Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-12


book on the counter. Some one asked him
a question, and while answering, his book
" as taken. ard another substitate No
, J IEln1 IL smitbland, KY, on saturday,
DESTROYED THE hotel three business houses,
and six dwellings.."..A fight occurred
over a game of cards in the jail at Bowling
Green, on Tuesday night, between two
horse thieves, in which one named William
Thomas was struck on the head with
board by the other and killed almost in
stantly.
IN II washington. II btSI
The ub-Committee on Commerce, who
were designated to make up the river and
harbor appropriation BILL, have completed
the work. The following are the items for
the West: Improvement of the Ohio river,
$500 900; improving navigation at the falls
of the Ohio river, 100000; Maumee river,
above Toledo, $1,000 ;Toledo harbor, s ,OOo;
Sand llsky river, 100000 Sandusky hafbor,
Sl3, 600; AshtabuIa harbor, SIS 200; Nefmii-
lion harbor, $4,000; Port Clinton harbor,
$4,000; Rocky river harbor, $4,000; Chicago
harbor, 800, 900; Calumet harbor, $4,000 /;
Michigan City, Ind, $4,000; improvements
Of st. Mary's river and canal, $780, o0; I'M
provement of the Des Moines rapids,
$40 900 1.-The contract for reporting and
thorized by thearecent law, was signed on
Wednesday, Rives & Bailey, of the GLOBE
being The contractors.
Foreign.
An explosion occurred in q coal mine at
Anterior, near aBaltony England, on Thurs
day afternoon, by which Is men were killed
outright Eleven men rescued, but
they are fearfully burne1 j and near al
will probably de-. European mail adyicef
state that the town Of Shamaka, in the
Caucacus, was almost entirely destroyed by
recent earthquake. The number of per
ons killed was 1877, and the destruction 81
property very large. A considerable portion
| of the country was converted into desert,
| and the inhabitants are reduced to great
| misery by the destruction of their crops
1.-THE bark Nimrod was burnt off Bermu
de on the 10th ult. Of seventeen persons on
| board, only ten were saved. The vessel was
loaded with naphtha and kerosene, and an ex.
plosion from some unknown. cause tooB
| place jim the hold behind the main hatch
It is believed that the Captain, wife and
daughter, young girl, were in the cabin at
| the time of the explosion. When the fire
was seen from the harbor Of Bermuda, il
was too late to render assistance.
/ TAN'explosion occurred on Saturday in 6
safety-flse mandatory at Cornwall, Eng
land, where number of females were en-
pl6yei, causing a sad'loss Of life. Sever
women were Killed, one is missing, ant
4 sseveral others were injured. 1t is fearec
some OF them may not survive.
A SPECIAL from Cairo;@Egypt, says tina
General ". fisherman was. splendidly en-
tertainedsby the Khedive. "a state breakfas
was given in his honor, he was invited tC
reviews, aud a special train was provided
for himself and suite. A palace was tend
cred to him for his residence. but he de-
EclinedA it. He leaves on Tuesday for Con
STAN inople, where he will be the guest O.
the Sultan COCA band of robbers last weel
! removed the rails on the Madrid and Anda-
hsia railway, between Valdepenas ant
Manzanares, Spain, and stopped mai
| train They then made an attack nsthe
train, which was resisted by the guard
4 Shots were exchanged, and one of tai
guards, an officer, and a passenger wer'
wounded. The bandits finally gained pos
! session of. the cars, and, took all the money
4 they could find, some $4,000 sterling.
ID. THE number of emigrants leaving tn
British isles during March exceeded tina
of February by 7,OOo..."...". A convention ha
been signed by the MAINTENANCE Con
4 strucGon YCompanygof Great Britain, AM
| the government of Portugal. to lay a cabl
1 from lisbon to Brazil via Madeira and tn
| Cape Verde Islands.