Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-10-25

has been postponed for one year, by an or
der from the Secretary of the Interior.
In .Westport Dane county, Wisconsin, on
Saturday, a young man named Barnard
Rudy, about eighteen years of age, was
handling a loaded gun, when it was acct
dentally discharged, almost instantly killing
his mother. q
A State Union Prayer Meeting, which all
! Christians are invited to attend, has been
called by clergymen of Springfield, ILL.,, and
various other parts Of the State, to meet at
| Springfield on the 18th of next month"; and
to continue till the 10Th.
| An old man had his throat cut from ear to
| ear, in the vicinity of Blue Lick Springs,
| Ohio, few days ago, bya young man
named Stewart, who fancied his wife had
been insulted by his victim. The murderer
was arrested, but escaped.
| A young lady near Summit, Waukesha
Co., Mo-, was injured in shocking manner
a few days ago. She was getting out of a
carriage, when the horse caught his foot in
her hoop skirt, dragging her under his feet,
stamping upon and kicking her until she
was shookingly mangled. ia
A Mormon mob, of some forty or fifty
persons, attacked three families of unarmed
settlers on the night Of September "a, on
the banks Of the Jordan river, three miles
from Salt Lake City, tore down their houses,
and drove the settlers away, threatening to
kill them all if they dared to recross the
river
/ On the Milwaukee s. Prairie du Chen
railroad, the bridge across the Wisconsin
river, at Lone Rock, gave way, precipitat
ing an engine and three freight cars into
the river. Fortunately, but one man, was
killed. An hour before the accident oe-
Cured, the express passenger train crossed
the bridge in safety. -~
The Davenport Gazette says a contract IS
been made by the Merchants Union Express
Company with the Chicago, Rock Island
anG Pacific Railroad to run their freight
over that road. The efforts Of the monop-
olists to prevent them have proved failure.
The Merchants Union will be ready for
business on that road in a few weeks. I.
At Red-Bud Mills, near Peoria, Illinois, on
the 18th, the house Of George Grazier took
fire from the explosion Of kerosene lamp
Mr.. Grazier was severely, if not fatally,
burned, as was his oldest boy. But the
most heart-rending part of the whole tragic
affair is the fact that his three youngest
children, babe one year old, a little girl
of seven, and &'boy of nine years, sleeping
in an adjoining room, could not be rescued,
and were all burned to death.
Captain Fisk, in letter to Governor
Marshall, Of Minnesota, says more than
5000 emigrants have been murdered by
whole route is strewn with fresh graves
He ridicules the present disposition of
troops on the Upper Missouri, saying that
the soldiers sent out to protest travellers
are not distributed on the routes of travel,
where they would be of service in case of
danger.
On Friday night, the 18th, two children
Of Solomon Combs, of Fulton county, Ill,
were drown in the river, mile below Cop
peras Creek Landing. The children had
been laid ON horse, to go home, while their
mother followed on foot While crossing
the river ca a fiat boat the horse plunged
| into the river and swan around to the end
of the fiat boat, knocking the children off,
Both were drowned. This, too, was in sight
of the poor mother. The bodies were re-
covered.
Last week a girl at Milwaukee, in the en-
ploy Of the Wisconsin Paper Company,
while engaged in picking and asserting
rags, found ST ,050in 7-30 bonds and green
backs in an old knapsack, which had been
purchased along with some other rags She
communicated her good fortune to Two of
her companions and shared the money with
them. They kept the matter secret, and
left the employ of the company, seeming to
feel quite independent. Their first action,
Of course, was to purchase some expensive
articles of dress. This led to suspicious
that something was wrong, and led to an
investigation, when the facts of the case
were brought out. Between 5000 and
$1,000 of the money, was recovered and
taken possession Of by the company.