Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-12-20

the 10th, DR.. N. B. Shurtlef was chosen
Mayor. receiving s,S48 votes, against 1910
for Otis Norcross, present Mayor. james
| b. BLACK. Republican, was reelected May
or 81 worcester, and Geo. F. Richardson
was elected Mayor Of lowell /
l Seven persons persisted In burning
ltenemen. house In New York city, on the
| 18,b and several others were injured by
summing from the windows. In another
mart of the city, the previous night, poor
woman tried to kill herself and her four
little children, TO save them from starva.
ton. ------
On the morning of the 18th gun fac
tory, -four store and marble establish
ment were destroyed by fire In Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. A large number Of loaded
guns were In the gun works, which were
discharged in every direction. A boy was
MORALLY wounded and several persons in
jured. 81 u gafi,ssaq .7sos,s>fs. s6t feF lgd
| In the case Of Spencer, at Newark, A..
j., charged with counterfeiting legal ten
der notes, Colonel Wood, the only witness
| for the prosecution, testified on the It'll
that he had no evidence against the pris.
oner, and he was dismissed-as well as the
charge against Spencer's wife who was
| implicated with him. s.5ss eij TFF bs4
/ Fifteen or twenty persons were killed
and several others wounded by fright
| full railroad accident at Harlow Bridge on
| the Vermont Central Railroad, on the
| 18th. About 100 employees, who were en-
gagged in repairing the bridge which had
been burned the Sunday previous, were In
a car which was backed of the abutment
into the river. a.e $50 e ~ I
Kelly, of Kelly s. Icons Ministries, shot
and killed Tom Sharpley during an affray
! In New York on the 18th. Subsequently
Sam sharpley, of Sharpley's Ministries,
brother of the murdered man, shot Kelly,
wounding him in the head. The Coroner's
jury rendered verdict against Kelly for
killing Sharpley, and recommended the
enforcement Of the law against carrying
concealed weapons. r ~. r rs..,f Ia q
The West
The Republican National Convention
Is to meet at Chicago on the Goth day OF
May. .s9ae,.raTy brr sasffag
The Wabash Avenue Skating Rink, Chi
cage, was entirely destroyed BY fire on the
| 18th. 81 @qgb .siagsad o.
Hon. Thomas Theaker, of Ohio, Com
missioner of Patents, has resigned his
1 Office. 3~xA ~AsR.-1srGT s3i
! sAyoung man about twenty-five years of
age was frozen to death on the night OF
/ the nth, In Chicago. 53ab 7aI ,sr3
foI 1t Is stated that the next Democratic
National Convention will probably be.
held at Cincinnati. IAGffs4 as
b. A SON of Col, Phillips Of 5alina, Kansas,
got lost In the woods few days ago, and
1t Is feared has perished. >, -ft2I
The Indiana State Temperance Conven-
ton met In Indianapolis on the nth. A
large number Of delegates were present.
I A German farmer, wife and two daugh-
tiers, residing ten miles north Of Alton,
Ill, were murdered by two negroes on the
night of the 9Th, Robbery was the mo-
tive. 1891 Al tsQ sGj7,g6 II -ds
A prize fight came off at Sunnyslde, near
Chicago, on the 14th, between two Chicago
bruisers- Ed Lowry and Jimmy Black.
The former won the fight and $500, In
thirty-two rounds. No arrests. ''
y, A young man named Henry Lsmpre, In
Chicago, recently almost killed his mother,
severely beat his father and nearly bit off
q younger brothers nose--because Of
family feud respecting the ownership OF a
span of horses and wagon. re-
The Chicago Journal of the 14th says:
ga new spurious $40 bill, on the National
Bank Of Commerce, has been putin circu
lstion here to day. Counterfeit 80 and %
bills on various banks are very plenty,
and bogus IS cent paper is plentler than
the genuine" - As ~
The incorporators of the Chicago .Age
Company have perfected an organization,
with A. Worden, President, D. g. Brooks,
Secretary, and R. e.. Cauldeld, Treasurer
It Is intended to at once start q new daily
Democratic newspaper In Chicago, to be
called the Age.f g 11TTT
They have been having considerable ex-
element recently in Chicago concerning q
"ghost" haunting the Court House In that
city. The Times of the 14th says sharp
witted prisoner In the Court House jail
was at the bottom of the afair-producing
unearthly noises through the mediunship
of q lot Of unused steam- pipe In the build
ing, 49, iaea - 81 saLtigfsF sHa'
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| 5qtrt fg The South. cf'eI
Reconstruction Conventions have been
ordered Ivy General Ord in Mississippi and
| Arkansas, to assemble on the It'll Of jan
uary. ''eo' fsi ''''i 't''s' ''S'9N ,,e..
The Tennessee House Of Representa-
tives, on the 10th, passed bill repeating
all laws disqualifying colored persons from
| holding office and sjttiup on iur1es. 4