Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-06-28
Eastern Matters.


= 90 Eastern Matters.
" According to the recent State census, New
Jersey has a population Of IT'S, 700, which
sasgaiif in FIVE years ofs100,0OO. s7a Lt'4
ssarAe ehblera has. broken out with consid-'
erabls virulence at Elizabeth City, New
Jersey, New York. Four deaths occurred
there or. the 2lst. - . ~. DISCS y >
I'D Terry Q'Byien, i, gsturned Fenian, muir,
dered his mistress in New York on the Goth,
and then triedito icut;his own throat. This
is the first murder in New York for three
months something unknown for many
sc aafrssss yrsss-.ss .atsi 81 snssls ..'ij9s.
has been cen. qisooysrsd among the ne
a4ant; of Brook navy yard, to murder
,their officers, and proceed on shore to muir
der, and 'pillage. The ringleaders are in
irons 's'# 'sfal r AEy 20 "#fTi+2 pas
Visitors to Niagara Falls will regard it as
the wonders of the place that the
hackman nuisance has been abated, and
that no carriage drivers>tare allowed to
solicit patronage. The hotel keepers have
now the control of the carriage BUSINESS
The Morgue, or house for unknown dead,
in contemplation for some months, was
opened oniahes 10Th in the rooms of the new
Medical, -.Gellege>s in. goth street., Every
efortlwiu be made to ascertain the name
and cause Of the death Of many persons
who mysteriously lose their lives in New
York. The Morgue is in charge of compe-
tent officers.
mob, variously estimated at from sc
to 100 persons, visited the premises of the
notorious +hoonis gang, in the town of Jan.
uary, NY, early on the morning of the
I'll, 'and burnt the house, barn, outhouses
&c. Plumb Loomis,.,a man who had been
in the employ of the family, was strung ur
several times, until a confession was ex.
torted from him. Plumb LOOMS is in Mad.
ison county Jail. The rest of the gang are
given three days to clear the vicinity.
bloody and nearly fatal fight took place
on the Goth on the Virginia side of the Po-
tomac, twenty-three miles below Washing
ton; between Barney Aaron, of New York,
champion Of light weights, and Samuel Col
lier,, Of Baltimore. The stakes were $500
ia side, and the Champions Belt Forty
seven rounds were fought. one of these
. lasting sixteen minutes, when the sponge
was thrown up BY the seconds Of, Aaron,
and Cblfisr declared the winner The fight
lasted one hour and fifty seven minutes, and
il ackno 2Tg.ky I7 to have been one Of the
most stubbornly contested engagements on
record. Both Of the complaints were terri
bly, punished, the victor more so than the
defeated party, and at the conclusion Of the
,bat4le HAD TO be GARRETT off the field Oh
stFeteher. Abont 1900 people from sphila-
delphi ;, Bostonaana Baltimore we're opfesent,
and it ispestimated that efrornp $50, 600 to
/, $50, 900, Changed hands ON the result The
principalssand their seconds were arrested
on their returnto Washington, although no
attempt was made by the city authorities to
prevent the, ,disgraceful affair. ~ st.Jg ssl
. Financial and Commercial.
s9dThe Senate Finance Committee have
agreed to fix the salary of the Commissioners
of Internal Revenue at $4,000. iif 3''i
+ Under the influence of the European war
news, land speculative rumors Of the action
. Of Congress, gold touched 1851 on the 18th
inst. sTg.&5ss ss17 sH ~ 2tyyHys 7c0 ~rf,i
The Board Boar Of; Trade Of Albany, n, \,
has adopte;d1 a, resolution recommending the
abolition Of the bushel, and the adoption of
the cental or hundred pounds as the stand
afd'of Weight The Cleveland Board of
Trade. fas also adopted s;imilasr :' recon- CO.. !,
mend dtiS65ins .isle ~siup sl,nsas baa ,fIh5 49,
rlp~ c5fhptFo1lsF of @fsHts reastry has ,dfg3 az
eia.tAs hHif$sed dSiBSs'bshR 1fdtse s' RI tiist
.be.ssnt forffRe OH esgs c4fofn which they were
issued for redemption, when, if the bank
recognize themJ h will redeem them ali
United States notes, when not defaoed to
the extentgof more than one-twentieth, win
be redeemed at the Treasury Department
at their. full face value, When the mutila-
ton is.greater, the redemption will be in
proportlkolfiYr ..heed ..ai&ge ya.fe9a es.re
IA novel insurance case has been decided
ini Missouri. The question. arose upon the
following facts proved, A building is in
sured against loss By fire; 1t falls down,
being heavily overloaded with merch an disc;
the fall occasions fire, which destroys the
fallen material. Query-Is the insurance
company liable The court decided that
the building insured having fallen, ceased
to exist as such, and that it ceased to exist
by reason of a1perii not insured against,
and hence hatthe company was not liable.
The Third National Bank of Cincinnati
was victimized out Of So, SEQ, by an English
MANI who arrived in that city not long ago,
provided with what passed to be frst-class
credentials. He deposited tin box at the
bank, informing the cashier that it CON
tanned $4,000 in gold, and, about week
afterward, he borrowed $4,000 in currency,
box was opened on the 18th, and found to
contain No. 8 shot. The rascal tried the
same game upon bank in indianapolis, but
failed.
: Important changes in The Post Office order
system go into effect on the I'd Of July. The
limit of the amount for viii sh an order may
be drawn is raised from $40 to $50, and the
Issue Of more than one order for the same
remittance is positively prohibited. The
charge for orders is made ten cents for any