Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-16
CURRENT ITEMS.

| udllSllC courtesy.
IT is estimated that three million dol
lars worth of grain have been destroyed
by locusts in Southwestern Minnesota.
| NIAGARA COUNTY, N. Y, expects to
ship 100000 barrels of apples this season
and realize nearly million dollars there
| from.
MATTE SMITH, of Chesuncoo ASS,
stabbed herself with penknife Y ause
her young man would not wall Ior her
at the front gate.
WHILE Mrs. Shallcross, of Coatesville,
Pa, was engaged in preserving, large
swarm of bees attacked eight pounds of
sugar cooking on a stove, and many of
the insects were scalded or burned. The
kettle was set off the stove, when the
bees consumed nearly all of its contents.
A POOR and worthy family named
Jones, living in Indiana, recently discov-
cred the sum of $4,000 in the garret of
the house into which they had just
moved. Mr.. Jones had worked hard all
his life, and had struggled hard to be
honest and respectable, and no one could
begrudge such man his good luck,
especially when thesis 900 was in Con-
| federate money.
| CHEAP CASA Detroit man has in
vented process of making gas from
hard wood Thirty three thousand feet
| can be made from single cord. The
gas itself costs nothing, for the charcoal
into which. the wood is converted is
worth more than the wood from which it
is made. Fifty cents thousand feet will
pay all costs of manufacture. COM
pany has been started in Chicago which
is practically testing the invention.
A TOLEDO girl was to be married yes
| terday. She went with the bridal party
to the door of the church, when all at
once the fair bride took to her heels and
started off down Cherry street, with
| bridal veil, orange blossoms and white
drapery generally Tapping in the morn
| ing wind. The groom was struck dumb
at this sudden departure, but did not
| follow. This was the situation at last
accounts, and no person can be found
| who will offer an explanation.-CteoetG1ld
PLAIN Dealer.
THE Prussian Government has got a
| certain if somewhat slippery foothold in
| the land of the free and the home of the
/ brave, it being purchased for $500, ,OO0-
Lake Weewanapee, in New Jersey. The
| lake was owned by private parties and is
about 800 acres in extent, with an aver
u
| it as breeding ground for leeches, trout
| and salmon, which are to be sent across
the water as matured. The leeches of
| this lake are far superior to any found
| in Sweden, and, if properly propagated,
will, it is thought, yield immensely. Pts
ciculturists look upon the movement
| with great interest.
| A RECENT number of the Buffalo Com
mercSM contained the following: "There
| is gathered at the residence of Mr.. Cyrus
DeForest, in this city, a family reunion
such as, we believe, has few parallels. 1t
consists of the five sons and three
daughters of Gideon DeForest and wife,
| all born in Edmeston, Otsego County, the
Youngest of whom is now sixty-one
years old, the Oldest being seventy-nine.
| The family circle has never been broken
except by the accidental death of son
two years old, and this meeting of all its
members, whose homes are in various
parts of the country-some living in
Wisconsin, some ON Staten Island, and
the others widely scattered-seems quite
remarkable"
| A SINGULAR case which occurred many
| years ago in one of the rural towns of
Vermont is thus described by the Rut-
land (Vt.) Herald: "Capt. A. shot and
killed dog belonging to his neighbor,
| Smith. This act was charged upon one
G., and suit was brought against him to
recover damage. The case was tried by
a Jury before Justice of the Peace, and
Capt. A. sat as a juror. Circumstantial
evidence was presented to prove that G.
shot the dog, and the jury agreed to re-
turn verdict of Guilty Several years
after the trial Capt. A. acknowledged
that he killed the dog, and defended his
course in rendering verdict of Guilty
against G. on the ground that his jurors
oath required him to decide the case ac-
cording to law and evidence, and it was
fairly proved, he said, that G. killed the
dog"
| A NEWSPAPER man living in the West
Division put up his stoves yesterday
evening When he took them down last
spring he was careful to put all the stove
pipe together in good shape, and has
carefully watched it all the season to
see that not single joint was lost or
misplaced. So he knew that to put up
the stoves and pipe again would be the
simplest matter in the world, and con-
sumo not more than fifteen minutes. He
commenced the job at five o'clock last
evening. AT half-past ten o'clock supper
|
amusing (?) himself by running to and
from the nearest tinshop after extra
| Joints and elbows, while numerous small
boys in the streets, who saw him by gas
| light, were yelling "There goes one of the
niger minstrelsp' At twelve o'clock,
midnight, he felt hopeful of getting the
Job done by breakfast time this morning.
-Chicago Journal.
| A II on
| gineer who runs on the Michigan divis-
ion of the Lake Shore Road, and is well
known along the line, showed that he
was much more than ordinarily plucky.
During the day he drew his pay, and
some time during the night was awak
ened by some one in his room. Surnlis-
ing at once that they were after his
months wages, Squires drew revolver
| and shot one of them in such a manner
as to disable him, and then turned to pay
his compliments to the other. The fell
low endeavored to escape, but was told
| firmly that if he moved he would be
bored through as had been his compan-
| ion. Knowing that he had resolute
man to deal with, the fellow surrendered
and was held prisoner until the arrival
of officers to take him in charge Inc
names of the two burglars proved to be
ROLAND and McDonahue, and they were
| found to be workmen in the railroad
shops at Elkhart, Ind.
FROM West Chester, Pa, comes the
following sad story of a well-meaning
hen: A man by the name of Lot Fithian,
of that place, had been the owner OF
hen that, to all appearance, was just like
others of her tribe except that she had
ceased to perform the functions or
welI-behaved madam chicken-she didn't
lay any eggs. This was all the more