Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-03-15
Culinary OF THE WEEK.
General Intelligence.
uched 1893 on the 10th.


The friends of Semmes, the pirate, assert
that the President has concluded to release
him.
The Gillian Government has obtained
loan of 100000 from Barring Brothers of
London.
George Starr, a murderer, under sentence
of death, was baptized at st. Louis, On Sat-
urday, the 10th.
The new steam gunboat Quinebau will
soon be ready for launching The Idaho isl
now ready for her trial trip.
Secretary Meagher, of Montana, has is
sued proclamation for State Convention
to be held at Virginia City, March %, to
form State government.
Secretary McCulloch has so amended his
cattle circular as to permit Of importation
from Canada only when accompanied by
consular certificate.
The address of the French Corps Legis-
latif in response to the speech from the
throne expresses satisfaction that the French
expeditionto Mexico is to close
The Missouri Legislature is spinning out
its session to very paying length. 1t is
now approximating its fifth month, the SEES
sion having commenced in November
A proposition has been made to the Texas
State Convention, to give the Legislature
power to divide the State into two, one Of
them being between Red and Trinity rivers.
of family named Roosa, near Lebanon,
Ohio, some months ago, will be recollected,
has been found guilty, and will be hanged.
The trial of Detective Baker, at Washing
ton, came up on the 8th, on the second in
dictment, charging him with felonious as
sault on Mrs Cobb, but was postponed until
the Goth prox.
Mr.. Peterson, in whose house President
Lincoln died, has received from the Treas
ury $293.50 for alleged personal services,
injury to furniture, ETC., on the occasion of
Mr.. Lincoln's decease.
A man and woman were arrested, on the
9TH, for cutting the curtains in the East
Room Of the White House, and taken before
the Superintendent of Police, who held the
man tor further investigation
The United States Consul at Liverpool
writes that vaccination for the cattle plague
has proved a failure, and that the only way
to stop the spread of the disease is to kill
the cattle as soon as they are attacked.
John Minor Bolts is out in letter declar
ing that there is widespread conspiracy
among the late rebel leaders to involve the
country in foreign war, and then, when
opportunity should offer, to take sides with
the enemy.
Fort Leavenworth is to be abandoned as
a Government post as soon as the cars on
the Pacific Railroad are running to Fort
Riley. AMI this is promised in the Law
renee papers as early as the 4th of July
next
the arrival in that city, names not given, of
party of men who had walked all the way
from Chicago, having been three weeks on
the way.
The banking house Of Rufus Lord, in
New York, was robbed, on Saturday, the
10th, of million and half of dollars in
United States securities and railroad stocks
A reward of 5000, has been offered for
the detection of the thieves
Pennsylvania is said to be the only State,
thus far, which has actually assumed the
care of the children of her dead soldiers,
and two thousand of these are now in schools
in that State The cost per pupil is about
$3.50 per annum, exclusive of clothing.
II is estimated that the Gee court martial
at Raleigh, N. c., will cost the Government
at least 100000 before it is at an end
The testimony thus far for the prosecution
is replete with horrors only equalled by the
developments of the Wirz court martial
Ecuador has joined Chill and Peru against
Spain, and other South American republics
will probably follow her example A steam
er belonging to the citizens of the United
States has been seized at Panama, on sus-
picion of loading supplies for the Spanish
squadron.
The Grand Jury at New York have fond
another Indictment against McKenna and
Rogers, the CHILEAN officials. for completely
in violating the neutrality laws in fitting
out and equipping the Meteor. Fifty thou
sand dollars bail was given by each defend
ant.
The United States Express Company rob-
bers, at St. Louis, were secretly arrested
week ago, and half of the money has been
recovered. The robbery was planned by a
saloon keeper named Johnson. and partici-
pated in by five others. They divided the
money equally.
The gas monopoly of Washington having
sent bill of 5000 for the gas used in the
Postoffce Building during the month of
February, when the whole building, except
the city postoffice, is closed at o'clock, the
Postmaster General has ordered that the gas
be cut from the building, and petroleum
used instead.
The French troops in the northern and
western Mexican States are hemmed in a
few towns on the cost Mazatian is besieged |
by the Republicans, and some fighting has
already occurred, in which the Juarists
were successful Insults and outrages are
being heaped lpon americans by the I'm
perialists.
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