Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-06-24


Gallatin valley it was terrific. All the
streams in the Territory were overflow.
ing.
Miss Abbie Summers, an accomplished
young lady, daughter of farmer resid-
ing three miles south of Quincy, Ill,
was fatally stabbed on the 18th, at Ash
ley, Mo-, where she was engaged in
teaching, by Ambrose Coe, of Galesburg
ILL.,, who had offered her his hand IN mar
rage and was refused. He stabbed hel
through the back into the chest with q
butcher knife, and she died instantly
The assassin gave himself up to the
authorities.
A New York dispatch of the 10th says
" The fare to Chicago by all routes was
again reduced to day from $40 to $1S, and
will probably be reduced to SIS to-mor'
row, with a corresponding decline to 9TH
er points. The fare to San Francisco and
Sacramento is $136. Freights to Chicago
and all Western points were also reduced
25 per cent. to-day"
At the evening session of the Senate on
the 18th, the Apportionment bill was
passed by a vote of yeas 30 to nays 10. II
provides that from and after the Sd day ol
March, 1871, the House of Representa-.
tives shall be composed of 800 members
Governor Holden. of North Carolina
has issued an order to the different mill
tary divisions of the State for the forma.
ton of regiments of State troops for
active service, to be made up of white
volunteers, if they can be obtained, and
if not, negroes. He also orders the i'm
mediate enrolment of the militis, with
instructions to set apart special lumber
of minute men in each regiment for use
as reserve.
Judge Nathan Clifford has declared in
the United States Circuit Court at Boston
that Congress has the power to tax the
salary Of State officer.
The Erie Railway Company made a
further reduction on the 10th in freight
and passenger rates; First-class fare to
Cincinnati, $17; to Louisville, $21. 1t
was expected that the Vanderbilt lines
would make an equal, if not greater, re.
duction.
Red Cloud addressed meeting at
Cooper Institute, New York City, on the
18th, reiterating his complaints of decep-
ton practiced upon the Indians, and stat
ing that they only want peace and JUS
tice.
Custom receipts for week ending June
II, $3,346,116.
PERSONAL.
The White Stockings, of Chicago, de-
fea.ed the Actives, of Clinton, Iowa, on
the 10th-96 to Z.
Hon. Sidney Breese has been reelected
Judge of the Supreme Court of the First
Judicial Division of Illinois, without op-
position. s 80
William Gilmore Simms, the novelist,
died at Charleston, s. c., on the 11th,
aged 64. J.e
Spotted Tail and his party were in
New York on the 18th, and were engaged
in visiting noted portions of the city.
President Grant and family were guests
of Senator Cameron, at his country seal
at Lochiel, Pa, on the 18th.
Enthusiastic eulogiums of Charles
Dickens were delivered in several of the
New York pulpits on the 18th. 81
In New York city, on the 1atb, the
Cincinnati Red Stockings defeated the
Mutuals, of New York-16 to 3. Al
Cleveland the Forest Citys, of that city
defeated the Forest Citys, of Rockford-21
to 10. s57it 4s.'
Hon. Geo. G. Wright, of the Iowa Su.
preme Court, and United States Senator
elect, has resigned his seat on the bench,
to take effect on the 1st of January
next. t et a5 g
The game of base ball in New York
city on the 18th, between the Atlantics,
of Brooklyn, and the Red Stockings, oi
Cincinnati, resulted in a tie on the ninth
inning-the score being 5 to 5. A tenth
inning was played, neither club scoring
and the eleventh inning resulted in
three for the Atlantics to two fol
the Reds-the victory being witt
the Atlantics-8 to z. At Cleveland
on the 18th, the Rockford club defeated
the Forest Citys of Cleveland-24 to 1S.
Horace Greeley was seriously i'll in New
York city, on the 18th, threatened will
| typhoid fever.
Hon. Thomas D. Elliott died at New
Bedford, Mass, on the 18th. ''o s'''3'y =
AT fremont, N. Y, on the 18th, th'
Red Stockings, of Cincinnati, defeated th'
Unions, of Morrisania-the score being
fourteen to none. ltfan siee M
In the New Hampshire Legislature, OF
the 10th, Nathan w. Cove, of Concord
was elected Secretary Of State; and Pete
Sanborn, of Concord, State Treasurer.
The State Temperance Executive Com
mittee of Maine voted, on the 16h, tha
the State Convention be indefinitely post
poned. 99xs a46e Ya q
Attorney General E. r. Hoar tenderet
| his resignation to the President on tn
18th, to take effect on the appoint
ment of his successor. Amos /. Acker
man. United States Attorney for Georgia
was nominated by the President to sue
ceed Mr.. Hoar. 3i'h''s
| Ina game of baseball played in Chica
/ 90 on the 10th, between the Chicago Clul
and the Rockford Forest Citys, the forme
won in a score of 2S to a.
The Government authorities at Wash