Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-17
CURRENT ITEMS.

IHE cOlOreu ScnOOl population IN
Washington is 1852.
THE water in Lake Cnamplain is lower
than for twenty-one years before.
THE bones of mastodon have been
exhumed near Bakers Prairie, Mich.
THE Cincinnati Industrial Exposition
was attended this year by 507, 658 persons.
THE six chief offices of the Erie Rail
way divide $4,000 salary per annum.
AT Du Quoin, ILL.,, recently, the sum of
10000 was paid out for castor-beans in
one day.
THE proceeds of the taxes upon car
riages and horses in England amount to
nearly e800,000 per annum.
IT is said that about 10000 Swiss an
nually go forth into the world as walters
and as ladies' maids.
THE epizootic has finally reached Brit
ish Columbia. 1t will probably cross the
straits from Alaska and attack the Rus
sian equines.
FIFTY vessels laden with grain, valued
at $3,500,000, have been dispatched this
year from California for Europe, and a
dozen more are taking cargo.
THE Union Pacific Railroad is building
snow pillow to be driven by five locomo-
tives. They expect it to go through
drifts twenty feet deep. =
THE oldest lunatic asylum in America
is at Williamsburg, Va. 1t was opened
October 70, 1878. There is but one insti-
tuition of the kind in Europe older than
this.
THE partial cleanup of flume at
Cherokee, CAL, a few days ago, yielded
gold which, when run into a brick.
weighed 142 pounds avoirdupois, worth
about $4,000.
UP to September "a, 395,2SO tons of ore
had been shipped from Escanaba, Mich,
and 6,442 tons of pig-iron. From Mar.
quetee the shipments of ore amounted to
All ,483 tons, and of pig iron to 1903
tons.
A YOUTH, four years old, and his young
sister, saw rat hasten into hole in the
barn floor. Said he, isis, the Bible saws,
Watch and pray You pray while I
watch the hole, and I'll swat him acrost
the snoot when he comes out"
THE report of the Michigan State Salt
Inspector, for August, shows that las, 1884
barrels were manufactured DURING the
month, being the largest yield for one
month in the history of salt manufacture
in Michigan.
THE new Masonic Temple at Philadel-
phla was recently dedicated, with much
ceremony. The temple, which was five
years building, is the largest, costliest, and
most magnificent structure consecrated to
Masonry, in the world.
A MAN who was discovered asleep
among lot of tombstones in a stonecut-
ter's yard, said, on being awakened, he
had come In to buy monument for him.
self, and, having picked out one, made up
his mind he would try it one nj ght before
purchasing.
How Now?" friend said to Jones.
finding him looking unusually cheerful
and sprightly, Notwithstanding the fact
tnat he had been up pretty nearly all
night. You don't seem to be affected by
the crisis" And Jones merely remarked,
"No such thing. It's boy"
A MISS RYE has gone into the business
of furnishing English women with en-
ployment in this country. Is it possible
that she is daughter of Old Rye, who is
SO well known in this country? If so, the
less the women have to do with her the
better.
APPLICATIoN.-A Connecticut bow in.
sisted on knowing what was meant by the
slang phrase "a gone sucker" and was
overheard praying soon after, on being
sent off to bed: "God bless papa and
mamma and baby, but I've been such a
bad boy rather guess I'm gone
suckerp'
CONTINUED heavy rains have damaged
the cotton crop throughout the entire
lower Rio Grande Valley The worms
have appeared on a number of plantations
IN this vicinity, doing much damage. The
low lands are covered with several inches
OF water, stopping the work of gathering
the crop.
OF the 956 cotton manufactures in the
United States, 1911 are in Massachusetts,
139 in Rhode Island 1873 in Pennsvlva.
MIA, Ill in Connecticut, and 81 in New
York, aggregating 667, or more than two.
tWo-thirds of the entire whole. New Jer-
sey has 81, New Hampshire SO, Maine
20, Maryland %, North Carolina 90, Geor-
gia 81, and Tennessee 90.
The original document has lust been
discovered among some old files at the
treasury Department to which MARQUIS
DE La Fayette made over to some Balti.
more merchants his fortune in France, to
secure them for loan to organize troops
IN defense of the United States. The con.
tract is signed and in part drafted in La.
Fayette's own hand, and bears date JULY
1, 1881.
"THE HUMAN FROG" is the name given
to detormed inmate of the Orleans
County Poor-house, near Albion, N. Y.
VINO was born in the building twenty
eight years ago, and has never been but
once moved outside its yard. His legs
and arms are contracted in such a way
That he hops around after the manner OF
the animal from which he takes his
name, and his only enjoyment consists in
lying III the sun covered with muck and
dirt"
DURING recent balloon ascension al
Nt petersburg, the aeronaut experienced
currents OF air, at different attitudes, NOV
Ing, In contrary directions, and by rising
or descending was enabled to keep in sight
OF the city for four hours. The spectators
thought that he had solved the problem
or aerial navigation, and had some con
trlvance for steering. There were three
steady currents, two flowing from the
south, and the third from the north.
HERE is one very important point in
connection with the general financial UNI
easlness which does not seem to have
been fully impressed upon the public
mind. 1t is that the national banking ACT
contains section by which every stock
holder is responsible at law for double the
amount of stock owned by him. Of course
this makes the stockholders of every
national bank in the country liable for as
much again as the full cash capital OF
their respective institutions. If the
capital of a bank is 100000, it's stock
holders nSolaers, in a body, are responsible for