Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-08-30
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
General News.

capped from the jail at Moundville, West
Virginia. >s
Ex-President Buchanan has recently
been dangerously ill in Philadelphia, but
is now recovering.
jeremiah Day, ex-President Of Yale
College, died at New Haven, on the 22d,
aged ninety-four years.
The Union Pacific Railroad is completed
four hundred and forty-five miles. Trains
are running regularly.
| Intelligence has been received at the
Hayden Consulat that the ex- Emperor So
loque has died of apoplexy. 81
The Commissioner of Patents issued $40
patents for the week ending August 3D..
Largest number ever issued in one week.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of
Quebec, the Most Rev. Peter Kavian Fur
geon, died on Saturday, the Oath, at his
residence. H., sf.;.a
Gen, Daniel Sickles has been removed
from hisscommand by the Presidents order
on the Goth. He has not been assigned to
any new command. Gen. Candy succeeds
him.
. On the night of the Goth, Plattsbrrg,
Ny, was visited by an extensive confa-
| grafton. One church, one bank, two
| printing offices, twenty five residences, and
| twenty five stores were burned. The loss
is estimated at $750,000. 15 To efE
i, Prof. Hayden in making his geological
survey, says that the portion of Nebraska
along the Missouri River, extending two
hundred miles back, is the richest agr1cul-
tural section in the United States, and the
finest grazing country on the continent.
Gen. Grant is about TO inaugurate more
measures of economy and reform in the
War Department. Fifty additional clerks
will be discharged, and a large number OF
buildings for which exorbitant rents are
paid, are to be surrendered, as no longer
required for the public service. a s
The bark M oreyniche will soon be dis
patched to Borneo with California flour
and other stores She will be the first
| vessel ever sent from San Francisco to
that Island, which is now largely under
the control Of American capitalists. The
| idea of an American establishment in the
Island meets with much favor. baa g
The leading gamblers of New York held
a private meeting recently, for the purpose
i of taking measures to protect themselves
against the Anti Gambling Society. 1t
was finally agreed, after some preliminary
| discussion, to tax each establishment one
hundred dollars, to raise a fund fer the
1 employment of lawyers and other purpo-
SEES. ODD lo g.i8#f9iHoj iana"H a"1
/ The President, on the recommendation
| of Gen. Grant, has suspended the execution
/ OF order No. ~, assigning Gen. Thomas to
the command of the 9Th Louisiana Dis
trict, in lieu of Gen. Sheridan. The reason
for this action ON the part of the Exec
| utiye is on account of the illness of Gen.
Thomas, who is undergoing medical treat
| ment at one of the springs in w. Virginia.
Judge Kinney, of the Special Indian
Commission, from o Fort Peil. Kearney,
confirms the fight between Major Powell
and the Sioux on the Cd instant. Major
Powell was not killed, as reported. They
| fought 5000 Indians three hours with TWEEN
| ty-nine men, concealed behind q corral
made Of wagon boards Lieutenant Jen-
ness and five soldiers we're killed. The In
dian loss was 200.
! The books of the Treasury Department
show that all Of the I $40 notes due Aug.
nth have already been converted into $50
bonds OF the 1921 100000 falling due
June next, $5O,OOO,0 600 have been redeemed
| Of the $199,OOoOOO due July next, $47,-
100000 have been redeemed, the Treasury
being nearly a hundred millions ahead of
its promises of redemption. s7s s54aiaa
| A desperate battle between force of
1875 United States troops and 800 Indians
is reported to have taken place on the Re,
publican Fork Of the Kansas River, few
days ago, resulting in the repulse of the
i white troops, with loss of three killed
and twenty five wounded. Our troops
were surrounded by the Indians, and the
flight continued three days. There is a
loud call form troops in that quarter.
The great race for the three-mile cham,
pionship, between Kelso, of Canada West,
and W.. E. Harding, of New York, occur
red at Aurelia, Canada, at 8 a. M, August
10Th Both men were In good condition.
! The stakes were $1,000 side. Harding
made the first mile in4141s; second mile
4:20; third mile, 1861. Total, 10 minutes
THE fastest time ever made in three mile
race Kelso made the first mile in 400;
second mile, 1857; third mile, 4:33155
Total, 1919. 39iIh b'5l 'it
| A mammoth camp meeting commenced
on the 22d inst. at Desplaines Station, near
Chicago, which lasted several days and
was very largely attended The enjoy
ment of the occasion was marred on Sun
day, the 25th,l by the commission of ter
rible tragedy near by. Peter Munchen was
shot dead by an Englishman named Thorn
as Gwin, who had got into q drunken quar-
rel with him. Much excitement prevail
ed, but at last accounts Gwin had not been
arrested. ..t ,,IbfeG ar sf.ss-5 gl1 u.5fi f89s
| The Michigan Constitutional Conven-
| ton, which met May Is, and finally adj
journed Aug. %, was composed of 100 del
| egates rs Republicans and % Democrats),
and was in, session 70 working days. The
work accomplished is submitted for the
popular approval at the Judicial election
| to be held on the first Monday in April,
1868, and the Constitution, if then ratified,
| will on into pffecf on the 1st pf INV 1863