Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-06-02

On the person of James Reilly,
alias Orlando Valentine, arrested as
pickpocket and held for examination,
were found a contract and number of
letters, showing that REILLY had engaged
with a man in Connecticut to send
from New York each week, to Connec-
ticut, five young girls, who on arriving
there were to be placed in houses of
prostitution.
Sheriff Patterson, of New Jersey.
recently, started from Sprin gfeld, I'll. for
Monmouth, n. j., with Col. Wood, alias
Jackson, alas Sweeney, whom he takes
on a requisition from the Governor of
that State. Jackson stole in 1866, from
Long Branch, jewels and money to the
amount of $4,000. He was arrested,
tried, and sentenced to the penitentiary
for eight years, but escaped.
Casualties.
An oil tank exploded at Cleveland
on Saturday.
The entire business portion of
Bradford, Ont, was destroyed by fire on
Monday, the 22d inst.
"A little daughter of Joseph Toots,
in the town of Leyden, ILL.,, fell into
cistern and was drowned, on Friday.
"A little child of John Shane, of
Birmingham, Pa. was instantly killed,
by being knocked from gate on which
it was swinging.
Emma Herdenreich, girl fourteen
years of age, was burned to death at
Cleveland on the Goth inst, by the ex-
plosion of kerosene lamp.
Jacob Stout, farmer, came to his
death at Louisville, KY, on the Goth,
by falling from the second story of a
house, where he was visiting.
Alfred Pomulson, farmer living
near Red Cox Junction, Iowa, was
killed by lightning on Thursday, while
blowing in his field.
"A Mrs. Wittler, of St. Louis, re-
Gently undertook to hurry her fire by
pouring coal oil into the stove. The
| result was, dead child and a badly
burned mother.
Fires occurred on the Goth, at Otta-
wa, ILL.,, Keokuk, Iowa, Des MONIES,
Iowa, and Boston, Mass.
Daniel O'Callaghan was killed at
Chicago, on Friday, by the falling of an
ill-constructed derrick, which was used
for hosting tar and gravel for roofing
purposes.
On Friday night last, Henry Con
verse, living near Springfield, ILL.,, had
h,1 |, of IaI
sheep killed by dogs.
Dam No. 2 in the Monongahela
river gave way on the ODD inst, and
threatens to be destroyed entirely. A
great flood of water is pouring down
through the gully.
The town of Augusta, situated on
the West Wisconsin Railway, was visit
ed, on the 18th, by confagration
which destroyed nearly the entire bust
ness portion of the place.
The handsome residence of A.
Chaplin, at Sheboygan Falls, Wis, was
destroyed by fire on the 23d inst.
The Baptist church, at Downers
Grove, ILL.,, was burned on Monday
night.
Fifteen buildings were destroyed by
fire, at Johannesburg, N. Y, on Monday
morning.
Seven buildings of the Shaker set
Element, near Mount Morris, N. Y,
were burned on Tuesday.
"A child of Charles P. Jones, while
playing, at Cincinnati, recently, fell
into bucket of hot water, and died
in five hours.
Bart Barnett, was run over and
killed, at Peoria, ILL.,, by coal cart, on
the oath inst.
A car loaded with 60 barrels of
petroleum was burned near Athens,
N. Y, on the oath inst.
The main building of the Delaware
Manufacturing Co., of Delaware, o., were
destroyed by fire on Wednesday.
The Daily and Weekly Press, and
the Farmers Home Journal building at
Lexington, KY, was destroyed by fire
on the Oath inst.
A fire occurred in Erie, Pa, on the
oath, destroying a grain elevator and
several other buildings, entailing a loss
of about $4,000.
The town of Phoenix, r. l., was
visited by a conhagration on the Oath
inst, which destroyed Is buildings. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
AT Cleveland, O., the part of the
Seneca street bridge which spans the
canal broke down on the Oath inst. A
man driving across the bridge when it
| fell had his skull fractured and cannot
recover, and team of horses crossing
on the towpath were killed.
During fire on Sharp street, Balti-
more, on Monday morning, engine No.
| exploded, killing j. Harry Weaver, a
member of the First Branch of the
City Council from the Nineteenth Ward.
Mr.. Weaver had Just returned from
| Philadelphia, and was passing from the
| depot to his home when thus suddenly
killed.
| Miscellaneous.
j. R. Osgood, one of the oldest citi
zens of indianapolis, Ind, died on the
oath inst.
| The treaty of Washington was rati-
fed by the Senate, on Wednesday, May
"a, by vote of so to II.
I'm the Circuit Court at Nashville,
Tenn, the jury awarded Johnson &
Douglas $4,000 damages against the
| Nashville and Northwes tern Railroad
for injuries to the race horse Muggins,
by which his racing career was ended.
Vice President Colfax was taken
suddenly i'll in the Senate chamber on
Monday, the I'D inst. He was carried