Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-24

shells that he takes rank with the best
conchologists. '.@ ihi13
A MAN in Jail at Brooklyn, Conn, can
testify to the bravery of a Mrs. rBackus,
seventy. two years old, living at .Canter-
bury. He jumped through the window of
sleeping room occupied by her and her
niece, and pistol in p, hand, demanded,
"Your money or your life!" "You will
have neither" replied the plucky old lady,
as she seized him by the throat, and held
him till the niece called in the .neighbOrs,
who took the fellow to Jail.
- A GLASGOW engineer has invented an
aerial steam machine, which hasibeen ex-
perimented with very successfully. 1t
| moves with wings, and is intended to
| rise into the air after a short race on terra
| ttqTa0, drawing behindit the tank carriages;
it is. to be 1870 horse power, and is to oweigh
800 pounds complete The tender. is to
| carry ten hours supply of water, and with
this tender and three cars the machine;is
intended to make fifty-six miles per hour,
| Il THE annual return of insane paupers in
England and Wales shows that there
were, on January 1, 1869, 1,046, $3.50 persons
chargeable to the poor rates, and that 49,,
1853 Of them,' 'or 431 per cent, were insane
persons, 20,045 males and ,25,100 females
On January 1, 1855, the insane paupers
were 81 per cent. on the whole number
of paupers. On, January, Il, 1857, they
were 4.28. On January 1, 1868, (when,
there was large increase Of the whole
number of paupers), 415so On january l.
1869, 4.31 per cent. esa.i ,....s~..d Ton ed
venience, has been introduced into the
postal arrangements in Austria Cards of
cs1 cold of oil h0
for two kreutzers, one side being for the
address and the other for the note, which
may. be written either with ink or with
any kind of pencil. 1t is thrown, into the
box and delivered without envelopes.
The object is to enable persons to send off
with the least possible trouble messages
of small importance, without, resource to
paper, pens, ink, and envelopes
ANXIOUS mothers will do well to take
note of little incident which occurred,
the other day, A little child, aged twelve
months, was drowned in exactly three
pints Of water 1t happened inthis way =
She was playing about the room during
her mothers absence-a little girl was
"minding her-when she came across
common house pail This stupendous
curiosity naturally attracted the close at
tention of the child. She gaZed into the
strange machine, and when her mother
returned some hours afterward, the poor
child was found head downward in the
nail-stone dead. There was only three
pints of water in the vessel. go '''
THE Meriden (Conn.) Republican gives
this incident of a late fire in that city
"a watch dog, whose life had been spent
in watching the dry goods store of Wiz
liams & Smith, refused to leave the build
ing. He stood doggedly in the middle of
the store, and neither threats nor coaxing
could get him out. The celebrated boy,
who sstood on the burning deck, whence
all but him had fled,' was coward COM
pared to. this dog, who preferred death to
what he considered dishonor. He was
dragged out at last and taken to a livery
stable, but he stole back again. He was
again rescued and again escaped, and re-
treating to the cellar defied his pursuers to
follow him. Shortly after, the building
fell in with crash, and old dog Tray went
with it,"