Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-03-03

We have one-new and frst-class-to
exchange for wood.
eGA man named Pennison. near
British Hollow, has struck a sheet of
mineral eighteen inches thick.
| nGTRidgeway and Middlebury
| Oranges have an announcement Of i'm
portance to the farming community
in our advertising columns. Read it.
| ~-The mining suit of Sohcv ct al.
VS.. Thomas ct al. was decided by the
Supreme Court, few days since, in
favor of the defendants.
Engineer Baldwin will com
mence the survey for our Lone Rock
and Freeport narrow gauge railroad
about the middle Of next week.
wJ. G. Hooking is making things
lively in the lines Of clothing, boots
and shoes, and almost everything else
a person needs. Observe his new ad-
vertisement.
| sSg~The winter s'set in" last Sun
day, with storm of thunder, light
ming and sleet, and we have had
pretty good sleighing all week--the
most and best for the season.
arProf Tice says we are to have
more mild winters. There is to be an
other just like this one in twenty-one
hundred years. We have to take the
weather as it comes.
ewAdi't Gen. Hannaford will in
spect the s'Towa County Rangers at
Dodgeville, on Friday, March 18th.
IF they pass inspection they will be
entitled to receive $500 from the State
a@-The Good Templars of Ridge
way gave one Sof the grandest balls Of
the season, last FRIDAY night, at the
residence of Henry Kennedy. About
fifty couples participated and all had
a good time.
a@- Young ladies who are accustom-
ed to read the newspapers are always
observed TO possess winning ways, most
amiable dispositions, invariably make
good wives, and always select good hus.
bands'-Rowel's Newspaper Report
or.
sea. IF this should meet the eve Of
Tom. Messersmith, who left his home
in Warner, H., on Friday night, Feb.
18th, he is requested to return to his
pan ents, or write to them of his where
abouts. that their anxiety may be
easod.
ny" There is no danger of any one
who sees this number Of the CuRoN-
ICLE overlooking the new advertise
ment Of b. Thomas e Co., neither is
there any doubt that all who call at
their store will secure the best of bar
gains. They are old-establi<hed, un-
derstand business, and always deal
fairly.
| W- We spent very pleasant day
among our Arena friends, last week,
finding trade brisk and almost every
body happy. The farmers having
given up hoping fer sleighing, and the
roads being in good condition for
wheeling, the way live stock and grain
we're rolling 10, and cash, lumber and
goods were rolling out was Ca caution
| B9@"The course of true love-"
Just when Dodgevlle has hit upon the
| most feasible and sensible railroad pro-
ject she has ever talked of,alorg comes
| Adamsville and claims that she has a
more direct, natural aud cheaper route
| for the road. At the outset, there
fore, we have a rival to our suit; but
as the poet says, "The longest pole
knocks the persimmons, and we trust
that when the location Of the line is
decided Dodgeville will be found to
possess that identical pole.
| A Lucid Answer.
A brawny six foot mendicant claim
ing to be deaf, solicited aims from
gentleman in our village. The gentle
man in question to ascertain whether
the beggar was a proper subject for
charity, wrote. the following pertinet
question, to which he received the
answer appended:
| Ques.-How many dollars have you?
You must answer this question definitely.
! Ans.-I do walk on the road and get
work by the farmers into the house and
can't keep money by myself, while must
travel, if not can got $l.00 it is alright
with pair of cents to 60 with Stage 10
Arena or Spring Green. | have no mon
ey by myself only little while must get
on cloths what need.
Mining.
We have if from good authority
that there is more than ten times the
amount paid weekly at Mineral Point
for zinc ore, than was ever paid for
lead ore. The business has assumed
immense proportions, A few years
ago the zinc ore was thrown away, it
being considered worthless article,
twenty men are now engaged in mining
for black jack and drybone, where
one is mining for lead. The NJ. 2. r..
r. average five car loads a day the
wear around of zinc ore carried from
Mineral Point. The mining for zinc
has caused the opening up and work
ing of many diggings long ago aban-
doned, which for the lead alone would
not pay, but which pay handsomely
with the two together.
In some mines in Mineral Point,
Linden and Dodgeyille, large quantl-