Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17
DOMESTIC.

hcCelpIS VI lIdCtlOudl CuIIcuCy Iol WOOh
ending September 4, .$271 900; shipments,
100000; redeemed and destroyed, 1904
200. National bank circulation outstand-
ing, $299, 1877 $780, .--~. ...-.- ......--..
A destructive conflagration occurred at
Goldsboro, N. c., on the night of the 4th,
by which the Wayne House, Masonic Hall,
| lumber yards, and ten warehouses were
destroyed. Loss $125,000. The offices Of
the Messenger and Post newspapers were
also destroyed. They will resume publ
cation soon.
Ex-Secretary Stewards speech at Sitka
has been published. He gives a complete
review of the resources and productions
of the new Territory, expresses sanguine
hopes of the future prosperity of Alaska,
and says the people need a Territorial
Government. IL
The jury in the case of Mccoy & Co.,
distillers, of Omaha, have brought in a
verdict confscating all the property owned
by the firm, amounting to nearly $50, 900,
| for defrauding the Government.
A fire in Richmond, Va, on the night of
the 9th destroyed property to the value of
100000.
The news on the 9Th from along the
Arkansas and White rivers says the cot
ton crops are splendid, and the balls are
opening finely. From along the Missis-
sippi for two hundred miles below Mem
phis, the drought has cut off the crop one
third The young balls were shedding off,
and only the lower or bottom ball will
| mature.
A fire broke out on the morning of the
9Th, at a coal shaft near Plymouth, Pa,
which burned the out buildings and hoist
! ing apparatus, thereby cutting off the
escape of over 200 miners at work below.
1t took all day to clear away the burned
debris which fell into the shaft antl'at 10
o'clock atnight two men descended, who
perished while endeavoring to open a
gangway door. Two other miners, who
descended afterward, were driven back
lby. salphurous fumes, and it was feared
I the 200 men shut up in the mine had per
ished. III {
I James J Brooks, a United States detec-
Five officer at Philadelphia, was shot
through the lungs on the 9th, in revenge, it
was supposed, for his successful efforts in
detecting revenue frauds. The Treasury
Department at Washington has decided to
offer a reward Of $5,OO0lfor the apprehen-
sion of the murderer, sytr~fx4e
The news on the 7thi from the coal
mine disaster near Plymouth, Pa, is to the
T effect that thousands Of miners, women
and children covered the hills and grounds
in the vicinity, and subscriptions were
being raised for the relief ofthe widows
and orphans, who number, over 60O Sey-
4 erala exploring parties. descended to, the
bottom of the shaft, and penetrated quite
a distance along one of the passages, but
the gas and damp drove them back. AS
the gas was so strong, no attempt could
be made to reach the main door or pene.
trate the mine until thea outer gangway
/ was rlearedyof gas There was no ground
/ to hope that asingle one of the '202 Jmen
in the mine was alive. 'ss5i adilo "a
i,s The New England Agricultural Fair
| opened at Portland, Me-, on the 18th, with
large contributions from New England
and Canada. ~ Oh hLOLD -.
r. The Mississippi Valley Commercial
Convention, in session at Keokuk, on the
Sth, made a permanent Organization by
| eleeting Gen. rVandeyere, Of Dubuque
4 President, and a long list Of Vice-Presi
dents and Secretaries. Standing commit
tees ON the Mississippi River and its tribu
taries on foreign commerce, on removal
iof the National Capital, and on immigra
,tion were appointed. Resolutions in favor
of removing the National Capital to some
point in the, Mississippi Valley were
| tabled. lr.4-xr.r
l. The Allentown (Pa.) Iron Works were
burned on the 7th,, involving a loss o
100000. The Works paid out $4,000 il
wages every month, and by their destruc
ton one thousand men are thrown QUITO
employment.
q On the Sth the bodies of the victim
sof the sAvenaale mine disaster, nea
plymouth, Pa, were discovered, piled vi
together in the east side of the plane. TIL
bodies were removed as rapidly as pos