Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-07-29
CURRENT ITEMS.

CURRENT ITEMS.
JEROME BoNAPARTE left an estate
worth $4,000. rs If s + 5. y s 'r1 T.
AT Rome mart for female slaves ex-
listed up to A. D. 1901. .....,.,tk .-z1,g !. -.
THE census recently taken in Hungary
shows population of Is, 429 23S. ~
BIsHoPs insure in the Washington Life
Insurance Company of New York. p aa@ O.
PHILADELPHIA has Photographic
artist named Observation-Disclosures.
THE average age of the present mem
bers of the United States Senate is 4614
years. iHe -ida5 90 tif- i.'5'a a'i 1ss'e -
FIVE thousand houses in Philadelphia,
nearly all of the better class, are said to
be tenantless. ."os' es 30 siffst 3e''''ii' ~.
TITUsvILLE, Pa, which is not named
in the census of 1860, now numbers near
ly 5000 inhabitants. t,Iitiig -
Z QUEEN VICTORIA is now in the thirty
fourth year of her reign. She assembled
the throne on the 21st of June 1887. j9l!
THE Directors of. the Washington Life
are some of our best and most reliable
men in the city. THOMAS CARLTON,
Methodist Book Concern, New York y u 3.
THERE is said to be among the prison
ers in Jail at York, Pa, q man who has
been confined for over nine years for re-
fusing to answer question in COURT s;
! A CALIFORNIA father has purchased, his
children for 1915 each from their mother,
| to whose custody the divorce court
awarded them. no 'eisal lesa,-,s' se !" +
A YOUNG man of Peoria, Ill, a SON of
one of the oldest families of that city,
has gone crazy by the continued use of
WHISKY. 'ra siesrt tsii7y-& og31H stsI is ,5sai
A MAN in Troy 10S, years old, hauls a
wagon about the streets in the capacity of
scavenger. He is French Canadian by
birth, and his name is Pickard. "a ~ -,
| II THE people of Boston consume 20,94S
gallons of milk a day, at cost of $17,122.
80. They have 752 wholesale dealers in
that commodity. ~ ah.it .-!q ,azIaR 3
SOME ingenious biped has machine to
make man rise early in the morning. IA
young Benedict says a six.months-old
baby can beat it to death. 100. .-S y.
ONE of William PENIS silver spoons
withshis name engraved upon it, mas been
found near Reedsville, Pa, by workmen
who were digging cellar. ,a.T ~. ~ FLA. :.
A MAN is travelling about Scotland in a
coat of mail highly polished, the object
being to advertise the excellence of the
black lead with which the mail is kept
bright. sst-d's4s adI 81 'sis.i5. i.e -. ~,
| A SMART 1O-year old girl, at Prince Will
liam, Va, lately fell into well twenty.
eight feet deep, with twelve feet of water
in it, and clambered out again without as
sistance. ,.iif sD8atsi1 .,zl5K 2 4
| DIR. STRoUsBERG, the Prussjan Railroad
King, owns enough landed property in
various parts of Europe to make terri
tory as large as the Kingdom of Saxony.
A REVEREND professor of Amherst
| woke up, a drowsy audience on recent
Sunday morning by putting them through
the exercise OF singing hymn in the
middle of his sermon. 5atahsa
| A NEW YORK letter asserts that Beech
er's pew rents are high because prominent
| New York merchants buy the best of
| them up for the use of their customers on
Sunday. Is assjl e,s = e.i.sas l5ie' se ~
THE agricultural societies of France are
organizing an International Congress of
| Agriculturists, to be held in France next
year. 1t promises to be an interesting
affair. .,r -,f ,.. ,5T,... ..s.,.. .i.s5 -.
A FURIOUS correspondent of the Gin
| cinnati Inquirer, having demanded the
| title Of the most efectual fly poison,
that paper confidently recommended
boarding house pie. "a 4 i.,ls5s aa4 ~ sgs
A PARTY of pleasure seekers, in Cali
fornia, were recently poisoned by eatinga
hearty meal of muscles. They produced
vomiting and cramps, which were only
relieved by careful medical treatment.
A VERY polite Frenchman applauded
| vehemently at the close Of an exceedingly
tedious performance by fair but wretched
/, musician. "Why do you applaud?" asked
a bystander. "Mon Dleu! because 1t is
| enGsd ~ .r,.#i F5.t .ssa4af3k .ezIsR 81
TIE veteran statesman, William Fl.
Seward, who will be 70 years of age in
May o. 1871, is preparing fol, a voyage
around the world, upon which he will
start at sn early day, accompanied by a
portion OF his family and several friends.
JOHNNY STEELE, the played-out e oil
prince" is said to have recently received
a letter requesting his instructions con-
corning $4,000 which. he deposited in a
New York bank during the hey day of
his prosperity and had utterly forgotten.
A NEWARK (NHJ., lady has applied
for a divorce, just because her husband
has an unpleasant and eccentric habit of
sleeping with knife under his pillow.
AS he is somnambulist, she fears that he
may do something rash.
A MOST remarkable gathering, or re-
union, took place at McCutchensyille,
near Evansville, Ind, few days since.
'Fitty-SwO years ago a company of eight
came over from England; the eight were
all present, the Oldest being in his eighty
third year. IT,. g.. asH-as i .sias ~ >S7f's
a LORD LYTToN, talking to DR.. ,--------- -
about public speaking, asked him whether
he felt his heart beat when he was, going
to speak. "Yes.p "" Does your 1 voice
brighten your" "Yes" ado all your
ideas forsake you ~ :" Yes.pp g Do you,
wish the floor to open and swallow your
Yes" Then you'll make an orator"
FIRST AND LAST -.
Just come from Heaven. how bright and fair 4
30 The soft locks of the baby's hair,
sif the unshut gates still shed 2
The shining halo round his head.
just entering Heaven, what sacred SHOWS
Upon the old mans brow repose, ~ -,. -.
For there the opening gates have thrown
The glory from the great white throne.
THERE are seven families now living in
"co cooperative cottage at Long Branch,
and they declare themselves highly pleas
ed with the experiment. They contribute
ed an equal amount for the erection and
furnishing of the building, have a steward
who assesses the cost of the table and
household expenses pro rata, and thus live
more cheaply and comfortably during the
summer than they could at a hotel.