Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-12-27
CURRENT ITEMS.
FIRE aILT-Incendiarism.

FIRE GILT-Incendia
WEST POINT musicians want more
pay.
A. COON turns grinistone in Fredonia,
Kansas.
OREGON CRY has enough Chinese Free
Masons to form lodge of their own.
PROVIDE for your own household Do
it with policy in the Washington Life.
A CUSTOM HOUSE officer in Maine seiz-
ed one nutmeg, and 1t was sold in due
form of law.
A MEDICAL-sURaICAL club has been or
ganized among the regular physicians in
Burlington, Vt.
A SMALL family In Petersburg, Va, has
employed eighty.ive colored cooks In the
course of twelve months.
THE Palatka Fla.) Herald says the re.
cent cold weather has injured the banana
crop In that district.
Docs addicted to mutton are catching
the shotgun complaint in several locali-
ties. They never get over it.
A BOY born on the Union Pacific Rail.
roads western bound train, near a little
town in Utah Territory, has been named
"Ulysses Pacific
A PARAaRAPnsT has puzzled us again.
He asks: "Why do women always carry
their pocket-books as though they con-
sidered them Oh exhibitions"
THE Delaware Indians live in frame
houses, wear cut-away coats and stand-up
collars, fail in business and compromise
at fifty cents on the dollar, and are get
ting quite civilized.
THE. novel application was made In a
New Haven court, recently, by an attor'
ney, in his own behalf, for an Injunction
to prevent the holding of a wake over a
dead relative. The petition was granted.
Punch illustrates the odiousness of COM
parsons: Mrs. CT really must give
cook warning, Charles. She does use
such very bad wurdsp' Mr.. Really,
dsari What sort of words are they?"
Mrs. G.-"O-well-the same as you
usei''
TIE Evansville {rnd. J Journal says: IA
young man named Ebert, a resident of
Sullivan. was married, on Thursday,,to a
Miss We'll, of this city. Miss We'll was a
steadfast Jewess, and, as condition
precedent to her acceptance of him; Mr.,
Ebert had to renounce Christianity and
become believer i'll Judaism. He sub
lmitted to the rite of circumcision about
two weeks ago, and was formally accept
ed as child of Israel before the mar
rage"
A SAFE CoNDUCToR. few nights ago
the conductor of an east-bound freight
train on the Central Pacific Railroad re-
ceived instructions at Truckee to "pro-
coed carefully and look out for train No.
S." He Was one Of the most vigilant of
men, and he did keep a sharp look out.
Suddenly he espied big Bright light
ahead through the trees, and, bringing his
train to stand still, he seized flag and
lantern and ran ahead, waving them most
Justify, till he discovered that he was
tagging the rising moon.-Gold HILL (Neo. ]
Neaos.
Two MEN in st. Louis have resorted to
a new dodge In cheating store-keepers out
of MONEY. They 60 into store and ask
to exchange two five-dollar bills for one
ten. dollar for ths PURPOSE of senaihg it
off in letter. On receiving the bill they
retire from the store, but soon return
again claiming that the bill is not good,
and on demanding the two fves receive
them, but do not return the ten dollar bill.
The store-keeper and the men argue about
the missing tend dollar bill until the former
is convinced of having received the ten
dollars back. Both men have very re-
spectacle and gentlemanly appearance,
and thus are hot liable to be suspected.
A WELL-KNowN Boston merchant clos
ed his house during the summer, and, be-
ing very DESTROYS to giiard it securely
against the inroads of burglars, arranged
bear trap, which required two men to
spring, in his woodshed, through which
any one must pass in order to gain access
to the house. He went away and remain
ed month, when he came to the city
for day, and thought he would 60 up
and see if his house was all right. He
entered the front door, which he left
open, make an examination of the various
apartments, and finally thought he would
see that the back premises were secure.
Forgetting his precaution against burg
lars, he walked rapidly into the wood
shed, and what was his CONSERVATION to
find himself caught fast in his own trap!
He naturally stopped in the endeavor to
extricate himself, and by so doing only
added to his discomfort, inasmuch as he
could not regain an upright position.
He shouted furiOusly, but without avail,
since all his neighbors were absent, and
so he was forced to remain in that posi-
ton from ten in the morning until four
in the afternoon, when his son-in- law
came to the house to obtain something
for his wife. The young man was aston
ished to find the doors all open, and, on
making tour of inspection, became con-
vulsed at finding his father-in-law in such
an unhappy situation. me-