Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-10
CURRENT ITEMS.

OIL has been struck in boring a well in
Jonesboro, Ala.
DAYS of grace on commercial paper
are abolished in California since Janu-
airy 1.
THIRTY tons of English walnuts were
raised in Los Angeles last year.
WHAT an obstinate creatures mule.
How peculiar, that woman, the pride OF
creation, is MuIaer!
WHEN the enterprising butchers as
sistant "set up on his own hook, did he
find a comfortable seatP
q THE maple-sugar interest of Vermont
now exceeds in magnitude the wool in
terest, which was for long time SO prom
inent.
AT Cass River Bridge, Mich, there is a
child with thirteen toes On one foot, and
six on the other. Its father has six toes
on both feet.
AN intelligent gravestone-cutter in De
troit keeps ready-made gravestoneS with
the name - Smith cut thereon.
TENNESSEE hires out convicts to work
on railroads, which looks like offering a
premium for them to make tracks.
PoPoFF is the unpleasantly suggestive
name of one of the leading physicians of
st. Petersburg.
A COLUMBUS CO., bootblack, having
amassed competence in his profession,
has purchased hand organ and retired
to enjoy life. ..
JOHN JONES, of Keokuk, smoked the
rats from between some false floors, and
burned his house down. He made it hot
for the rats, though.
A YOUNG lady living at Glen Rock,
Neb., born of white parents, and OF deli
cate complexion, has, sincerecovery from
sickness of strange nature, turned as
black as any Ethiopian.
A BOSTON manufacturer advertises q
patent shoe that will prevent horses from
"balling." Spicer says this is not q new
idea, as Mrs. S. has used shoe often to
stop the young Spicers' bawling.
Two men recently skated from Sioux
City, Iowa, to Omaha, Neb., distance
of about 200 miles. .5
A STATIsTICIAN has discovered that a
man sentenced for twenty years to New
York prison has nine chances out OF ten
of being pardoned out in five years.
"A FARMER in Eagle County, Neb., late
" cut cottonwood tree, a twelve foot
log from which made 10S feet of lumber.
Eight years ago he planted the seed from
which that tree sprang.
THERE were two astonished families at
Bangor, Maine, on Thanksgiving morn
ing. The milkman delivered can OF
pure milk to one and pure water 70 the
other, by reason of a mistake in filling
the cans.
MRS PARTINGToN has so often seen
the heading Another ministerial crisis
in SPAIN" that she has concluded that
preachers are getting thinned out in that
country.
AN old lady of Plymouth, Mass, after
kindling her fire few mornings since,
had hunt for her cat, whose cries could
be plainly heard, and at last found her
shut in the stove oven, rapidly dancing
from one pair of feet to another.
A LATE inspection of the theaters of
the city of New York, by the Fire Mar
shall, showed that but few of them were
in anything like an unsafe condition, and
in the cases of those few, orders were
given and carried out for the requisite
fire precautions.
OUR song-writers are improving, late
ballad being entitled, "Do not Slam the
Gate, Harry" and still later commenc-
ing with the touching words:
- rake OIL your DO0tS at the porch. Jim.
For the old man don't sleep very sound"
AT Des Moines, Iowa, a new pork
packing building was dedicated with a
"Short Rib" polka, "Clear Side" QUA
drille, "Cumberland Middle" waltz,
"Mess Pork" gdrSOugie1ane, "Long Clear
LanCers, and other favorite figures.
A NEW feature of social entertainments
l. y
derive this name from the circumstance
that each person invited is requested to
furnish pound of pastry confectionery,
fruit, or other edibles for the table, and
thus an elegant supper is provided. The
parties are given at private residences.
THE Brooklyn Tabernacle, Mr. Tai
mage, pastor, was the victim of an in
genious system of robbery. For some
time the trustees were mortified at the
disappearance of money, in sums varying
from 500 to 800, from the collection
boxes. These boxes, eighteen in number,
were placed in receptacles, or pigeon
holes" made for the purpose in the front
of the pastors platform. The pigeon
holes" extend through the platform nearly
three feet, or the length of box and
handle. A few Sundays ago one of the
deacons, who was sitting in front of the
platform, made a remarkable discovery.
The collection had been taken up, and the
boxes returned to their places The dea-
cons eye happened to be resting upon the
''pigeon-holes, when he was startled by
the sudden disappearance of one of the
handles, which had protruded little
fromatlaa hole. He rubbed his eyes, but
kept them fixed on the place. Presently
another handle disappeared, and then a
third. This little incident necessitated
the services of police detectives, who,
after couple of weeks, discovered the
robbeB who had been accustomed to
crawl under the platform through the
organ-room, remove the back part of the
pigeon holes, and empty the boxes.
A Supposed Murdered Man Returns
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