Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-13
Personal Items,

Fred CLANCY, of the "Bonarza'
store, returned to Dodgeyille on Satur
day.
Mrs. Mefert, Of Arena, is visiting
her old friends and neighbors in this
village.
Mrs. Mary Noble, of this village.
died on last Tuesday night, at the adj
vanced age of 81 years.
Rev. ]. Jane and wife of Shullsburg'
are visiting their friends in and about
Dodgeville, with Headquarters at Joseph
Benefits.
Mrs. Sands, wife of our popular
Clerk of the Court, tripped and fell,
while walking in her garden, Tuesday,
bursting vein in her foot.
Capt. Briggs and Lieut.. Watkins went
to Madison to-day (Thursday), to see
about procuring arms and accoutre.
ments for the military company.
VIM. A. Bishop, of this village,
started on Tuesday on a prospecting
tour to Texas, and will locate perma-
nently in that State if he finds things
up to his anticipations.
We had a pleasant call last Friday
from w, I'll. Jones and Evan Thomas,
of Arena, who were up viewing che
wonders of the county seat and enjoy
ing themselves among their many
friends here. Call again. gentlemen
We are glad to learn that a dis
| patch has been received announcing
the safe arrival in New York, on the
9Th, of VIM. Jones, ST., of Arena,
who has been visiting his old home in
Wales since May last.
Mr.. Watkins, of the Mineral Point
Democrat, was in town, Monday, and
favored this office with friendly call.
We are sorry to note that his health is
not very good, but no wonder: it's
enough to make anybody sick to have
to edit so-called sReform" paper
through this campaign.
Rev. j. Lawson, of Baraboo, agent
| of the American Bible Society, spent
Saturday and Sunday with his old
friends here, and favored our COM
munity with two excellent discourses
on Sunday, one at the M. E. Church in
the morning, and the other at the
Primitive Church, in the afternoon.
Henry HI. Harms, Of this vicinity,
who has been in California the past ff-
teen months, arrived home yesterday
He reports times in that State as being
very dull, great many persons being
out Of employment. He says there are
too many Cinnamon in that country for
him. The wheat crop of the present
season was very light. --PlatteviHe Wit
ness.
William Prisk, formerly Of Miner
al Point, now in Colorado, recently
met with serious accident. He was
doing the carpenter work on high
building, from the top Of which he
fell to the ground, breaking one Of
hislIegs in two places. Ills suffering
is reported to be great, but he is re-
celVIHS SOou care, anu 10 IecoFerInSS
as fast as could be expected Tribune
DR., S. G.. Bugh, of Shullsburg, mail
agent on the Mineral Point railroad
died at Walkers hotel, Mineral Point,
on Tuesday evening. from the effects
of an overdose of morphine. He was
au old settler Of the lead mining region
and man we'll known to many through
out the State, and the announcement
of his sudden and unexpected death
will be shock and cause for regret to
very large circle Of friends.
Hon. Joel Whitman, of this village,
met with quite an accident on last
Friday, while working on the improve
ments to his dwelling house. He and
| three others were working on scat
| fold about fifteen feet high, when the
scaffold gave way, throwing Mr.. Whit
man to the ground, he lighting on the
broad of his back on a pile of old
shingles, and receiving some very
| painful, though fortunately not danger
Gus, injuries. The other persons man
aged to catch on the porch, above
which the scaffold was situated, and
so escaped unhurt.