Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-03-25

the staging broke or parted in the center
and three of the workmen were precipi
tated to the sidewalk, a distance of sixty.
eight feet, and so fearfully injured that all
died within short time after the accident
The fourth painter saved himself by cling
ing to one of the ropes supporting the
scafolding, from which position he was
drawn upon the roof of the building by
his brother.
The boiler of a portable saw-mill in
Milton Township, Wayne county, Ohio,
exploded on the 18th, killing seven men.
Six of them were killed instantly. The
other one lived about twenty minutes
Their names were Jacob Krupp, Robert
Mcconnell, and his son Frank Mcconnell,
John Fritz, David Shook, and two men
named Hoover. Most of them were mar
ried men.
A Washington special of the 18th states
that "Gov. Holden, of North Carolina, has
made formal application to the President
for troops to aid in quelling disturbances
in Alamance county. The President Is in
daily expectation of call of similar
character from Governor Senter, of Ten
nessee."
The roofs of the two wings of the Court
House in Chicago, which were being ad-
ded to the old building and which were
approaching completion, caved in on the
18th. The west wing fell in the afternoon,
and seven men at work in the building
were severely injured. The east wing
gave way in the night, injuring no person.
Damage estimated at over $4,000.
One of party of counterfeiters ar
rested in New York city on the 18th
states that counterfeit greenbacks to the
amount of $4,000, in ones and twos, had
been sent to Western cities within q
week.
The Board of School Visitors of Mem
phis have adopted the suggestion of Su-
perintendent Leath, prohibiting all relig-
ious exercises in the public schools. This
also excludes the Bible.
The mercury fell thirty degrees at Mem
phis between midnight and s o'clock on
the morning of the 18th.
The severe storm of the 18th, 18th and
18th left three feet of snow in Minnesota,
two feet in Wisconsin, about one foot in
Northern Illinois, and so on to the south
ward, where it dwindled off into rain with
unusual cold.
According to San Francisco telegram
of the 18th, the rush to the San Diego gold
fields was unabated. There was report
that the Cinnamon had been driven away
from the mines and several of them killed
at San Diego.
The general term of the Supreme Court
at Hudson, N. Y, has affirmed the decis-
ion of Judge Miller, in the noted haSeas
corpus case of Barbour 0s. Trustees of the
New Lebanon Shakers, awarding the GUS
tody of child held by the Shakers to its
parents.
Twelve thousand six hundred and
eighty-seven immigrants arrived at New
York city, between the 1st Of January
and the 18th of March, against 13,545 for
the same time last year.
A stage coach on the road to Helena, on
the night of the 18th, with ten passsn-
gers, all Cinnamon, capsized at Dry Greek,
24O miles above Corinne, Utah. The
night was intensely cold. Two Of the
Cinnamon were Immediately frozen to
death. The remainder started afoot for
Big Sandhole Station. Three of them
reached there badly frozen, and four were
found dead on the road The tenth was
missing.
A Washington dispatch of the 18th
says: Applications having been made
from Tennessee and Georgia for military
assistance to suppress alleged disturbances
of the peace, the uniform answer of Presi-
dent Grant, in each case, has been, in SUBJ
stance, that there is no doubt of his right
to station troops, and give the disaffected
districts the benefit of their presence,
still he has doubt as to how far they could
be used in aid of the civil authorities.
When troops are asked for to act in such
cases, it is a question upon which the
President takes legal advice before issuing
the order"
Since last October up to the 18th OF
March, $4,000 emigrants, black and white,
have passed through Memphis, of whom
$1,000 were foreigners, principally from
the neighborhood of Chicago, hunting
homes in the cotton States. The blacks
were principally from Virginia.
Returns to the Bureau of Statistics show
that the exports ofwheat in the year 1855
were, 34,360, $40. bushels; value, $4e,413,.
63s. For 1858 they were, 1897, ,411
bushels; value, $21, ,7s6,11s. Cotton-The
exports in 1869 were,,, 722, ,618, ,92S pounds
value, $1s7, 7,762, ATT, against 7s6,6OO, ,77e
pounds in 1868, valued at $165,962 1877.
Information has been received in Wash.
ington that Red Cloud, Chief of war
like band of Sioux, is to negotiate with
the government, and remove to reserya
tion during the spring. Red Cloud hal
$500 people under his control.
A nitro-glycerine factory at New Hack
ensack, N. j., was demolished by explo
sion on the nth, and four men and a boy
were killed.
PERSONAL.
Hon. VIM. 81. Seward, who had declined
public reception, was enthusiastically
cheered by crowd of citizens upon his
arrival at Auburn. N. Y. on the niobt n