Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-11-18
DOMESTIC.

/ H. VI L
1903. e
Census returns from South Carolina
show an increase in the colored popula-
|, ton, though not in so large proportion
as in the previous enumeration.
The President has directed that the CEN
sus of Philadelphia be retaken. ~
Gov. Palmer issued a proclamation on
the 9Th recommending that the people of
Illinois observe Thursday, Nov. "a, as a
day of Thanksgiving. =
The great overland eastward train, on
the Central Pacific Railroad, was stopped,
and the express car robbed, on the night
of the 4th, between Verdi and Reno, by
band of highwaymen, who boarded the
trainat Verdi Pistols were held at the
heads of the conductor, engineer and
brakemen the express ear detached and
robbed of about $4,000 in coin, with
which the robbers escaped to the noun
tains. 10
| The Boston lead works were burned on
the night of the 9Th. Loss over $3.50, 1000.
: Ground was broken at ,Des. Moines on
the 7th, for the new Iowa State Capitol.
/ Gov. Merrill officiated.
rr On the Goth of October the steamship
/ Varuna foundered in the gulf stream, 30
miles from Jupiter inlet, on the Florida
coast, during oneof the most terrible hurs
ricanes ever witnessed n that latitude.
1 The, steamer was thrown on her beam
ends, and went down, only allowing time
for twoIl ife-boats to put off, one of which,
containing ten persons, went down with
4 the vessel and the other was beached. OF
theS passengers and crew Eofsthe Varlna,
only five saved their lives.
l,s News was received at New Orleans on
the 10th of great riot at Donaldsonville.
TT was reported that negro mob, 800
strong, was in possession of the place, and
fudge VIM. G.. loves and Mayor Mark
| Schoenberg had been killed. The whites
! who could not escape were arrested and
imprisoned, and the rioters Threatened to
burn the town and hang several citizens.
Later accounts of the riot were conflict
ing. The place was in charge of United
States troops on the 10th.
Six'fnches of snow fell on Mt. Washing
ton, New Hampshire, on the morning of
the 10th.
4wo of the Central Pacific Railroad rob
4 bers were caught on the night of the 9th,
by the Mormon authorities, twenty-five
miles west of Salt Lake, and the officers
j were on the track of two others.
'oej ;1-.. Personal. -HoTTi
Galveston, Texas, was draped in mourn
ing on the 4th for citizens who were lost
with the steamship Varuna. Business was
suspended, flags at half-mast, and bells
were tolled throughout the city.
| The New York World says Daniel
Mcfarland has beenplaced in ami sane
i asylum by his friends, who declare him an
incllrable subject to paroxysms of violent
rage.
/ GA Washington dispatch of the 7th says
4 information had been received that Chief
Justice Chase continued to improve in
health, and expected soon to- resume his
seat on the bench "a "a n - ~
/ Hon. Francis G. Sherman, ex-Mayor o.
| Chicago died in that city on the 7th, aged
So years, nEo1 ar n
| Samuel s. Fisher, Commissioner o
4 Patents, rendered his resignation on the
i 9Th, which was accepted by the President
to take effect on the 10th.
Rudolph DryeEua German about s.
4 years of age, gave himself up at police
headquarters IN New York on the Sth, al
| leging that he was the murderer of Mr.
Nathan The man was evidently insane
His story was So utterly at variance witt
! the known facts Of the case that no cred
4 enceswas placed in his statement.
i At Philadelphia, on the 10th, the Ath
! letics beat the Mutuals at baseeball--2;
to. 10. s4xor !, nzFo
i Paymaster W. G. Marcy, of the Navy