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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20
Ammonia as a Motive Power for Or
'' %" gans and Sewing Machines.
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There is great want of simple and
portable power for driving the bellows
of large organs in our churches and
music halls. Water, steam, caloric en-
| gines, heavy weights, and lastly, cleo
tricity, have been tried, and may suc-
ceed on occasions, but practically the
exposure, danger from fire, and un-
wieldy character of the attachment, un
less it is the electrical, stands in the
way of universal application. The one
man power is usually the last resort of
musicians, and the man who blows the
bellows is often more important char
acter than the musician himself
| Our advice has been frequently asked
in this matter, and in casting about for
answer, we have bethought ourselves of
ammoniacal gas as motive power wor-
thy of careful experimental trial 1t
is now a good many years since this use
of ammonia was proposed, and ammo
niacal engines were applied to street
cars and to pumps, and still they have
not met with general acceptance, and
few persons have even heard of them.
The trial trip of the omnibus in Paris,
propelled by liquiied ammonia, con-
fined in cylinders under the seat, was
reported as perfectly successful, and a
similar result has been arrived at ron
street cars in New Orleans.
Our knowledge of the force exerted
by liquid ammonia at given tempera-
lures is now we'll fixed, and the cost of
hquefaction, the proper means to en-
ploy, and all practical questions ought
to have been thoroughly worked out
long before this. AS ammonia attacks
copper and brass, the packing and
mounting of the engines would have to
be made of iron. The saponifcatisn of
the ammonia with the lubricating oil is
said to be no detriment, but rather to
diminish friction. The plan, of the
company in Paris was to have a large
central factory for comprising ammonia
gas into iron cylinders, in the same way
as water is charged with carbonic acid,
and to deliver these receivers to GUS
toners in all parts of the city. The
cylinder containing the liquid ammonia
would be provided with couplings and
screws ready for the stationary piston,
and the company's agents would place
it in position and remove the exhausted
receiver, just as the soda fountain is
kept in running order by large dealers.
1t would only require the opening of a
stop cock to set the piston in motion,
and it would run as long as the expan-
sive force of the gas was sufi-
cient to propel it. Such an arrange
ment as this ought to be feasible, and
theoretically there would appear to be
no difficulty in the way of its universal
adoption. It would not only be appli-
cable to organs, but to pumps, sewing |
machines, and wide range Of other
work, tt'I..
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20
Oath of Loyalty for School Teachers.

The Texas State authorities are. evil
IDENTITY resolved that the rising genera
ton shall be indoctrinated with sound
political principles. They have issued
a series of regulations, providing that
no person shall be permitted to teach q
school in the State who has not taken
the following oath: 81 do solemnly
swear (or affirm) that i will honestly
and faithfully support the Constitution
of the United States, and of the State
of Texas that | will endeavor to incul-
cate in the minds of youth sentiments
of patriotism and loyalty, and will
fully, faithfully, and impartially per-
form the duties of teacher to the best
of my ability, so help me God"
The only objection to this is that it
lacks precision. An unrepentant rebel
may take the oath, with private un-
derstanding of his own as to the mean
ing of patriotism and loyalty" 1t
would have been safer to have the
teachers sworn to an earnest support
and inculcation of the organization and
principles of the Radical party.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

RECENTLY, two persons travelling on
the road to Gotham, in light wagon,
were smoking cigars, from the tre OF
which some straw at the bottom ignitsd.
The flames soon drove them from their
seats. and while busy extinguishing the
fire, countryman, who had been for
some time following them on horse
back, alighted to assist them. {" have
been watching the smoke for some
time" said he. "Why. then, did you
not give us notice?" asked the travel
ers. "Well," responded the rustic,
there are SO many new tangled no
tions nowadays, I thought you were
going by steam"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

q In PHILADELPHIA, the other day, two
women exhibited remarkable degree
of superstition. They called at the
police station and asked if there were
any dead bodies at the norgue. Learn
ing there was one,a that of a drowned
man, she requested that privilege be
given her to lay one of the dead mans
hands upon her goitered neck, remark
ing at the same time she knew of per
son who, by the hands of dead man,
had been relieved Of the complaint.
The request was granted, and the hand
of the, corpse was three times applied to
the afflicted neck, and without further
ceremony the females left for their
homes. .n-1 a-.lad Ron n n9nl ~.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

