Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-11-22
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"a DISEASE called the ''stranglesp is kill
ing Callfornla horses. = 5ss teHi sat i.
'sWooDBINERY" is the latest term for a
pawnbroker's shop. r~~o,v-.-.~x
WHEN does man look like a cannon
ball?as When he looks round. 81 '7rD ,Hal
NEAR Nenescah, Kan. two tame huffa.
10 are runningwith a herd of cattle. .1I0T
WHEN.is q lady ike aeshow window
When she taxes great panes with her
NEBRASKA Cry has voted 800 600 to
AID In bridging the Missouri River at that
Parties who get excited over their gas
olll are said to be suffering from gas-trick
In Canada there are twenty.seven towns
and villages that have Mendelssohn socie-
ties.
A CONNECTICUT young lady's bad spell
ing led to a six-thousand-dollar breach of
promise cases
STREAM of English Immigration is
now setting in the direction of North
carolina, fSf1'iN<x A1txG sEGtE
LITTLE Jones', who stands five feet
nothing in his! Butchers, declares he in
tends entering the bonds of Hymen.
THE garrison at Omaha Barracks this
winter will be composed of ten companies
of United States soldiers.
MAKE friends with life insurance, that
when you are old it may comfort you.
Remember the Washington Life.
II has been decided by Judge Long
year. of the United States District Court,
that liquor contracts made in Michigan
are invalido hht ~ ."1offl -
In isYreported that the California Chi
nese are digging the, bulbs of the tule, and
Will adopt them as a substitute for pota-
toes. 4sIB'k liz II .TgG;'l 4GTtEfI II
WHEN man whips his wife in Mem
phis they call him the ..'ghost of a sensa-
tion.' aItislbecause the whipperhas gen.
orally been cOmmuning with "spirits' y i,
THE Virginia papers state that Mr..
Joseph Thornton, of that State, has gain
ed q suit at law in England, by which, he
RECEIVERS property to the value of $6, 000,-
SHAKESPEARE, of the Chicago Post,
since the advent of the horse disease, has
trottediout an old velocipede, and is en-
We'd by all who haven't movable ears to
balance themselves with.-St. Louis
GLO6e.o@O Y IUBt,I .2H9l
AT one of / the New York up town
churches, a slste, containing a list of the
weddings to be celebrated during the
week, is hung in the Eestibule every Sun
day for the benefit of the young ladies of
the congregation I!.EN<U 1@ltl ~ I.
A TURKISH physician in Constantipole
pretends to have an infallible cure for
cholera; but sherdemands Csuch, an enor-
nous price forshis secret that the govern
ment of the Sultan refuses to purchase it.
ONE of the lsaddest sights in this season
of-the year (says the Danbury Nes0s) is a
young man who has waited outside p OLA
churchiof an evening until he is chilled
through, only to see his girl walking off
with some rascal who has been inside all
the time, toasting his sinful shins at the
stove.
A BRIDGEPORT man spent three quar-
tiers of an hour the other evening in try
ing to pick up a piece of .moonshine from
his doorstep, which he fondly fancied to
be newspaper. His afflicted wife finally
came out, brought him to consciousness
by the aid of a loose fence picket, and
steadied his tottering steps into the house
NOTdongsagola travelling circus was ad-
vertised to appear at SKalama,R Washing
ton Territory, and the town was filled
with youngsters from the adjoining coun-
try, who waited for the wagon all day in
vain. Determined to make something Of
the occasion anyhow, they, secured a
hall, hired q fiddler, and had lively time
dancing. But about 10 p. m. steam
whistle was blown, band was heard
marching up town, and the sound of
hammers was heard at work preparing
the circus tent : About midnight the
pavilion was up; soon after the music an
nOunced that the circus was ready, the
rural dancers came focking in, and the
sawdust was lively till cock-crow, when
the circus disappeared before sunrise on
board the steamboat again.
AN ambitious youth in Charlestown,
Mass. who hasdittle money of his own,
but wealthy father, recently conceived
the brilliant idea of giving grand party,
at which all the notables of the country
should be present. He accordingly sent
invitations to distinguished men in all
the States of the Union, including Presi-
dent Grant, Secretary Boutwell,. Charles
Francis Adams and Horace Greeley; also
Enclosing his own photograph His or
ders for hall decorations were liberal,
amounting to $4,000, flowers alone to
the amount of, So, 900 being included.
The owner Of the hall refused to allow
thesuse of the hall Without receiving $500
in'ativance;l the young mans father re-
fused to furnish the money, and the mag
nifieent partyafell through. The old gem
tleman, however, had to spend a few
hundredsa insn telegraphing the invited
guests not to come, u instead Of several
thousand for dancing. VIA vtra.
RAw-HIDE rope is now manufactured
to large extent, being made from the
hides of COWS, buffaloes, etc. 1t is used
for hosting purposes in warehouses,
mines, eto,, Ias'also ON shipboard for til!er
and other ropes: Fhe hide, being lined
and freed from its hair, is placed upon a
round table, when the operator, with q
knife made for the purpose, rounds off
the extreme ynertiops0suoh as the shanks,
cheek, and the like; J until the hide is
rendered comparatively round. He then
commences to cut strip the required
width, which he continues in one length
until the whole hide is cut up. A number
of the strips, thus made are taken, and
stranded and plated together according
to the thickness of the required rope.
Being thus far completed, the rope is then
submitted to the action of q solution
which preserves the hide from decay, and
renders, it soft and pliable., 1t is not ,af-
fected sbyShumidityEor extreme -dryness,
as is the case with Manila or hempen
ropes, and its tenacity is tenfold greater
than the latter.
1T is reported that a new dummy en-.
CINE has been invented It is described
as follows: It has two cylinders, and
drives the car by direct crank connection,
without any intermediate mechanism. 1t
is so oompactly made as to occupy no
ing parlor stove of the larger size, and
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