Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-05-20

Announcement was made in the Cans
dian Parliament on the 11tb, that tn
money had been paid to the Hudson Ba
Company for the purchase of the Re
River territory, which would be trans
ferred to Canada in about month.
| DOMESTIC.
| Gold closed in New York on the 12tl
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A destructive confagration occurred q
Quincy, Ill, on the night Of the 9th, in
| volving a loss of $3O0,o00, and she destruc
ton of fifteen business house..
| Over 10, 900 immigrants arrived at New
| York city during the week ending May Z
In San Francisco, on the 7th, the ther
mometer stood at 83 deg. In the interiol
of California; it ranged at 90deg. o100 deg
The weather was unprecedently warm fol
May, and unfavorable reports were re-
ceived from the interior in regard to the
crops.
A Denver dispatch of the 7th says
GA ccounts of Indian outrages on the
Kansas Pacific Railway and elsewhere in
Colorado, recently published by certain
New York papers, are entirely groundless.
There has been no Indian troubles in this
Territory during the past year, and Gov.
McCook is confident that none need be
anticipated within the limits of Col
orado."
A commission store was burned in Mil
waukee on the night Of the 9th, and an
old Frenchman naEned Chavanoux, who
roomed above, perished in the flames.
A fight recently occurred at Atlantic
City, Wyoming, between soldiers under
Major Gordon and the Indians The In
dians lost three men. Lieutenant Stam-
baugh was killed.
News from the Red River country to
April 16, received at st. Paul on the 9th
inst. report all quiet. The Indian excite
ment had subsidized. The Sioux and Chip
pewas had promised that they would re-
main peaceable. and cause no trouble to
the whites Rel, President of the
Provisional Government, had issued a
second proclamation. declaring peace an
established fact; that business was reviv-
ing, and inviting all the inhabitants to up
hold the government.
The April report of the Department of
Agriculture says winter grains every
where show small and poor growth, but
generally of good color, and ready to
start under the influence of genial
spring.
Advices state that the Canadian steamer
Algona, of the Red River expedition,
bound from Collingwood to Fort William,
passed through the Sault Canal on the 9th
without interference or objections
The ship Sunbeam, of Boston, was
burned in the Pacific, March 81. Her
second mate, carpenter, steward and six
of the crew were lost; the rest were
saved.
A prize-fght come off near New Orleans
on the 10th, between Jem Mace and Tom
Allen. On the tenth round Mace was de-
clared the victor. Allen was badly pun
ished, while Mace escaped with but slight
injuries.
distillery were destroyed by fire on the
morning of the 11th, and about 5000 hogs
persisted in the flames The spectacle
was shocking. The cries of the animals
were heard mile and half
The opening of the Floral Fair of the
Cotton States took place at Augusta, Ga, /,
on the 18th.
The st. Paul Press ofthe 18th publishes
letter from Duluth, which says large
bands of Fenians, numbering from two to
four hundred, were congregating there
for service in the Red River country
against the British invasion. They were
reported W ell armed, and under command
of an ex Confederate officer. They pro-
posed to reach Fort Garry by the Rainy
Lake route, capturing Fort Francis on
their way. The Press does not vouch for
the truth of this intelligence.
By direction of the United States
authorities, the Governor of Michigan has
instructed the Superintendent of the Sault
Ste. Marie canal to allow no Canadian yes
sci with troops or material of war to pass
the canal, unless the vessel has the special
permission OF the United States Govern
ment. The steamer Algona, with stores
for Fort William, passed the canal just be-
fore the order reached Sault Ste. Marie.
The express train on the Missouri Pa
cific Railroad, due at st. Louis on the
morning of the 18th, collided with the fast
freight train near Eureka, about thirty
miles west of st. Louis, and a terrible
smash-up and loss of life ensued. Nine
teen persons were reported killed and
over thirty wounded, some of them prob
ably fatally. The blame OF the collision
seems to attach to the conductor of the
freight train, who should have waited at
the gravel switch until the express passed
but, misapprehending his orders, or think.
ing he could reach Eureka before the pas
senger train, went on.
| PERSONAL.
The General Conference of the Metho
dist Protestant Church assembled in Bal
timore on the 9th. Delegates were present
from nearly all the Southern States and
conferences in Pennsylvania, Indians
Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. The con
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