Al WEDDING in convent, writes a cor
respondent, is the last event which this
century lacl ed in order to be crowned
as the most wonderful Of the ages, and
it " has come to pass Berlin is the
boastful mother of this striking novelty.
Despite the whitening influences and
the thousand-eyed guard of cloister life
against the fatal weapons Of Cupid, an
orphan maid, who was reared by the
Ursulines, was wooed and won by
Landsberg knight, and recently married
by him in her convent home. The
Mother Superior stood instead of the
parents of both parties, and the wedding
was gay. All the compay except the
bridegroom were in petticoats. a
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

The PROPORTION of land in California
under cultivation, compared with the
entire area, is very small. According to
Land Office figures, there are 60,000,000
acres capable of bearing wheat, but only
100000 acres are cultivated. Of this,
according to the Surveyor General,
1868 were in wheat, giving 100000
bushels, or fifteen bushels per acre. The
Vallejo Recorder says it follows that if,
by means of increased facilities, 10000
600 are in time got under wheat, the
crop will be 1S0,000000 bushels, or ten
times the present average crop, which
is raised without irrigation, in sections
lily provided with transportation, % ru.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20
Sweet Pork.

1t is beyond doubt that cleanliness
has much to do with the favor of pork.
The filthy state in which many fatten-
ing hogs are kept has a tendency not
only to give a rank taste to the meat,
but to render it positively unwhole-
some. A very common mode of pen
ming hogs at this season is in q rail pen,
without protection from the weather.
The consequence is that such pens are
not fit to keep a living animal in; wet
and filthy, cold and uncomfortable as
they are, hog will not take on fat, and
a great proportion of the food is wasted
while they are kept in them, while the
filth, considerable amount of which
the hogs will consume, must be detri-
mental to their health, and to the health
of those who eat their flesh. 1t is not
only safer but more economical to give
fattening animals good shelter ane dry
beds and litter, and keep them quite
clean. The labor will be well repaid.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

New neck-ties have band to pass
around the neck, and great carelessly
puffed rosette in front, with short,
fringed ends.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

Taylor street, and swept everything in
It's path.TfThe Gas Works were soon
consumed, and from thence. north and
east the fiery element flew along with
undated fury, taking everything in its
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20
DODCEVlILE HOTEL,

NEAIN STREET, DODGEvILLE, WIS.
M This is a large new and commodious house,
opened the 18th of July 1868 1t is fitted mp in good
styIe and supplied with every modern convenience.
Good sabling and Lock-up Carriage Houses, and
accommodation for Travellers and Boarders. Having
persons to any part of the county. He has always in
stock Pure Wines and Liquors of the best quality.
Terms reasonable.
RICHARD ROGERS, Proprietor.
RS The proprietor has l6O acres of good timber
land for sale.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20
Consumption OF Liquor In Hreat Britain.

Lord John Russell, in a speech made
at the conference of the National Union
for the Suppression of Intemperance,"
over which he presided, said that dur
ing the FIVE years ending with 1870, the
temperate British people spent for in
toxicating liquors the nice little sum of
514,842,345 pounds sterling about
$2,500,000,000. This amount is about
three times as large as the annual in
come of all the railways of the United
Kingdom twice as large as the capital
of all the savings banks; half as large
again as the national revenues for the
whole time, and fifty times as large as
the collective income of all thereligious
and philanthropic societies in the lcoun-
try. We are sorry to e add,. on the
authority of the same competent wit
ness, that the working classes pay far
the greater share of this enormous sum.
The calculations given are made from
the amount of liquors which payoduty.i
In almost all the, gardens in
Holland is built a kind of summer
house, generally painted in bright, glar-
ing. colors, looking like an immense
flower. No matter how small the plot
of ground may. be, it is sure to be laid
out in innumerable little beds of ifanci-
full design, which are filled with the
most gorgeous-hued tulips, and in the
middlei is placed one of these arbors.
Some quaint name, like J" Abode of
Love- or 4 Hearts Rest,t is inscribed
over the door, and within it, at the cool
of the evening, may - bet9seenlG its
owner slowly putting his pipe and gaze
ing complacently at his flowers or blink
at the reflection Of the sunset In the
sluggish water of the omnipresent canal.
Perhaps you'll find two old chaps in
there, their portly forms dimly visible
through the cloud of smoke, while their
conversation will consist of occasional
monosyllables uttered between slow
whiffs
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

