Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-10-22

minute and four seconds, which Is the best
time he has yet made.
The steamer Euterpe left New York on
the 9th for Havana, with her original cargo
of munitions of war.
| Eastport, Me-, was visited by severe
| hurricane ON the 4th inst, which destroyed
large portion of the town. Several ves-
| sells were lost with all on board. 1t was
| thought the loss could not be less than
$5O0,OOO. A freshet on the Swift river, in
Oxford county, caused rise of thirty-six
feet in twelve hours, which flooded farms,
swept away houses, barns, &c., and
rendered the farmers impoverished
and houseless. The people barely escaped
and fled to the mountains.
The building used for storing nitro-gly-
cerine at the Hoosac Tunnel was blown
up on the 9th, and three men were killed
| The first anniversary of the Cuban Rev
olution was celebrated in Baltimore on the
| 18th, by procession, and an Grafton at
the Masonic Temple.
Over a million gallons of whisky have
been seized at San Francisco, the officers
claiming that it was not pure Bourbon as
represented, but is fraudulent, and there
| fore is liable to seizure.
There was almost total suspension of
business at Washington on the 18th, in re-
spect to the memory Of exp President Pierce.
All of the Departments were closed, and
the municipal offices and banks transacted
nothing of public character. Flags
were suspended at halfmast, and minute
guns were fired during the day.
The first anniversary of the Cuban rev.
olution was observed in New York city on
the 11th A civic celebration took place
in the evening, in Cooper Institute, which
was crowded by the friends of Cuba.
The Erie and Susquehanna Railroad
fight has ended amicably; the Erie leasing
the Susquehanna for 80 years on terms ac-
ceptable to the stockholders.
A New York telegram of the 10Th states
that criminal proceedings would soon be
instituted against the Wall street gold
manipulators for organizing a conspiracy
to damage the public.
AT the meeting in New York, on the
18th, of the stockholders of the Erie Rail
road Company, the Gould-Fisk ticket was
unanimously elected Directors. Jay Gould
was subsequently chosen President, and
James Fisk, Jr, Comptroller.
James Cunningham, colored, has been
appointed Postmaster Of the city of Man
chester, Virginia.
The Red Stockings, of Cincinnati, de-
feated the Omaha Base Ball Club on the
11th--65 to /.
The Southern Commercial Convention
at Louisville completed its organization on
the 18th. Ex-President Fillmore was
chosen permanent President.
Another fearful storm was experienced
at the East on the 18th and 18th.
The lookup in the village of Charlotte,
N. Y, was burned on the 18th, and two
sailors, Alexander Fisher and Michael Nc
Lane, of Elyria, Ohio, belonging to the
schooner Cascade, of Green Bay, who
were prisoners in the lookup, were burned
to death.
In the destruction by fire of a dwelling
at Albion, N. Y, on the 18th, a young
woman named Jenny Reynolds was burn
ed to death. 1t is supposed the fire was
caused by the careless use of kerosene.
In the Commercial demonstration at
Louisville ON the 18th the procession is es-
timated to have been seven miles in length,
and was three hours and quarter in pass
ing a given point. There were hundreds
of vehicles in line representing the vari-
Gus manufacturing and mercantile inter
ests of the cities around the Falls of the
Ohio.
The Navy and War Departments have
united in the adoption of a uniform sys-
tenn of signals, to be used in their branches
of service
In recent case in the United States
District Court of Baltimore, which has
been appealed to the Supreme Court, it
was shown that three National banks of
Baltimore have been lending as high as
eighty per cent. of their capital for specu-
lative purposes.
A dispatch from Springfield, Ill, on the
18th says it had been definitely ascertained
| that the corn crop in that section of the
| State has not been better for many years,
| if ever.
The First National Bank of Austin,
Nevada, has failed.
The monthly report from the Bureau OF
Statistics, for the month of July, shows
the value Of exports to have been $780,
1885, and the imports for the same
month $37, 7,6O4,SS6. The total tonnage OF
vessels engaged in foreign trade during
the month was, entered, 1,020,704 tons
cleared, 1,O28,094 tons.
Customs receipts from October to Oc
tober 9, inclusive, were $4,679,706 4
The argument in the Yerger case in the
| Supreme Court at Washington was com
menced on the 18th by Attorney General
Hoar, and answered by Mr.. j. M. Car
! Isle.
The Governor of New York State has
1 fixed the 18th of November as a day Of
thanksgiving and prayer.
+. PERSONAL.
Jefferson Davis arrived in Baltimore OF
the 9th, from Europe
The flags on the City Hall and public
buildings in New York city were half
masted on the 9th, in respect to the mem
DRY of ex-President Pierce.