Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-03
The West.

The Northwestern Railroad is completed
to-within fifteen miles of Council Bluffs.
Trumbull's Touring and saw mills and
turning factory at Canton, Iowa, were con-
sumed by fire, ON the 18th instant. Loss,
$4,000
Parties arriving from the plains repre-
sent the recent cold weather as very severe,
causing the loss of some stock and consid-
cradle suffering.
On the night Of the 18th inst, the Smith
sonian Hotel at Smith City, Missouri, was
burned. The house was built by the Pacif-
ic Railroad Company. The loss is estimat-
ed at $4,000.
A fire broke out at Saltwater Mimi,
December 26th. in the American saloon on
Main street, destroying twelve buildings
and involving loss of $4,000, upon which
there was but an insurance of $1,000.
A young man in Douglas county, Mis-
souri,, last week, lit his pipe and threw the
burning match carelessly aside, so that it
fell into an open key of powder Two per-
sons were fatally injured by the explosion,
and the house blown up.
An escaped convict named Wilson was
caught on the Oath near Joliet, Illinois.
While moving some hay in stack where
he was concealed, the fork pierced through
his face. The bleeding wretch was CON
veyed back to the Penitentiary, heavily
ironed
Melanchton Smith, an employee in the
St. Anthony paper mill, fell into vat of
boiling lime water, on Saturday, the 22nd
His shrieks brought relief to his assistance,
but when taken out his skin, and portion
of his flesh came off and he died shortly
afterwards.
The Eagle iron works and shops adioin-
ing, the repair shop of the Milwaukee and
Prairie du Chen Railroad, the railroad
restaurant, and part of johnson 81 Co. s
lumber yard, were burned at Milwaukee on
the 28th. Loss $50OO0 insurance $685.
900.
A terrible massacre occurred on the 22d,
near Fort Phil Kearney Brevet Colonel
Fetternan, Captain Brown, and Lieutenant
Grammond, of the 18th Infantry with 80
enlisted men of the I'd Cavalry and the
18th Infantry, were surrounded by Indians,
and every officer and man killed
Ina drunken spree at Yorktown Della
ware County, Ind, few days ago, two
young men beat the barkeeper of the only
saloon in town nearly to death, and then
threw all his liquors, bottles ETC., into the
street. After this they fought each other,
one of them using knife, inhicting sixteen
severe cuts upon the body Of the other
The wounded man will die.
The family OF Frank Culver, on Green
Lake prairie, near Ripon, Wisconsin, con
sisting of himself, wife, gentleman from
Michigan and hired man, were poisoned
ON Christmas evening by drinking tea with
strychnine in it. They were all still alive
at 8 o'clock in the evening on the Goth.
An Italian man who has been cooking for
them is suspected, as he was discharged
some days ago.
A terrible tragedy occurred in New Ulm,
Minnesota, on Christmas day I'M dispute
John Spinner was stabbed and bled to
death. Two Mankato men, Alexander
Campbell and George Liscomb being to-
gether, were arrested and handcuffed by
the Sheriff for the deed. While being
taken to Jail, drunken mob rescued them,
beat them terribly and hung them both
The affair has caused great excitement in
Mankato, both men being respectable and
of good standing heretofore.