Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-06-09
Death of Thomas Earle, OF Worcester,
Massachusetts.
From the Worcester (Mass.) Spy.

The death of Thomas Earle, which
had been expected to follow his terrible
mental condition since his stay at the
lunatic asylum, after his Intellectual at
tempt to recover possession of his chill
dren, occurred at an early hour Fri
day morning. On Tuesday, his bodily
strength seemed exhausted by his
maniacal struggles, and with physical
weakness seemed to come a compare
lively calm mental condition. The.
straps that had bound him to his bed
were removed, and he was placed in an
other room, where few friends gath
cred to witness his last hours. He was
conscious that he approached the por-
tails of death, and with a calmness-the
more noticeable from his recent raving
condition-he awaited the end. He
recognized the friends around the bed
side, but spoke but little. He asked for
his children, and fondly kissed one of
his sons who was present. Word had
been sent of his dying condition to his
first wife, with a request that the two
children decreed to her care by order of
the court might, in compliance with
his wishes, be permitted to come to his
dying chamber This request was sup
plemented by respectful letter from
DR.. Bemis, Superintendent of the Asy
lum, stating the condition of the suf-
ferer, and asking that his desire to see
the children once more might be grant
ed. But no answer was received, and
death came to close the last scene in the
sad drama, without the privilege being
accorded to the dying man of bidding
a last farewell to the little ones whom
he so fondly loved, and whose presence
in his dying moments he craved.
In the death of Mr.. Earle the commu-
nifty has sustained loss that all who
knew his worth and his many excellent
qualities will be ready to acknowledge.
Always public spirited, he was among
the foremost in all public improve
ments, and energy and fidelity were
marked traits in his character. He was
among the most energetic in procuring
enlistments for the war; and, although
he had been member of the Society of
Friends, his patriotism Overcame the
peaceful element of his religious belief,
and he enlisted as private in the 25th
regiment Massachusetts, volunteers,
where his valuable services secured his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant.
The history of his domestic troubles is
fresh in the public mind, and his devo-
ton to his home interests and his in
tense affection for his children were
we'll known.
Mr.. Earle's services in the Massachu-
setts House of Representatives, last
year, were of such a character as to win
the commentator of his constituents,
and in public and in private life he was
an ardent friend and advocate of tenn
perance and other reforms. He was
about 48 years of age.
Strange Freak of Weeping Willow.
About seventeen years ago Major Erie
Locke planted weeping willow near
his well on his California street prem
ises. Two years ago the water began to
taste bitter and otherwise unpalatable.
He hired man to clean it out, but it
has bothered him all along until yester-
day, when he sent Michael Large down
INTO the we'll to see what could be done.
Large went to work, and succeeded in
bringing up about six bushels of fine
roots, ranging in size from a pin to an
eighth of an inch. The tree had sent
them down outside the brick wall dis.
tance of twenty-three feet until they
had reached water, when they had
forced themselves between the bricks
and literally filled up the well dis
tance of three feet. They had formed
a compact mass, just fitting in tightly,
and had to be raised out with hook
and a lever. The workman thought
when it started that he was raising the
bottom of the well out of its place.
The mass is natural curiosity, and can
be seen in the Majors yard.-L,adia'a-
apoHS NeaoS.
A YOUNG husband in Baltimore is in q
nice pickle; from some cause he con-
cluded his wife did not love him as she
should, and he determined to test that
element. Therefore, he wrote a note,
telling her he was going to drown HIM
self in the "raging canawF'-and that
before she read the contents of that
note his spirit would be lowering over
her, observing how she took his death.
The would-be suicide intrusted the
note to small boy, but the boy mis-
took the direction and carried the note
to a next-door neighbor of his wife.
Not liking to communicate the dread
full intelligence to the unlucky woman,
the lady handed the note to an officer,
with instructions, if possible, to prevent
the rash act. The officer hurried off,
and sure enough found the man on the
bank of the canal. Rushing up, the
officer seized the unlucky husband, and
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Notwithstanding his protestations that
it was all a joke, and that he did not in
tend to commit suicide, etc. After the
incarceration of the husband the note
was handed to the wife with the infor-
nation that he had been saved. After
upbraiding the officer for not letting
the Z" darned fool drown himself" the
wife made charge of lunacy against
him, and he barely escaped being placed
in the asylum.
PROF. LEVI, F. S. A., has prepared a
voluminous and exhaustive report on
the liquor trades of Great Britain, IN
which he estimates that the capital
represented in the different branches OF
this business is 100000, and the
mum ber of persons employed SAC, 200,
or. including their dependents, ,500,-
600. Two thirds of the whole are en-
gagged in public houses and hotel. In
bottling and coopering, 100000 persons
are employed $4,000 in mailing and
brewing $4,000 in the production of
hops; $4,000 in growing and picking
hops; 5000 in distilling and rectifying;
and 1000 in making bottles and corks.
There are 100000 public houses in the
provincial parts of England at 81 sos,
and 10000 in London at $500 yearly
rental. The average wages of those en-
ployed in the liquor trade in England
are S345, 100000 a year. To this must