Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-03-04

wreck, burying five men in the ruins, and
wounding half dozen others. The
mammoth brick smoke-stack fell on the
fire, smothering it. The five dead bodies
were recovered.
The Kossuth House at Nashville, Tenn,
was destroyed by fire on the morning OF
the Goth. The inmates had narrow es-
cape, and it was thought one little boy
had perished in the flames
The O'Neill Fenians in New York city
are said to be accumulating arms for an
other raid ON Canada.
Two thousand dollars in counterfeit
five. cent nickels were seized in Brooklyn
on the 10Th, and two arrests were made.
A destructive treshet occurred in the
Kennebeck river on the Goth, and a large
amount of property was damaged in
Augusta, Me-, and at other points.
The United States Supreme Court on
the 21st rendered decision in the case OF
Benz. II. Cheever os. B. Wilson and Anne
J. Worcester, which was brought in the
District of Columbia to enforce the pro-
visions in the matter of property rights OF
decree of divorce granted in Indiana, the
Court holding the divorce to be valid by
the laws of Indiana, and, that, therefore,
under the Constitution of the United
States, it must prevail in every other
portion Of the country.
The dwelling of Joseph Green, at South
Chichester, n H., was burned on the
night of the Goth, and the wife of Mr..
Green perished. ~
Another terrible steamboat disaster oc-
Cured on the Mississippi on the 10Th.
The steamer Emma No 3, from New Or
leans for Cincinnati, with passengers and
freight, was destroyed by fire above Mem
phis, and twenty-five lives were reported
lost.
The Flannel Mill of Austin & Taylor,
in North Salem, N. H., was destroyed by
fire on the 10TH Loss, 100000.
A Convention is proposed in Cincinnati
in favor of the removal westward of the
National Capital. g.,
A fire at Plymouth, Ohio, on the 22d,
destroyed nearly an entire block in the
business center Of the town.
Capt. Marratta arrived at Cairo on the
23d from the Emma No. 8, states positive
II that over seventy lives were lost.
According to the details received by the
Indian Commissioner at Washington, of
Colonel Bakers attack on the village of
the Regans, in Montana, on the 23d of
January last, it appears that of the 179
killed, only Is were what might be called
fighting men, that is, men between the
ages of 10 and 81 years. Ten were from
81 to 60, and additional were over 80, in
all 33. There were 30 women killed, 90,
or over one-half of whom were over 40
years old, and the remaining 35 were be-
tween 10 and 40 years. Lastly, there
were 80 children under 10 years of age
killed Many of them were in their pa
rents arms. The whole village had been
suffering for over two months past with
smallpox, some half dozen dying daily.
Washington's birthday was more gen.
orally observed this year in New York
city than ever before. Business was en-
tirely suspended.
According to late news received at st.
Paul, the Indians throughout the region
north of Lake Superior were starving to
death, owing to an unusual scarcity of
game.
The Board of Supervisors of the county
of Milwaukee, Wis, have rendered the
new Court House, which is to cost nearly
a million dollars, to the State, for Capt.
tai House, provided the Capital is moved
to Milwaukee
Customs receipts for week ending Feb
ruary 10, $4,S60,6l9.
PERSONAL,
The Senate, on the 18th, confirmed the
nomination of Hon. William Strong, OF
Pennsylvania, as Justice of the United
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