Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-09
CURRENT ITEMS.

THEY are pegging away lively in the
State Prison at Trenton-2, ,045 shoes a
day. Awl together it is lasting busi-
ness and wakes strong.-D00er (N. ~
Mail
THERE is woman in Kansas who can
getsupper, split kindlings, wash the
dishes, milk the COWS and feed the hogs
while her five boys and two girls are
playing a game of croquet.
THE commission of engineers to report
on an improved plan of an outlet at the
mouth of the Mississippi have left for
Europe, and will visit the Pc, Danube
and Rhine in order to personally inspect
those rivers and to obtain such informa-
tion as may be applicable to the Missis-
sippi.
A WESTERN D. d. kept convention of
school-teachers convulsed by his humor-
Gus sayings. A knight of the birch over
hearing some one say ClIat he was min
lister, remarked in establishment: "A
minister Wa'al, do declar'! If / was
out shootin' ministers he's the last man
I'd snap att"
A MINNESOTA farmer, seeing that the
grasshoppers were bound to have his
wheat, got mad, manufactured big
roller and crushed the whole mass,
wheat, 'hoppers and all, into dirt 1t
killed the pests, and shower brought
out the wheat again as good as new.
Moral: Get mad.
Two TIMID young Vermonters went to
New York, the other day, and were so
anxious lest their money, $3.50, should be
stolen that they hid it under a pile of
paving stones, but on going to the spot
the next morning private watchman re-
fused to let them take it out, and they
had to call q policeman.
A PETRIFIED ring dove has been found
in Reading, Pa, and the Times describes
it thus: "The form of the body, head
and neck is well preserved. The place
where the eyes were can even be noted.
1t is in a sitting posture, half reclining
on the right side, much compressed in
the middle of the body and the head
turned to one side. The ring round his
neck is plainly discernible and there can
be no mistaking it,"
ISABELLA SHIPMAN, daughter of Orrin
Shipman, the man who is taking such an
interest in the proposed free-love COM
munity ON Valcour Island, died at
Winooski, VT, few days ago, and failed
of Christian burial. Sophia Woods,
Spiritualistic medium" pronounced an
oration and sort of benediction, and the
body was buried in Shipman's orchard
A large number were present at the
funeral, out of curiosity to see the mem
bers of the Valcour community.
To ASCERTAIN if a mineral contains
copper, 1t is only necessary to pulverize
a portion of it, dissolve it in strong nitric
acid (aquafortis), and dilute portion of
the clear solution, which will probably
be blue, until almost colorless, then add
ammonia carefully. If copper is present
the color will become an intense blue.
In another portion of the solution, some
what diluted, place piece of perfectly
clean polished steel or iron; in few
minutes the copper will be deposited
upon the iron in a metallic state.
THE San Francisco Bulletin, in late
issue, says: "Small dealers are complain
ing that enough of fve-cent pieces can
not be obtained for the transaction of
business. So great is the demand for
these coins that premiums varying from
% to 5 per cent. in gold are paid for
them. The cause of the scarcity is prob
ably owing to the fact that the mass of
the people are beginning to insist upon
mere accurate return of change than has
heretofore been customary" Even Cali
fornia is getting down to the hard pan"
in these times.
THE other day as Detroiter was rid
ing on the Pontiac road, says the Detroit
Free Press, he came across an old lady
seated in buggy which had been halted
within a few yards of the Grand Trunk
Railroad track. She seemed to be un-
easy about something, and as he drove
up she asked: "Say, mister, hain't that
engine going to come along pretty soon?"
He asked her to explain, and she pointed
to the sign, which reads: Look out for
the engine" and added: "I've waited
more'n two hours for the ole engine to
go by; but Pm getting tired, and if it
don't come pretty soon I'll drive right
over the track and go hum"
THE prospects are that an unusually
large amount of logs will be put into the
Muskegon River during the coming win
ter. There is vast territory of pine
land on the banks of the river, north of
Big Rapids, that has been burned over
during the droughts of the past summer,
and in order to save this it will be neces-
sary to get it into the river this winter.
Contracts have already been let to lum-
bermen amounting to 100000, 600 feet,
and it is confidently expected that
double this amount will be put into the
river this winter. Several of the lumber
men have already commenced opera
tions, and have part of their logs "cut
and skidded," preparatory to hauling
Detroit Free Press.
WHEN the colony from Tyre, in ancient
times, landed upon the Atlantic shore of
Spain, and founded there the city of
Gades, now known as Cadiz, the leader,
one Malcarthus, set up two stone pillars
as memorials of the safe debarkation,
and over them built temple to Her
cules. In progress of time, as the city
grew rich, the pillars were replaced by
others of an alloy of gold and silver,
which were made the armorial bearing
of the municipality. Centuries later the
Emperor Charles V. of Germany adopted
the two pillars of Cadiz as his coat-of-
arms, and they appeared upon the coins
issued in his reign, with scroll entwined
around them for the inscription. Thus,
according to latest authority, originated
our familiar S mark.
THE POTTER LAW.