Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-02-10
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a. NEWS OF THE WEEK. (
~ E The East.

-Dry Gallentine, convicted at Eleye-
land, of manslatIghter, in killing DR..
Jones, fer alleged intimacy with his
wife, will be sentenced Foo,f >
Mrs. Antonio Becker Grain, the
welI-known German actress, who has
distinguished herself i'm most Of the
German theatres in this country, died
in New York on Sunday.
-Several sweeksD ago, George Henry
Starr, aged sl6, committed suicide in
New Y ork, by taking laudanum. Brood.
dereds him insane Alfred Garroway,
aged %, friend Of young Starr, was
with him the evening fpreNious to his
death. Grief for the loss of his friend
depressed Garroway exceedingly, and on
Sunday he, also committed suicide by
taking merphine8 eHE 70 e3f1ft IN
'"'"''' 7s'is The West. '
.5Wm.Y Sehallenberg, for killing. his
wife some months ago, at Cleveland,
Ohio, was sentenced to be hanged May
Is next:
Cincinnati is all tore up in her mind
about the proposition to license the
socialReviE The preachers are nearly
all opposed to the system, and some de-
nounced it vigorously from the pulpit
on Sunday. ~ eet
Arguments were heard at St. Paul,
Mimi, recently, by Gov. Austin, OH the
claim Of the Saltwater and St. Paul
railroad to- 1873 sections of land. The
claim is contested by the citizens Of st.
Paul, who argue that the land was
granted to q direct line, and that the
Saltwater and St. Paul road, widely di-
versing from such a one, is not entitled
to it. '5- -9
"A dispatch from Ottawa, ILL.,, an
nOuhces the sudden death of Hon. Ed
ward Rs Ames, President of the First
National Bank at that place. He was,
on his way to his place of business
Monday morning, when he was suddenly.
attackedsby pain in his side, and fear
ingit might prove serious, he returned
to his home again. On reaching home
he sat down and was taken with tit and
expired in one hour. a"7s
Sunday night, q man by the name
of Quinn was found dead a short dis
lance from Iowa City, Iowa, with a
wound under the ear. He had been in
company with two other men, on a
spree, and was last seen in their COM.
pany. The supposition is that his com
rades committed the deed in drunken
row. The circllmstantial evidence is
very strong against the men arrested. -.
The ,Neosho mo Journal of Thurs
day last, is informed that Lewis Down
ing, Chief of the Cherokee Indians. was.
assassinated on Thursday night, the 10th
inst, There has been much excitement
in the Nation over the proposal to sec.
tonize the tribes-the pure bloods be-
ing opposed to it and the half breeds in
favor of it-and it is thought that the.
murder Of the Chief grew out of this
quarrel. -.tE 4. ..... .
Charles jolly and John Armstrong,
the murderers of the Lapine family,
five in number, near Potosi, No.. in
November last, were publicly hanged
in the Court House Square, at Potosi,
Friday afternoon. A very large crowd
of people, some of them coming twenty
or thirty miles, witnessed the execution.
'JoHys head was nearly severed from his
body by the rope, and Armstrong died
by slow strangulation, from some de-
rangement Of the moose. c#
-.,,.-... Foreign. -....z
IA Berlin dispatch says that orders
have been given for the discontinuance
of the dispatch of troops to France.
---lGambetta ratifies the capitulation
and will not resign. Gambetta is re-
ported to have committed suicide.
The London Times has an account
OF a-race in the harbor of Havre be-
tween the cutter .of the United States
war steamer Shenandoah and that of
the British war Steamer Helicon. The
raoe.was won by the American crew in
the fastest time on record for contests of
thatsdescription. e. .. -.. .i. b. ...aa
An official dispatch to the Baden
Ministry states that the army of Gen,
BOtubalxi has entered Switzerland, cross
ing the border near Brontroul. The re-
ported attempt of Bourbaki to commit
suicide is confirmed <.. .. ....,s b
dispatch from Versailles saws the
armistice has been carried out in the
west and north of France without diff
Guilty. 1t is reported that the armistice
ments, and that military operations eons
thGypart. of Generals Manteuffel, Wer-
der, .Bourbakiaaand Garibaldi have
ceased z q. '.'
"A dispatch forwarded from. a.FVer-
sailles on the 2Sth, by jules Favre to
the Government at Bordeaux, says: "a
treaty was signed to-day. There is to
be an, arnistiee of twenty one days. !
The National Assembly is to be con-S
vened at Bordeaux on Feb Is /; election
to take place on the Sth of February.
A member of the Paris Government
leaves at once for Bordeaux 81 III. si55 !
A 'lipatch from Bordeaux says:
"Ganbetta has telegraphed the Pre-
tects that he will announce the resolu-
ton of the Bordeaux Government after
communication with : the parsonage i
wheis to come from Paris. Meanwhile
he asks them to be firm and confident, 4
and iustructs them to drill necessarily
the recruits who come in during the g.
term of the respite allowed by the ar I
mistice." ..
Immense quantities of provisions
hive" been forwarded to Paris. Great
efforts are being made to restore the
railway. The Scissors line will be re-
paired III forty-eight hours, and the
direct route in eight DAYS. All the
rivers and railroads have been opened |
for transportation of food to Paris. The
Prussians are driving cattle into the CITY |
to feed the inhabitants. Bismarck has |
notified the British Foreign Office that
the Dieune line alone is at DIesent avail |