Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-02-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East,


942,956-a gain of 6,615 over the former
one.
Henry Steinway, the founder and
head of the piano manufacturing firm
of Steinway & Sons, died in New York,
on the It'll inst, after q lingering Ill
ness.
The fishing schooner Edith Wauser,
Gloucester, is supposed to nave oeen
lost on the Western banks, with al
hands. Her crew comprised twelve
men.
The buildings of the American Salt
Company, at Trenton, n. ) :, were de-
stroved bv fire Tuesday night-six build
inrs in ali. The loss on buildings and
machinery is $4,000, and on stock
$4,000.
A handsome country residence, with
large quantity Of handsome furniture,
including books, bronzes and pictures,
belonging to Lewis T. Morris, whole.
sale merchant of New York, was burned
on Monday night, near Orange. Loss,
$4,000.
Although we are in the coolest por-
ton of the winter, and the ice is still
superabundant, the gathering of the
crop has ceased altogether on the Hud-
son. There is room for no more in
Maine, and in all the Eastern States the
ice crop this year is immense.
Father Hyacinthe's appeal, in the
Independent, for Catholic reformation and
the annulment of the DEGREES of the
Vatican Council, creates Il sensation
among Catholics in New York. Hya-
cinthe evidently intends to throw off all
religious restraint.
The West.
-Des Moines, Iowa, had coniiagra-
tion on the eth. The total loss will foot
up over $4,000, with very little insu-
rance.
james Gilbert, son Of the late Col.
Henry c. Gilbert, of Coldwater, Mich,
was found dead in his room, last Satur-
day. 1t is supposed he accidentally shot
himself while loading a revolver.
At Newbury, Ind, on the Sth, a
man named Hull drank a quart of whis
ky on bet Of ST that he could walk
off with it. He walked ten or fifteen
feet and dropped dead The bet is de
clared draw.
On Friday the engine of freight
train jumped the track at Dale's Mills,
on the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and
Lafayette railroad, injuring the engineer,
named Bearcey, so that he died in few
hours. Seventeen mules were killed.
Bearcey resided at Lawrenceville, Ind
The South.
Charles NJ. Swager, of Louisville,
Ky, died in Paris, on the I'd inst, from
a wound inflicted by shell fred during
the commandment.
In DeKalb county, Tenn, on the
night of Jan. 20, Jno. Crossword forced
his way into the residence of James
Billings, killed Mrs. Billings with an axe,
wounded her daughter, girl of 13, and
made his escape. Mr.. Billings was absent
on trip to Nashville. Brasswood's OBJ
ject was the violation of the person of
the daughter. The affair caused great
excitement.
The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs have reported bill appropriatipe
$1,000 for the claim of Miss Anna Ella
Carroll, of Maryland, for services in
furnishing valuable information to the
War Department during the late rebel
lion. and preparing certain useful publ
cations; during the same period, upon
an understanding with the War Depart
ment.
-Rumors arc still busy asserting that
several members of the Cabinet will be
superseded by the 4th of March, but
those gentlemen disclaim any knowledge
whatever Of such changes, and so far is
known from other executive sources,
there is no present prospect of recon
struction of the Cabinet.
Foreign.
After q meeting of the Conference
of Powers at London on the 8th, it was
announced that an amicable solution of
the Russian-Turkish question had been
attained.
"A London dispatch says: "The
resignation of Gambetta, it is believed,
indicates the abandonment of all hopes
for the Republic of France, and makes
the restoration of the Empire certain"
Paris advices of the 9th, are to the
effect that the people of that city "long
for peace al any price" 1t is now be-
heved that the existing armistice will
be extended beyond the allotted three
weeks.
London dispatches say that Ger
many is reconsidering the extent of her
demands upon France, and will probably
diminish them, as she begins to believe
that no permanent peace can be made If
the terms are carried out.
Rome correspondence declares that
the inundation of the 1iber has proved
SO destructive to property that the total
loss will be $I1 100000 or $I2,000,OOO
and that a number of merchants III the
Corso have been made bankrupt. 1t
was the severest food known in twenty
years.
M, Hendel, Secretary to Jules Favre
has been appointed Perfect of the De
partment of the Nord On assuming
the office at Lille, he issued proclama
ton insisting on liberty for all parties in
the elections to vote for whom they
please, and declaring that a nation steep
ed in misfortune can be regenerated by
liberty.
The Red Republicans are reported
as violent and fierce as ever. They de
clare that they will not consent to the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of their country, whose
fate is in their hands, as it was in the
time OF the great revolution that the
Partisan authorities are effeminate and
lack patriotism and courage to endure
sacraices for the nations salvation.
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The New YORK MARKETs.-The Com
mission arg Of tho Sinlxip0 Fund of Nov,