Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-02-19
NUMBER "A.
CURRENT ITEMS.

old girl who weighs 266 pounda,
| my family is covered by my hat" is
the latest way for an unmarried man to
announce his single -blessedness.
THE $4,000 heifer has up and died
in Kentucky, just as the SAC, 600 COW did.
She leaves daughter three months old;
no insurance. s
THIS seems to be good year for ex
press robbers, and express robbers real
ize it fully as much as anyone. So do
express companies.
A BosToN firm has novel idea in adj
vertising; they offer $500 in gold othe
person who can guess nearest the gross
| weight of their eight-horse team.
If THOSE James brothers would only
surrender and be nicely hung until dead
the public would cheerfully chip in for
any little outlay in the shape cf head
stones.
I AMERICAN silks are slowly but surely
gaining ground, and many ladies use
them almost altogether. as they wear
well and are much cheaper than import
ed silks. v4 rss
WHEN young man in Patagonia falls
in love with girl he lassoes her, drags
her home behind his horse, and that's all
the marriage ceremony necessary. lie
doesn't even have to buy the lasso.
AMONG the Detroit victims of the re-
cent cold snap was a lot of goldfish which
had been left swimming in glass globe
over night. In the morning they were
found Embedded in solid cake of ice.
BLUE waterproof cloth has almost en-
! tirely taken the place of the black and
white mixed cloth of former years. Itis
| very becoming to almost every complex
| ion, and when made up in appropriate
and becoming style is very pretty as
| well as useful garment, and one almost
necessary to every lady's wardrobe. a,
RECENTLY Frenchman working in
the shaft of Hoosac Tunnel lost his bal
ance, and falling about twenty feet
brought up on a platform, SC near the
edge that his legs swung of. Being
| asked why he didn't continue his down
| ward journey, a distance OF more than
800 feet he laconically replied: 1 had
| no light"
| SINCE the adoption of our new divorce
| laws widows are not as thick as tney
used to be. Now and then, however,
one ropes in her victim as Chadizah
roped in Mahomet; for while the vic
tim struggles frantically against his
! fate, then sinks into it's depths "with
bubbling groan," and all again is STILL
Brooklyn Argus. ssgE
| A BROOKLYN young woman sends this
valuable information to New York
paper: "All girls are pleased to have
their attractions recognized in certain
! genteel way-the eyes lingering for an
| instant only--but prolonged stare from
q man, no matter how handsome he. may
be, excltes nothing but a feeling of an
| noyance and disgust" ai11 ssaE8
THE New York Legislature is regulat-
| ing sleepingcar companies. A bill is in
| troduced relating to charges for sleeping
car berths, which are named ao followe,
| $1.50 for any lower berth, 81 for any
| upper berth, within the State $3.50 for a
section, and $5 for family state-room;
| ST. for a lower berth and SOC sor an upper
| for distance not exceeding 160 miles;
| 81 for seat in any palace car, and soc
| for distance not exceeding 16O miles,
THE fashionable color for children in
New York this winter is dark brown. 1t
looked odd at first to see wee, toddling
things arrayed in this somber tint, but
one soon becomes accustomed to a pre-
vailing style, fortunately, and to see any
other than brown-clad infant is to- see
sad, questionable sight. Brown
velvet, Norman cap, fitting closely
around the face and tied under with
heavy brown ribbons, brown velvet or
velveteen cloak, geaching to the bottom
of the dress and confined at the waist
with sash, huge, rich and brown, of
course, and brown woolen or velveteen
leggings. Such is the only admissible
street toilet for the newest generation.
IN. Y, Cor. Chicago tribune ea - a@#f
A LOWER LAKE correspondent of the
Napa (Cal.) Reporter has the following to
say about Hiram Aliens daughter, who
is remarkably good shot: 81 have
often thought that would like to give
your readers sketch of one of our Lake
County notables, Miss Molly Allen
little maiden of some twelve or thirteen
years old, who has killed more game
with her small telescope rifle. than any
other two hunters OF my acquaintance.
She has made thirty dollars bounty on
squirrel-tails alone the past summer;
and if you choose to figure the thing up
the tails being only five cents each
you will begin to have an idea of her sue
last winter she took so many prizes
that her bearded opponents ruled her
out of the ring" 59N.E4Hot
THE New York State Library has just
received valuable relic The relic con-
sIsts of map of 1864 acres of land, stu
ated in Augusta County, Va, and acer-
tifcate setting forth that the same had
been SURVEYED Both the map and the
certificate are from the pen of Wash
ington, and are models of neatness. The
certificate is signed g. Washington, and
is dated Nov. 7, 1749-the surveyor being
then in bis eighteenth year. After
Washington's name appear the initials
g S. c. c." which stands for Surveyor to
the County Court. The document, which
is in remarkably good state of pres
ervation, is inclosed in a stout metallic
frame and protected by glass. The State
Library already contains the surveying
implements used by Washington, which
were purchased some years since dor
good round sum, and this certificate and
map will In connection be OF great in
terest
In colors it is certain pink, both for
blondes and brunettes, is destined to be
the favorite. Everything pertaining to
red, however, is fashionable, from the
delicate rose tints to the crimsons, which
are so frequently combined with black.
The fashionable tints are still all deli
cate, but of more positive tone than
last season Pink particularly shows
great variety of hues, the most fashion
able of which is known as f1esh-pink, and
is usually trimmed with white lace or
tulle The new shades of blue are also
very beautiful, but require the glare of
gas.light to bring out their silvery sheen.
The green's are less in demand, but are
much admired by those who possess
compilations of sufficient purity and
clearness to wear them. The tearose IS
= fa,vor;+, cbaIo h,,t ;o aluvave associated