Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-08-16
The West.

The West.
fire at Cairo on the 9th consumed $780,
900 worth Of property.
A destructive fire visited The beautiful
village of Whitewater, Wisconsin, at noon
on the 10th.
Hon. Anthony Thornton has been renomi-
mated for Congress by the Democracy of the
10th Illinois District.
Hon. Shelby NJ. Cullum has been renomi-
mated for Congress by the Republicans of
the 9th Illinois Congressional District.
A mail service will be established on the
post route from Minnesota to Montana Ter
ritory Via Fort Abercrombie, shortly.
The Republicans of the Eighth Indiana
! District have renominated for Congress by
reclamation the Hon. Goodlove s. Orth.
| Hon. John A. Bingham has been re-nomi-
mated for Congress by the Union Convention
of the Sixteenth Ohio District.
General Thomas L. Price has been nomi-
mated for Congress by the Conservatives of
Jefferson City District, Missouri.
Water works for the city of Springfield,
Illinois, have been commenced They will
cost some 100000.
Hon. c. A. Eldridge has been nominated
for Congress by the democracy Of the 4th
district of Wisconsin.
On the inst, there were were four
teen fatal cases of cholera reported in st.
Louis, and twenty mine in Cincinnati.
The steamer Bostona was burned at May
field, Ohio, on the night of the 9th. Her
entire cargo, valued at 100000, was lost
Two lives were lost. 8tH
| Lieut.. Col. G. G.. Parsons has been detailed
| by President Johnson to take charge of the
military department of the Wisconsin State
University.
| The iron roof of the new freight depot of
the Central Railroad, at Detroit, fell in on
Saturday. burying number of workmen in
the debris, and severely injuring FIVE.
James Stephens is about starting on
Fenian Pilgrimage through the West. Mean
time the Canadians are getting up another
scare
A meeting of the Western Associated
Press was held ON the 7th at Detroit, to ar
range for the receipt of dispatches by the
Atlantic cable.
Rev. Hart L. Stewart, Jr., Methodist
clergyman of Chicago has been sued by his
wife for bill of divorce, on the charge of
marital infdelity
An elegant school edifce, together with
its furniture and library, was destroyed by
fire at Adrian, Mich, on the 10th. Loss,
$4,000. Supposed to be the work of an
incendiary. ~ TOYS h8
Leavenworth special says the Indians
ON the borders of Kansas are on the war
path, robbing and outraging the settlers in
the most atrocious manner. Troops have
been sent to the scene of the troubles.
Baker, who shot Gen. Hamilton at Fond
du Lac, Wis, some weeks ago, has had his
examination, and been bound over in the
sum Of $4,000 for his appearance at the
October term of court
ported at the health office in Cincinnati.
yesterday. Twelve cases and two deaths
were reported in New York, four cases in
Philadelphia, and eighteen deaths in New
Orleans.
The treaties with the Indian tribes on the
Upper Missouri river have been successfully
completed. The Indians have ceded i'm
portant land grants at the junction of the
Missouri and Yellow Stone rivers, and also
the right of way to the Northern Pacific
railroad.
A striking instance was recently afforded
at Cincinnati of fear Of cholera proving the
death of the party. On Sunday, the 9Th
inst one James Maley got frightened atthe
cholera, and drank brandy as preventa-
tive till he was drunk, when he fell out of a
fourth story window and was killed.
The Republican Union State Convention
met at Springfield ON the 9Th, and nomi-
mated the following ticket: For Congress
man at large, General John A. Logan; for
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Hon.
Newton Bateman; for State Treasurer,
General G. w. Smith.
The Chicago Common Council has deter
mined to build tunnel under the Chicago