Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04
GURRENT ITEMS.


have a brass band, black their boots, wear
blue neckties and read the story papers
A PHILADELPHIA judge decides that
stealing a girls photograph from her
album is as bad as stealing horse from
barn.
KATE GRAY, of Kansas City, married
her lover half an hour before he left her
for the penitentiary to serve out long
sentence.
NEwBURYPoRT. Mass, he's passed an
ordinance forbidding organ-grinders to
play longer than ten minutes on any
block.
THE Government has established an
observatory at Fort Garry, Manitoba,
which is as nearly as possible the central
spot of the American Continent.
THERE is an orange tree at San Gabriel,
Los Angeles County. Cal, supposed to
be eighty years old, which is said to have
yielded in one season {, 200 oranges.
THE Chinese companies at San Fran
cisco are now making preparations to &C
commodate an extensive immigration.
The next steamer will bring 1900.
THE people of Southern Oregon--and,
indeed, of the entire State-are in
proper frame of mind to attend a good
sized Modoe funeral with cheerful alac-
rity.-Portland (Or.) Herald.
THE entire sophomore class was sus-
pended from Dartmouth College, recent
~, for disorderly conduct in the chapel,
whereupon the members hired big team
and took sleigh-ride.
THE Great Eastern is now taking on
board the cable which she is to lay be-
tween Lands End and New York. She
is expected to leave her moorings at Sheer
ness in May or June.
Two newspapers, small red shawl and
pair of stockings were dropped on the
street, the other day, by bustling New
Orleans lady. The articles were found
and handed back to her by small boy.
A WOMAN who, with her husband, was
waiting for the train at Camden, outside
Baltimore, recently, having taken pas
sage to Detroit, unexpectedly gave birth
to child, which the husband named
Camdenline.
THE Supreme Court Of California has
decided that man convicted of murder,
at Sacramento, recently, is entitled to a
new trial, for the reason that juryman
slept, say thirty winks or thereabouts,
during the summing up of the counsel for
the prisoner.
lucky, recently issued license for the
marriage of William Henry Thompson,
aged nineteen, and Mrs. Mary Brown,
aged forty-fve, it being the brides third
venture. This one ought to last Mary as
long as she lives.
HERMAN ELLwANGER, whose wife and
child were killed by the falling of John
Bell & Co. IS store at Dubuque, Iowa, in
May last, has entered suit in the sum of
$25, 900 each against the lessees and own.
ers of the building.
A LEXINGTON (Ky.) paper tells of
novel runaway match recently accom-
plished in that vtcinity-a father clipping
with the elder of two sisters, and his son
with the younger, both proceeding by the
same train to Jefferson, Ind, where the
double marriage was consummated.
Two young ladies of Rochester, N. Y,
sisters, named Cordelia and Emma Bull, |
volunteered to nurse the families of some
neighbors during an attack Of contagi-
Gus disease. Both took 1t and died, and
they were buried in common grave,
leaving behind them the fragrance of
noble deed.
SARAH WALKER, seventy-three years of
age, reached Lowell the other day after
twenty-mile walk, in search of work in
to lay up little money against the day
when old age would render her unable to
perform hard labor
~ A BERKSHIRE County, Mass, clergy
man recently received donation to exc
out his salary, and the parishioners not
having compared notes, bva singular CO
incidence all decided upon potatoes; and
in they came of all kinds and colors, till |
the worthy parsons stock of tubers was
increased about 800 bushels.
THE Rochester Democrat states that the
great fishist, Seth Green, has shipped to
Sir Edward Thornton, British Minister
at Washington, twenty black bass, which |
are to be sent to England The fish were |
placed int two twelve gallon cans. They |
were sent in accordance with instructions |
from the Fish. Commissioners of the
State.
AN amusing scene was created in the
Treasury few days ago by the presenta-
ton of protest against the United States
for non-payment lin gold) of 800 legal |
tender, which its owner had presented at |
the Sub-Treasury in New York and asked |
for the specie thereon. Being refused, it |
was sent to Washington in due form,
through notary.
A FAIRFIELD, Iowa, mother learned of
her daughters contemplated elopment,
and on the night appointed for the flight
she put some laudanum in the girls tea.
The latter fell asleep and did not wake
up until next morning, and in the mean
time Romeo got tired waiting and went
home disguised. He goes with another
girl now. aas aeae@ rr
Mr.. B. LEACH, of the firm of Trout |
d Leach, Wannego, Kansas, predicted |
several years ago that his death would oc.
cur in the year 1873. Last fall he had |
his grave dug and walled up; about three |
months ago he stated that he would die |
in March, and had his coffin and shroud |
made and his tombstone engraved, with |
name, month of March and year, but the |
day left blank. On Monday, the 10th of
March, he died.
THE latest Family which has under
taken measures to secure fortune by |
inheritance in England is the Chace |
family : in Fall River, Mass. and mighty |
significant name it is. Some of the |
claimants are named James and some |
John, but singularly enough not one of |
them is called Wildgoose. However, the
family has held the usual meeting and |
appointed the usual committee, and, we
suppose, will have the usual luck of al
ways being very near to handling the
money and never grasping it.-Neac York
Tribune.
SOME one says that humps are going
out of fashion. Don't believe it, because
Washington ladies are expected to know
what is fo Shion ahln and Won could rest |