Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-31
CURRENT ITEMS.

IcE-yELocIPEDEs have appeared at Mon
treal. ~ a.l9s29 - ;eG. ~ 2;80ui +.
| ALL boys found at fires in Philadelphia
| are arrested go iasqa bl.i 4ai.A
A GLASS piano has just been invented by
Mexican genius ao eaia5q9a f
An Earrs brother advertises in the Lon
don Times for a loan of e100. ,..i j.
| A TWO CENT clay pipe formed the sub
ject of Buffalo lawsuit the other day. 31
SAN FRANCISCO received $6,677, ,175 less
gold and silver in 1869 than 1868. v!cr 20
THE Russian army teaches ali private
soldiers to read, write and cipher. g.0
THE year 1870 will have fifty-three Sat-
urdays. 1t comes in and goes out on Sat
urday. - si s'2Af. !5
THE oldest married couple in the State
of New York have lately gone to the poor
house. 't =. IA
THE new executioner in Paris is making
n collection of the skulls of those be-
headed by him. i5et .la .e'is,
Miss KATE PUTNAM, daughter of the
New York publisher, has graduated in
medicine at Paris. afs3 3,i. a.ir =.
A WOMAN has been sent to Jail in Mas
sachusetts for two months, to save her op7
pressed husband from daily beatings.
AMONG the taxpayers of Boston there
are twenty individuals and corporations
who pay upward of $12, 900 each. ,i
A hAReB-s1zED female emigrant at Ham
burg was found to be man in disguise,
seeking to escape military duty. e,g
FIELDS, the Pennsylvania murderer,
took dose of vinegar and molasses to
cure sore throat half an hour before he
was hanged. r.e MI.
THERE are one hundred and thirteen
patients in the Oregon Insane Asylum, a
greater number than at any former time.
1T is asserted that. absentee landlords
hold, in Ireland, 100000 acres of land,
from which they draw an annual rent OF
$12 100000. 4,'9 -.
A RICHMOND man has made quite for
tune out of maidstone during the past
summer. He charged SIT for single ap-
plication. .ITax4 ar
FIVE soldiers were branded CD" and
drummed out of service at Fort Whipple,
Arizona Territory, recently, for the crime
of desertion. .#e'
A CINCINNATI milliner engaged to make
five-dollar bonnet the other day. She
didn't deliver 1t in time, and in conse-
quence paid $40 as damages. 'laa
IT is estimated that more than three
hundred thousand dollars are expended
annually in New London, Conn, for in
toxicating drinks. @ a4 .>2ta5:'
THE physicians of Napoleon the Third
say that all prophecies Of his impending
death are absurd, and that he stands good
chance to live twenty years longer.
/. A PET dog in Montgomery county, Pa,
went mad few days ago, and bit his
owner, his two children and one of his
servants, aneighbor, horse and goat.
A LECTURER is New York recently
stated that all the churches in that city
"piled into one heap would not equal in
size the present remains of the tower OF
Babel" Sea sat 8.E- m
THE number of visitors to Mont Blanc
in 1869 was 1896. They consisted Of A.
SIG English, $3.50 French, 1924 Amerl-
cans, 1894 Germans, and the remainder OF
various other nationalities.
A MAN in Gloucester, few days since,
while smoking his pipe on the street, STUN.
bled and fell The pipe was broken OH and
the stem driven into the roof of his mouth
an inch and a quarter.
A POLICEMAN in Elmira shot man in
the attempt to arrest him, locked him up
in the station; house, and he was found
dead in the morning, having bled to death
from the wound
A PROVIDENCE girl had flyer torn off
in mill the other day.. Said she, ut was
my thimble finger; !" then added cheerful.
ly, "but must learn to use my left hand" ;"
THROUGH the labors of the Children's
Aid Society, in New York, for the past
year, 5000 little ones and II 900 hungry
and homeless ones have been fed and
lodged, and 1000 have been sent to good
Western homes. -
DYSPEPSIA should be a rare disease in
Paris for we are assured that over l0o-
100000 of apples are on an average sold
in that city every season. There is moth
ing that will keep the stomach so healthy
and its dependent organs 80 well toned, as
the free use of apples for food. 4s sa8
THE National Lifeboat Institution OF
Great Britain has, during eleven months
of 1869, expended $92,235 on its 215 life
boat stations and has distributed $l,22O
among the. crews for gallant services.
| During the period mentioned, 1,O33 lives
have been saved by the Institution, and
1882 lives since its establishment. s'@
THE Paris Fgaro publishes the follow
ing item; "In one of the cemeteries of
New York may be seen tombstone with
The inscription Here lies V. III. s., who
| killed himself with Colts revolver of
the ancient pattern, the best instrument
! for this purpose It is said that the firm