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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02
Miscellaneous Reading.
GRANDFATKERs DARLIVe.

Grandfather is past ninety and little May but
Yet they love to sit together beside the cottage
door;
And as the old man dances his darling on his knee,
he tells her of the far back time when he was
young as she.
Those long ard rambling stories May Oft before
has heard, ). eu
But she listens with wide-open ears to every well
known word;
And IN her mind she wonders If he remembers,
The men who lived in Noah's ark, when this old
world was new.
Grsndfather's hair is scanty, and white as driv.
en- snow,
SUMS warm glow;
But as the young head nestles fondly against the
You see the sunlight blending the silver and the
Grandfather is not booklearned, but from bis early
youth,
He has striyen to walk Heavenward, and loved tie
And now he clasps his darling as the day getting
dim,
And both ogether murmur simple evening
His staiwart sons come round him-all well ad-
vanced in years
And tell'hm how the world goes on, with all its
hopes and fears:
But from their modern gossip he turns away to
hear,
The childish prattle little May is whispering in
Folks cali the old man cAildish-it may be even
So
His heart as little child's and this we love to
know;
And somewhere 1t is written that not the wise
alone,
But those who live in child-ike faith, our Father
calls His own.
Grandfather is past ninety, and little May but
four,
So they will not cit togather long before that cot
tage door;
But we know when the old man from earth is
called away,
His God and hers will still protect his darling lit
tie May.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02

leave of absence, and those living in the
Northern States eight days-to go home
and vote at the coming elections, ,f
Hon. G. w. Gilfillan has been renomi-
mated for Congress by the Republicans Of
the Twentieth Pennsylvania District.
The New York State Colored Conven-
ton, at Saratoga on the oath, elected
William F. Butler, Of New York, Presi-
dent, and invited all persons present,
without distinction of race or color, to
take part in the proceedings. ya#
Congressional nominations on the Oath:
Republican-Fourteenth Ohio, James
Monroe; Fourth Illinois, John B. Haw-
ley. Eleventh Ohio, Ralph
Lutte; Sixteenth Ohio, Robert E. Cham
bers; Fourth Wisconsin, Charles A, FL
bridge.
William Brown, of Jessamine county,
is the Republican candidate for Congress
in the Seventh Kentucky District.
AL Republican incumbents of seats in
Congress from Vermont have been re-
nominated, -lE
Congressional nominations on the Goth:
Notwithstanding s. Donnan, Third !,
Iowa District; 0. D. Conger, Fifth Mich
igan; Charles G.. Brown, Twelfth Ohio;
W. N. Jones, Delegate from Wyoming.
Prohibitionist IT B. Ives, Fifth Illinois.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02
DOMESTIC.

Gold closed in New York ON the 25th
at III.
Ex-President Fillmore has issued call
for the Southern Commercial Convention
to convene in Cincinnati October A. The
basis Of representation is the same as
adopted at the Memphis convention.
A Grand German celebration of the re-
cent Prussian victories was held in New
York city on the 18th, and was attended
by over thirty thousand people.
The Comptroller of the Currency On
the 10Th authorized the establishment of
national bank at Richmond, KY, and
one at New Orleans, under the fifty-four
million clause Of the Currency act.
A Nashville, TennSdispatch Of the 10th
says the Texas cattle disease was raging
in the vicinity of Knoxville. Numbers
Of beeves were dying daily.
A New York special of the 2tst says
the effect of the Prussian victories had
been to lower gold but the belief was
gaining ground that Prussian, as well as
French victories, mean long war, for,
now that the whole French nation is
aroused, the loss of Paris is not likely to
bring the people to submission.
A Washington dispatch of the 21st says:
"Baron Gerolt, in answer to numerous
letters, states that he has no authority to
aid persons desiring to serve in the Prus-
sian army, and viii avoid any infraction
of the neutrality laws. He and the
French Minister have received but few
telegrams from their governments, and
those relate only to business matters"
A Raleigh, N. c., dispatch of the Goth
says all the prisoners but five had been
released, no evidence being adduced to
hold them. Col Kirk made affidavit that
he believed the five prisoners still held
were guilty of murder. Writs were in
the hands of the United States Marshal
for the arrest of Kirk and Bergen.
Official notification has been given that
navigation will be suspended on the Illi-
nois and Michigan Canal on and after Oc.
tober 8.
The first frost of the season was noticed
in the low lands near Hartford, Conn, on
the morning Of the 22d.
Several bales of the new cotton crop
were received at Memphis on the 2Sd,
from Mississippi and Arkansas.
at Raleigh, N. c., on the 23d, Justice
Brooks had discharged eighteen more
prisoners on Aa5sas corpus. Kinks SOL
diers were expelled from court by order
of the Judge. Lieut.. Col. Bergen was un-
der arrest for not observing his bail.
A New York special to the Chicago
| Tribune of the 25th says it was be-
ginning to be the settled feeling of Wal
street that the European war would ias'
several months, perhaps year. Ii II
difficult to understand on what basis
peace satisfactory to either party can b
negotiated now. The enthusiasm VIII
which, in one day, the French peopl'
have taken.up the new war loan, show
the spirit animating that nation. The.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02
Stretch it a Little.

