Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-08-05
CURRENT rTEMs.

CURRENT TTENSs
80 " III
THE number Of Genti1es in Utah il
stated to be less than $500.
AT Ware, Mass, a couple have married
after a courtship Of thirty years.
EVERY member of the Washington Life
insurance Company is interested in its
THE wheat harvest of France will be
about one fourth below the average.
A PHILADELPHIA recently died from
the mistake IF drinking crude carboiic
acid, thinking it was essence of ginger.
THE policies of the Washington are paid
within sixty days after receipt OF PROOF
of death.
THE wife of Gideon A. Gray, OF Bel
laire, o., recovered $3.50 damages recently
from p Burke, for selling liquor to her
husband.
CHARLES DEwoLF, of Harmony, Ill,
was recently stung to death by bees. A
horse upset hive, and the whole swarm
settled on his head. faie
A CERTAIN photographer in Indianap-
oils exposes delinquent customers by dis,
playing their pictures Upside down, and
labeled, ''not paid for. - a. d --8l'@ ~
A YOUNG lady strolling through the
woods in Jersey was hung up by the
chignon to alirnb, and had to wait two
hours for passer-by to extricate her.
"PAT, if MIR Jones comes before my re-
turn, tell him that I will meet him at two
o'clock" GAY, ay, sir but what shall
tell him If he don't Gomez
AcENsUs marshal in Forest county, Pa,
states that there is a woman in that
county 1o7 yearsold. She was engaged in
choppfng wood when he saw her.
TT ,ia stated that except for single
mile there. is an uninterrupted water
course from the mouth of the Hudson
river to the mouth of the Columbia, on
the Pacific.
BEIFAsT, Me lis happy in the posses
sion OF the Passa gassaWaukeag Base Ball
Club. When they go to q match they
take an extra stage. coach to bring along
the name.
AT Pittsburgh, recently, child fell
over precipice adistancg of 800 feet, but
his fall being broken By shelving rocks,
he was not killed. He sustained serious
injuries, however. fsS t9Hf} F4agte1
A MAN in Vermont has succeeded in
making folding globe. It is hollow, and
can be shut up and carried in small
space Much ingenuity is displayed in
the, construction. ..
A YOUNG man recently died at Cincin-
natl from the effect of pills taken without
regard to time, place Or number. He was
a bachelor, lived alone, and had no medi.
cal attendance. vnGaefN
A YOUNG lady of Baton Rouge sent a
poetical piece to a local paper entitled
May Thirtieth" She felt unpleasant
next day to see it headed "My Thirtieth.
1t was about her birthday.
To make valuable speckled dog bull
let-proof, Mark Twain says: "Take of
his hide and line it with sheet-iron. Rus
STA iron is the best, and is slicker and
more snowy than the common kind. Dogs
prepared in this way do not mind bull
lets.p
A FRENCH CHINESE dictionary would
seem to most persons work above any
one mans strength and patience. An
apostolic missionary has just completed
That tremendous piece of labor, the first
copy OF which he has presented to the
French Emperor.
a THIEF went into the depot at Iowa
Clty the other night, with revolver in
haDd, and in the presence Of five fOr six
employees of the company, broke open q
trunk, took from TIA quantity of valuable
clothing which he packed in valise OF
MS own, sat down, waited till daylight
and then went his way. The witnesses
We're afraid of his revolver. II
AS Governor Fairchild and friend
were riding by rail from Madison lately,
two young ladies with their beaux enter
ed the crowded car, and the distinguished
gentlemen rendered their seats to the fair
ones SBut great was their surprise to
see the young men occupy their seats and
Jake their fair companions upon their
laps. oBy George" ssid the Govern0T,
zoe might have done that"
A GIRL in one of the Boston public
schools applied to her teacher for leave
to be absent half day on the plea that
they had company at home. The teacher
referred her to the printed list of reasons
that the School Committee think sufficient
to justify absence, and asked her if her
case came under any of them. She naively
replied that it might come under the head
OF domestic affection" VA sia
"A TRAVELLER who recently passed
through Salt Lake City says he saw peo-
pie at work in the gardens attached to
nearly every homestead, driving the grass
hoppers in sWarms out of the enclosures,
using green boughs to whip them with,
and "smudges" to discouraging them from
coming back. A person walking along
the street would have cloud Of them
rising before him at every step. .T
THE Worcestershire ,(England) Atzrer-
ttser publishes an advertiseme nt in which
Edward Hicks, No. 81 Friar street, Wor-
cester, invites chs Christian friends
to inspeethis "large assortment of boots
and shoes" He expresses a desire for ''the
Divine blessing upon his diligence in
business" and promises, if he can sell
boots and shoes enough, ito devote a por-
ton of his time to gratuitous mission
work. Repairs neatly executed. Bespoke
orders punctuslly attended, &c, &C."
Petroleum as Paint Is. s. sHa
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