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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17
How Joe Lost His Bet.

AN old fellow named Joe Poole, very &C.
centric and an incorrigible sufferer, was
constant hanger-on at the tavern IN Water
ford, Me.
One day a traveller from distant part of
the State arrived at the tavern, and was
met by an old acquaintance, resident OF
the town. After some conversation on
different topics the traveller was addressed
as follows:
by the way, Brown, look out for old
Joe Poole tonight. You will know him
quick enough by his suffering. He will
be sure to come around and offer to bet
that you've not got a whole shirt to your
back. Ifyou take him up you will surely
lose by trick he's got. He invariably
offers to lay this wager and always wins. +"
Every WE'LL" said the traveller, " will
not let him get ahead of me. Much
obliged for the caution"
The evening arrived, and large crowd
was collected in the bar-room. Our friends
were there, and old Joe Poole was present
and in his element.
"I tell YOU wh-what. You are nicely
dressed, but I'll bet you ten you haven
got whole sh-shirt to your back
"I'll take the bet," said the stranger.
g Put the money in the landlords hands"
This being done, the traveller pulled OIL
his coat, and was about following suit
with his vest when old Joe cried out:
Hoho-hold on! You've lost. Ha-half
your shirt is in fr-front and the other half
is on your ba-back."
There was roar of laughter, but the
newcomer did not mind it, but pulled off
his vest, too, and, quietly turning his back
to Joe, displayed to his astonished gaze a
shirt neatly folded and placed underneath
his suspenders.
J, Of course the laugh was turned upon
Poole, who acknowledged that he had lost
the wager. He never offered to bet agian
WHY is great bore like tree Both
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17
,a LATEST NEWS.
THE OLD wOHED.

Over $4,000 cattle had been attacked by
- the cattle-pague in Dorsetshire England, up to
u the7th according to a London telegramlof that
d2te1u91 eHoI Y04 mons. {
,-rs1 "A St. Petersburg telegram of the 9TH
L b6nounces the defeat of 10000 hokandrebels by
.ai9sn. Hsqfpan en- the 4th.
His Holiness the Pope cordially re-
the American Cardinal McCloslzey on the
evening oftre 8th. r., r.
III Iendoh dispatches of the 9th announce
8 the loss Of the steamer Martin Weiner, from
Shields, England, for Hamburg, with all on board.
Gen. Jovellar has returned from the pur-
suit of the Carlists and resumed the portfolio OF
Minister of War; s @l
a A Vienna telegram of the 10th says the
Pope had instructed his Bishops in European
Turkey to labor for peace. 4'i
The officers of Queen Yictoria's yacht
were cepsured on the 10th in the report of the
Grand Jury which had been investigating the
running down Of the|yacht Mistletoe, some time
since, ~
A London telegram of the 18th says the
foot and mouth disease continued to rage with
unabated violence, and that the Priyy Council
' had been requested to issue order prohibiting
the holding of fairs and markets throughout
Warwickshire. During the ceding week over
5000 cases had been recorded in Norfolk, and the
disease was attacking sheep and pigs as well as
cattle.
A Belgrade dispatch of the 18th says
1000 Turks had recently encountered sixty
Bosnians and killed them all.
Gen. Jovcllar on the 10Th formed new
Spanish Cabinet, the former ministers having
rendered their designations on the preceding
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17
/" The Campaign

| THINK the campaign has opened. |
am no politician myself, but think SO be-
cause drunken man ran against me last
night and yelled:
"'Rah for Thompson!"
And he had scarcely staggered out OF
sight when another intoxicated individual
came running around the corner and
hoarsely inquired:
"Where's the reptile that called our can
didate horse-thief?''
Later in the evening several men halte9
in front of my house and thus addressed
"Come down here, you old gray headed
heather, and give US money to buy pow
derl''
I didn't go down, and they unhinged
and carried off my gate and broke down
two shade-trees.
AS l said at the start, don't keep my,
self posted on politics, but | am convinced
that the campaign has opened; this is the
way, if / remember rightly, that all cam m
paigns have been opened for the last NJ
teen years.
This morning while Twas selecting a
roast at the butchers man with red eyes
and wicked face came up, slapped me on
the back, and as he twisted around so as
to give me the full force OF his lanyard
breath he remarked:
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17
INDUSTRIAL.

