest.
THE bridal tour of Richmond couple
consisted in walk to Jail, they having
stolen.furniture.
THE chess s-players of Michigan intend
holding their second annual tournament
at Detroit, January Is.
ANGELINA HoNEYsUcKLE THISTLE
DOWN is the name of beautiful young
lady of Providence, r.. /. - -
THE Rev. Henry Boehm is the oldest
living Methodist itinerant preacher His
age is 95, and for 63 years he has been in
the ministry.
THE public schools of Columbus, Ga,
have recently received $1,000 from the
Peabody fund, having previously had
$4,000, and are now free from debt.
A BEeaAR in England carries a physi-
leans certificate, which, when deciphered,
is found to testify that the bearer is aff1ict-
ed with hypocrisy and laziness."
AMONG the curious bequests of the late
Jabez G. Woodman, of Portland, Me-, was
his half of picture to his wife, which was
originally presented to them both by a
friend.
In Marshal Neil's will occurs the follow
ing'passage: 81 recommend to my dear
children, after the fear and love of God,
honesty and probity, which have been al
ways hereditary in our family"
In France money orders are now trans
mitted by telegraph. The amount is
limited to $1,000 The expense is the cost
of an ordinary telegram, to which is added
the ordinary mail rate for packages.
THE growth of tea in North Carolina is
pronounced fraud by the Hearth and
Home, which says that the plant is an
annual, coarse growing, native weed,
whose leaves are worthless even for the
adulteration of genuine tea.
THERE are 2,814 lighthouses in the
world. The coast of Europe has 1876
America 674, and Asia and Oceanica 1913.
In Europe, the best lighted coasts are those
of Belgium and France, while the United
States comes next in this respect.
A FEW weeks ago, singular breach of
promise case was tried in London. The
plaintiff was woman of 55, and the de-
PENDANT gouty old man of N. The
promise was alleged to have been given
10 years ago. The woman, who was in
troduced to the court as the affianced bride
of the defendant, recovered $50.
SINCE Choate, the Newburyport firebug,
was Captured, and while he has been in
Jail awaiting trial, several fires have taken
place in the city, kindled it is believed, by
his friends, to show that the actual Grim
inal was still at large. At one of these
+. fires, a brother of Choate lost his life, and
his father had his leg broken.
THE fires in the United States, from
January to November 1, it has been es-
timated, involved loss of $33, ,534, 900,
divided among the respective months as
follows: January, $3,294,0OO; February,
$2,637, ,000 March, So, ,S92 900; April, ST.
$4,000; May, $3S30,000; June, $780,
900; July, $1,677,000; August, $6,838, 900;
September, $3,242,000; October, $2,792,-
600.
THE following personal was recently
published in the advertising columns OF
the Chicago Tribune: A young illinois,
gentleman, that has travelled most all
tru the world and only 25 of age, no stay
in the Wild Mountance and is very lone
some at time, would like to open cores
pondence with some young lady, objick
frindship and past times. Photographs
exchange"
THE pillow of japanese bed is wood
en- box about four inches high, eight inches
long, and two inches wide at the top. 1t
is covered with cushion of folded papers
and instead of serving as head-rest the
neck only is supported, the elaborate
style of dressing the hair, especially
among the women, forbidding the press
ure of the head against pillow.
THE Melbourne Argus reports the cure
of dangerous injury by the use of dry
earth alone. A Mr.. Pratt was kicked in
the leg by horse, and the wound only
again. and spread until the whole of the
lower part of the leg was affected. Some
earth was applied to the wound, and the
result was that the swelling was imme
diately reduced, and at the end of three
weeks the wound was quite healed.
The Pantin murder is still causing the
. greatest excitement in France, and Traup
mann the murderer, is the hero of tht
day in Paris, where sentimental ladies
adore him. Although sure of suffering
the death penalty, his avarice has prompt
ed him to go into a speculation with hi
photographs, which he sells for three franc
apiece, advertising at the same time tina
those sold for half franc are not genuin
and are swindle.
Jusr fancJ q group Of medical student
counting the pulse of patient iourteel
miles away. vet that was what was done