Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-05-20
DODGEvIILE, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1870.

army now numbers 10000 men, wei
armed and equipped, and supplied witt
artillery and mountain howitzers suffi
cient for present needs of the service"
The following nominations were sent tt
the Senate on the 9th: Henry lei. Wells
United States Attorney for Virginia; L
Norton, Register of the Land Office a
Springfield, Dakota; Enos Stu4tzman
Register of the Land Office at Pembina
Dakota; Gabriel A. Gersbery, Receiver O.
Public Moneys at Springfield, Dakota
George F. Potter, Receiver of Public
Moneys at Pembina, Dakota. e,-e. I'd
Admiral Farragut has been reelected
President of the Military Order of the
United States for the ensuing year.
General Sheridan and staff passed
through Omaha on the 18th, going west
Geo. Vanderpool, lately convicted OF
numbering Robert Field, at Manistee,
Mich, has been granted a new trial; and
the genue is changed to the Kalamazoo
Circuit. 81.
At New Orleans, on the 9Th, the Chi
cago White Stockings defeated the Lone
Stars, of New Orleans, in game of base
ball-the score being Is to TO-
Gen. Sheridan arrived at Salt Lake on
the evening of the 9Th, on his way to
Montana. uai5j, .q4 ~
A colossal bronze statue of Franklin is
to be erected by Captain Degroot, in
Printing House Square, New York city,
at an expense of $4,000 to $4,000. N
The President has nominated Chas.
Asher for Postmaster at Bowling Green,
KY.
The Chicago Baseball Club defeated
the r. E. Lees, at New Orleans, on the
9th--24 to IA. He5a ysig3 a
The residence of N. o. Sykes, in Tippah
county, Miss, was burned on the night of
the 9Th, and two daughters, aged and 13
years, perished in the flames. =.
The Mcfarland trial closed in New
York city on the 10th, and the jury, after
an absence of two hours, rendered YER
dict of Not Guilty"
The President has nominated George
A. Batchelder, Secretary of Dakota Terri
tory; Lewis G. Rockwell, Attorney of
Colorado; VIM. H. West, of Ohio, Consul
at Rio Janerio. IL -
Gen. Sheridan and staff arrived in
Corinne, Utah, on the night of the 10th,
and left the next morning by special coach,
on route to Montana.
Twenty families Of Josephite Mormons
numbering in all one hundred souls, have
recently left Utah for their old homes in
the States.
The Board of Trustees of the Ohio Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College have
elected Hon. Valentine B. Horton, Presi-
dent; R G. Anderson, Secretary; Joseph
Sullivant, Treasurer.
The contemplated excursion of the Illi-
nois Press Association has been postponed
until the month of August. The route
for the excursion, as decided on by the
committee, is as follows: From Chicago
to Sarnia by boat; thence to Montreal and
Quebec by Grand Trunk Railway thence
to Boston by Grand Trunk and Vermont
Central Railways, returning by the same
route.
The Grand Encampment Grand Army
of the Republic commenced its fourth an
nual session in Washington on the 18th.
Thirty nine States and Territories were
represented. General Logan delivered
an address.
A game of base ball was played in Gin
cinnati, on the 18th, between the Red
Stockings" of that city, and the " Forest
Citys," of Cleveland. Score, 10 for the
former to 2 for the latter.
On the 18th the National Encampment
of the G.. A. r. elected officers for the en-
suing year. The vote for Grand Com
mander- in Chief resulted in total vote
of 76; necessary to choice, 80. Gene
raj Logan received 40; Pleasanton,
18; Hartrauft, Ii; Denuison, s.;
Schenck, 1. General Logan was
then declared unanimously chosen. The
other officers elected were:s Governor
Lucien Fairchild, of Wisconsin, Senior
Vice Commander General Lewis Wag,
ner, of Pennsylvania, Junior Vice-Com-
mander; DR.. Samuel A. Greene, of Massa-
chusetts, Surgeon General, and Rev. DIR.
G. w. Collier, of Ohio Chaplain General,
with Member of Council of Administra-
ton from each State.
The game of baseball at New Orleans
on the 11th, between the Chicago and
Southern clubs, was called a5 the end of
the seventh inning, on account of dark
ness. The score stood, Al for the former
to for the latter. N
The Lodge of Masons at Boston, of
which Gen. JOS Warren was first Grand
Master, celebrated its one hundredth an
niversary on the 18th.
POLITICAL
The Illinois Constitutional Convention
on the 9th struck out the article submit
ting the question of woman suffrage to
: -. Al. Gkak-