,a- ANOTHER condensinga ngarrangement-in
this case applicable to steam engines or
to engines worked with mixture of
steam and air-has just been brought
forward by an English inventor. Ac-
cording to this device, in place Of a
condenser and airpump being employed
as usual, the exhaust steam is let into
a large .condensing cylinder, in which a
piston works, this piston having slight
lead on the steam piston in the main
cylinder. When the stroke of the con-
denser piston is nearly5complete, an in
lection valve on the side of the cylinder
opens and admits water into the latter;
this water, together with that resulting
from the condensation of the steam, and
also any air which may be present, be-
ing expelled from the cylinder through
suitable valves at the return stroke OF
the piston. u uaaiTsd2 saii9a1nJ r.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

to ASAN FRANcIsco lady proposes as a par
tial remedy for the. asocial evil that
every single man having a salary of a
certain amount over the wages of the
majority of working women be com
PEELED TO pay into treasury for the pur-
pose a certain amount, to accord with
his salary each month, to be divided
among the single women of the city.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

RoUGH ON THE LAwYER.-An eminent
judge used to say that, in his opinion,
the very best thing ever said by wit
ness to couns ell was the reply given TO
Missing, the barrister, at the time leader
of his circuit. He was defending a
prisoner charged with stealing a donkey.
The prosecutor had left the animal tied
up to gate, and when he returned it
was gone. Missing was very severe in
his examination of the witness. "Do
you mean to say, witness, the donkey
was stolen from that gate?" I" mean
to say, sir,n giving the judge and then
the jury a sly look, the ass was
Missing"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

S J. YORKER
Would respectfully inform his old customers and
the citizens of Arena and surrounding country that he
has just received a large stock of
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20
Important Acknowledgment Of the
Rights Of Labor.

The very serious and long protracted
labor strike which has been maintained
in the iron mines of lStaffordshire, Eng
land, has been terminated by read
.justment of the relations existing
between the workmen and the capital
lists. A new and highly important
principle has been evolved by the crisis,
one which is likely to produce very
decided consequences on the bearing of
the industrial and social relations not
only in Britain, but in all the great pro-
ducing countries of the earth. The
ironmasters of England have conceded
the very fullest demand Of the work
men in the matter Of fixed daily wages.
They have done still more. They agree
to share their profits in future with the
men. In the first place, the masters
have promised to pay an immediate adj
vance of ten per cent, on the rate of
daily wages. In the second, they prom
ise to pay a further increase as iron goes
up in price proportionately to the ship
ping tax on the ore. The latter clause
is of the highest Importance not only to
the Staffordshire miners but to the
trade of the world at large. 1t is one
of the most direct acknowledgements
which has been made in modern days
by the "moneyed classes" that the
man of daily toll is power on the
earth that the interests of capital and
labor are identical, and that the first is
honorable and fit for direct association
with the other.-N, Y. Herald. .aa.f
OAT CHAFF FOR FEED.-A year or two
ago we were, by accident, led to feed
some oat chaff to few head of milking
cows, and were agreeably surprised, to
find that they came up considerably in
their milk. The chaff was discontinued
for a day or two, when the cows fell off
to their former quantity; but on feed
ing the chaff again, the flow again in
creased. Since then the value of oat
chaff as milk producer has been salts
factorily proved by u.s. This would then
make it advisable when oats are
threshed the chaff should be. saved for
feed. 1t may be fed in the place of cut
hay, with the usual wetting, sailing,
and mixing of. the regular allowance of
meal. In years when hay is as, scarce as
in the present, not only the, chaf may
be fed, but the oat straw should be
carefully saved for fodder. 3 1t is quite
as nutritious as timothy that has gone
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20
At PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.