A LITTLE girl and her brother were on
their way to the store one winter morning.
The grass on the common was Whlte w WIN
frost, and the wind was very damp They
were both poorly dressed, but the little
girl had kind Of cloak over her which
she seemed to have outgrown.
AS they walked briskly along, she drew
the boy closer to her and said:
"Come under my coat, Johnny"
at isn't big enough for both, sister" ),
"Then I'll try and stretch it a little;",
and they were soon as close together ana
as warm as birds in the same nest.
Now, why can't we ell stretch our COM
forts little? There are many shivering
bodies, and sad hearts, and weeping eyes
in the world, just because people 90 not
stretch their comforts beyond themselves.
Vel Spring. 4 - /"
A Colorado gardener has gathered
twenty-four hundred quarts of strawber-
ries from an acre and a half of vines this
wear.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02
POLITICAL.

Lieutenant. Governor M. III. Walden
has been nominated for Congress by the
Republicans of the Fourth Iowa District.
The Democratic Convention of the
Eleventh Illinois District has nominated
Hon. s. s. Marshall for Congress.
The Labor Reform League of Nebraska
held a meeting at Omaha on the 10th,
and adopted platform and nominated
State ticket for the fall election.
1t has been decided to call the next Re-
publican State Convention of Pennsylva-
mia at Harrisburg, on the 10th of next
March.
The Democratic State Convention of
Illinois has been called to meet at Spring
field on the 18th Of September.
At Republican Conventions held on the
s3d, Samuel Shellabarger was nominated
for Congress in the Seventh, and j. A.
Amber in the Seventeenth Ohio Dis
tricts.
The Wyoming Democratic Territorial
Convention has nominated Colonel John
Wanless, of Laramie City, for Delegate
to Congress. a
Acting Secretary Richardson has deci.
ded that the clerks in the Treasury De-
partment at Washington, living in the
Western States, shall have twelve days
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02

fortnight. The Prussian losses are re
ported to have been dreadful--over tw'
hundred thousand killed and wounded
since Saarbrucken. 1t is believed by thu
French that the Prussians have suffered
more than themselves"
Contradictory reports as to the wherea
bouts of Bazaine and McMahon were re
ceived on the gath. One report stated
that Bazaine was still at Metz, that Metz
was isolated, and that McMahon was still
at Chalons, and had not gone to reinforce
Bazaine A special to the New York
World says the military opinion in Lon
don was that Mcmahon and the Grown
Prince were moving on parallel lines and
mareuvering for position, and that Ba-
zaine was in communication with McMa-
hon, and man@uvering to combine with
him in an attack on the Crown Prince.
The Paris Journal J. Public of the oath
says there had been no serious engage
ment since the 10Th. Leading citizens of
Berlin held an audience with the Queen
on the Oath, and congratulated her On the
recent victories.
Recent information from CUBA, which
has reached the sympathizers with the
revolutionary cause in New York, repre-
sents the situation as favorable to the in
surgents, who are said to be still holding
their ground.
There was report in Paris on the
evening of the 25th that the Prussian
army under Prince Charles had been de-
feated on that day, between Verdun and
Chalons. A Berlin dispatch of the 25th
says the headquarters of the first and
second armies were near Metz, while the
other corps continued its march on Paris.
Chalons had been evacuated by the
French, and the Prussian column was
west of Chalons, advancing rapidly.
A London dispatch of the 25th says
that Trochu had notified Napoleon that
the will of the people was that he should
not return to Paris; that his dynasty was
at an end and another dispatch of the
same date declares that the feeling in IA
vor of the Emperor was growing in
France, in consequence of the Prussian
demand for his abdication.
Prince Felix Salm Salm, a Major in the
Prussian Guard, distinguished for services
in the American and Mexican wars, was
killed in the battle of the 18th at Grave
lotte.
A Prussian Colonel has written to
Emile, Girardin offering wager that he
would be in Paris by the 18th of Septem-
ber. Girardin has published the letter,
and announces that he has accepted the
wager.
Advices from China up to the 25th state
that the French negotiations at Tientsin
for satisfaction for the recent outrages
were suspended. The French demanded
that three mandarins implicated in the
massacre be given up to be shot, but the
Chinese were willing to surrender only
one.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02

consulted with her about its sufficiency,
she told him that he ought to be ashamed
indeed to waste such heaps of money on
one. He should have sent half to the
heather.
Toms income has thus far held out bet
ter than when he was single. Young
men try it!~Putnana's Magazine.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02
Eccentricities OF Authors

