Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-09-06
The West.

The Pacific railroad is now running 40
miles west of Fort Kearney.
Gen. Sickles declines to give in his adhe-
sion to the Cleveland soldiers and sailors
convention.
Mariposa, California, has been destroyed
by fire. Only half a dozen houses were
left standing.
Kansas is excited with reports of Indian
outrages on her western border. The Gov
ernor Of that State calls for help.
A grand celebration was had at Des
Moines on the goth inst. in honor of the
completion of the Des Moines Valley Rail-
road to Des Moines.
A fire in Chicago on the 9th, consumed
eighteen wooden buildings, injured dozen
more, rendered twenty families homeless,
and destroyed $4,000 77orth of property.
The Sandusky Register says Captain Ford
ham of that city has contracted to build two
propellers and a lnmber vessel, this fall and
winter, at cost of 100000
Hon. Peter Melendy, President Of the
Iowa Central Railroad Company, and United
States Marshal of Iowa, has just been re-
moved from the last mentioned office by the
Administration on political grounds.
The Muscatine Journal states that the
authorities of that city are seriously con-
sidering the propriety of interdicting the
sale Of watermelons. The streets are so
covered with the rinds that it is feared that
pestilence may be engendered.
Governor Crawford telegraphs intelli-
gence to Leavenworth of the actual COM
mencement of Indian hostilities at the forks
of the Solomon river. The settlers have
been attacked and driven back. Seven
whites were killed and scalped.
Great preparations are being made in
Chicago for the Douglas Monument celebra-
ton, on the 9th Of September, at which time
the President, with many of his cabinet,
and Gen. Grant and staff are to be present.
The railroads carry passengers to and from
at reduce d rates.
The mystery Of the great Iowa + axe is
at last explained. He escaped from one of
{" Yankee" Robinson's side shows But the
Yank says either his snakeship has grown
wonderfully fast, or those brighten cd Iowans
look through lenses of immense magnify
ing powers.
Factories are multiplying in Illinois. a
wooden mill to employ from $50 to 200
operatives is in course of erection in War
saw, by stock company having 100000
capital. A company is in process of organi-
cation in Dixon for the manufacture Of files
with 100000 capital and an extensive
flax manufacturing company in Boston will
coon erect branch factory at Sycamore.
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 Chicago Republican Of the 28th,
makes the following extraordinary an
nouncement: "The Atlantic cable brings
us European dates down to midnight, last
night. A monster Reform meeting was held
in Birmingham, England, and was addressed
by John Bright. A platform was adopted,
declaring for residential suffrage etc.
This news was in our Office before mid
night"