Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-06-23
Tue crop prospects in Nebraska have never

will exceed, under favorable circumstances,
ANYTHING ever produced in the State. Fruit
was injured by the late frosts, but the aver
ace cr4n will be had in Southern Nebraska.
I'm Waseca county, Mimi, the wheat crop
is said to be in splendid condition, and an
average Weld of twenty bushels to the acre
is expected.-A new airline railroad is to be
built from Milwaukee to Chicago.-Straw-
berry festivals are out of season in Chicago,
and it is fashionable amusement just now to
attend potato-bug sociables.
The South
DURING difficulty at Bledsoe's Landing,
Ark, on the 9th inst, man named John
Dunn shot and killed James Collins. Dunn
escaped.-Dr. Hall, Mississippi planter
living near Grenada, was murdered recently
at his home The deed was supposed to
have been committed by negroes.-Iwo
murderers, both negroes, were hung at
Marion, Crittenden county, Ark, on the 9Th
Both struggled violently, and had to be car
..ied to the scaffold.-The colored strike at
Washington has ended. White and colored
laborers are now working at $3.50 per day.
THE food at New Orleans had nearly sub
sided on the 18th inst. A heavy rain storm
occurred along the river on Friday, damag-
ing the crops to considerable extent.-The
crops of Virginia are the best that have
been seen for fifteen years. Wheat and oats
are abundant. Tobacco is in excellent con-
dition. Favorable advices are also received
from North Carolina and Tennessee, and
large crops of cereals are expected IN tnose
States.-A disastrous confagration took
place on the 18th, at Covlngton, KY, de-
stroying a number of hogsheads OF tobacco,
and doing other damage to the amount OF
$1,000
A YOUNG man named Atkins, and his wife,
fell distance of $50 feet, from peak IN the
Blue Ridge mountains, few days since.
The body of Mrs. Atkins was terribly
mangled, but, strange to say, Mr.. Atkins is
still alive, and hopes are entertained of his
recovery.-C. G. Bowen, recently convicted
of bigamy at Washington, D. c., was SEN
fenced to pay fine of $3.50 and to two years
Imprisonment in the penetentiary, by
Judge DIN, on Tuesday.-David Stewart
and wife, while driving to church, at Louis
Vile, Mo-, and when near that place, were
thrown from their carriage, and Mrs. Stew
art instantly killed.-Another terrible tor
nado passed over Galveston, Texas, on the
18th inst, unrooing buildings, sinking
vessels, and demolishing things generally.
| 1t was the severest storm ever witnessed
there.
Col. JAS NELIGAN, a distinguished ex-
Confederate officer, and well-known turfman,
died at New Orleans on the 18th inst.-The
Commissioner of Pensions has restored DR..
Stillman, homeopathic physician, to his
former position as examining surgeon at
Washington.-An effort will be made to Sc
cure the pardon of Bowen by the President
as soon as the latter returns to Washington
Secretary Boutwell, and Commissioner
Pleasanton cannot agree on the kind OF paper
on which beer stamps shall be printed
| Boutwell, insists ON a peculiar colored paper,
and Pleasanton refuses to yield his favorite
tint hence brewers will not be annoyed for
some time to come in buying new stamps.
Foreign.
THERE was snow storm of an hours du-
| ration in Birmingham, England, on the 10th
inst.-The idea of burning the bodies Of the
| victims of the civil war in Paris has been
abandoned, and they will be exhumed from
their present burial places in the park Of
| Monceaux and the garden of Luxembourg,
| and transferred to the new cemetery beyond
the village and fort of Vanvres.-Prince de
| Joinville and Due d'Aumale visited Theirs
and the members of the Cabinet on Satur-
| day. They were received with the utmost
| courtesy, and Theirs subsequently returned
the call At their interviews with Theirs
| and Grevy the two princes resigned their
seats in the Assembly, and disclaimed any
| intention of intriguing against the Republic
| The Orleanlsts are preparing banquet to
| the Due d'Aumale.-The sacred vessels and
| valuable ornaments taken from the churches
| by the Communists have, with few excep-
tions, been discovered in the mint and other
| IL ii loc nod fh.a
| ship of the Bank of France.
THE resignation of Favre as Minister OF
| Foreign Affairs, and Valentine as Project OF
the Seine, are reported to have been ten
| dered to the Government.-The Bonapartists
count on carrying so out of ia supplement
tary electons-It is asserted that the
French Assembly adjourned on the 18th
| inst, to July I'd, after voting the new loan
| required by the Government.-The Wash
| ington treaty was discussed in the British
| Parliament on June 18th. Dispatches from
| London state that there is little question
but that it will be ratified.-Late adviceE
from Teheren say that famine in one district
of Persia has reached such state that the
starving people have killed and eaten fifty
of their children.-A dispatch from Bomb bay
| says a vessel bound from Kurrachee to Ka
that eighty lives were lost.
DISPATCHES from San Francisco state thai
the Peruvian ship Don Juan, having or
board $50 coolies, who had been entrappec
on board on the China coast, was burned a
sea. and 500 of the coolies persisted. Thu
poor creatures were imprisoned in the holC
of the ship, and they set the vessel on fire.
The Army of Paris will evacuate the city
within two days. Cavellette will, however
continue to be occupied by troops, who hav
been reinforced.-The Lord Mayor of Dub
lin died on Monday.-Princess Mathilde ha
asked M. Theirs for permission to return t.
Paris, promising to abstain from politica
intrigues.-The gardens of Paris have beel
re-opened.-The German Parliament ha
passed the military pension bill.
PARIS dispatches, dated June Il, say tn
Gauche publishes manifesto to the Pari
electors against monarchy and in favor of
republic. In order to combat Bonapartis
intrigues, Deputies propose to impeach tn
Emperor for declaring and waging war
The Official Journal of to-day says the stor,
that condemned insurgents have been sho
in the Bots de Boulogne with mitrailleuse
is an erroneous and absurd calumny.-Pari
advices compute that 10000 persons, so far
have been executed. Insurgents in all sort
of DISCUSSES continue to be caught. Milliere
J who caused thirty citizens to be shot for re
fusing to fight for the Commune, has beer
arrested and shot. When brought out of hi
hiding place he fired six shots at the sol
\ diers, and fought desperately. Villain, wh'
fired the Prefecture OF Police, and was heaC
executioner under the Commune, was dis
covered and shot.-A steam fire engine wa
found, which was taken from London t.
Paris to throw petroleum over the CITY,
Itochefort's defense before the Military Com
mission by which he is to be tried is, tina