Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-20

killed. Its moral effect is encouraging,
and there is universal demand for a
more energetic policy. Another lnsur-
rection was plotted out, but has been
suppressed. The weather has moderated,
and there is less suffering"
Balloon advices from Paris to the
evening of the 10th have been received.
Many light engagements are reported to
have occurred near Malmaison also on
the line of the Paris and Strasbourg rail
way, in all of which the Germans were
repulsed with considerable loss. Thou
sands of balls from the German guns fall
into the outskirts of Paris, creating
havoc, killing women and children, and
striking ambulances, churches, etc. The
population of Paris are more than ever
resolute in their intention to resist to
the utmost. No fears are entertained of
surrender, as Gen. Trochu has issued a
proclamation to the citizens to the effect
that the army of Paris will not capitu-
late. The Reds revolutionary poster
declares the Government to he cowardly
and Incompetent, and claims that the
people are starved while favorite sol
diers are overfed. The poster was torn
down by Government agents.
The Moniteur publishes the follow
ing news from the Army of the East ::
ROUGE Mont, Department of Doubs, Jan
"a battle was fought north of this
place to-day, ending, at 7 o'clock in the
evening, with victory for our arms.
Night prevents us from ascertaining the
full extent of their successes. All pre-
assigned positions are occupied by our
troops. We carried the key of the enc
my's position with shouts of Long live
France and the Republic" In an en-
gagement on the 8th with the Garibal-
dams at Mont Bard, in the Depart
ment of Coledor, our troops were victori-
Gus. Gen. Won Worder advanced yes
terday on Villiers Excel and took the
place by storm. The Twentieth French
Corps were engaged, and lost two staff
officers, fourteen other officers, six hun
dred men, and two eagles. The French
attempted to retake the position, but
failed.
Obituary.
Hon. Elijah Vance, of Hamilton,
Ohio, died on the 18th, aged 70 years.
The Rev. VIM. Snow, pastor of Ell
lott Congregational Church, Lawrence,
Mass, died on the 18th inst.
Hon. John Covode died at the
United States Hotel, at Harrisburg, Pa,
on the 18th, of heart disease.
On Saturday afternoon, at o'clock,
Judge Byron Paine, Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, died
at his residence in Madison. He was 40
years of age.
Frank G. Pratt, a cotton buyer
from Boston, was found dead at Mem
phis, Sunday morning. The coroner's
jury rendered verdict of death from
an overdose of narcotic medicine.
Ethan Allen, a wealthy and promi-
nent citizen of Worcester, Mass, and
the oldest manufacturer of firearms in
this country, died on Sunday morning,
after lingering illness, at the age of g.
-Alonzo S. Simms, an old resident of
Peoria, Ill.,, died suddenly, Saturday.
He went to a book store to buy some
books, and, while the clerk was getting
them from the shelf, he fell on the floor
and instantly expired.
-JOhn Parker, IN charge OF the eau
cational interests of Crow Indians, and
brother of Col. Ely S. Parker, Com
missioner of Indian Affairs, died sud-
denly, of erysipelas, at Baseman, Mon
tana, on the 9th.
The venerable Rev. VIM. Wisner,
D. D., formerly of Ithaca, N. Y, one of
the most successful ministers of the
Presbyterian Church, died at the resi-
dence of his son, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
at S o'clock Sunday morning, at the adj
vanced age of SO years.