Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-13
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The French cable will be ready to com
mence business on the 18th inst, with a re
ductlon from the. present rates of abou
twenty per cent.
The Secretary of the Treasury has in
structed the Assistant Treasurer at New
York to buy $2,OOO,OOO of 5-2Os each wyeel
! during August. This is in addition to tn,
purchases for the sinking fund heretofore
| made on alternate weeks. 9o
A game of baseball played in Chicago
on the 31st ult., between the Forest Citv
| Club of Rockford, and the Red Stockings
| of Cincinnati, resulted in score of 5a fo,
the latter to 80 for TIE former.
Weston walked at Huntington, Ind
the 31st ult., his feat being to " Z, O. oi
| miles in ten hours, and a half ., saih lli,'
wards, for $3.50. He csroe n s,n ,e pacA
ahead of the alaottes .;,,n no IL I'VE minutes
Arewafd Of $4,000 is now offered f.,
'ne e eapeose of Sam. Hildebrand. the Mis-
souri, outlaw. -
puperln'er.dent Clapp, of the Govern.
aa, m,n. Printing Office, has appointed two
o'o-ed apprentices to learn the printing
".aG.e in that Office. Ss..m
! Secretary Boutwell, has concluded to
have new issue of all denominations OF
greenbacks, from one to the thousand dol
lar notes. The plates are now being en-
graved from entirely new designs, at the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. No
likeness of any living man will be placed
on any note. .5.ss
The New York Sun of the Sd positively
asserts that the Administration has opened
negotiations with the present Government
OF Spain for the independence of Cuba,
and that two bulky kilograms have been
received at Washington from Gen. Sickles
on the subject. The London Times of the
Sd confirms the Suns report.
The Secretary of the Treasury directs
that no claims or applications hereafter
made for refunding of taxes will be en-
titled to consideration by the Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue, unless the
same shall be filed with the Commissioner
within two years from the date of the
payment of taxes; or in case of claims
already accrued, within two years from
this date. l.,
A Washington dispatch of the Sd states
that the negotiations between the Domini-
can Government and the United States,
for the purchase of the Bay of Samana,
have come to successful conclusion.
+ A Washington telegram of the 4th says,
New developments are being made daily
concerning the spurious ten dollar green
back. Two specimens received to-day,
bear witness that there are new issues, for
all the defects previously referred to have
been removed, and the general appearance
of the notes SO exactly corresponds with
the genuine that it almost defes detection
by professional experts"
The number of immigrants arrived at
the port of New York this year, up to the
4th inst, is 168,064, an increase of $4,000
compared with the corresponding period
of last year.
The Board of Health of New York city
on the 4th seized several lots of kerosene
considered dangerous, Two more acci-
dents, one fatal, from exploding kerosene
lamps, occurred the night previous.
The Cuban Junta at New York, on the
4th, forwarded to the President and Secre-
tary Fish protest against the proposed
purchase of Cuba from Spain. They al
lege that two-thirds of the island is owned
by native Cubans -
The United States bonded warehouse on
Lombard street wharf, Philadelphia, con-
sisting of eight stores and containing 4O,-
900 barrels of whisky and other property,
valued at 10000, 900, was totally destroyed
by fire on the night of the 4th. Four
children were killed by falling walls, and
there were rumors of other fatal casual
ties.
There were 1865 exhibitors personally
present at the Exposition of Textile Fab
RIGS at Cincinnati, distributed as follows
Ohio, 81; Illinois, IS; South Carolina, 8 /;
Alabama, 6; Georgia, IA; Missouri, 1;
Tennessee, Z; Indiana, II; Kentucky, IS;
Iowa, 2; Mississippi, 2; Michigan, 1;
Wisconsin, 2; New Jersey, 1; Rhode
Island, 1; Massachusetts,, Q; Pennsylva-
mia, II; New York, 5.
Receipts at the land office at Denver,
Col, for July, were $539,79S.
A Washington telegram of the 5th says:
reports from the Indian country are all
favorable for peace, and Commissioner
Porter sees no reason to fear disturbance
anywhere this fall" -fts.aQ
A memorial to Congress for the abolition
of duties on coal is being extensively
signed in New York
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