BULwER rit Night and Mornin" >"
What he did with the rest OF the day is
not Stated.
Collins rit "After Dark" Perhaps he
couldn't rite SO well by day.
LIE Fanu, he rit Cali in the Dark" l
don't see how he did it without q lite.
How Good he dot the is or kross the
t's?
Sum orther wrote Bound in the
Wheel" an Uncomfortable posish tu rite
in, bound to wheell Thunder!
Carpenter rit Six Months at the
White House," I spose that was as
long as he stade there, his time bein'
out"
Gilmore rote 'Four Years in the Sad
dle," so it's sed. He must hev he'd a
"quiet horse"
Mis- Mulock wrote "Nothing New"
This Good be sed Of menny others with
CRATE propriety.
Harrington rit "1nside." take it for
granted that most people do. II wouldn't
be kumfortable ritein on the sidewalk in
rainy weather.
Sum orther, hoo didn't give us his
name, rote Altogether Wrong" A good
menney hez copied from his stile, but hev
had the efruntry to give us THAR names,
bein lost to shame.
Mrs. Mackenzie Daniels rote CATER
Long Years" Sensible woman. If sum
ov the rest ov 'em would wait till they
git to the age ov diskretion, it would be
better for awl konserned.-)o8h Billings
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02
PERSONAL.

A duel was fought on the morning of the
10Th, near Savannah, Ga, between Rich
ard Aiken and Ludlow Cshn. They ex-
changed fl We rounds. Cohn was mortally
wounded and Aiken unhurt.
Knoxville, Tenn, papers of the 10th
state that Hon. R. r. Butler had been ar
rested on charge of forgery, and had
given bail for his appearance at Bristol On
the Goth.
Census returns of ten parishes in Lou
isiana show population of 94,095, q de-
crease since 1860 Of S,151.
The Germans of the city of Chicago
have issued an address to their fellow-citi-
zens of American birth, asking material
aid in behalf of their wounded, sick, and
orphaned countrymen, in the present
struggle in Europe.
President Grant issued proclamation
of neutrality on the 22d.
The Irish National Convention met at
Cincinnati on the 25d. About 100 dele
gates were present, representing organi-
cations in various points in the Union.
The Convention would sit with closed
doors.
The President he's appointed John
Healey, of Ohio, agent of the Sacs and
Foxes, 0ice Miller, resigned. Colonel
Hazard is relieved from duty as Superin-
tendent of Indian affairs for the Southern
Superintendency.
Judge l., L. Towel, of Boone county,
KY, was brought before United States
Commissioner Blackburne, at Covington,
KY, on the '23d, charged with refusing to
allow negroes to vote at the recent cleo.
tion at Walton, Ky.
The Illinois Press Association arrived
at Montreal on the morning of the Gath,
and were received by the Mayor and a
deputation of the City Council.
At the Irish National Congress, in Gin
cinnati, on the Gath, James w. Fitzger-
aid, Of Ohio, was elected permanent Pres.
ident; P. W. Dunno, Vice President; j.
J. Harrington and j. W. Goff, Of New
York, and J. G. Boyce, of Pennsylvania,
SeCIGGaT1eS.
Vice Admiral Porter has been appoint
ed Admiral.
On the 25th Treasurer Spinner received
from st. Louis draft on New York for
$29, ,645 conscience money.
Major Powell is at Salt Lake City, ar
ranging for another expedition down
Colorado river. 8Ha
Ex-Secretary Seward reached San Fran
cisco on the 25th.
According to news from the Big Horn
party, received at Cheyenne, on the 25th,
the expedition had been a failure in
every respect, as at no place were paying
prospects found after the party left the
Sweetwater.
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are In no disposition to- listenfto anvshu.
initiating terms. On the other hand, the
Prussians will not consent, after their
great victories, to march out of France
without substantial reparation for the
past and security for the future. At pres
ent there can be no peace"
The Neutrality Proclamation of Presi.
dent Grant, in view of the war now rag
ing in Europe, is in the common form.
He proclaims that e -s,
"The statutes of the United States and
the law of nations alike require that no
person within the territory and jurisdic-
ton of the United States shall take part,
directly or indirectly, in the said war, but
shall remain at peace with each of the
said belligerents, and shall maintain q
strict and impartial neutrality, and that
whatever privileges shall be accorded to
one belligerent within TIE ports of the
United States shall be in like manner &C.
corded to the other"
Heavy fires were raging in the woods
along the boundary of New Brunswick
ana Maine, on the gath.
customs receipts Tor week ending Au-
gust 90, $4,59S, 700.
Specimens of very dangerous coun-
terfeit $50 bill on the Shoe 6 Leather
National Bank, of New York, have been
recently received at tie United States
Treasury in Washington. twas thought
considerable quantities had been sent
West. The engraving and tinting
are all good, and the printing of the face
is excellent. The shading of the figures
in the picture upon the back is much
darker than in the genuine, and this is
the best feature by which to detect the
counterfeit.
The State Treasurer and Governors
Paymaster of North Carolina have been
enjoined from paying Holden's soldiers,
by Judge Mitchell, of the Superior
Court.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02