ALL the New England pin factories are
in full blast, Notwithstanding the dull
times. Pin money must be plenty.
EQUAL weights of acetate of lime and of
chloride of calcium, dissolved in twice
their weight of hot water, is fireproofing
mixture for fabrics.
A so-cALLED inerasible ink is prepared
of one part by weight of lampblack,
twelve of potash water glass, of the consist,
ency of syrup, one of ammonia water, and
thirty ght of distilled water
A MIXTURE of peroxide of manganese
and water-glass is recommended to be APP
piled to cooking stoves when they are red
hot, as it is said to make good biacking,
not as liable to burn off as common black
lead.
SAVE the corn-cobs for kindlings, es-
pecially if wood is not going to be plenti-
full next winter. To prepare them, melt
together sixty parts resin and forty parts
tar Dip in the cobs and dry on sheet
metal heated to about the temperature Of
boiling water.
THE average yield of corn-eobs is 1862
parts of carbonate Of potash in | 900 parts
Of the cobs, which is nearly twice as much
as is furnished by the best specimens OF
wood The corn crop of this country VIII
supply Is, 400, 100000 pounds OF cobs3,
from which Ia, 800, 900 pounds OF potash
might be made.-,Scteastitfc Amersca".
THE Connecticut tobacco crop is matur-
inc earlier than usual this season, owing
partly to the good growing weather and
partly TO the fact that many growers put
out their plants somewhat in advance of
the usual time. The crop, in most in
stances, is of uncommonly large growth,
many fields being utterly impossible. In
many instances growers have to add to
their buildings in order TO accommodate
the unexpected crop since the rains
Probably East Hartford and adjoining
towns will put larger stock upon the
market this season than they have before
for ten years.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17
WHAT DO, IIKNO VIZ"
1lBY JOHN W. CHADWICK.


IfHIAA ISBY JOHN w. CHADWICK. "a : "
So RAN, the motto on "a seal;e -gnal
Hi, whose rare wit doth sprightier dance
Than any other that hath used !
/ The. laughter wing speech ofFrance.
Upon, this 'hea3en=kfssfng hilf, A-A-
On this midsummer day of days,
That sad old question shoulders in
Among my thoughts of prayer and praise.
What do / know? Not much, alasi s
z OfaH the bree 9TH and depth and height
That presses upon soul and sense
From day to day, from night to night.
And yet know the light is sweet,
7 And pleasant tits to see the sun,
Wha. time he climbs the eastern hills,
And when his course is nearly done. II 6
know the look of wind blown grass,
The quiet rustic of the corn, sgs
The lusty song the thresher sings
To usher in the glowing morn.
I know to what merry tune ssEgr
Yon river ripples on it's way
And how, along its leafy brink,
The dropping branches softly sway. ?,
know the springs that trickle down
Through many rod Of brush and fern;
DlVluOIy COOL, HOT LGuS ulLuSCu
Drank better from Hebe's urn.
know what fine entertainments Turk
In clouds that trail their shadows dun
Der hill and vale, or lie at ease
Along the west at set of sun.
know the night is calm and cool
And welcome when the day is spent,
And, when it fills the sky with stars,
Fills all my soul with sweet content
But in the worlds of thought and love
Yet more and better things | know
Than this midsummer day of days,
For all it's treasures, has to show.
l know that many friends are kind,
That many hearts are fond and true;
know-but hush! l may not tell
The half 1 know, Montaigne, to you.
Wherefore, oh, skeptic, 60 and try
Your question i'll Some other ear; ss F.
know enough to keep my heart
Brim full of joy from year to year,
Christian Union.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17
THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK, Sept 13.-Flour-White
Winter Extra s645@75o. Wheat-No. Chicago
Spring, $l.2561.ES; No. 2 Milwaukee, 1890
100; No. Northwestern, $1.27@1,2S. Barley
S13501.45. Oats - Western Mixed, 3S@5Sc.
Corn-Western Mixed, n@;4hc. Pork-Mess,
S211O Dressed Hogs-105sc. Lard-132ac. Cattle
Market quiet; 10A@13c. for Good to Extra.
Hogs-SA@SHc. sheep-4H@6hc. Gold closed at
1855.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa. - Cattle - Best,
s6.5o@7oO; medium, S5.Oo@5.5o. -Hogs-York-
ers, $74O@7.9O; Philadelphias, Ss9o@925
Sheep-S4.5O@565. @
as CHICAGO. -Wheat-No 2 Spring closed
at S115@1.15h cash. Corn-Closed at 59Kc for
No. 2 and 5SAlc for Rejected, cash. Oats-No. 2,
35h@35Bc cash; October options sold at 31c
Rye-No.2. 75A@75hc. Barley-No. 2 1.110l.lS.
Mess 0Pork-$21 .5O@2l.60 cash. Lard--$12871a@
1890 Catte--Choice to Extra, $5.75G6.25; Me
dunn to GOOD, $4.25@5.6o; Butchers Stock
S3.OO@425; scalawags, etc., S2.75QD3'1o. hogs.
Good to choice, S7.4O@7.s5. sheep-Good to
choice, S4.25@4.75.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17

