Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-12-10
az Wanted-some more snow.

~" Wanted-some more snow.
ae- We still need some wood
righ3 away.
nss-Alzira A wife of Edwin NJ. Geer,
of Wyoming, Wis.,, died on the 9th
of November last, aged 81 years.
B@@ A large number of young
folks enjoyed a social hop at the Com
mercial,' Tuesday night.
aG Get ready to "swear off, and
turn over a new leaf. It's only three
weeks till new years.
s@-Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gray, of
Darlington, will spend the winter in
sunny Florida.
H-A hoop factory has recently
been estab lished in Lancaster, employ
ing three or four hands.
sag The ladies Of the NJ. E.
Church have commenced preparations
for their annual tea meeting, which
will be held on Monday, Dec. q.
30 Wood is getting little scarce
in Dodgeville-the bad roads prevent
ing farmers from bringing it in.
toy The anniversary exercises of the
DodgevilIe II. r. Sunday School will
be held on Christmas night. A pleas
ant enterta inment may be anticipated.
ng9~ We need the money due us from
our patti ons, and would deem it an es-
pecial favor if all would make an eff
fort to pay us before New Years.
gay An exchange remarks that the
man who stops lis paper because
it has published something that of
Tended him, is pretty sure to borrow
a copy of the next issue to see if it sur
wives, and he most always finds it
does.
n@. Al immense amount of business
has been done ia Mineral Point for the
last two weeks. The streets have been
thronged with teams, and warehouses,
stock yards, aud other places of bust
ness have presented al appearance as
prosperous as our city ever witnessed
in its palmiest days.-T iJune.
fw-The Irish editor of the Mineral
Point Tribune says:
The man who came to this city last
week, hailing from town not thou
sand miles away, and stole seal skin
cap from a hook in the U. S. hotel,
would do we'll to give the city wide
berth on his return to 1t.
a9~Savs tie Lancaster Herald, Mr..
w. Fl. Gillard, faniliarly known as
Hank, formerly Of Mt. Hope, has re-
turned to his first love, and is willing
to swear that neither Nebraska, Kan
sas or Iowa is equal to Grant County
for habitation and a home. Even
Irish Ridge has its charms to him after
six months residence in grasskopper-
dom.
eY Thos. TT. Webster, formerly of
this county, but now of Ogden, Iowa,
was married on Wednesday evening,
Dec. lst, to Miss Frank G. Grinnell, Of
that place. The cermony was per-
formed by Rev. S Jones, pastor of the
M. E Church. Judging by the notice of
the event which we find in last week
Ogden Reporter, Tommy stands
well in his Iowa home, and has made
a good match. May continued pros
perity attend him.
wJ. J. Herbert, the gentlemanly
jeweler. who keeps just north of the
Court House, has lately been making
extensive improvements in his store,
having put in an elegant new show
case for the better display of his goods,
and added largely to his stock of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver Ware,
&c. He has very complete and ele--
giant establishment, which we advise
everybody to go and see. Read his
new advertisement.
ew-Mr. Marks, the new landlord of
the U. s. Hotel in this village, has
made very marked Improvement in
that institution, having had all the
rooms newly painted, papered and car
peted, and from top to bottom the
house wears an air of comfort and
cleanliness rarely to be found. The
travelling public will find Mr.. Marks a
No. ! man to stop with, and that che
knows how to keep hotel" See his
new advertisement in another column,
give him call.
s@H Hon. Joel Whitman has been
appointed postmaster at Dodgeville, in
place of S. W. Reese, ESQ.,, resigned.
The appointment of Mr.. Whitman is
one very fitting to be made-he has
always been an active and faithful Re-
publican andis man every way worthy
of the position;-but it strikes us that
Congressman Magoon, in making
changes in the federal Offices of the
district, without such changes being
asked for by the people interested, is
CLEARLY roIno OutSide of his duties as