Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-11-15
The West.


The West.
I A clothing store and shoe store were
burned in ST. Paul on the 9th.
A freight car and contents (forty-five
bales of fax were destroyed BY fire onthe
7th, near Waukegan, H.
Four persons were drowned at Grand
Haven, Mich, on the morning of the 9th,
by the upsetting of a boat. saesisrtrs EB~T
Late advices from Lake Superior report
recent discoveries of gold bearing quartz
near Negaunee, among the iron mines OF
the Marquette district. n iii1 ,%1Gl1IuL
A coasting vessel, the Kate Doak, was vas
blown ashore at Pere Marquette, Lake
Michigan, during late gale, and two OF
her crew lost their. lives. .o .a.s,as,. bs. hs9
During the month of October 80 fires
occurred in Chicago. iTheamount of loss
es aggregate $54,505. on which there were
assurances to the amount of $S5,970ssa Z
"A special meeting of the Northwestern
Conference of Universalists opened in
Chicago on the Sth inst. d A large number
were in attendance the first day of the ses-
sion.
"A destructive fire at Princeton, Ill, on
the evening Of the 18th, consumed property
to. the amount of $3.50, 1000; insurance,
$1S5,OOO. twenty-five buildings were de.
stroyed.s .6tssa3G
The dead body of Mr.. Martin, ped
dler, Of Cairo, III, was found on the 9Th,
under the bridge over the Cache River, in
Pulaski County. There is no doubt he
was murdered and robbed. -. 80,
A little daughter of James Riddle, of
Rome, Jefferson county, Wis, was so bad
ly burned, on the 4th inst, by her clothes
catching fire from an outdoor fire. that
she died the same evening"
The majority againstcolored and female
suffrage in Kansas win reach full six thou
sand on vote of, twenty7three, thousand
Probably not single, county in the State
has given 3 majority for either PROPOSE
tion..Is seq taaao1 aoqe eaaai gi7e is II &att 81
By severe storm on the night of the
9th instant, at Greencastle, Ind, ,$25, 700
worth of property, was destroyed. The
Baptist church was blown down, and the
Methodist church unroofed, and many
other houses considerably injured. 8 In the
country much valuable timber was blown
down. - -
General Sherman has ISSUED a. milf
tary order, announcing that peace has
been made with the Kiowa, Comanche,
Apache, Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians.
The treaty guarantees the rig hi 10 the In
dams to hunt game in the unsettled limits
Of Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. In
dian hunting parties are to be treated in a
friendly spirit. .~raf1g q4rf ) {
Fires in Chicago, on the 9th and 10th
instant, destroyed property to the amount
Of over 100 600 z TheF Brig tonE House
was destroyed, an entire block on North
Water Street burned (supposed to. be the
work of an 'incendiary), and Ave large
two-stofy Fame buildings on North Mar
ket street. were almost entirely consumed,
"A terrible expl osion occurred IN Chica-
60 on the night of the 9th. ~ Two boilers
in the Touring mill of Ellis. MARBLE, on
Canal street, exploded simultaneously,
completely demolishing the mill and adj
joining buildings. The engineer,1a. Mr.
Cennell, was Instantly killed ana buried
in the ruins The loss is about $77,000;
insured to the amount of $8s 600. Y Tx Z
Mr.. Cook. Of Putnam County, Illinois,
has just recovered verdict of $4,000
against the Rock island Railroad Company
In 1868, Mr.. Cook got on a passenger
train without a ticket The conductor
demanded fifteen cents extra fare, which
he refused to pay on the ground that he
endeavored to purchase, a ticket before en-
tering the cars, but, the ticket. office was
not open. He was thereupon put off the
train. A suit followed, and the above YER
dict is the result aise1 '7e11xS s'a'e3asisA a.
/ 4 The Eass. df]I
The Unitarian church and the Town
House in Ware, Mass, were burned on the
night of the 9Th -
( A Mr.. Seth w. Payne left New York on
the morning of the 18th, proposingto walk
to San Francisco in $50 days, .,a, .,..r
The Rutland ( Vt.) Herald says that on
the afternoon Of the 18th, Mrs. JEFF. Davis
was at that place, en- route to Montreal. 20
Thurlow Weed denies the report that he
has sold the C011q3lerc;0Z AdgsrtSSer and