Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-08-30
The West.

Mr.. Harding, edltof OF the Indianapolis
Herald, cowhided Mr.. Long, Of the Journal,
on the streets Of that city on the Oath.
few days since man by the name Of
Dirck killed boy in Nebraska, escaped TO
Iowa, was captured, taken back, and
lynched.
Twenty-Five persons are known to have
been drowned by the Root River, MINI.
freshet fourteen of the bodies were recov-
cred, leaving eight still missing.
At Walcott, Iowa during the storm on the
18th, flash of lightning killed an infant
child of Mr.. Ais, which was sleeping be-
tween it's parents neither Of whom was
injured.
Full returns from Colorado Territory
rive Chilcott, the Union candidate for dele
gate to Congress, decided majority over
A. G. Hunt, Notwithstanding all previous re-
ports.
Mallory, the soldier who robbed the safe
of Major Grierson, at Nashville, and was
recently captured in Indiana, has pleaded
guilty, and was sentenced to ten years hard
labor on the Dry Tortugas.
A Cincinnati street railroad car ran over
a boy named jerry Lerry, on the 22d, near
ly crushing him to death. 1t was done
through the neglect of the conductor. His
friends will bring suit against the Company
for damages of $4,000.
Samuel M. Covert, the murderer of the
'Roosa family, at Deer6eld, Warren county,
Ohio, on the 26th Of December, 1864, was
hung on the Oath at Lebanon, the county
seat of Warren county. He died protesting
his innocence to the last.
On the morning of the 10Th, a heavy fire
on South Water street, Chicago, destroyed
half million dollars worth Of property,
most of which was covered by insurance.
Two hundred thousand dollars worth of to-
bacco, belonging to Van Horn, Murray & Co.
was burned up.
The great trial of implements at Nation,
ILL.,, September 4th, promises to be very
large. Entries of implements and machines
are constantly being made by manufactur-
C1o LII ILLS buu ObuSI SGdtco. 1uUDO 1AbCAo-
ing to compete for premiums should notify
the Secretary of the State Agricultural So
ciety at once, SO that ample arrangements
may be made by the committee.
A dispatch from Leavenworth says re-
ports from Forts Sedgwick and Laramie
confirm the fact of the burning of trains
north of Fort Reno, and between Laramie
and Bridger's Ferry. Indian guides also
report battle at Fort Reno, in which from
thirty-fve to forty soldiers were killed. 1t
is now presumed that the Indian war has
commenced in earnest.
Some two months ago, DR.. Blackburn, of
Cincinnati, brother of the City Clerk, I'M
der mental hallucination, said to be love
affair, attempted to kill himself with a pis-
toll, shooting himself in the head four or five
times, but recovered. On the 21st he left
his brothers. house, deliberately walked
down to the Ohio river, at the foot of Smith
street, pulled off his clothes, plunged in the
river, and drowned.
The Cincinnati Gazette announces that,
owing to the general stagnation Of business,
the subscription to aid in the erection of the
new Opera House in Cincinnati has not met
with the encouragement the manager ex-
pected. Mr.. Handy, endorsed oy some Of
the most responsible citizens, has therefore
concluded to dispose of the remaining tick
cts by awarding prizes on the plan Of the
Chicago Art Association.
The grand army of the Republic, started
some three months ago at Chicago, now ex-
tends throughout Illinois and Wisconsin,
and has its ramifcations in Iowa, Min
nesota, and Indiana. 1t is said to include
sixty thousand of the soldiers of Illinois,
and ranks none but actual soldiers. It is
known by is initials, sc. A. R.,'' and its
object is to aid all soldiers wherever they
need aid, to reward them, and as far as
practicable, wherever they deserve reward.
At Rock Island, Illinois, Aug. II, Her
man Litzen. aged II years, was drowned.
1t appears that several other boys went at
play in the water, when an older boy took
Herman out into the river, over his head,
pretending to teach him to swim. The
Litzen boy was frightened, and offered the
other boy % cents if he would let him go
home. The other boy said, '.p-n you, I'll
make you swim or drown you" and he took
him again and left him. Attempts were
made to rescue him, but all proved inefect-
ual.