Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-01-04

nishing $4,000 bonds to answer for their
/ appearance at court.
At Fort Kearney, on the morning of the
22d, the thermometer indicated tempera-
ture Of 28 degrees below zero. IN the
hollows between the fort and the Missouri
river, snow has drifted to the depth Of Is
/ to 20 feet.
It is asserted in certain quarters in Wash
ngton that the French troops will be with
drawn from Mexico in the course of the
next three MONTHS. During the recent
siege of Matamoras by the Republicans,
eleven American citizens were forced by
the Imperialists to labor on the works of
the city. r~,-v
The army officers VINO have served On the
western plains, are urging the President to
employ the army against the Mormons.
Five men were suffocated on the night of
the 23d inst, Fin sleeping room Of the Bre-
men House on West Lake street, Chicago,
by the escaping of gas from pipe, the cap
Of which had only been fastened with wax,
and had in some way fallen of. Another
man who was in the same room, was taken
out insensihle and has since died, mixing
| skin all. @
| The Algonquin is receiving new boilers,
preparatory to her race with the Winooski.
1t is reported that the Emperor and Prince
Napoleon are reconciled again and that
the latter will be President of the great
Paris exhibition III 1867.
Between seven and eight thousand dol
lars were taken out of the safe Of the treas
urer of Pulaski county, Indiana on Sunday
night by a burglar.
At Savannah, a mulatto has been sem
fenced by military court to years i'm
prisonment, for the utterance Of seditious
language. ~
st drinking saloongin Indianapolis on
one of whom, named Casey, is thought to be
mortally wounded
Brigham Younghas been dangerously i'll,
but is recovering.
by the burning of a portion OF the aims
house at Portsmouth, NH.
A fire at Bay City, Mich, on the 23d, de-
stroyed $4,000 worth Of property.
A battalion Of troops is on the way from
England to Canada, and the Provincial ex-
pectation is that still more viii be sent. A
considerable force is to be stationed at Otta-
wa, the capital, as a ms assure of precaption.
George Brown, at the next session of the
/ Canadian parliament, viii urge the purchase
sf the Northwestern territory. The propo-
sition, it is believed, will not meet with sue
cess.
Gen Grant, it is asserted viii leave Wash
ington for the Rio Grande, Immediately after
the holidays.
fire in the oil regions at ShaTer, Pa,
on the 18th, destroyed four hotels, and ten
stores, comprising the greater part Of the
town, During the confagration, a Mr. Park
was killed in quarrel, the murderer making
his escape.
A railroad bridge is to be built across the
Mississippi river at Hastings, Mimi.
The Cincinnati presbytery has dismissed
in disgrace Rev. M. L. P. Thompson, of the
Second Presbyterian church in that city, for
licentious conduct.
tits thought that Col. Ed. Wright of &C.
dar county will be chosen Speaker of the
Iowa House Of Representatives.
1t is estimated that 81, 600 900 will be
required for the support Of destitute Indians
during the present winter.
The Rev DIR. Howe, the newly elected
Episcopal Bishop of Nebraska, has declined
the position.
Gen. Grant is to have Christmas gift
of one of the houses in the Douglas Row at
| Washington. 81
Apetition has been got up by number
of adopted citizens in New York, praying
the grand jury to indict the Fenian ..Presi-
dent, Senate and Cabinet, for swindling,
violation Of the neutrality laws, &c.
Mr.. II. B. Welton, superintendent of the
Andersonville cemetery, informs the public
that the express company will furnish boxes
for and transport the remains of union SOL
diers to any part Of the United States at q
cost of $40 or $50.