Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-07-02
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

A LETTER from Acapulco, Mexico, re-
ports that at Morelio a woman died lately
at the age of 1872 years, being attended at
her funeral by over 300 of her nearest re-
lations, among whom were two sons of so
and 100 years.
| EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND acres of In
dian soil are now under jute cultivation,
producing nearly 100000 maunds OF
fiber, which ultimately takes the form OF
30, 767, $50 gunny bags, and an enormous
quantity of mating, twine and paper.
TIE London Athen0uan has reluctantly
appealed for a new trial of the libel suit
in the case of Johnston's ALIASES, for its
severe scoring of whose publishers that
journal was fined e1,275 damages. Its
conductors had determined not to appeal,
but do it in Difference to what they term
the pressure of public opinion upon them
to stand up for the rights and liberties Of
the entire press.
| ARIsToCRATIC circles in London are
much agitated by another sad scandal
| Viscount Hinton has quarreled with his
father, Earl Poulton, and has married
This is not uncommon, but young Lords
under these circumstances do not gener
ally take to earning their own living.
Lord Hinton is made of better stuff, for
he and Lady Hinton are to make their
debut as comic singers at the Pavilion
Music Hall, Haymarket.
THE Chinese at Honolulu are said to be
very shrewd smugglers. Recently on the
! arrival of a steamer a canoe load OF water
| melons went alongside, and some OF the
| fruit that had been passed on deck was
after time returned into the canoe by
| Chinese passengers, who intimated that
| they did not desire to purchase them. 1t
afterward transpired that the insides of
those melons had been carefully scooped
out, the cavity filled with boxes of opium
and the rind put neatly together again,
when the g no goodee melon was taken
| on shore.
| SERIOUS apprehensions for the silk crop
| in Southern France and Spain are enter
tanned. In Italy, so far, matters are pros
porous, with the exception of few diff
culties at Naples and in the Calabrias
nevertheless some apparently well ground
| ed fears are entertained relative to the
| later stages of the worm. The effect is
dreaded of very high temperature, which
may become still hotter. From China and
Japan the information is very satisfactory.
| The news from Shanghai announces an
expectation which will reach at least 49,
900 bales. The quality of the silk of last
season is stated to be good. From Canton
the advices also state that the first produce
will also be good.
| A FEARFUL suicide occurred in Paris
the other day. Gerald Anthoine called
his little boy, aged six, and said: Little
one, you have often wished to play with
this pistol" showing the child an old pis,
| toll. ooh, yes, papa "Well, we will
play with it now" and, loading the weap-
on, the father handed it to the boy.
g Now look, he said =" [ will get down
on my knees before you; you will point
at me right between the eyes and pull the
trigger; you'll see how funny it is!' and
he knelt down. ''Aim we'll, in the head,
between the eyes," he said again; " but
first embrace me- The poor child EN-.
braced his father, then pointed the pistol
as told, and fired. Gerard fell back dead
and the boy, seeing the terrible result, ran
out of the room sobbing.