Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-04-22
CURRENT ITEMS. i.


THE Kennebec river has furnished
nearly 100000 tons of ice the past season
A PITTSBURGH girl killed herself few
days ago, by "jumping the rope" two
hundred times in rapid succession.
THE value of Methodist Church prop
erty in New York is $1,000, ,500-an in
crease of $56S, 900 in three years.
IT is reported that ex-President John.
son is about to go to Europe, intending
to be absent six months.
A CALIFORNIA farmer gets as much for
five dozen eggs as Minnesota farmer
does for five bushels of wheat.
THE Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
has accounts with 81, ,734 deposit0rs, and
the amount of deposits is $8,749,0O0.
OF ten persons in Damariscotta, Me-,
who have lately had the measles, six have
gone blind, and four more are in quick
consumption.
HUNTINGTON county, Pa, has gener
ously increased the School Superinten-
dents salary fifty cents year, making il
$S0050
The estimated number of members OF
the Masonic Order in the United States
and British America is 46S, ,455.
A CONNECTICUT man has worn the same
hat to church for forty years 1t has been
in style seven times during that period.
DURING a recent trial in the Isle of Man
the jury were addressed by counsel and
Judge for period of twentynine hours
and fifty-fv minutes.
A FEW days ago little girl in Ithica
Just before she died exclaimed: "Papa,
take hold of my hand and help me across" ;"
Her father died two months before.
A COW was killed the other day, near
Troy, N. Y, by swallowing four dozen
shingle nails, which were among chatf on
which she was fed.
A LIVERPOOL society for aiding fallen
women has taken in over a thousand un-
fortunates during its existence, of whom
nearly half have been restored to their
friends, and others permanently reformed.
PROF. MORSE, the telegraphic inventor,
is now nearly so years old, and it is pro-
posed to present him with national testi-
monial. The telegraphic operators are at
the head of the scheme.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE writes to the
New York Prison Association advising
them to turn their jails into warehouses
where prisoners can pay their own ex-
penses and for property stolen.
In Connecticut town, the other day, as
the pastor of church was walking up
the aisle, a good brother came out of a
pew and accosted tie good man, to in
quire aif he didn't want some good vel
Ter butter"
A MAN at Omaha attempted to ride 100
miles in five hours, few days ago, using
twenty five horses. He failed to procure
the proper number of horses, but rode
fifty-six miles in two hours and twenty
six minutes.
A STORY that the ornaments of George
Peabody's tomb--being golden-had been
stolen, is denied by relative of Mr.. Z.
He saws that "the ornaments are brass
and plated iron," and therefore offer "no
inducement to thieves"
THE Oil City (Pa.) Times says: Six
men have died in Oil Greek in the last six
weeks from excessive drinking, and at
least six more will die from the same
cause IN the next six weeks. The tan
gle-foot sold here may be slow, but it is
mighty sure"
In 1850, young man living in West
Rutland, vt, discovered supply of stone
adapted to the manufacture of slate pen
ellis. He bought the land on which the
quarry stood for 800. At present, this
quarry, together with the buildings erect
ed thereon, is valued at 100000.
The Coroner's investigation of the sui
eide Of farmer in England, showed that
his fields had been so overrun by the
game rabbits of his lordly neighbor that
his crops were entirely destroyed, year
after year. The misfortune drove him
into temporary insanity"
THE floor at the entrance of small
church in Springfield, Ohio, gave way on
Sunday, while the building was crowded
with persons attending funeral. A panic
ensued, and the people rushed for the
doors, the stoves were overthrown, and
several persons were thrown down and
trampled upon.
SOME young men of Defiance, Ohio,
have formed an association for the pre-
vention of the use of tobacco. They pay
an initiation fee of S., and 70 cents per
week as dues, which is to be loaned out
on interest to the members of the associa-
tion. The penalty Of violating the rules
is expulsion, forfeiture of all money, and
exposure.
The tunnel through Mount Gents is ad-
vancing at rapid rate. The length OF
the galleries now open exceeds eleven
thousand two hundred yards. Only fit
teen hundred yards of rock remain to be
perforated, SO that it may be reasonably
expected that this gigantic undertaking
will be terminated in the course Of the
present year.
A JUDGE in Mecklenburg, whose cast
ing vote brought about sentence of death
against man who was beheaded by vir
tue of that sentence, committed suicide
the other day by blowing out his brains
1t had been definitely ascertained that the
poor fellow had been perfectly guiltless oI
the charge preferred against him.
A POOR young man has been kept four
years and half in the Massachusetts
State Prison for crime Of which he had
no knowledge, yet he was convicted upon
what appeared to be the clearest evidence.
His innocence was discovered by the
confession of the real culprit, who found
his way to the same prison for some other
offense.
WESTERLY, Conn, is the place where
"two Sundays come together" Nearly
half the population are Seventh Day
Baptists, and on Saturday half of the
mills, shops and other places OF business
are closed, and half of the churches arc
filled with worshipers, who on Sunday re-
sumo their secular occupations, while theil
neighbors take religion and rest.
THEODORE TmToN, editor New York
lsdependeDt, publishes card requestine
everybody in the United States who stakes
friendly interest in woman's enfranchise