IT was an old bachelor who declared
that the conventional representation of a
cherub was his idea of a model infant.
/" No nasty little lungs to scream with, no
dirty little hands to NEEDLE with, no hor
rid little legs to run about on-just
dear little pair of fluffy wings and
head ;,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17

The Red Cloud Investigating Commits
sion met in open session at Washington on the
10TH Bishop Hare made a statement in relation
to the condition of Indian affairs
On the 18th the division of Maj. Powell's
exploring party under charge of A. III. Thompson
reached Gunnison, Utah, en- route for home, hav-
ing concluded their explorations for the season.
A st. Joseph (Mo,) distiller pleaded
guilty on the 18th, to the charge of violating the
Internal Revenue law.
Michael Scully, Columbus (Ohio) pc
destrian recently completed the task of walking
1000 miles in 1000 hours.
Hon. Henry T. Blow, of st. Louis, died
suddenly at the United States Hotel in Saratoga,
N. Y, on the 18th.
Mrs. Lincoln reached Springfield, Ill,
on the 18th in charge of her son Robert. tele-
gram of that date says she was not considered
any better mentally than when she went to the
asylum at Batavia. ~
On the 9th the propeller Equinox of
the Grand Trunk line laden with salt and having
the schooner Emma A. Mayes in tow, when
within ten miles of Point Sauble, suddenly sunk,
carving down with her all on board, including
the crew, and the Captains daughter and niece,
and gentleman and lady whose names have not
been ascertaned In all twenty-five persons are
supposed to have persisted.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17

THE recent census of Massachusetts, IN
dictates a population for thai. State OF
about 100000. Reason topples on lts
throne in the attempts to estimate from
such data alone the proportlonate tnou-
sanos of school.ma ans there.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17

PIRATES generally charge all ship Il
worth for boarding 1t.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17

IT is ascertained that saving equal to
as much as so per cent is made by sup
pressing the sifted coal and charcoal, en-
ployed with green sand for small iron
castings of the smooth and brilliant sort,
simply by careful mixture OF one part OF
tar with twenty parts of green sand; the
flashing by means of tar or resin is also
suppressed by the same means. Castings
produced from molds with mixture OF
this description are said to be smooth and
bright, as the tar prevents the difficulty so
much experienced in this kind OF produc-
ton, namely; the metal adhering 70 Ine
sand and the formation of blisters. Sucn
a mixture is also found to aid greatly IN
the production of castings OF large SIZE, az
the tar tends to absorb the humidity OF the
sand.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17

WHY is a great bore like tree 9-Botl
look best when leaving.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17
Finnis II. Little has been nominated Tor
Thirl MiSElS-

