Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-05-02
Governor Wells and Chief of Poll

Governor WtHS ana Chltf OF POll
Adams of Louisiana.
& The Cosmopolitan Hotel, the finest in
San Francisco, and valued, with furniture,
at $65O,0OO, was partially destroyed by fire
on the 2Sd. Loss $15O,000
Advices received at the office of Indian
Affairs state that General Custer, who was
in pursuit of fifteen hundred retreating In
dams, had failed to overtake them.
The Straits of Mackinac opened on Mon
day, the 22d, six days earlier in the month
than last year. The ice in Lake Pepin has
also broken up, and the Mississippi is open
and navigation resumed to st. Paul.
John Guedel, convicted at the fall term,
1866, of the st. Clair county Circuit Court,
of the murder of adam Zimmerman, in
Madison county, in October, 1854, was ex-
ecuted at Belleville, ILL.,, on the Goth. (
Saturday, the 9th, was day of casual
ties in Chicago. In the forenoon, lad
living in the North Division was kicked
by vicious horse and MORALLY wounded
In the afternoon a lad was drowned in the
river, neafit Van Buren, street BRIDGE
Lookout Station, 270 miles east of Den
yer on the Smoky Hill route, was destroyed
by the Cheyenne Indians on the 18th
Three employees of the United States
Express Company were killed and
scalped, and eight of the company's horses
stolen.
Mr.. McGrorty, the Gentle candidate for
delegate in Congress from Utah, expects
to worry brother Hooper for the seat A.
Salt Lake correspondent calls the election
of February 4th huge farce, and
promises interesting developments. He
says the Bishops who were chiefly the
judges of election, did all the voting ex-
cept for the Gentiles--voted for the broth
ers absent in England and Wales preach
ing; for those in Norway, Sweden, and Dem,
mark for those in the Sandwich Islands
and elsewhere abroad; for those who came
to the polls as well as for those who didn't
About 3 o'clock p. n., on Wednesday
the gath, an earthquake was felt with more
or less severity nearly all over Kansas and
Missouri. 1t was reported as extendingas
far east as st. Louis, and as far west as
Junction City. The Leayenworth and
Kansas City papers are full of incidents Of
the great shock. Dishes were shaken from
shelves, and in one or two instana build
ings opened with large seams or assures.
A man on the Missouri River Road was
nearly thrown from the cars. The engineer
turned down steam and jumped from the
train, thinking the engine was bursting,
The vibration was felt as far north as Mil
waukee and extended into eight States.
At Quincy, Illinois, on the morning of
the 23d, Rev. J. G. White attempted to
lecture ON Romanism," but the hall was
taken possession of by some rioters of OPP
posing sympathies, and upon his attempt
ing to open the meeting, he was hustled
down. and finally compelled to leave with
out speaking at all. He appealed to the
Mayor, but got no satisfaction. On the
| night of the 25th, however, free speech
triumphed and Mr.. White delivered his
lecture with only one interruption, which
was promptly silenced. The sovereign
people" were on hand, ready to see the law
enforced. The excitement was intense,
and exaggerated reports were telegraphed
| throughout the country.