Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-03-28

her dressing bureau in search of the
wonderful ''elixir of youth and beauty"
Unfortunately it proved to be morphine
that she got hold of, and it required the
combined services Of physician and a
stomach-pump to save the foolish girls
life.
A PITTSBURGH somnambulist one night
recently got up and deliberately dressed
himself. He then took out the lower
sash Of one Of the windows of his room
and proceeded to walk out. The walking
was 8 success till he got outside of the
window. Then there was a sudden halt.
The fact was, in his descent he caught
upon one of the hooks of butchers
frame that stood below. There he hung
by one Of his boots till it was completely
torn off, then he proceeded on his jour
ney to mother earth. Here there was
definite stop. The man was not danger
ously injured, but he received some Sc
we're bruises and terrible shock to his
nervous system as he woke up when he
landed on the hook.
THE lady enrolling clerks who have
been copying the new code, think that if
women had had the getting up Of it they
would not have any more ludlcrous blum
ders than some now found in it. For in
stance, the Code Commissioners originally
provided that among the property exempt
from execution should be Fifty sheep and
the wool thereon" Some legislator, at
tending more to the spirit than the letter
of the law, moved to insert after the
words "fifty sheep" the further exemp-
ton, "six stands of bees" The amend
ment was adopted; so, unless somebody
| takes unwarranted liberty with legislative
work, the new code will come out pro-
viding for the exemption from execution
of ''f1fty sheep, six stands of bees, and
the wool thereon. "-Dubuque Times.
A WEST VIRGINIA RoMANCE.-SarahJ J.
Winemiller,- girl of about seventeen
summers, who was convicted of, and sent
to the penitentiary for, burning small
log church in one of the smaller counties
of the State, has been pardoned by Gov.
Jacobs. The manner in which this girl
got into the penitentiary is peculiar. She
was enamored of young man who, I'M
fortunately, was charged with stealing a
horse and was put in jail to await trial
thereof. With a confidence in the
falsity Of the charge against her
inamOrata and devotion to him
that was remarkable, she proceeded
to commit the act for which she was sent
up that she might be with him in the
penitentiary. But, alas! the man was &C
quilted last fall when his trial came off,
and he has ever since, up to the time of
the pardon, been engaged in securing his
faithful though rash sweetheart's release.
The facts of this notable romance are set
forth in the petition. The happy result
may be imagined.
A SOMEWHAT remarkable character has
Just terminated very brilliant career at
the little village Of North Granville, in
Washington County, New York. His
name is Tom Cree, and his earliest place
of residence was the poor house He was
taken thence by kind farmer, and given
$100. He had great aptitude for trade,
and soon multiplied his capital several
fold. Then he branched out, and SO great
was the confidence of the citizens of the
place in his business abilities, that he had
no difficulty in procuring all the money
that he wanted. He started bank; en-
gagged in all kinds of enterprises, and es-
tablished business relations that extended
from Boston to Iowa. All this time he
was lavishly generous, and gained wide
reputation for his benevolence. But the
other day he disappeared, and now it is
found that he has robbed his neighbors
of 100000, leaving some of them so poor
that they will be compelled to go to the
poor-house, and that, in addition to a
long list of other rascalities, he has COM
mitted forgeries to the amount of many
thousands of dollars.