Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-08-05

inund About will replace the late Provost
! Paradol in the French Academy, ant
possibly as Minister to Washington. Al
American legion was forming in Paris
to have French commander, nominal &c
| by the government.
The Paris Gaeslo6s Of the 2Sth publishes
| a report that conditional alliance hat
been concluded between France and
Italy.
Count Bismark, in dispatch to the
North German Ambassador to England
has confirmed the authenticity of the Sc
cret treaty published in the London Times
He saws that since 1866 France has inces.
sanity tempted Prussia with offers Of ter
ritorial aggrandizement at the expense OF
Belgium and South Germany.
A dispatch from London at midnight OF
the 2Sth says everything indicated that
an important engagement must take place
within three days. The Prussians were
| concentrating between Freves and Nersig
on the river Saax. They had 100000
men, and rather too much cavalry to for
age. The opposing force of the French
numbered about 100000.
No foreign officer, however high his
rank, will be permitted near the French
army, as spectator.
Many failures of business houses in
London and other parts of England were
reported on the 29th. All war demon
strations, either in favor of Germany or
France, had been forbidden in Liverpool
DOMESTIC.
Gold closed in New York on the 28th
at 1919.
Dayton, Gal, was entirely destroyed by
fire on the 21st.
The Mayor Of Covington, KY, in s
criminal case, on the 21st, admitted the
testimony of a negro woman for the pros
ecution. This is supposed to be the first
instance of the admission Of negro testi
mony in Kentucky.
kilograms have been received at Wash
ington from an authoritative source, say
ing that the Bremen steamers are finally
definitely Withdrawn from the ocean in
consequence of Napoleon's refusal to ex-
empt private property from seizure. This
action settles all question as to the trans
portation of the mails by that line. Pas
sengers for Germany and Bremen must
reach their destination from England by
British steamers.
At meeting of Irishmen held in Mem
phis on the 2Sd. resolutions were adopted
to the effect that the Irish should not take
part in the present war, unless England
became involved. Then an united effort
should be made to free Ireland.
Nearly all the business part Of Cole
brook, N. H., was destroyed by fire on the
Gath. A $500,000 fire occurred in East
Boston on the Goth, and about $750,000
worth of property was also destroyed by
fire in New York city.
A Raleigh, N. c., dispatch of the Goth
says that Governor Holden refused to sur
render to Chief Justice Pearson a large
number of citizens of Alamance county,
arrested some days previously by Colonel
Kirk. 1t was stated that Governor
Holden had ordered a military commission
to assemble at Yanceyville, to try the
persons under arrest.
st West Lebanon, n. H, conductors
Henry S. Shattuck and George W. Barnes,
and engineer Andrew NJ. Grant, have
been arrested for nlanslaughter in the
second degree, in late collision on the
Northern railroad.
There were twenty deaths from sun
stroke in New York city on the 26th.
A fire in Philadelphia on the 26th de-
stroyed large sugar refinery, with valu-
able machinery and large stock of re-
fined sugars. During the fire the rear
wall fell on an adjoining building, crush
ing it and carrying down nine fremen,
all Of whom were believed to be killed.
Nearly dozen cases of sun-stroke oc-
Cured in st. Louis on the 26th, mostly
proving fatal; slso, two cases of hydro
phobia were developed, one of which was
fatal, and the other probably wo uld be.
The Philadelphia Ledger estimates the
loss at the recent fire in that city at $9O0,-
0OO. No fremen were killed, but several
were injured.
By "a destructive confagration In Peoria,
Ill, on the 9Th, between 100000 and
$500,0 worth OF distillery property was
destroyed, and hundreds Of men were
thrown out of employment.
At Raleigh, N. O., on the 28th, Chief
Justice Pearson declined to attach both
Governor Holden and Colonel Kirk, for
their refusal to give up the Alamance
prisoners, and said the application for re-
lief should be made to the Chief Justice
of the United States.
A Washington dispatch Of the 28th says
information was received from China that
the government had limited the exporta-
ton of Chinese laborers to vessels of
treaty powers, and our Consul seemed to
be of the opinion that an effort would be
made to decrease or prevent this kind of
emigration.
! PERSONAL
Collector Murphy entered on his duties
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