Our stock is we'll seasoned. We buy no struggling
raft Our lumber was cut at the mills of I. WESTON
4 Co. NCCcdal. Wis prcssly for this market.
Thankful for past patronage, we shall endearor, by
honorable dealing to retain our mtherto very large
trade. u KING SON.
p S-Farmcrs. remember that Helena Station, ~
miles yard Is the best grain market i'll Iowa
county.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20
THE WEST SIDE.

Last night about nine o'clock a fire
broke out in barn on the corner OF
Twelfth and DeKoven streets, occa-
stoned by cow kicking over a lamp.
An alarm YVES quickly sounded, but the
high wind prevailing at the time caused
the building to burn and the fire to
spread rapidly, and before the engines
| reached the ground several buildings
were in flames and the 0remen were
forced to give way to the devouring ele-
ment.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

About twelve o'clock the fire spread
across the river in the neighborhood of
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-01

ORDINATION SERVICES IN CHEsTERFIELD.-
On Sunday last, ut Salem Church, Chester.
field county, Il large congregation attended,
the occasion being The ordination to the
ministry of Rev. George j. Holiday. This
gentleman is Il graduate of Richmond Col
lege, and has recently received a call to
Salem. The exercises commenced at II
o'clock a. M. The ordination sermon was
preached by the Rev. j. l.. Nj. Curry, and
the ordaiuing prayer was by the Rev. j. b.
,Jctcr. Alter this the ceremony of the inn
position Of hands was performed by the
presbytcr. The charge to the candidate
was delivered by the Rev. j. +. Deanes :;
the charge to the Church by the Rev. Mr..
Jeter. ALL of the exercises were impressive,
and listened to with great interest.
In the afternoon there was q Sabbath
school mass meeting, which was addressed
by various friends of the Sabbath school
cause.
Extensive preparations were made to en-
tertain the visitors, and Dale township, al
ways hospitable, on this occasion almost
outdid itself, and the kind attentions paid
those who were fortunate enough to he
present was the theme of universal praise.
Salem Church is in 4 tiourishing condition,
and its members are among the most zeal
Gus workers in the great Baptist fold. =,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-01

SUMMER HEADING NEW BOOKS JUST OUT
The following new books are for sale by ELLYsoN
& TAYLOR, next to the Disp ,tch office and Will
be mai ed to any address upon receipt OF price.
Persons going To the country should supply them
selves before leaving the city: s..-. -..,--s'
The Domestic Life OF Thomas Jefferson by his
great graud daughter, Sarah N. Randolph,
$3.50; 3.
Terrible Temptation, complete, by Charlie,
keade, 81; -'.- .at
James Gordon's Wife, 5oc.: .... ..r
Almost FauI,less, by "Author Of Book for
Goyerncsses,'' Soc;
The Wife of Vain Man, by Madame Schw ar.z,
q1;
Birth and Education by Madame Schwartz, 81;
Little sunshines Holiday: A Book for Girls, by
Author OF John Halifax, soc.; r.t
Red as Rose Is She, soc.; -
| Not Wisely, but Too Well, 6oc.; z. -'..'
Cometh Up as Flower, eoc;
Vera, 40c.;
Island Neighbors, 75c.; ..'
Little Men, by Miss Alcott, si.eo; 81" -, -''t~
/ R,,ph the Heir, by kntbony TroIlope, $l.2s:
| Gnilt aud Innocence, by Madame schwaTz, $I;
VIVA, by Florence Wilford, Soc'; '--
MARQUIS and Merchant 6dc.; ''-s'.' "i
Nigel Bertram's Ideal, 5ec.; ''.' 5'''''l s.''@
The Last Aldinf, bJ Geo. oaho'' ''e-' @'. -
| Won, Not W ooed, SOC;
Daisy kicho', Soc;
Regfnal rcher, 75c.;
| Travels of u Dnctor OF PhFslc, N'
Erncsline, by Geo. Sand, 7'c.;
The nov.ls and Noyclists OF the Eighteenth Gem
| tury, by VIM. Forsyth, 81 81; -
"Reminiscences of Fifty Years Ago, by Mark boyd'
| $I.7s;
| Lucille, illustrated, soc, .r...-...
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-01
CHURCH NoTEs.-The beautiful weather

