Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-31


ell Bluffs on the 22d inst.
Gov. Grape is reported to be worse again;
he was not, however, in immediate dam
ger on the eth
The Mansion House at St. Paul, a large
three-story frame hotel, took fire on the
goth, and was totally destroyed.
A bill appropriating $4,000 from the
State Treasury to the Lincoln Monument
Fund has passed both branches OF the
Illinois Legislature.
The ice in the Ohio river has been doing
great damage at Cincinnati, carrying off
and sinking boats and barges, some of
which were carried down past Louisville.
There were large number OF certifi-
Gates of the Crosby Opera House Art
Association purchased in Cincinnati,
but, so far as heard from not one drew
prize. 5 alaaG ~ ohGsi
Governor Morton, of Indiana, has re-
signed, and is succeeded by Lieutenant
Governor Baker. Colonel VIM Cumback
has been elected President of the State
Senate.
The resolutions offered in the Illinois
Senate, affirming the right of the Legisla-
ture to control the railroad fares and
freights, have passed that body by vote
of Is to Z. s1i7 ael
The Stewart divorce case in Chicago,
resulted, on the 23d, in verdict of :, not
guilty." the jury being out twelve hours.
| The effect is, of course, a failure of the
wife to obtain divorce.
Gov. Morton, of Indiana, was elected to
the United States Senate, on the 22d inst.
The vote in the State Senate stood for Nor
ton "a, for Voorhees,, 10; in the House,
Morton go, Voorhees, SO. g
A bill has been introduced in the Illinois
! Senate, to incorporate a new Democratic"
newspaper in opposition to the Times, enti-
! tied the Chicago Age Company, with a
capital stock of 100000.
The Kansas Legislature have chosen S.
c. Pomeroy United States Senator for
the long term, by majority of so on
joint ballot, and E. G. Ross for the vacancy
.occasi0ned by the death of Gen. Lane, by a
vote of IS to 40.
Mrs. Switzer, of Ames Station Iowa
who attempted to kill herself last week al
the LeMoyne House, but failed, and left
the city declaring she would do it yet,
succeeded, a few days after, at the house O.
a farmer near Mount Pleasant. She was
evidently insane.
Advices from the plains and mountains
report the great body of the Indians moving
southwark. Old Indian fighters say this
means war-that the Indians have know
| ledge of the troops which are being sem
out, and so they are moving southwark tc
open the war in that less protected region
| The Wisconsin Legislature on the 22t
reelected Timothy 0. Howe to the United
States Senate The vote stood % fol-
Howe to z for Eldridge and for E. S
Bragg in the Senate, and 70 for Howe tt
% for Eldridge and 1 for Colonel Guppy
in the Houses majority of 6S on join
ballot
Madame Ristori states that the receipts
at her performance, on the evening of the
22d at the Opera House, were the larges
since her debut on the stage-amounting tt
| $4,000. Moscow ranks second and Brook
Ign third. Of the $4,000, her share il
$4,000. Her own personal receipts since
her arrival in this country, in September
last have been $4,000.
A mail agent on the North Missouri rail
road reports that six men, passengers OF
the northwest bound train were drowned
while attempting to cross the Missouri
river, through the ice, at st. Charles, OF
Friday morning, the 25th. The ice was
too heavy for the ferry boat to run; bu
these men being anxious to pursue theil
| journey undertook to make the passage il
a small boat, which was crushed by the ict
like an eggshell, and all were lost. Names
unknown