Congress by the Republicans of the Third Mlss1s-
sippi District. TITO { arrow Lttsi
The conference,e of farmers and meehan
les recently in session at Cincinnati adopted res
olutions demanding the repeal of the National
Banking law and the issue of paper money by
the Government directly to be made legal-te1f-
der for all debts, public and private, including
duties on imports, to be changeaplel fori regis
tered interest-bearlng bonds. Anti-monopoly
resolutions were adopted, and also asresolutlon
favoring a single Presidential term & q -
Vicksburg dispatches of the 9th report
ed all quiet in Warren, Yazoo and Kinds Counties
On the 9Th, in San Francisco, there
was held largely attended meeting of the
friends of the late W. G. Ralston, al which reso-
lutions commencing the seryices-of the deceased
and denonncing the aE0eaing BtsSbetiao and Morn
ing CAL for their alleged brutal and unjustifable
attacks upon his character were unanimously
adopted.
The new California Legislature is said
to stand politicallysas follows: Senate-19 DEM
ocrats, 5 Independent Democrats, 9 Independ-
ents, T. Republicans. House-60 Democrats, 1
Independent Democrat, Z Independents, II Re-
publicans.
Hancocks Bank at Greenville, KY,
was recently robbed of $35, 900 in bonds currency
and gold coin.
The prosecution in the Westervelt case
closed ON the 9th. On the 10th Mrs. Westervelt
testified, contradcting the evidence of Mrs.
Peers, given few days before, to the effect that
she had seen Westervelt with Charlie Ross in
Brooklyn street-car, July 6, 1874. She swore that
on that day Westervelt was at home all day. She
distinctly remembered it, as it was her birthday.
At Augusta, Ga, on the 9th, Jake
Hicks was discharged, upon trial, for connection
with the late alleged attempt at insurrection.
The Judge ruled that there was not sufficient ev-
idence to convict.
Accounts given Of the late disturbances
in Mississippi differ essentially both as to their
origin and their results. One statement is to the
effect that three whites were killed and six
wounded. Five or six colored men were killed on
the barbecue grounds and an unknown number
wounded; two were killed the next morning and
several were found dead subsequently. Another
statement says thirty negroes were killed and
fifty or sixty wounded. A Washington telegram
of the 10th says a dispatch had just been
received by the Attorney General from
the Sheriff of Kinds County, which stated
that perfect peace prevailed throughout the coun-
ty and that all good citizens would aid him to
discharge his duties. The Attorney General had
expressed an opinion that the troubles were
ended.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-15
SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue and authority of writ Of exc
cution issued out of the District Court with
In and for Laramie County, Wyoming Terri
tory, in favor of Eleanor p. Smalley and
against the property of Isaac w. Cook, for the
sum of Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Dol
lars, (SI7 81 and costs. to me directed, having
failed to find any goods and chattels, l have
levied upon the following described land and
tenements of Isaac w. Cook, to wit:
The undivided one-fifrh interest in and to
lot number five, (5), in Block number three
hundred and twenty nine, (329l, also an un-
divided one-hfth interest in the brick build
Ing thereon, known as Recreation Hall, all
of said property situated in the City OF Chey-
enne, County of Laramie, and Territory of
Wy oming.
All of which property Will offer at public
auction and sell TO the highest bidder for
cash on Saturday the nth day of Septem ber
A. ID. 1875. at the hour of two o'clock =. NJ. OF
said day. in front of the Court House door of
said Laramie County.
n. ]. O'BRIEN,
Sheriff of Laramie County, w. T.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. lIth. 1875.
Rugll-lm
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-15

Key West, Fla, Sept. 14.-The
steamer Zodiac, which left Nassau on
the 9th inst, took fire next morning,
and with her cargo was totally de-
stroyed. The passengers, officers and
crew were saved. The disaster oc-
Cured % miles from Abaco. All
hands took to the boats, in which
they were one day before being res
cued, with no provisions under a
boiling sun. the fire was probably
caused by the spontaneous combus-
tion of old oakum.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-15

