Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-07-01

] Gold closed in New York on the S3d
at 111A. @ls
/ The Supreme Court of Indiana has de-
4 cided that the keeping of billiard tables
comes within the meaning of the statute
against gambling. -" 800 2.'' 2,
/ A passenger train on the Union Pacific
Railroad, coming east on the night of the
18th, ran into squad of mounted Indians
coming round the curve three miles east
of Ogalalla station. Several shots were
fred by the Indians, none taking effect.
Several horses were killed by the engine.
No one hurt on the train, nor was the
train damaged. s" a'te s7lsa q 2
| Governor Walker, of Virginia, has
signed the bill incorporating the Atlantic,
Mississippi 6 Ohio Railroad. a
| Internal Revenue receipts for week end
ing June 18, $737, ,357; fiscal year to same
date, $175,6536S3. Coin in the Treasury,
| $109,767, ,595; coin certificates, $34,094,-
900; currency balance, $21,556,9S9.
Dispatches received at st. Louis on the
18th, from Fort Hays, Kan, and other
points, report the Indians very numerous
between Camp Supply and Bear Creek,
all on the war-path. Several Govern
ment and other trains, and herds had
been attacked, but SO far the Indians had
been driven off. One train was corraled
two days at Gypsum creek, fighting the
Indians. A train at Camp Supply was
attacked four times. It was NO longer
safe for trains or herds to travel without
strong escort The Indians attacked a
train of several wagons and twenty men,
near Camp Grant, Arizona, May .27, cap
.tured and burned wagons, killed 16,
wounded several of the remainder, and
| fled to the mountains.
A report comes from Salt Lake that on
the 10Th, as train approached the Platte
| river, the engineer discovered band of
| Indians, about three hundred, mounted,
crossing the track. AS the train neared
the Indians they began to yell. The en-
gineer, supposing they were about to at
tack the train, put on steam and dashed
through the crowd, killing thirteen In
dians and as many ponies, = s''
| Eight thousand four hundred and sixty
six immigrants arrived at New York dur
ing the week ending June t8.
Anumber of Cinnamon arrived in New
York city from Boston on the Goth, hav-
ing failed to get employment in the latter
city. It was understood they would go
| to San Francisco. si9
Col. Morrow, of the Thirteenth infan-
try, reached Sioux City on the 20th, and
| reports an attack by five hundred Indians
upon Fort Buford wood-choppers, on the
| 14th, and that most of the latter were
killed. Col. Morrow pronounces this the
| opening of the long meditated war
The st. Paul Psess of the 21st has let
from Pc mbina which says that, incase
the Canadian River expedition continued
to move westward, Riel's Provisional
Government would send an armed force
to meet it. In this contingency independ-,
ence of Canada would probably be de-
| clared. 85g5 s. a3 t ns
The General Freight Agents of the
| New York Central and Hudson River,
| IPennsylvania Central and Erie companies,
on the 18th, resolved to restore the old
high tariff for freight and cattle on the 1st
of July. saH bieg taaais y1sg ao 59taB
On the Goth, near Boyerstown, Berks
Kcounty, Pa, a child of William Tudy,
labout year old, had its throat cut from
ear to ear, with a butchers knife; by a
girl named Catherine Hummel, aged about
thirteen, employed in Tudy's family as
nurse. After the murder she fled to the
woods, and was not apprehended till the
following morning. so5 dar
An Augusta, Ga, dispatch, of the 22d
states that accounts from the cotton crops
were unfavorable. There was too much
rain, and the weather was unsettled.
The last rail on the Denver Pacific
Railroad was laid on the 22d.
Letters from the Plains, received in St..
Louis, on the 22d, report that nearly all
the young Indians belonging to the Ara
pahoe and Cheyenne tribes below the Ar
kansas river were on the war-path. Several
trains had been captured and a number
of white men killed. 1t was very danger
GUS for trains, mail parties or anybody
else to travel below Fort Dodge. ,r
The recent monthly report of the Com
missioner of Agriculture shows an acreage
of winter wheat nearly five per cent. be-
hind last year, while the quality of the
grain is superior. Winter barley about
as last year, and the spring sowing has
been increased. The acreage of oats has
been increased. Grasses are generally
fourishing. Fruits promise an abun-
dance. The cotton acreage is materially
| increased in every State, and the crop
generally growing well.
The following notlce has been sent to
| all bankers and brokers on this continent:
UNITED STATES NOTES, SERIES OF 1s69.-Two
| thousand notes, of ten dollars each, from No.
H3,5 ,oo1#- to No Hs,53a, ,O0O* Goth in
1 No $40 notes, of number higher than
H3 236, ,0C0< have been issued. liberal reward
will be paid to any person through whose instru-
mentality the thief may be detected. Hold parties
presenting the stolen notes Cf suspicious attach 10
| them), and in any case Of presentation notify
i f. e. SPINNER, Treasurer Q. s.
Washington, June IA, 1870.
Several cases of hydrophobia were re-
ported in New York and Brooklyn on the
23d. Three men had been bitten by mad
dogs.
The competition for passenger traffic
between the New York Central and Hud-
son River, and Erie and Pennsylvania
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