Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-08
Miscellaneous.

matter was to be judicially Investigated. ..Ad-
journed.
Miscellaneous.
Edwin Kelley, the minstrel, was, on the
Both ult, acquitted of the murder of Sharp
ley.
The Pittsburgh Bolt Factory was en-
tirely destroyed by fire on the 3d. Loss
100000
General Candy has issued an order an
nouncing the result of the election in
South Carolina.
The California Democratic State Con-
vention on the Both, selected delegates to
the National Convention.
A man named George Partridge was
struck by lightning and instantly killed,
at Waukegan, Ill.,, on the 1st.
General Sherman reached Omaha on
the evening of the 29th, and left for fur
ther west the next evening.
The trial Of Burke, Casey and Shaw
commenced in London on the 2Sth. Gen
eral Nagle's trial is appointed for May 9th.
A Washington dispatch of the 4th says
the reported hostile attitude of the Indi-
ans in the neighborhood of Fort Larned
is untrue.
Burke and Shaw were found guilty on
the Both ult., and sentenced, the former to
fifteen years and the latter to seven years,
imprisonment.
The Fifteenth Quadrennial Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church COM
menced its session in Chicago, on the
morning of the LIST instant.
A man named George t. Carpenter, of
Davenport, Iowa, was murdered and robbed
in Chicago on the night of the goth ult.
He was shot in the head. Perpetrators un-
known.
The defense rested their case in the
Cole-Hiscock murder trial on the 29th.
Their evidence throughout has been in
tended to show the insa = of the pris-
Oner
The boiler of the propeller Governor
Cushman exploded at Buffalo, N. Y, on
the 1st completely wrecking the vessel
and killing eleven and wounding three
other persons.
"A LOhNOh OlSpdICu VI JIG iLll Says bIlc
British Ministry has resigned, and that a
new Cabinet would be formed. The
course of Disraeli was bitterly denounced
by the Liberals in Parliament.
An accommodation train on the Allie
ghany Valley Railroad was thrown off the
track and rolled down high embankment
into the Allegheny river, on the morning
of the 9th, severely injuring several OF
the passengers, but none were killed
The Nebraska Republican State Conven-
ton met on the Goth and selected delegates
to the Chicago Convention. David Butler
was nominated for Governor, - Kennard
for Secretary of State, James Sweet for
Treasurer, and Gillespie for Auditor.
A girl Of sixteen and four small children
of Patrick Laughlin were burned to death
by fire which consumed his house, at
Great Bend, Pa, on the night Of the Sd,
The girl saved two children, and return
ing for the others was suffocated.
Fears were entertained in New York,
on the 4th, for the safety of the new North
German steamer Smid, Captain III Ratchen,
which left Bremen haven early April A,
with a full complement of passengers, and
had not. arrived up to May at New
York, where she was bound 1881
A Richmond dispatch of the 4th says
the counsel on both sides, in the case of
Jefferson Davis, with the consent of Judge
Underwood, have agreed upon the Sd day
of July for the trial to commence, and
Judge Chase was telegraphed to for his
assent.
Detectives, placed for the purpose in
cell adjoining the one in which Whelan
was confined, overheard the latter boldly
acknowledge his guilt of the crime with
which he is charged, saying that he shot
MCGEE, like dog" and that his "name
will go down to posterity."
The London Times of the, 9th, has
telegram to the effect that King Theodorus
made desperate resistance to the English,
but finding his cause made hopeless by the
assault of Napiers stormers, he committed
suicide by pistol shot, as the British APP
preached his last standpoint
The Liberal party again triumphed in
the British House of Commons on the 1st
The resolutions for the abolition of the
Irish Church were adopted by vote of
$50 to 265. The announcement of the re-
suit was received with loud and prolonged
cheering from the Liberal benches.
The amount of fractional currency issued
for the week ending May Cd, was S37S,-
500; destroyed, S43S,30O National Bank
notes issued, $115,490 Amount in circu-
lation, s29S, 775,6s5. The receipts of in
ternal revenue for the week were $4,573,-
633; and for the fiscal year to same date,
s15s, 942,a42 e
jefferson Davis bail bond was renewed
at Richmond, on the I'd. He is to appear
on such day of the next term as the Court
may fix. 1t was announced that Chief
Justice Chase would be present to preside
at the trial within two days after the I'm