CHURCH NoTEs.-The beautiful weather
on Sunday drew together large congrega..
tions in all our churches, considering the
numbers who have left the city tor the
mountains. At the Monumental, the Rev.
jas. G. Minnigerode, recently ordained to
the deaconate, preached most solemn ana
eloquent sermon from St. Luke, 10Th chap
ter, 10th verse. This promising young di-
vine is son of the Rev. Charles Minnige-
rode, u. d., of St. .PauPs Church, and has
been called, we learn, to parish in the
county Of Rappahaunock. The chu! Gu has
been without an organiSt for several Sun
days past, owing to the temporary absence
sang almost as we'll without the organ Us
with it, Mrs. Loockerman left last evening
on the northern train for visit to her
home in Maryland, but, like many other
sweet songsterS, we hope she will seek our
southern cline as lin iu October.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-01

POLICE COURT, MoNDAY-Justicc j. j,
While presidtnJ.-The following cases were
disposed Of:
Mary Jane Bush, charged with assaulting
and abusing Policeman Hicks, was fined 3.
Charles Goodman (eolored), charged with
an unlawful assault upon Eliza Goodman.
Fined So.
james Berry, charged with being drunk
and diSordcrIy, aSSaulsing and abusin" Mrs.
w. Berry, WAS required to pay fine OF
$50.
Irving Mosely [vcry coloreD, charged
with stealing watermelon from Mary
Gross, was discharged with the admonition
that il brought up again he would be put
i'll the chain-gang for twelve months.
Benjamin Cole (colOrcd). charged with
unlawfully assaulting and heating his wlte,
and disturbing the neighbOrhoUd generally
was fined 81.
Robert Cosby (colored). charged with a.
saulting and beating his wife, Fannie. Let
oil.
William II. wilson. charged with being a
common thief and yagr;lnt. was sent to jail
in default of security i'll the sum OF 500 FOR
three months.
Ellen Johnson and Fred. Nicholas (cofd),
charged with aSSallting and beating Mary
Winston, and Mary Winston for beating.
Ellen johnson. Dismissed upon payment
Of costs.
Matilda Washington (colorcd), charged
with beating and assaulting Emily Jones.
Costs paid and the woman discharged.
Emily Lewis (colorcd), charged with
threatening to Kill Matilda Washington.
Dismissed. .,...
Robert Salmon, charged with creating Il
disturbance on the street, and striking
William Glover. Fined 81.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-01
CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPoNs.-On S

CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPoNs.-On Sa-
turday last Patrick Boyle was arrested by
Policeman Phillips, of the 81 district, for
being drunk and unable totake care of him.
self and firing pistol in the street. Dn his
way to the station house. Pat; drew out his
pistol and attempted to shoot the officer
who had him in charge. Phillips, however,
was the better man Of the two, and succeed
ed in taking the weapon away, and the two
then started off together. They had not
gone far when Boyle made another demon
stration and attempted to take PhillipS's
club, this however failed, rs did the other
attempt, and Pat. was soon locked up. Yes
terday his case was heard, and Justice
White, in consideration of the good charac-
ter of the accused and his generally steady
habits, imposed the moderate fine OF - upon
him. It ls proper to state that this Is not
L. +. Boyle, OF 18th street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-01

We call attention to the new ,dvor,,,..a,
of LEVY BROTHERS which appears In our snecI,I
couma this morning. These gentlemen seem ~
be dim In their determination not to pay the OK.
orbitant rent demanded by their landlord, and
having too large stock to remove to their nav
store. wisely resolved to close out their .u,Irs
stock, to accomplish which they have placed such
low prices upon all of their goods as will certainly
do 1t.
We admire the csndor of these gentlemen I'm ex.
planning the cause Of their contemplated removal
from their present location, ard he spirit tbey
display in their endetvors to sell dry goods at low
figures cannot but command the hearty support OF
all our readers.