Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-07

decided stand on the queStion VI INC AL"
bama claims, and would soon make per-
emptory demand on England for their I'M
mediate settlement. of,4Q asy vU ee4y1
89s ETorefgm Intelligence.
Tt seems that the evidence Of Shaw, who
turned informer and identified Barrett as
the Clerkenwel1 criminal, is generally dis
credited in London. ay gye5 loa .s,agae /
The iFenian SHAY has turned Queens
evidence. He positively identifies Barrett
as the man who fixed the fuse which caused
the explosion at Clarkenwell. ai 9rol I
be Dispatches from Japan, 0ia Hong Kong,
announce that the ports of Hiago and
Oasaca were, at the beginning Of the year,
thrown open to foreigners, in accordance
with the convention made with the, Com
n1issioners of foreign powers.
% The gale which passed over England on
the 1st was very destructive to life and
property. In London and RinE Liverpool
chimneys and signs were blown down and
houses unroofed. Many people were
struck by falling objects and seriously in
iured, and in some instances killed OUT
right. -&& ~ q
Dispatches from Senate, received in
London January 2Sth, announce that the
expedition is again In motion. The van
has already reached Gooma, native vii
lage, twelve miles beyond Senate. General
Napier would Immediately put himself at
the head of the column of advance and
push on to Antalo, the capital of the Tigre
District.
20 A London dispatch of January 29th says
Geo. Francis Train is delivering lectures
in Cork on American and Irish subjects.
He is very popular with the Irish people,
and his houses are jammed." The New
York World publishes the following from
Train, under date Of 28th; no location
given: 81 am here all right. Have had
an immense ovation. Csad mile ffailt1ae.'
Spoke to the people to-day; was carried a
mile on their shoulders. Shall stump Ire
land. Derby quases, but dare not stop
me-" .,..-...,.--.. .e--,-,4V4,a
Esee ETeaGs sisiotf
A fire at Leavenworth, Kansas, on the
3lst ult., destroyed property to the extent
of $4,000. is3
IN, The Commercial printing office at Port
Huron, Mich, was burned on the morning
of the 31st ult. .sag3g 3 ..ala BED. ...assa .
A boiler explosion occurred at Dexter,
Mich, on the 31st ult., in ArnOld's peat
works, killing Yates and Ebenezer Arnold,
and injuring two others. Il 3D.
The telegraph lines were worked on the
LIST, from San Francisco to Hearts Con-
tent, Ireland, and q message was sent from
London to California in two minutes. M
%. A young lady and two little children
persisted in burning house, q few days
ago, at Ottunlwa, Iowa. The young lady
lost her life in an attempt to rescue the
children. l. VA F4C - lAg tA'1 /
~ On the 9th uI., an explosion occurred
in sportaole saw mill, near Wausau, Wis,
by which J. Il. bJudson, Alex. Dollar and
Daniel Baxter were instantly killed, and
eight other persons injured, two fatally.
A terrible accident occurred on the
evening OF Jsnaary 521st, near Miners
burg, Ohio, fifteen miles north of Massilon,
caused by a kerosene, explosion. Five
persons were burned to- death, and six
others so seriously injured that the lives Of
one or more were despaired Of The oil
is supposed to have ignited from a lighted
candle held by the party filing lamp
A fatal accident, resulting in the death
OF one person and the affection of whole
family, occurred recently near Virginia
City, Montana, caused by the careless
handling of mercury Some amalgam
having been placed upon the stove, the
mercurial fumes we're driven to every por-
ton of the house, and even penetrated the
food, causing the results aQoye referred to.
Two terrible fires occurred almost stimuli
taneously in Chicago, on the night of jan
uary %. A large portion of three fine
blocks in that city was almost entirely
destroyed, together with an immense guam
tity Of goods. The loss is between So, 000,-
600 and 100000, with insurance to the
amount of about s1,5O0,0o0. The build
ings burned were located ON Lake and
Water streets, Wabash and Michigan
avenues, and were among the finest in the
city, being five story marble and iron
edifices, and were occupied as wholesale
dry goods, clothing, drug, books and sta
tionery, ETC., establishments. Zoe ,ayi 10
slice ~ e3af4 tats
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Saint Xavier's Seminary, near Latrobe,
Pa, was totally destroyed by fire on the
first. a aaih'esa s-,lj35s '+s gj. aof GzE AIT -
The Academy OF Music at Albany. N.
Y, was burned ON the morning of Janu-
nry 29th. ~. ~ s.s. i5.ta ',ss.s6 q
Browns cotton factory at Wappinger's
Falls, near Poughkeepsie, N. Y, was
burned January 27th.
The Maine House of Representatives,
BY 100 to SO, has voted to repeal the State
Constabulary laws-(the liquor prohibit
tory law). saT = ei'aa baa aea4 sse
An explosion of" non-explosive burn
ing fluid occurred in Norwich, Conn, on
the evening of the 31st ult. Three children
were severely burned, and one died the
Sext day, and the others were not likely
to recover gig ..igsaa4g sra7l A4 ha