Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-10-14

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from the Second Iowa District, died at his
residence, at Marion, Linn county, on the
Both ult., of Inflammation of the bowels.
He had been sick nearly three months. i
The President and family returned to
Washington early on the morning Of the
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President Grant made the following ap-
pointments on the 3d.: Consuls. s.-Chas
Mattoon, of Ohio, at Honolulu; a. N.
Young, Of Kentucky, at St. Jsgo de Cuba;
VIM. T. Wright, resident at Santos, Bra
I'll; Alfred G. Colqnitt, Marshal of the
Consular Court Of the United States, at
Chin Kiang. ~
Chas. III. Walker, late Fifth Auditor,
has been appointed Assessor Of Internal
Revenue for the Fifth Missouri District,
0ice Leaning, suspended. Clement Hugh
Hill, of Massachusetts, Assistant Attorney
General of. the United States. 1ied ts5a
The Southern Commercial Convention
assembled in Cincinnati on the 4th. John
W. Garrett, Of Maryland, was CHOSEN per-
manent President, Hon. Geo. Fl. Pendle-
ton delivered the reception address.
A Washington dispatch of the 5th says
the President had decided to pardon all
the Fenians who were engaged in the late
reid, General O'Neil among the rest.
This is done by the President because he
thinks they have been sufficiently
punished, and because they promise to
respect the laws of the country in the
future.
A State Temperance Convention was
held in ST. Louis, Mo, on the 5th, for the
purpose of organizing State Temper
anoe Society. Hon. Geo. Partridge, Of
st. Louis, presided. Horace Greeley ad
dressed the Convention There was an
effort made to organize q political move
ment, SO far as voting only for temper
ance men is concerned, but it was de-
fsated. e f.r,, I; Il. H.,
Ex-Gov. Corey, Of Maine, died at Au-
gusta on the 5sh. .-t..,ff
.a.4l t>sg-i .POLLTICALs not aae s.
The Detroit Free Press Of the Both ult
announces. a change in the Michigan
Democratic State ticket, Crap 6, candidate
for Secretary of State, and Loranger, for
Treasurer, having declined. Jonathan w.
Flanders, of St Joseph county, has, by
the State Central Committee, been made
candidate for Secretary, and Andrew ]
Bovine, of Barry county, candidate for
Treasurer. .SA
The Georgia House, on the Goth, passed
the so-called Akerman Election bill, post
poning the election to the Goth Decem-
Der, by vote of 81 to 81. An effort on
the 30th to reconsider failed-67 to go.
The Democrats of the First Missouri
District have nominated Erastus Wells
for reelection to Congress.
The Legislature of Vermont organized
on the 9th, electing Hon. O. H. Heath
President of the Senate, and Col. @. H.
Joyce, Speaker of the House.
The Massachusetts Republican State
Convention met on the 9Th and nomi-
mated: For Governor, VIM. Cladin;
Lieutenant Governor, Joseph Tucker !;
Secretary of State, Oliver Warner; At
torney General, Charles Amen; Auditor,
@. Endicott, and Treasurer, Charles,
Adams, Jr. This is the old ticket, with
the exception of Treasurer, the old Treas
urer going out under the law. A resolu-
ton in favor of woman suffrage was
brought before the Convention, but failed
to get majority of votes. The vote on
it was: Yeas, 159; nays, 1875. # 34oY
A Hartford, Conn, dispatch of the 9Th
says: In eighty-three towns, the Republi-
cans have secured the control of the Boards
of Registration of electors, and the Dem
ocrats in sixty towns Sixteen towns are
equally divided. -Four towns unheard
from. b1oila4 Y u ls5o .
Colonel j. A. Watrous, editor in-chief
of the Fond du Lac COMMONWEALTH, is. the
Republican candidate for Congress in the
Fourth Wisconsin District. 8al1
At the Republican Convention Of
the Second Iowa District, held
at DesMoines On the 9th, A.
R. Cotton, of Clinton county, Speak
er of the House Of Representatives, was
nominated for Congress for the full term,
and Senator Wolf, of Cedar county, to
fill the vacancy occasicned by the death
of William Smyth. mo ',aa sa'iTf
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