Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
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DR. S. RI. TYYG, forty-nine years ago
fsl started hisffrst Sunday school insQuincy,
,aoA Boston isable to Support seven thea
Z tiers, besides concerts, oratorios and lee
81 retures aafsav 70 e ia orad rsST
'"' FIFTEEN million fish hooks were made
at assingle establishment in New Haven
during 1865. kf.O q - y iIs
A CAnIFoRsrAN has built an 20 aericul-
= 49, +. tursl locomotive" that runs thirty-nine
.ploWs at once. o ess 81 bsi'sI5s ijs" sa -
si.s7 The first printing press set up in New
." Hampshire was in Portsmouth, in 1855, by
Sam Fowle, Esq., asa "a .HtsssgG q
THERE are Two ablishmelts in lEaine
for Matching fish artifcially one at Au-
gusta and one at Alma. .l4
A FULL length statue of Fitz, Greene
"Ilaleckis to, be erected in Central Park
New York, at cost of $4,000.
I'LL Two DRYsGooDs clerks in New, 9rkIare'
II REPORTED TO have each received salaries
amounting to $4,000 the past year.
THE lumber trade of Burlington, VT,
M FOR 1868 amounted to $3000,000, as 112s
~ 100000 feet of1umber were received du-
y {, ring the year 81
E ~ ,ss T. STEWART, this season. sold twenty
$4,000 shawls, and one worth 81 800. One
lady, ran up. a $4,000 bill in two months
"VELocIpEpE candy'' is q now soldc
The manufacturer finds it necessary to-
give notice, that it is not worked with the
feet. 4-safg Nf@t
THIRTY thousand acres. of public lands
were disposed of to actual settlers during
January in Nebraska, Minnesota, Mis-
souri, and Wisconsin,
A SEVEN feet long cigar, one foot in cir
cumference and weighing thirty pounds,
ssildlas been twisted out of leaf tobacco in q
s1m New Haven (Ct.) factory. W
az assJoHN M. LANE of New Hampshire, has
been awarded a verdict of $1,150.33,
,qnsagainst his mother in-law and her son for
enticing his wife away from him. = 81"
The Cincinnati papers report $50
counterfeit greenbacks in circulation
which are so nicely executed that it is
almost impossiblet to distinguish them from
the genuine 81
1 y NEARLY 500 persons I've by selling the
$4,000 oranges daily consumed in New
York. One hawker, besides. earning
subsistence, has $4,000 in the Savings
Bank. t,.-,- zl,,.f rl1l
81 A CLEvELANDBUHT schooner, Wir
p raliti," has Successfully breasted severe
rs storm on the A tlantic, and reached her
destination at Liverpool safely with
cargo, of coal. y,~-TTT
hibited in Boston, reduced to one fiftieth of
4its original thickness, or to one fourteen
millionth of an inch. 1t was quite trans
II parent
THE New York World Estimates that
10000 persons nightly attend the theaters
of that city, a great part of whom come
rom u Inc ell floating population, which num-
"a "a The 1906 members Of the 3O2 Iowa
Baptist churches, under the ministration
of 1888 pastors, added 1850 to their mem
bership last year, and contributed $22,-
95697 to charitable purposes. ,-~ ur
A DUBUQUE Qowal teacher. who re-
ceived SIC as she was eating dinner. re-
duced the national debt that amount by
- nnconsciously emptying the green roll
sCsinto the stove along with the other frag-
ments on her plate.
TTHEaamount Of interest bald on the nr1b-
isa lie debtof Massachusetts, exclusive Of the
d. rallrpad debt, during, the year 1868, was
$1,150,367 81. The premium paid for
.0specleItopay the interest was $500
A LONDON IN. H. citizen sports coat
.romade of cloth spuniand wove by his grand
auilnother when she was "sweet sixteen"
.7,iiandI whichthis mother,no,y in herninety-
.' ,.l SIKH year, first wore as a cloak when
w, seventeen years old. + ssl 5,sb ,If,ii sn6
80 .ra., UfENtV1CTORIA owns the KOh-I-n0or
gu the largest diamond in the world and
Tthenght to have it cut recently. al four
horse power engine was constructed to do
1T the work, and the diamond has been
"9sppiied in the process. e. 81 ~,
SSH MARTIN HALEY, of Albany, indicted for
y hobstructilg the mail by Knocking down a
"a. letter carrier, has been acquitted in the
~ United, States District Court, the judge
st carrier q. s Z, 49, - : $50 =
WITHIN the United States the names of
"towns are duplicated to the following ex
tent. There are "a Fairchilds 26 Adams
.q9sJ21B ostons As Richlands, AZ @ enters.
o. Perrys, 90 Waynes, ~ Van Burens. 81
Harrisons, SO, Franklins, so ,Jeffersons, 100
Jacksons, and 1874 Washingtons There
are in the Union 80 towns named Union.
andres called Liberty.
SOME Minneapolis merchants recentlv.
rustlcated month in the woods. Seeing
nnedeer they were greatly excited and
snot at II In the most reckless manner DOS.
81 sible. They were somewhat chaeri p
upon discovering that it was fine deer
SKIN stuffed for the occasion by some of the
syDinmbermen, who enjoyed the" Joke on the
city chaps" hugely. s'agsg ,ss.gl9 :.
A CURIOUS lawsuit is on the taDis in
England. .Ae Liverpool merchant, sud
denly called to New York on urgent bust
pess, took q cab to the steamer, and in his
haste forgot to. pay the driver, On his
return, three months afterward, he found
rslthei oabman and cab just where he had
LEFT them, sheltered by little wooden
shed, and was met by bin for coach fare
for 1850 hours by day, and 1850 hours by
night Tiecase Is still on. -
THE Albany Journal says of Manton
Marble: Personally, he is hard-work-
ing, lndetatigable man. He devotes his
personal attention to all the details of his
business, and generally spends almost the
entire night in the World office. appearing
at his home UP town and dining at an
FA"hour when mechanics and workingmen
generally begin to turn over in bed for
their last forty winks. Those who know
his habits say he is marvel of endur.
ance." ba4
ta 1T is said that the young Duke de Bra
bant, heir to the throne of Belgium, who
q has been sick SO long, begged his father
on New Years day for present of 5000
francs, On being asked, after his request
had been granted, what he wanted with