Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-07-30
CURRENT ITEMS.

THERE are 131, ,OOOacres of coffee plant
ed in Ceylon.
NOWADAYS Is the name of Womans'
Rights paper in London.
WINcHENDEN, Mass, made $4,000
strawberry boxes last winter. '''
AN entire jury of Smiths was recently
impaneled in Sheffield, England.
THE State of California offers extensive
bounties for silk worm culture.
UPWARDS of 27,OO0,00O people have
visited London Crystal Palace, since its
opening, in 1854.
MOUNT WHITNEY, in California, $4,000
feet high, is said to be the highest peak in
the United States.
The area of the unsurveyed lands Of
the United States is fifteen times greater
than the whole area of France.
THERE are now in Russia, 800 printing
offices, 413 bookstores, 286 lithographic
establishments, and 221 circulating libra
ries.
THE railways of France, which run at
low rates, under restricted tariffs, have for
the last six years averaged dividends of II
per cent. -
THE Pittsburgh Mutual Protection So
ciety have instituted more suits against
car drivers, liquor sellers, ETC., for viola
tion Of the Sunday law. u -.'e
THE proprietors of the Mammoth Cave,
Kentucky, opened large ballroom, fitted
up just inside its mouth, on the 10Th inst,
with grand ball. ~ .~ a
DANIEL KNsLEY, OF Auburn, Maine,
83 years old, has pair of boots 30 years
old, which he still wears on festal occa-
sions, and are sound in every particular.
IT is stated that the Great Eastern, on
her return to England from the present
expedition, will Immediately be sent out
to India to lay cable between Bombay
and Suez. as ,3.sFa e.t;
In MELBOURNE, the works of Artemus
Ward, Orpheus G. Keer, Mark Twain and
Leland's ballads of Hans Breittmann have
been printed and become as popular as
in America. rsi aa9fisaIR 9a s.e F., i,
In Philadelphia the use of sponges, sat-
urated with water, as fixtures upon the
heads of draught horses, is nearly univer-
sal. The passenger, railroad companies
generally have adopted the idea. ~,
MADAME ANNA BISHOP is on her return
from Australia to England, having made
complete tour ofthe civilized, halfcivil-
lied and barbarous world, and given con-
certs in every country under the sun.
Two rival senoritas at Puebla had a
quarrel at church door, and duel was
agreed upon. They drew lots, the winner
having the privilege of one good stab at
the other with dagger. The loser died
on the spot. -
A BOY, while angling in the canal at
Cincinnati, q few days since, got what he
thought q very promising bite. He eau
tiously drew in his line, when he found ON
the hook small tin box, which he opened
and found to contain $50 in silver, $40 in
greenbacks, and two gold rings, worth
about $40 each. oie'e. LTrt:..E4
THE locksmith who picked the lock on
the outer door of the vault of the Ocean
Bank, New York, has repeated the feat,
the lock having been set this time as it was
on the night of the robbery. He was at
the work about four Lours, and after he
had finished said taat he would open the
lock at any other combination in half an
hour. vs nef, g.etl. ~.a.s:
THE ilew York ISaass is said to have re-
ceived, since Mr.. Raymond's death, an av-
alanche of propositions from would-be
editors. They are classified as follows :.
Persons willing to be managers, $3.50 |;
financial editors, 5,67O leader writers,
665; theatrical critics, 2,076 reporter, 1 /;
night editors, o.; errand boys,0.
A FEW weeks ago an elegantly dressed
lady drove up to the house of a gentleman
at Epghien, near Paris, and presenting
herself as the Queen of Spain, intimated
her desire to rent the house. Her manner
was that of an insane person, and it turned
out that it was the widow of the late EN-
peror Maximillisn, who had temporarily
escaped from her attendants.