Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-30
CURRENT ITEMS.

UTAH has five narrow gauge railroads,
four of which are now in operation, and
the other will be opened on the 1st of
November.
OVER 5000 deer have been killed near
the head waters of Mad River, Cal,
within year, the skins only being used.
Legislative action is called for to put
stop to such wholesale slaughter.
| In Mexico the mosquito is an insect of
considerable commercial Importance. 1t
is caught in nets and sold as food for
Dlfds. Ms'ny families gain livelihood
Dy making mosqeitn-eetn2in profes-
sion.
THE Boston TT0Ueller says: A young
man, son of well-known clergyman in
a neighboring city, was bitten, while
asleep, on Saturday night, by rat. The
rat attacked his upper lip. The bite was
severe one, causing considerable hem
orrhage and some fright"
REMEDY FOR CRoUP.-Half teaspoon
full of pulverized alum in a little
molasses. 1t is simple remedy, one al
most always at hand, and one dose sell
dom fails to give relief. If it should, re-
peat it after one hour.-RurGl New
Yorker.
AT the late Methodist Conference in
Batavia, N. Y, one of the elders said he
was once settled over a weak church,
and appointed committee of young
ladies to collect subscriptions for it. One
of them was SO successful that he thought
she would be good overseer and help
mate in a family and so he married her.
Mrs. NASH and neighbor got into
quarrel as to which should hang out their
,1D% 4,.. a1O4L
when the neighbor advanced toward Mrs.
Nash in threatening manner the latter
fell down dead. This took place in Am
sterdam, N Y, few days since. Others
have died from clothes-line.
WHILE Boston is sending missionaries
to preach the Gospel in China, says the
Congregotaon0ZSst. there comes. a China
man to preach the religion of Confucius
to Boston, Wong Chin Foo is the name
of this sanguine Oriental, who thus seeks
to turn the tables on the irrepressible
American. He presented the claims of
Confucianism at the Parker Memorial
Hall on a recent Sunday.
In Amsterdam an ingenious jeweler
named Schroeder has constructed what
is called mechanical city," twenty
feet long by fifteen feet wide, wherein
bridges, cathedrals, etc, Of a European
metropolis are exactly represented in
miniature, and all the busy life of a vast
community is automatically initiated.
The streets swarm with moving wagons,
cars and people; boats ply on the river,
fountains and bands play in the parks,
and even soldiers parade about fort IN
the suburbs.
CTRE FOR THE OPIUM HABIT.-In re-
cent report on the condition of the En-
glish hospital at Pekin, China, the at
tending physician gives formula for
g anti-opium pills" This remedy is COM
posed of extract of henbane, extract of
gentian, camphor, quinine, cayenne pep
per, ginger and cinnamon, with CASTLE
soap and sirup to form the mass, and
licorice powder to form the coating. The
efficacy of these pills in overcoming the
opium he cit and preventing the suffer
ing on giving up the use OF that poison,
I is stated to have been proved IN numer-
Gus cases.
CONNECTICUT has a marksman who
gave an exhibition of his skill at fair
recently. He used an improved target
rifle, requiring neither cartridge, powder
nor air, percussion cap alone, sending
a large shot-single B-with force SUI
ficient to penetrate a pine board at some
distance. He stuck pin In a Doaru,
twenty-five feet distant, took his rifle IN
one hand, pistol fashion, and knocked
the pin down. He then stuck his knife
| in the board, at the same distance, ana
split several shots in succession, while
| he rang the target-bell nine times out OF
ten