Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-05-09
CURRENT ITEMS.

81 New 1 ork. EE8e
- A Mr., ROBINSON, from Minnesota, aged
e 1872, passed through Milwaukee, Wis, the
other day, visit a young son III Illinois,
aged SO.
THE father of Fralich, hanged at SYRIA
cuse the other day, occupied window
where he could get good view OF the ex-
ecution. -
THE complete file of the Charleston s.
e c. Courier, for seventy years, was bought
by G. A. Spoford for $2,250, for the Con-
gressional library.
5-s A man was fined So and costs, at Dun
leith, ILL.,, for cutting off colts ear with
iack-knife, and perpetrating other cruelties
on the helpless animal.
THE heirs of one Peter Gleason have es
tablished their claim to 100000 worth
of real estate in the city of Trenton, n j.,
which had mostly been leased for long
terms by another party, who came into
fraudulent possession of it
AMONG new colors are anon, a greenish
yellow; alligator, a purplish blue; cor
beau, crow color; GEORGE; lichen, gray
lsh blue; suede; paon, peacock color; APP
ricot; nicolO; blanc ct perle; blanc ct ar
gent; blanc ct or, and blanc ct bleu.
The salt well near Leavenworth,
Crawford County, Ind, which is 1905
feet deep, and has, for several years,
yielded paying brine, has suddenly ceased
b to be salty, but is pouring forth coal oil
in strange abundance.
INTENDING visitors to the great Austrian
exposition will do well to look to their
vaccination marks as well as to their let
tiers of credit, the deaths from smallpox
in Vienna, at last accounts, averaging six
ty week
1, 10 4
ferent varieties, imported from Germany
by society organized for that purpose,
were turned loose in the suburbs of Gin
cinnati recently. The object is to domes-
ticate them in this country if possible
While tearing down an outbuilding at
the Marlboro House in Raleigh, n. c., a col
ored waiter found a package of money
containing some $4,000 in old State bank
notes, some Confederate bonds, $500 in
: gold and silver, and two watches There
is no clue as to when they were placed
there or by whom.
WHEN. fuel is burned in an open fire
g. place, ~ least seven-eighths Of the actual
Z or potential heat passes up the chimney
unused. About one-half is carried off
with the smoke, onefourth with the cur
rent which flows in between the mantel-
piece and the fire, and the remaining loss
is represented by the unburned carbon
aceOus matter in the smoke.
. A WOMAN in Reading Pa, used to buy
peaches when they were sixty cents a
quarter Of peck; when her husband re-
mOnstrated with her for her extravaganza,
she would burst into tears, and say she
was not eXtravagant, because when she
bought those peaches she intended to put
them in the refrigerator and keep them
until they got cheaper.
A PHILADELPHIA woman wanted a safe
place in which to secrete her money, some
81, 400, and so placed it in that ingenious
article of feminine apparel known as a
hustle. Unfortunately another wOman's
wit contrived a plan to chloroform her
and relieve her Of her funds, which was
successfully accomplished, and the dar-
ing operator got off safely with her booty.
A YOUNG man advertised for cOrrespon-
denCe with ladies in Cleveland a short
time ago. Some fellow answered, and ap-
pointed an interview one night on Euclid
avenue. One of their number dressed in
woman's clothes and met the advertiser
and then another pretending to be her
brother, belabored the romantic youth with
stuffed club, purpOsely prepared. He ran
away crying loudly for the police.
AN indianapolis woman has notified
several sOda-water vendors not to sell her
pound of sugar, water and wind. His or
ganism is so sensitive (she says this) the
promise Of drink Of whisky intoXicates
e. him, and two glasses of common soda
causes him to step higher than horse
with the spring -halt, and his spirit to soar
among the stars
. ONE Allen, of Chicago, is now collect
ing documents and searching records, pre-
paratOry to commencing suit to recover
possession of tract Of land four miles
81 square in Livingston County, n. Y, on
- which the village of Mt. Morris has been
built. Allen claims to be a lineal descend
ant of Ebenezer Allen, to whom the land
- was coded by Indians in trust for his
daughters, and who improperly disposed
of it to Robert Morris, who, in turn, sold
it to individuals. Lawyers inform Allen
that his claim is good. ~
- PROFESSOR LIEBIG, writing on the eff
fleets of various stimulants describes the
~ redewines as in some cases beneficial, or
y at all events the least hurtful white wines
! generally are detrimental to tbs nervous
system; sherry and strong cider intoxicate
more rapidly than most wines, and have q
3 peculiar influence on the gastric Juice
as Beer produces a heavy and dull intoXica-
n ton, although the drinker of it is not apt
\ to get thin But the consumers of whisky
and brandy "are going to certain death"
AT San Francisco, recently, Miss Helena
Frazer was awarded verdict of $4,000
go by tender,hearted jury as a soliatum for
blighted affections, breach of promise,
etc, ETC. The trifer with her maiden af-
! fections was well-known lawyer bearing
the eminently proper name of Thrift, and
how hevallowed himself to be beguiled
y into such an unthrifty piece of business
as paying $4,000 for few hours profit
less filtration is one of the mysteries of
the case which we cannot fully under
stand.
THE other morning tolerably we'll
dressed but wild-eyed gentleman called
Mayor Macauley to one side, in the City
Court room, and said he wanted some
thing done with his wife. whats the
matter?" inquired his Honor. "She keeps
giving me pills." was the reply II
wouldn't take EN-" said his Honor. al
can't help it,' said the injured husband;
as she gives 'em to me when I'm asleep"
I'd wear a muzzle," said his Honor
The injured husband started. He hadn't
thought of hat.-Indianap0Iis Herald.
CHURCH and State are at variance at
Portsmouth, N. III. The people of that
town have procured the passage of an or
dinance forbidding the violent ringing of
church bells, and on Easter morning,
when the rector of the Episcopal church
ordered the sexton to usher in the day with
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