Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-03-21
The West.

'' l9r The West. Il aY.o
In Nebraska, the newly admitted State,
sheep are exempt from taxation. ~, ..
A girl named Emma Morey has been
arrested at Marshall, Mich, for attempting
to poison Mrs j. F. Thomson of that place.
She has confessed her guilt. * Eat' rra,
Judge Lambert, of ST. Paul. has decided
to hold Hawkes. for trial on charge of muir
dering his wife. The prisoner was much
disappointed, as he was confident of &C
quittal
The Illinois Legislature passed law at
its last session, compelling parties purchas-
ing land at tax sales to take out deeds with
i'll given time, or forfeit all rights under
such sales. r
A Mrs. O'Neil, of Chicago, bent on
suicide, set her clothes on fire on the 18th
inst, and was SO horribly burned that she
died on the 18th. She was seventy years
of age. 49,, ..-
Samuel Bornpcrt, brute of East Des
Moines, Iowa, whipped his little nephew of
six years almost to death, on the 18th, with
a black-snake whip. He has been arrested
and his trial is now in progress. 1atj a
Some students at Athens, Ohio, Uni
versity attempted, on the night of the 18th,
to snake the faculty out of their quarters
"a prank that resulted i'll the expulsion
of five hitherto blameless students. 49,.
The cold snap of the 18th and 14th, in
the Western and Northwestern States
proves to have been the coolest of the sea-
son.. and it is feared win injure the fruit
crop in many localities. s..'' '..''
. The Governor of Indiana has vetoed the
bill allowing towns and cities to subscribe
for railroad stock, and also that requiring
railroads to carry way-freight at the same
rate per mile as through freight. sdT~gs
81 The Convention of Wisconsin publish
ers called at Madison, on the 18th, to con
slider the project of establishing a paper
mill under their independent paper mo-
nopoly, is a failure---only two or three at
tending. s'i" '' L'7t .@a%> 9'ofF
'9 Minnesota, as appears from statistics, has
exported so much wheat and flour that not
enough have been kept in the State to sus-l
tain its own population This young State
has done much during the past year
towards feeding the world 4 )ielc afeaeae
The Office of the Chicago Ereising Jour-
nal was somewhat injured by fire on the
night of the 14th, but the paper was issued
the next afternoon as usual. A large sta
tionery house next door was injured by fire
and water to the amount of $4,000
The body of female, in an advanced
stage of decomposition, was found, on
Tuesday night, the 18th, ON sand-bar in
the river, opposite the town of Atchison,
Kansas. 1t had been terribly mutilated by
dogs, the gathering of which round the
carcass led to its discovery.
p On Monday, the 10Th, three men attempt
ed to cross the Skunk river near Washing
ton, Iowa, in a small skiff, which was upset
by the Ice in the river One of the men
was carried over MILD and drowned !;
another got out, but was SO thoroughly
chilled that he dropped down dead willie
walking home and the third, though res
cued from the water, is not expected to re-
cover. .sf3.fg-p 4E r.yr &aa, III II
Z The greatest flood that has been known
for many years is causing great destruction
of property along the Ohio and its tribu-
taries. The value OF property destroyed
In East Tennessee is estimated at $4,000
900. A dispatch from Cairo announces
serious crevasse at Mound CITY on the 18th,
in consequence of which the town was
being flooded with the superintendent
waters. Shawneetown and many other
points between Cairo and Cincinnati are
reported inundated
On the 10th inst, two brothers, Jacob
and Johnston Barnock,- of Larcoxie, Mo,
said to be persons of high standing and
fine education, had an encounter with pis
tolls, by which one was killed and the other
wounded beyond hope of recovery. The