Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-03-14
CURRENT ITEMS.

THE Duluth Herald figures that twenty
two steamers will run to that port the
coming season.
AFTER thirteen years of angry separa-
ton Terre Haute couple now sleep upon
the same pillow.
In view of the expected rush to Europe
next summer, the steamship companies
are going to put the fare up.
A MAN at Fonda, New York, sued his
neighbor eight years ago for the price of a
bnshel of wheat, and the two are still
having it.
A BOY has won the reward and medal
offered by the Nebraska State Board of
Horticulture for tree-planting. He set
out $50 trees on the day appointed.
THE establishment of diet kitchens,
from which suitably prepared food may
be issued on the requisition of the dis
pensary PHYSICIANS, is Charity's last pro-
ject in New York city.
ONE of the results of having a young
medical woman as city physician in
Springfield, Mass, is that young gen.
tleman of that ilk has had himself vacci-
mated by her twenty-one times within a
few weeks.
By the adjustment of her cotton claim
against the United States, Mrs. Mcdonald,
widow lady, of Atlanta, Georgia, re,
turned from Washington to her home,
the other day, with 500 900 in her pocket.
AN ECCENTRIC old miser known as
"Black Philip" died recently near Read
ing, Pa, and after his death his heirs dug
up an old copper kettle containing $4,000
in coin of various denominations.
A MEMPHIS mule, Sunday, took stub.
born fit, and refused to move an inch.
The ladies and gentlemen in the car
alghted and pushed the car for a square,
when finally the mule changed his mind
and started off at gallop, leaving half of
the passengers behind.
A FEW days ago, there arrived in
Chicago little girl, Miss Emma Rollins,
aged ten years, who had made the jour.
ney from England, travelling alone a dis
lance of more than 1000 miles, in order
to join her father, who is typefounder
living in that city.
A DECISION just rendered at Boston
establishes the accountability of employ
ers for injuries received from defective
machinery. A man employed in mar
BILE works in 1870 was seriously injured
by the fall of shaft, owing to imperfect
machinery, and has recovered $4,000
damages.
THE Young Women's Christian Asso-
Citations in Lowell, Mass, and Portland
Me, have determined to open houses as
temporary homes for young women,
stra7 gers, who come to those cities in
search of employment. Portland gentle,
men have subscribed 5000 for this OBJ
jsct.
THE body of young girl that was
"snatched" from a graveyard in Owosso,
Mich, lately, was discovered by the town
authorities on the dissecting table of the
homo )pathic college at Detroit, whele
it was being made the subject of an
anatomical examination by several women
students.
A FREIGHT car has been engaged on
the Des Moines Valley Railroad, by a
party of three or four families in that
vicinity, to run through to San Francisco,
for 5000. They will take their families
and necessary provisions for their trip to
California. 1t is decidedly the cheapest
plan OF emigrating we have yet heard of.
MRS. A. D. Cook died at Newbury-
port, Mass, on the 73i anniversary of her
wedding, and in the same room in which
she was married. Singularly enough her
aye Is noG given, DuG she was one OF the
choir which sang at the welcome to Gen.
Washington on his visit to Newbury-
port, and she also sang at the com
memorative service on the occasion of
the Generals death.
Rev. MR.. HAMMOND approached man
in Burlington, Iowa, while he was labor
ing there, and asked if he were Chris
tian. "No," replied the man, 81 am a
railroad man." "Well," says Mr.. Ham.
mond, II know of several conductors in
New England that are Christians. "That
may work down East. all right, but
man can't be both in Iowa." responded
the employee.