Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-02-27
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and its consequent reaction upon mining
operations. Ht ksa
Now that a sick man has been cured by
drinking blood twice day at q Boston
abattoir. it is to be feared that the number
of blood-thirsty people will increase with
frightful rapidity. - &o
WHEN a California paper receives
new subscriber it records the startling
fact thus: "Still another! Our course in
dorsed by the people" That paper has
single eye to its own interest.
THE Neaos, of Nashville, Mich, says
that man who would leave his horse
naked in the streets of cold winter day
or night would chew plug tobacco at
funeral. Rather fine cut that, on some
body.
liz there was ever an illustration of en-
thusiasm hopelessly run mad, 1t is IN the
case of the Tennesseean who has preserved
in alcohol an chronological specimen
which was caught on a bed that Gen.
Jackson slept in.
A CHICO (Cal) man who was recently
communing with nature on the top OF
high bluff saw fine deer shaking Its
thirst at a rivulet below. The Chico man
dropped big chunk of rock on the deer
and broke its back.
A wELI-KNowN Lafayette Qnd.) land
owner was recently fined for allowing
Canada thistles to grow on his farm. Be-
ing somewhat angry at the jury on ac-
count of the finding, he let out at them
and was arrested for contempt.
THE insurance companies contend that
an explosion is not fire. A suit on this
point has followed the blowing up OF
Bradford g. Co.'s mill in Bennington.
The companies will only settle the loss
that was caused by fire after the premises
had been blown into comparative worth
lessnesS.
HANK CRANDALL, young man OF Des
Moines, who had the thatch taken OH his
head few weeks ago, and was rendered
insane. by the kick of a vicious horse, is
now pronounced out of danger He will
recover, but will be branded with horse
shoe on the top of his head during the
rest of his pilgrimage.
INSTEAD of abolishing .ree passes alto
gether, the officers of the Southern Rall-
road of Massachusetts, are making them
selves and the deadheads more bother
about it. Every holder of a season pass
must leave his signature at the office, and
every time he rides sign blank for the
conductor, so that fraud may be detected
by subsequent comparison.
In Worcester, the Damascus Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, have voted to author
ize the order in st. Louis to bring suit
against the hospital authorities of that
city for the recovery of the body of Chas.
F. Gates, of Worcester, who died In the
st. Louis Hospital recently, and whose
body is supposed to have been appropri-
ated by the surgeons for their own use.
THE days of Salem witchcraft have not
gone by. John Hunt, of Burke County,
N. c., thought that he was bewitched, not
in the usual way, by respectable woman
of the place. He drew her figure on
board and shot it through the heart with
a piece of silver, but that did no good.
Then he threatened to shoot her and was
arrested.
IT is objectionable in the Courier
Journal. This Siamese twinsy paper says
Boston journal thinks that the man VINO
plunged beneath the ice and saved lady
from drowning in that State recently
should be rewarded with the lady's hand.
Let that man accept such reward, ana
half the unmarried women in Massachu-
setts will be under the ice within four
and-twenty hours.-Graphsc.
SOME "sawdust swindlers" are sending
the following circular to taxpayers IN
CHICAGO, Dec, 1. 1873.
DEAR SIR: In a thorough search Of the statutes
of yonr state (which we made to obtain informa-
tion relative to an important lawsuit In wnlcn we
were engaged) we find there is way by when
person can legally and without M ,his v We
will impart the information TO you upon tne re-
ce1pt OF one dollar.
OF course. whoever sends them dollar
is swindled out of just that much money.
A cHARIvARI party which waited upon
a newly-married pair in Crawford County,
Pa. the other night, with the usual aggra-
waiting music, were much surprised 10 pc
asked in and invited by the fair hostess to
partake of cake and cider. After drink
ing the health of the hospitable bride
great many times, the minstrels began 10
feel uncommonly queer. There was In
that cider something which riled the
stomach and temporarily destroyed the
head and happiness of the jolly partakers.
They got better the next day.
THE Red River saloon, New Mexico, is
an exciting place for lunch. A rufflan
known as Chunk amused himself In SHOOT
ing the eyes out of pictures and opening
champagne bottles with pistol bullets.
His ewes became fixed on stockman
named Allison. At the supper table they
sat opposite, each with his pistol in his
lap. Allison lodged Chunks ball and
shot Chunk through the right eye before
he had time to enjoy his coffee. The
Sheriff arrived. He wanted Chunk for
murder in Texas.
JAMES G.. GLASS sues Mary Glass, OF
Hyde Park, Mass, for divorce, on the
ground that she was the wife of Mr..
Hepburn, of New York. before he (tlass)
married her. Mr.. Hepburn went on
four years voyage, shortly after they
were married, but she never heard from
him for twelve years. and, believing tnat
he was dead, married Mr.. Glass, VINO
didn't know that she had been once mar
ried, since she had resumed her maiden
name. The question is, whether her mar
riage with Glass, consummated with sucn
conclusive proof of her former husDands
death is rendered null and void by tne
fact that her first husband is living. Inc
noint is a new one to the Supreme Court
of that State.
THE Statesman, of Salem, Oregon, re-
lates this queer hog story: The owner
Of the ferry at Buena Vista had two hogs
which mysteriously disappeared about
three months ago, at which time they
weighed about 300 pounds apiece. About
that time new warehouse was built near
the ferry at Buena Vista, and flled win
wheat, which was shipped a week ago,
when the temporary structure was re-
moved. and under the floor were found
tEe missing swine, alive, but not weigh
;no nearly so much as when last seen.
They had evidently gone under the ware
house to find wheat which leaked through