Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-12-18
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A JERSEY City lawyer was making a
high flown speech, the other day, telling
about angels tears, weeping willows and
tombstones, when His Honor said =" Con
fine your remarks to the dog fight" 2. ~
THE Illinois Supreme Court has recent
ly decided that when goods aresold for
cash and the buyer fails to pay for them
on delivery interest may be collected
from the time of the delivery of the
goods.
A New HAMPSHIRE family has used
one stove for twenty ight years, while a.
Detroit man has kicked three to pieces.
within year. Some men, as soon, as
they get little down. hearted, go for the
cook-stove right away. s3oc.
OMAHA boys prepare explosive car
tridges, bed them into a piece of meat
and toss the meat to some ones dog.
That dog'll be humping along thinking
of nothing in particular, when all of a
sudden he is blown into coffee grounds,
WHEN it was said to an Arizona man
that he didn't use good grammar he put
on a mournful look and replied; "a" Well,7
[ didn't have the chance some folks had.
We lived more'n. ten miles from the
nearest n.f'--Detfoit Free Press.
A SINGLE silver dollar, known as one
of the American series," and very rare, !
brought $500 at auction yesterday. And
vet MANY a matter-offact poor man, ig-a
norant of it's value, would gladly have ,
exchanged it over a cornerstone counter
for dozen loaves of bread. y. Com .
naerc5dL AdUertSser.. sgflfsaTai Ees \ s"hi
HELEN M. Cooke writes that kisses
on her brow are the richest diadem a
woman's soul aspires to- And yeta fell z
low who kisses young lady on her brow
while her rosy lips are making motions
like patent clothes-wringer is not the
man for the position. costa
A NEW HAMPsHIRE baby only a year
old was recently sent by express from
Lisbon to North Concord, duly labeled,
and propped up in big chair with a
turkey and another express package be-
fore it to prevent its falling out, ana u
evidently suffered greatly from It's un- 2
| comfortable situation. .aa BOD
THE Massachusetts, Mutual has won 4
suit in the Federal Court of western
circuit, establishing the important doc
| trine that any falsehood In the answers
| filed to the questions on which q lie IN
surance policy is based vitiates the claim
of the policy-holder, even when the oc-
casion of death was in no way related to
the precise points on which there was
falsehood. The heirs of a policy-holder
who in the examination denied ever hav-
ing had certain disease when in fact
he had had it failed to recover. the
amount of his policy, although his death
was not due to the disease whose exist
ence he had concealed: :-lSprsnQfeld
| (Mass) Republican.
THERE were seven gentlemen of Gin
cinnati who formed themselves into the !,
g Last Man Society" on the 9th of Octo-
Der, 1882, and vowed to meet annually
until death claimed them all. A bottle
of wine was sealed up in box, and it
was mutually agreed that the last man
should open the box and drink the wine.
They met for four years together. Inc
first death occurred in 1887, and In Oc-
tober, 1856, the last man sat down alone
The wine bottle was opened, ana in
silence the last of the seven fTlenos
drank the health of the departed com
panions. Every year, on the 9th OF Oc-
| tober, the last man holds the anniversary
alone. He is yet alive.