Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-24


of Egypt The plot included the murder
of sub-officers of the Government, and
the investment of the reins of government
in the hands of -Seliln Pacha, who was
said to beat the head of thefrustrated con-
spiracy.< 9ies ~ 1871 gal ssigeib ey9I lya
Advices from the City of Mexico, to
January Sth, state that the capital is sur
rounded by the Liberals; that the French
troops are concentrating at Vera Cruz, pre-.
paratory to the complete evacuation Of the
Republic, and that Macmillan has prom
Used General Castelman that he will abdiH
cate, leaving Pierre Fischer, his confessor
in command au5sr te2 l. ila5GJ gdl -srl
T'he West.
The Wisconsin Legislature have instruct
ed Senator Doolittle to resign. d = o
The German Theatre at Cincinnati was
considerably damaged by fire on Saturday,
the 10Th " @53ls Ne'f
Gov Fletcher, of Missouri, yhas filed
libel suit against the St. Louis Republican
for 100000. aa
The Fenians of Detroit offer reward
of $1,000 for the capture of Organizer
Stephens. }a ass "..1-
The Nevada Legislature on the 18th
inst. elected Jas. w. Nye United States
Senator. ~.7
The Executive Board of the Illinois Ag-
ricultural Society has selected Quincy as
IL. e. fJ1a Cfato Joi
and 1865 at 81 fssa7 /
A terrible riot occurred at Cave Gulch,
Montana, on December 14th, in which
four men were killed and several more
wounded
Hon. D. W. voorhees, was nominated on
the 10th for United States Senator, by the
Democratic members of the Indiana Leg
islature 2i
Lyman Trumbull was reelected United
States Senator for Illinois, on the 10Th, by
vote of SO to % in the House, and II to
8 in the Senate. lid rs
The ice in the Ohio river has been doing
great damage at Cincinnati, carrying oil
and sinking boats and barges, some of
Arrivals from the Western plains report
deeper snow than for many years, In
some places along the Little Blue River
there have been drifts twenty feet deep.
Daniel Lawrence. a fireman at the Mil
waullee gas works, fell into cistern of hot
water, on the evening of the 18th. He was
rescued Immediately, but injured so badly
that he died next morning
The joint resolution ratifying the pend
ing constitutional amendment passed the
Illinois House of Representatives on the
10Th, by vote of so ayes to 25 nays--a
party vote 1t had passed the Senate few
days previously, by II ayes to nays.
A terrific earthquake was felt at Kla-
wath, Oregon, ON the 9Th instant. The
sky was darkened with ashes and the air
filled with sulphurous vapors, which came
from the direction of Klawathl marsh
Klawath Lake had fallen about six feet,
and Crooked creek had completely dried
up. a
On the 10th instant, the horses and
sleigh carrying mail and express matter
and packages, broke through the ice near
Menomonee, Mich, plunging into water
thirty feet deep. Fortunately, the sleigh
hung to the ice by one of the runners, so
no one was drowned. and but little prop
erty lost
All of the State officers of Iowa, and
their deputies, twenty in all, have
-; oil fl,n fp1 NIL from
our readers can gather some idea of the
rapidly growing reaction in favor OF the
Temperance movement:
tive. the State Officers and Deputy State Off
GERS of Iowa. do hereby pledge ourselves not to use
eating liquor and in all suitable ways we will dis
countenance its use in our respective commu-
mites"
A diabolical murder, equalled only by
the Probst enormity, was perpetrated near
Valparaiso, Ind, on the night of the 10th.
A jeweler named Chaupeey Page, against
whom his wife had commenced divorce
suit, murdered her and her mother, and,
as he supposed, also killed a young girl
some seventeen years old, living with
them, after which he set fire to the house.
nc girl lidLdStu w CidWl VuS, "iiSA vas
saved The murderer was arrested soon
after in Chicago, and taken to the scene of
the murder, where, but for the protection
of the law, he would have eXpiated his
crime at once at the hands Of the Infatuated
citizens. gf e H9l
It is believed that majority of the West
ern Indian tribes are now on the war path,
ready for war of plumber and ex-
termination against the whites Specu-
lators are now docking from the
East to Omaha and other Western cities,
expecting to be able to secure contracts
for furnishing supplies for the troops
which are to be sent to the frontier.
Rumor states that forty white men had
been massacred west of North Platte, and
thsk the Indians were determined to clean
the road to Fort Kearney. Eight thousand
troops have been ordered for service on the
Plains and in the Mountains, the first in
stallment of which is now en- route by the
Pacific railroad. tse " ,5t'''
The East. gs5 rev
Roscoe Conkling was elected United
States Senator from New York, on the