San Francisco, Sept, 1.-THE Rev.
enue officials were around to-day
among the wholesale liquor houses
examining books, which resulted in
finding many instances where pack
ages of spirits, gauged and reported
at ten and twenty gallons each, had
been thrown upon the market as
containing from two to three hundred
gallons. Most of these were from the
Pacific Distillery, whose officers were
reported yesterday as having made
affidavits OF the destruction Of their
accounts up to the first of last July.
The discoveries thus far made by the
officials, indicate very extensive
frauds, in which not only the dealers
and distillerS, but also the Revenue
officials are believed TO be Impli-
Gated. Telegrams from the Revenue
Department at Washington, received
here to-day, announce the dismissal
from the service of J. n. Driscoll and
F. Nj. Montell, U. S. gaugers, for
completely in these frauds. The in
vestigation is being actively pushed,
and it is probable that the guilty
parties will be brought to an account
without any further delay than the
work of uneal thing the facts renders
necessary.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-15

Vienna, Sept. 14.-In response to
the appeal from Prince Montenegro,
the Austrian government has sent a
staff of surgeons to attend to the large
number of wounded insurgents who
have been brought to Montenegro.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-15

Montreal, Sept. 14.-Thomas w.
Nichols, the absconding teller of the
Canadian Bank of Commerce, is sup
posed to have left for New York on
Saturday in company with his father.
The amount taken is said to exceed
S5O.OOO
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-15

Madrid, Sept. 14-The.Papal Nuncio
sent circulars to the Bishops asking
them to support the restoration of re-
ligious unity, declaring that any other
course would jeopardize the good un-
derstanding between Spain and the
Vatican.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-15

WANTED.-Twenty wood choppers
for contract at Red Cloud Agency.
Pay $3.50 per cord. Apply to III.
Haas. sl4-6td@ -
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-15

Augusta, Me-, Sept. 1.-THE official
returns from 264 towns, give ConnoI
5000 majority.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-15

Chicago, Sept. 1.-THE new, fast
mail tram, which left New York
yesterday over the Pennsylvania
Railway, arrived here this morning,
having made the run in 26 hours, the
fastest time ever made between the
two cities. This gives us the New
York mail about twelve hours earlier
than formerly.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-15
REPORTED ExPREssLT roR THE MORNING LEADER.
MIG HIT RE p o K It.
The Fast Mail Train.
The Whisky Fradds in Cali
fornia.
Revenue Officers Implicated.
Fire at Sea.
Beecher VS.. Moulton.
Foreign Affairs.
Beecher VS.. Moulton.
Foreign Affairs.

New York, Sept. I4.-District At
torney Britton, of Brooklyn, has
addressed letters to Henry Ward
Beecher and Francis d. Moulton, sug-
gesting that the public interests would
be best served by entering a nolle
prosequi, in the case of Beecher VS..
Moulton for libel. Beecher in reply
concurs, but Moulton says he cannot
acquiesce in the action proposed.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-15
EMPIRE LAUNDRY,

l7th Street, Cor Thornes.
Work done in the Shortest Possible
Time, and at Living Rates. Try it.
sep7-d6m
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-02
Going Crazy Over Writ of Execution

WadSwOrth Drake, a well-tO-dO farm
er of Williamsburg, went crazy, Fri
day, from the ignOminv of being served
with a writ of execution for the first time
in his life. Mr.. brakes wife has been
an invalid for a year or so, and this and
other troubles had made him down.
hearted, and for some little while he
has been acting queerly. On Friday,
Sheriff Ansel Wright called on him with
a writ for a note of dozen or so dol
lars due the CummingtOn Hotel keeper
He suggested that Drake 90 up to Levi
Drotlf0Td'o near Dy, ANA yet the prop
erty receipted for, but Drake refused,
saving that the Sheriff might take any
thing-take every thing; he didn't know
but he might as well die now as any
time, etc. in the midst of which talk
he seized strap and rushed into beer
and grocery shop in his house, locking
the door behind him. Mr.. Wright
broke open the door and seized him,
but had hard struggle to subdue him,
even with assistance. All Friday night
four or five stout men had all they could
do to manage the madman, who is of
slight build and easily handled by any
one of them when sane. He was hand
cuffed, but even in that condition made
it very lively for his friends, kicking
one of them across the room. On Sat
urday Dr.. Streeter, of Chesterfield, at
tended him, and he was a tritle calmer.
The case is an odd one; he is the last
man who would have been expected to
90 crazy. At present he imagines that
he owes unlimited sums and that every
body is going to sue him.