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

such at an early hour on the morning OF
the 10th as to give rise to strong hopes for
his recovery.
Colonel w. H. Selleck, of Wisconsin,
has been appointed Consular Agent at
Bradford, England, Uice Geo. M. Towles.
POLITICAL.
The total number of registered voters
in Mississippi is 139,937. OF this number,
S0,761 are colored men, and 59,176 white
men, giving to the former a majority of
21,535.
The Minnesota State Temperance Con-
vention, at St. Paul, Oct. 7, nominated the
following ticket: Governor, Rev. d.
Cobb, Republican; Chief Justice, E. 0
Hamlin, Democrat; Lieutenant Governor,
John III. Stevens, Democrat; Secretary of
State, J.. j. Thompson, Republican; At
torney General, J. Ham Davidson, Repub-
lican; Auditor, G. G. Commel, Republican;
Treasurer, Henry Russell, Republican; ;
Clerk of Supreme Court, A. p. Connolly,
Republican.
At meeting of Mormons in the new
Tabernacle, at Salt Lake City, held on the
7th inst, and numbering, it is said, 10000
persons, committee was appointed to
draft memorial to Congress, asking the
admission of Utah as State.
In the District Court of San Francisco,
Judge Sawyer has decided that Chinese
testimony was admissible in the courts
against white men, under the Fourteenth
Amendment.
AT the city election in Newark, N. j.,
on the 18th, Ricord, Republican, was
elected Mayor by 23S majority over Small
ley, Democrat. The Council will stand
IA Democrats to II Republicans. The
Democrats gain an Alderman in the
Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Wards.
The latest returns from the Pennsylva-
MIA election up to the morning of the 18th
indicate close vote, with the probabili-
ties in favor of Geary, Republican, for
Governor. Williams, Republican, for
Judge of the Supreme Court, ran ahead of
his ticket.
Governor Senter's message was delivered
to the Tennessee Legislature on the 18th.
He favors immediate enfranchisement and
the adoption of the Fifteenth Amend
ment.
In Savannah, Ca, on the nth, the
Democratic candidate for Mayor, and an
entire Democratic Board of Aldermen,
were elected by about 5000 majority.
The Wyoming Legislature met on the
18th, and the members were sworn in by
Chief Justice Howe. t. d. Marvin, of
Laramie county, was elected President OF
the Council, and John Herrick, of Albany
county, Speaker of the House.
S. j. Tilden has been chosen Chairman
and William Cassidy, Secretary, of the
New York Democratic State Central Com
mittee. ,...:}...
The Indiana Democratic State Conven-
ton is to be held in indianapolis on the
Sth of January next. $40 go 6
A Philadelphia dispatch of the 14th
says: "The tables of majorities published
in the Press show Geary' majority 2,342.
A table prepared by the State Central
Committee figures up his majority at 4, 104.
The Age says the contest is close, and
few hundred votes may settle the matter.
The Arkansas Liberal Republican State
Convention adjourned on the 18th. A
liberal platform was adopted, endorsing
universal suffrage and general reform, the
present State Government and its action
Returns were received at Des Moines
on the 18th from thirty eight counties in
Iowa, in which the total Republican ma
jority is 23,480. as
A Columbus, Ohio, telegram of the 18th
says returns from seventy-one counties
give loss for Hayes, over last year, ol
5,562 If the remaining seventeen coun-
ties give the same ratio of losses, Hayes
majority will be about 10000. "The
House, according to latest returns, with
out Hamilton County, stands 80 Republi-
cans to 40 Democrats, and the Senate II
| Republicans to 16 Democrats" F ~
The Vermont Legislature organized on
the 18th, and G. w. Grandy was elected
| Speaker of the House. sri
The official count of the returns of the
Vermont election gives p. t. Washburn
| for Governor, 20, 353 majority in total OF
AZ, ,389 votes, and JohnA. Page, for Treas.
urer, 20,521 in a total of 1885.
The citizens ticket in Cincinnati con
/ tanned two Republican and two Demo,
! cratic Senators, five Representatives oi
each party, and three each of the county
officers, and was elected by over 1900
majority,