Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

mated that JEFF Davis should be tried for
treason.
A Chinese cashier of a Chinese bank IN
San Francisco lately vamoosed with "a, 900
That i: as near as Chinaman can come to
initiating Ketchun and Jenkins.
A new comic paper is talked of in New
York. A railroad capitalist, it is said, will
furnish the funds. Mr.. Crane Of the 9fS-
5ure is 10 conduct it, and It's name win be
the Ajax
Twenty one ocean steamers cleared from
New York last Saturday
A number Of detectives from London ar
rived in New York by the last steamer, for
the purpose Of watching the Fenians and re-
porting their movements 10 the British gov
ernmcnt. One or more of them are supposed
to be in Chicago.
| There is quite petroleum excitement at
| Boutwell,, Canada, seventy miles east OF De-
/ troit. on the line OF the Great Western Rail
way. Several wells are running from fifty
to one hundred barrels day, and other wells
are being sunk.
Champ Ferguson, the noted guerrilla, has
been sentenced TO be hung on the 10Th of the
present month He received the announce
ment of his death with unconcern.
Advice from the West Indies state that a
severe shock Of an earthquake had been felt,
and that the coast had been visited by ter
rife hurricane, doing great damage.
Thursday, the Both day Of November, has
been appointed as Thanksgiving Day in
Massachusetts.
Ii is reported that General Grant advises
The discharge of at least one. hundred more
generals, with their staffs also, the muster
ing ont Of nearly all the colored troops
It is expected that the debt contracted BY
North Carolina in aid of the rebellion will
be entirely reRndiated b. the State Conven-
ton now in session
The trial of Captain Wirz was resumed
last Thursday and further testimony was
given for the defense, several of the witness
es being medical men. Letters were read
from the prisoner to the rebel authorities
suggesting certain ameliorations in the con.
diton of the prisoners
1t is said that half the writing paper mode
in the United States is manufactured within
twenty five miles Of Springfield, Mass.
An attempt, fortunately unsuccessful, was
made TO burn the Spotswool Hotel Rich
mond, Va. on the 9Th inst
The President has granted respite IN lie
case of Little Six and Medicine Bottle, the
Indian chiefs who were to have been execut-
ed at Fort Smelling on the 9Th.
There has been heavy snow storm on the
plains, extending from Salt Lake City tC
Laramie. Snow fell to the depth of from
six inches to a foot.
A fire has been prevailing in the Diama
Swamp, which swept over thousands o
acres.
An earthquake shock occurred in Calfor
MIA on Sunday, the 8th inst-the severes
experienced in that country ''within the mem
DRY of the oldest inhabtant" There was
great alarm in the San Francisco churches
and, in one instance, several persons wer
injured in the frantic rush to escape. tele
gram from San Francisco, Oct. 9th, says
The damage by the earthquake yesterda.
amounts to considerable in the aggregate
many houses needing patches or new plas
tering, and broken windows repairs. Tn
City Hall is damaged to such an extent tina
a portion must be rebuilt Mt the cost Of sew
Exchange bnilding, opposite the Custom
House, will probably require rebuilding
No really substa*; al wel-constructed build
ing was seriously damaged Santa Cru
felt the shock more severely than any othel
town of the State. Several brick houses
were so badly damaged that partial recon
siructon is necessary. A despatch from
there says there was a general tumble down
of chimneys. Those left standing were
turned partially around by the motion, ap
| parently from east to west. The groun(
I along the river OpeueU III assures anu spout
ed water like geysers. People are unable IL
use some of the wells, which are either dry
or filled with sa', The chimney at tht
powder mill was inrown down, and other
injury was done to the works. portion o
ne wall &c The new hotel was thrown down
pui ;he i;undation is all right. The smash
in the drug stores was great, and also il
in other stores Some very narrow escapes
from falling chimneys are mentioned. The
tide rose very high at the time of the shock
and fell very low Immediately afterward
There have been eleven distinct shocks fell
since the first shock up to five O'Clock this
morning; also, a number OF smaller vista
TONS The losses arc estimated at about ter
thousand dollars, but viii probably exceed
that amount.
An accident occurred on the Pennsylvania
Central railroad near Lancaster last Satur
day afternoon, resu ting in the killing of nint
persons, and the injury of several others
Among the killed is he wife of Mr.. Barr
surveyor general o. ennsylyania. The ac
cident was caused ~ the breaking of al axle
of car.
Mrs. Ann Lozier, who suffered the loss O
leg by reason of injuries received through
the carelessness of a driver while getting
on one of the Knickerbocker stages on