Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-12-13
UJHaHgAagY sAE' ,TEEE EVEEHxD
General intelligence.

are afoat to the effect that the Fenians will
make an attempt to rescue the prisoners at
: sweetsbarg, and that there win be q formid-
able invasion Of Canada soil Great pre-
cautions are being taken to- meet this
emergency. Troops! have been ordered
under arms, and all the hustle of aIcam-
! paign is exhibited eo4tev axed d Is.
Prominent Fenians here having petitioned
the Government in behalf Of Colonel
Meany, arrested in England, reply has
been made that measures have been taken
which will doubtless secure his release. ah
Rear Admiral Dahlgren sailed in the
Ocean Queen on Saturday for San Francisco,
! to take his new command
j +, The steamer Kelso, plying between Nor
folk and Baltimore, exploded her steam
chest ON the Sth, killing three negro coal
| passers, and severely scalding 49, or 20
passengers, two Of whom will die. The
conclusion was very violent, blowing out a
great part Of the upper works, and twisting
Theron pillars, ao Ell. .v8s u saaa
A bloody tragedy occurred in Cairo, on
the 9th. 7 Mrs. Lieberman, wife Of Leopold
IsLieberman, brewer, during the absence OF
her husband seized an axe, struck her two
children on the head, cutting several severe
/ gsshes and then cut her own throat, expir-
4 ing almost Immediately. The children will
i probably recover, Sudden mental derange-
naent was the cause Of the deed.
4 = II - y - 49,
An oil refinery. exploded at Cleveland on
Thursday the 9th. A confagration followed
the explosion, and for some time the effect
of the shock was SO great upon persons in
the vicinity that help could not be afforded
imme diately to those buried in the ruins.
1t is known, that five men were severely in
jured and one killed outright. Or the five
that wers injured three have since died.
! A cable dispatch from Rome, December
9th says nearly all the French troops have
left Rome and the forces are still evacuating
the Papal dominion.
/ A portion Of the wall of the new building
on the Fifth street, near Main, was blown
down on the 9Th, injuring three persons
one fatally.
The boiler Of q portable saw mill, seven
miles below Henderson, Kentucky, exploded
on the 9Th, killing three men and wounding
several others.
/ Colorado Jewett, always ingenious, me-
morializes Congress to declare Hannibal
Hamlin President of the United States. He
argues that the second election Of Mr.. Lin
coin was not Constitutional, as eleven OF
the States did not appoint electors, and
that Mr.. Hamlin holds over, as Mr. Lincoln
would have done, in the absence of a legal
successor.
Much dissatisfaction is expressed by the
Canadians at the respite granted the Feni-
ans. Fears are entertained that the Feni-
ans in the vicinity intend burning the Par
lament buildings. The authorities are on
the look out. .aiaa9e "a % @ea
The latest Atlantic cable dispatches say
the reply Of the Emperor Napoleon to Mr.,
Stewards recent dispatch in relation to
Mexico is Of q reassuring character. The
report is again circulated by the English
papers that a dissension has recently
sprung up in the English Cabinet on the Re-
form question.
+ A remarkable escape was made from the
/ New Hampshire State Prison at Concord, on
Monday. Mark Shinborn, q burglar, who
was serving ten years. sentence for bank
robbery, had secured the aid of an accom-
plice outside, in boring five anger holes low
down in the great gate Of the prison. The
prisoners were going in procession from
I'theiE workshops to their cells, across the
yard, when Shinborn made sudden dash to
the gate, tore off portion Of the lower
plank which broke where the FIVE auger
holes had been made, sprang through the
opening, and climbed over wood-shed. A
bullet fired in the yard missed him. Out
side the wood-shed there was an accomplish
i waiting with a carriage. Shinborn jumped
sin, tore off his prison jacket, wrapped q
coat around him, and dropped down under
cover of the buffalo robes, his comrade
meanwhile driving the horse down State
street. They were out of sight before the
officers could pursue. A reward of 81, 900
has been offered for his capture. ~ RI
John Mitchell has formed an editorial
connection with the Richmond Dispatch.
Adelegation of fifty Indians, men, women
and children, will embark with their wig
i vans, war and domestic implements, &C.,
from New York on the 10th of March, as a
representation of the Northwest, to the
Paris Exposition.
/ Mr.. Joseph Hankey, an extensive coal
dealer Of Baltimore, has sued the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, to recover damages laid
at $4,000 for the alleged appropriation Of
several hundred tons of coal belonging to
him, at various times, while in transit over
the road, and for which the company de-
cline to make adequate compensation III
Il is proposed, in order to provide for the
rapid increase of Western produce, to en-
large one tier of all the locks on the Erie
Canal, 30 as to pass boats of six hundred
toms burden, moved by steam.
The Co5or6d Citizen, weekly newspaper
devoted to the interests of colored American
people, which has been published in Gin
cinnati for three years, by a few colored
men, has been discontinued for want Of
support. sa aaaJ Tei3ar .4aH
The Galveston CtuS1jan says that rents
are higher in that city than anywhere else
on the face of the earth. Houses that
would rent in London at from $3.50 to 5000
per annum, cannot be had in Galveston for
+! less than $1,000 or 81 800.