Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-07-19


Four ship loads of Mormons arrived at
New York during the past month, and five
more vessels with similar loads are now on
their way. 4a1
On the 4th, at Hartford, a daughter Of
Harriet Beecher Stowe was shot by some
unknown boy. The ball passed between
the two bones of the forearm, severing
nerve in its way.
Prof. Lowe and another person made an
ascension with his balloon from New York
on the 9Th, and reports from Cleveland say
the balloon was seen passing that point on
Sunday night, apparently without any pas
sengers.
A passenger train on the Atlantic and
Great Western railway ran off the track
twenty miles east of Meadville, on Monday,
and three or four cars were smashed. The
fireman was killed and a large number of
persons were injured.
In the late fire at Portland safes of near
ly all descriptions proved worthless in most
cases, when unprotected, and the few which
did not fail were probably saved by circum-
stances. 1t is judged from this that vaults
only, built from the ground, are entirely
reliable.
messenger boy in New York, on the
9th, lad bag containing So, 100 snatched
from his hand, while standing in the cash
ier's office in the Custom House. The thief
escaped, the boy falling senseless, probably
from chloroform, while endeavoring to pur-
sue him.
Jas. Stephens was arrested at Boston on
the 11th at the suit of P. A. Sennott, who
claims $4,000 for delivering lectures on
Fenianism and expenses incurred in the ex-
cursion to Campo Belo. Stephens appeared
in the municipal court, and gave bail in
81 ,OCO. els ~
The factory known as the Tacony Print
Works in Philadelphia, was destroyed by
fire on the 18th inst, together with several
other buildings. Loss, $2,OO0,O0C This
is the heaviest fire known in that CITY for
many years
~ The Springfield Mass Republican says
OF the assessment of six million dollars on
the underwriters by the Portland fire, that
the losses will, in many cases, ruin the com
panies; and few in the list will escape with
out impaired capitals.
Some excitement was caused at Philadel-
phia by the report that cholera had broken
out in the frigate Chattanooga, at the Navy
Yard. The reports are probably much ex-
aggerated. The truth seems to be that five
men on the ship have died of cholera NOR
bus within few days. The supposed cause
OF the disease is the eating of new potatoes
The damage to the new slaughter houses
being erected by Chicago parties at Commu-
aipaw, near New York, by the wind on the
night Of the 9th, was greater than was sup
posed at first. A large amount of frame
work was thrown down, and the loss is es-
tImated at from twenty thousand to twenty
FIVE thousand dollars
On Saturday, 7th, according to the Mead
vile, Pa, Republican, Hon. G. v Culver
took up his lodgings in the Venango county
Jall-that seeming to be the only way in
"hAoi hO eoulu escape Ine relentless pefSe-
cution waged against him by three or four
of his creditors Mrs Culver with the
devotion of a woman, accompanied her bus-
band, and shares his cell with him.
/ One of the most destructive fires known
in the oil regions occurred at Bennehoff |
Run on Saturday night the 7th inst. A tank
was struck by lightning and exploded, and
the burning oil ran down the run foot
deep, burning everything in its course.
Some eighteen or twenty producing wells /
were burned ont, and it is estimated that
10000 barrels in the tanks were burned. |
The loss is very heavy, but as yet, cannot be |
estimated.
The Commissioners appointed by the De-
partment, have agreed on the lower part OF /
City Hall Park as site for the new Post
Office in New York city. The area Of the
piece Of land selected is about seventy !