Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-02-11
DODGEVILLE. WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY H. 1870

Two passengers, named MI. ~ O0ullIVan,
formerly an Alderman of Chicago, and
August Buchler, Of New York, were
killed. Several were injured.
The expedition of Col. Eugene Baker
against certain troublesome bands OF In
dians in Montana has proved complete
success. There were 173 Indians killed,
A lodges burned, winter supplies destroy
ed, and 800 horses captured and the
Federal loss is reported at only one killed
and one injured by falling from his horse
The Secretary of the Treasury has di-
rected the Assistant Treasurer at New
York to sell one million gold each week
during the month of February, and pur-
chase one million bonds, on each alternate
week, on account of sinking fund.
Early on the morning of the 31st ult.,
kerosene lamp exploded in the house OF
Nicholas Bliss, at Buffalo, N. Y, setting
fire to the furniture in the bed room occu-
pied by that family, consisting OF Bliss,
his wife and two children. All were
burned in dreadful manner. One child
died Immediately after the flames were
extinguished. The other was in very
critical condition. Bliss and his wife
would probably recover, but they will be
very much disfgured.
Two hundred and ninety-three chests
of tea were shipped overland from Cali
fornia burning the week ending January
30, and the officers of the Union Pacific
road have advices that one thousand chests
more are to follow.
On the list of January there were 1904
convicts in the Illinois Penitentiary at
Joliet, SAG of whom were received during
the year. Gov. Palmer issued 1OS par
dons in 1869, and 556 applications for
pardon were refused.
Six hundred and fifty men were dis
charged, on the 31st ult., from the Con-
struction and Steam Engine Bureau at the
Gosport (Va) Navy Yard. All work in
these departments was entirely sus-
pended.
Seventy six new cases of a new epidemic,
the relapsing fever, were reported to the
New York Board of Health on the 31st
ult. No deaths from the disease had been
up to that time reported.
Letters from Fort Laramie to the 28th
ult say that Indians had arrived from the
Little Powder River, who report that
large numbers of Indians from the Mis-
sourl River Reservation had arrived III
that vicinity. Red Cloud, Man-Afraid
Of-His-H Horses, and Roman Nose, with
their bands, were camped there. What
this concentration meant was not known.
1t was feared that they intend taking the
war path in the spring.
Reports were received in st. Paul, on
the evening of the 31st ult, that General
Riell, Chief Of the insurgents, had been
arrested by the Hudson Bay Company
eight miles this side of Fort Garry, and
taken to the Fort. This is in accordance
with previous intimation that the Com
pany would soon resume sway in Rupert's
Land, but accounts of the matter were
meagre and contradictory.
On the 31st ult., Gonzolo Caster on, edi-
tor of the Voce de Cuba, who had gone to
Key West to fight duel, while standing
on the porch of the hotel in that city,
was attacked by several Cubans, who
opened fire on him with pistols. He re-
turned their fire, and had wounded three
of his assailants when he received shot
from which he died in fifteen minutes.
Several arrests were made. Considerable
excitement existed in the town on the list,
and the United States soldiers stationed
in the vicinity were called out to preserve
order.
The following is a recapitulation of the
public debt statement, as published on the
1st instant:
Debt bearing inter- &.
est in coin. S2, lUl, ,939 92OO W
Interest. ....,... 32,S47,34S2
Debt bearing inter-
ey......... 5953O,0O0 90
Interest ....... 717,950 90
Debt on which inter-
est has ceased
since maturity" 4,053,046 GA
Ipe 633 66S SO