Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-07-12
Current Items.

4 FARM hands are scarce In California
at $50 month. slgu aH Hcsa 537
Mr.. ALcoTT says he calls man prac.
tical who can make another see his own
/ ignorance. ffa
In Massachusetts, there are I2S cotton
factories, with 52,l49 looms and 2,3O4,-
S4S spindles.
The Pacific coast has produced over a
billion and quarter of bullion since
the discovery OF gold in 1S4S.
IN st. Augustine, Fla, quite lately,
an alligator took possession of a street,
and was only elected therefrom after a
lively fight with the besieged resi-
dents. v71s5tv sds a9oesss ea
AT Baltimore, on the 18th, it was
again judicially settled that insurance
must be paid on the life of suicide.
A CONNECTICUT colony that went to
Kansas year ago, and secured build
ing lots for 81 piece, have sold some
of the same for 300 each.
A MAN in Wcstfeld, Mass, thought to
purify his well by generously throwing
in a half bushel of line. AS there was
but three feet of water in the we'll, he
has had whitewash cheap and plenty
ever since. s79o $40 r# rr|f
FIVE persons out of family of seven,
in Tennessee, recently died from eat
ing fish that nad been feeding upon
lcaterpillars. IL is also stated that
child OF three years ate one of the cat
erpillars and died in three hours. This
recital carries its own caution.
II ~ L
been figuring in chalk on the walls of
his cell. threads: "ln NewY ork city
the spires of $40 churches, worth $41,-
10000, point heavenward. Pm here
for stealing loaf of bread for my starv-
ing child"
! BILLY BRENNAN, while playing cards
in San Antonio, Texas, said, as the game
turned against him, May Christ para
Ilyze me Pa fayorite expression of his.
No sooner had the words escaped HIM
than he fell down in fit, from the
effects of which he has not yet recov.
cred. Ts,a .atee s.g .a -ae. a.r-a..t
/ The man with the iron jaw lives in
Taunton. He takes thick, heavy flint
glass tumbler and bites large pieces out
of it with perfect ease, and chews them
to powder. He does not swallow them,
however, for fear of having pane in
his stomach.
The Oldest newspaper in the world is
the Imperial Gazette, published in Pekin,
and printed on silk.
CALIFORNIA boasts the largest orchard
in the world. It contains 426 acres,
and over $4,000 fruit trees.
( AN English girl came across the At
lantic the other day, to marry an Amer
;can whom she had never seen, and only
knew by correspondence. The wedding
has taken place, and the parties are said
to be supremely happy.
FoURyears ago, Lincoln, the capital
of Nebraska, was away out on the
prairie, and was called Young's Colony.
Before the close of the present season it
will have six railroads, and will be
lighted with gas.
THEY say female compositors get
through their copy very rapidly, being
anxious to get the last word. saae.
IT is announced that ground will be
broken for the Vanderbilt underground
railroad, in New York city, within this
month, Ly a force of 1000 or 5000 la
borers, who will begin work in separate
gangs, stationed at half-mile distances
along the route. H'a
r. S. ELLIOTT, Industrial Agent of
the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company,
gentleman who has given much atten-
ton to the subject, makes the assertion
that in less than twenty five years the
accessible forests in the region of the
great lakes, the upper waters of the
Mississippi, and the British possessions
adjacent, will be exhausted.
AN anti-lightning rod association has
been organized by the farmers of Vigo
county, Ind, having for its object the
humiliation of all lightning rod men at
sight -1q -4a. .g
The following table shows what me-
chanics in this and other countries re-
coiva ON an averapp. per daV