The New Bedford Standard records
little incident of Decoration-day, which
occurred near that city. The exercises
were in the open air-speakers, musicians
and returned soldiers in the centre, and
the public outside of circle formed by
the marshals of the day. The military
stood shoulder to shoulder, somewhat
hiding the view from genteel party in
their Immediate rear. A young man of
the kid glove persuasion, stepping from
their midst, approached, remonstratively,
the military, and addressed them thus:
My dear fellows, you prevent our see
ing I; you are standing up there right in
front of us.n Answer by high private !:
"Yes, sir; and we stood in front and COW
cred you al through the war" Remon-
strant subsided.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

! IN regard TO pre- emptlOnS unQer q pr0Vl-
sion of the new army bill
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, August s, 1870.
| GENTLEMEN: The following is the 25th
section of the act of Congress approved
July 10, 1870, entitled "An act making
appropriations for the support of the army
for the year ending June 30, 1871, and for
other purposes" viz:
Sec. 26. Amd be 1t further enacted, That
every private soldier and officer WI has
served in the army of the Urited States
during the rebellion for ninety days, and
remaining loyal to the government, and
every seaman, marine and officer, or other
person who has served in the navy of the
| United States, or in the marine corps or
revenue marine during the rebellion for
ninety days, and remained loyal to the
government, shall, on paying the fee or
commission to any Register or Receiver
of any land office required by law, be en-
titled to enter One-quarter section of land,
not mineral, of the alternate reserve Sec
tions of public lands along the lines of
any one of the Railroads or other public
works in the United States, wherever pub
lie lands have been or may be granted by
acts of Congress, and to receive patent
thereof under and by VII .ue of the provi-
sions Of the acts to secure homesteads to
actual settlers on the public domain, and
the acts amendatory thereof, and on the
terms and conditions therein prescribed
and all the provisions of said acts, except
as herein modified, shall extend and be
applicable to entries under this act, and
the Commissioner of the General Land
Office is hereby authorized to prescribe
the necessary rules and regulations to
1.s<
mine all facts necessary therefor.
By these provisions the homestead law
of Goth May, 1862, and the acts amenda-
tory thereof, are modified as to allow en-
tries to be made by the parties mentioned
therein of the maximum quantity Of one
quarter section, or one hundred and sixty
acres of land, held at the double minimum
price of $3.50 per acre. instead of half
quarter section, or eighty acres, as hereto
fore.
In case of party desiring to avail
himself thereof, you will require him to
file the usual homestead application for
the tract desired, if legally liable to entry,
to make affidavit according to the form
hereto annexed, instead Of the usual
homestead affidavit, and on his doing so
allow him to make payment of the $40
fee stipulated in the act of the Goth of
May, 1852, and the usual commissions on
the price of the land at $3.50 per acre,
the entry to be regularly numbered and
re ported to this office in your monthly
homestead returns.
Regarding settlement and cultivation,
the requirements of the law in this class
of entries are the same as in other home
stead entries.
Very respectfully, your obedient SER
want,
(Signed) JOSEPH s. WILSON,
Commissioner Register and Receiver.
AFFIDAVIT.
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Interesting to Soldiers

THE following is the text of the in
structions forwarded from the General
Land Office to all Registers and Receivers,
In regard to pre- emptions under a provi-
sion of the new army bill:
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02

There are fifteen hundred men EN-.
ployed in the navy yard at Philadelphia,
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plcation, No =, for an entry under the provisions
of the act of Congress, approved May 20, 1862,
and desiring to avail myself of the twenty fifth
section of the act of july Is, 1870, in regard to
land held at the double minimum price Of $3.50
per acre, do solemuly swear that am the identi-
cal - -, who was - in the company*
commanded by Captain -, in the - regiment
of -, commanded by -, in the war of
1861; that continued in actual service for nety
days, and have remained loyal to the Governments;
that said application, No. =, is made for my exclu-
sive benefit, and for the purpose of actual settle
ment and cultivation, and not directly indirect
ly for the use benefit of any other person or
persons, and that have not heretofore had the
benefit Of the Homestead 4aw.
Sworn to and subscr bed this - day of -,
before
Register or Receiver of the Land Office.
Approved:
(Signed) J.D. Cox Secretary.
Depar ment Of the Interior, August s, 1870.
Where the party was regimental or staf Off
Ger, or was in different branch Of the service, the
affidavit must be varied in form according to the
facts of the case.
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