Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-11-04
CURRENT ITEMS.

Ol1 bllC CtlucTSldIltlIng' q 'At@ y 90 SUM q t1
omPHiLADELPHiA has 4S6 licensed street
railway cars, which pay into the treasury
$24, 600 per annllm. r, -,,,; .....-.
, AN elaborate statemeht.of the amount of
| free matter passing through the mails is
being prepared dfatiWashington. od 'e
A..MAN owhet stplesand sold a COW in
Madison, Wis, in 1862, has recently been
identified and is now Under arrest. S''
I "A MAN in Cairo, H., "a few days ago,
seized daan lualy steer blythe horns, and then
gouged out its eye with a pocket knife.
In San Francisco, recently, on apothe-
cary was nlobbed by a crowd of Indignant
iChinamen for selling them molasses for
opium. ,ov }9.i .nQtaaagb s6s R
Mr.. o. S. WILLIAMS, of Durham, Me,
recently found several beautiful pearls in
the shells of fresh water CLAIMS taken from
a brook in that town.
THE New York lWo5ld says Z :. The Rev.
Mrs. Van Colt is about to fight the devil
in Chicago. Go1ef motto is, tAttack the en-
4eemly, envy in his capital353"5 3 a4eoa1 7fa
!. A LOUISVILLE merchant has sworn off.
The other day he decanted the last of a
barrel of whisky, and found in the bottom
two plugs Of tobacco and six rats.s.g u
SOME, forty-fye persons are constantly
employed throughout the year in carrying
on the Boston Public library About half
the assistants reIyoung women. ig3
The largest window glass in New Eng
land was set the other day in the new Char
ter Oak building in Hartford, each pane be-
ing 16 by 8 feet wide and weighing 400
pounds. 5 9i 5fqa flfp v5E.aie.a aaeit ac 9
! ROBERT JACKSON, of. Philadelphia,
wanted to commit suicide, SO he broke up
his gold watch chain, loaded his revolver
with the fragments, fired the precious metal
into his head, and the desired end was
gained.
THE assets Of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company,yof Chicago, are securely invested
in bonds and mortgages, first liens upon
real estate, and in United. States bonds and
securities, in accordance with the laws of
Illinois. ltF 4.sG 90 i'ie ~ 19.
s. AT the recent term of court at Lancaster,
Wis, man named Ladd was convicted of
stealing a horse A short time after,
another man named Sprague came into
court and voluntarily confessed himself
guilty of the crime of which Ladd had
been pronounced guilty.
A BOY in Boston found pint of brandy,
which his mother had hid away. The boy
drank the liquor, and the effects were near
ly fatal The Boston Herald calls this a
warning to boys" We should say it
should operate more as a warning to
parents
Gall" WEATHER.-The subject of
bringing down rain by firing of artillery
has again been revived owing to the long
droughts that have lately prevailed. What
gives a color of feasibility to it, at present,
is the fact that the reign of Louis Ma
poleon has lately been brought down by
Prussian guns. Punc7taneN0. @
IT is stated that Gustave Schureman, an
indianapolis millionaire, recently deceased,
and whose will was contested before his
remains were inferred, had kept the dead
body Of his mistress inspirits OF wine, in a
private vault, and that 1T was his habit to
visit the vault every two weeks-the
spirits of wine being renewed once every
three months. oee. ss
Boss, I want twenty five cents said a
jour printer recently to his employer
Twenty-Five cents how soon do you
nit, William % "Next Tuesday week"
AS soon as that? You can't have it;
I've told you often that when you were
in want of any large sum of money you
must give me at least four weeks notice,
for you ought to know that nobody pays
the printer" q
At an infant Sunday School the teacher
gave the story ofthe Prodigal Son" When
he rcame to the place where the poor
ragged son reached his former home, and
his father saw him "a great way off, he
inquired what his father probably did. One
of the smallest boys, with his fist clenched,
said, q dunno; | dessay he set the dog on
him.
A FEW days ago a man and wife arrived
at Mooresyille, Ind, having walked all the
way from Nashville, and having only had
three meals during the entire journey.
The man lost his pocket-book and wanted
to ttlIn back, but through the superior en-
lergy of the wife, the journey was continued
and accomplished. ;-r.. = s4iun 1sg sdi
THE ,Newburyport HeraI thus describes
the aurora which has attracted so much at
tention throughout the country "Last even
ing as soon as ,Tithonus had retired forthe
night, and was enjoying his first snooze,
his spouse, the rosy fingered Aurora,
daughter of the morning, snatched the saf
fron=colored coverlet from his bed, and,
wrapping it about her, danced jig in the
tHCIh
A NEW HAVEN almshouse contains re-
ligious lunatic who defended the entrance
to his cell by means of a bright razor. The
cell was in fearful condition, but no one
dare attempt to cleanse it. All ordinary
expedients having failed, doctor fired a
stream of lchlorofolm at the lunatic,
through a syringe, and he was passively
removed to new cell after an improve
ment Of his sanitary condition
BrsHoP COKE, of Western New York,
writes of VIM. r. Lee, recently deceased:
6 For years it was his habit to set apart
most liberal portion of his income as the
Lords portion At crisis in the early
history of St. Johns Church, Hartford,
Connecticut, he camesto me and sad: II
they will 90 on and pay the debt | will
give $4,000 said, you can't afford it.
He answered, I intend to sell my house
and live in a palmer one until / make it
up and he did So" aleo3 zen srsf,He'e
THE Titusville Herald says: cone of
our largest oil refners is engaged in filing
contract with Western firm for several
tons of spruce gum This is obtained
from the very last boilings down of the
refner's stills, and in a crude state possess
es ali the fragrance of barrel of soap
grease School girls and those whodo
on 'chaw' of perfectly elegant gum
can practice on this, at the same time feel
ing that they are assisting the home con-
sumption of one of the numerous and val
liable products Of our oil wells
An Eastern banker, whose name is very
familiar to the public, in early life resolved