Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-12-20

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| day or two before the great fre.
Stanley, the discoverer of Livingstone, has
abandoned the lecture field, having failed to
draw paying houses, owing, it is said, to his
weak voice, unattracti7e riatrer and bad
delivery.
There is a prospect of sharp contest OF
| Horace Greeley's will The will made just
before his death was offered for probate and
was met by the offer of a viii made more
than one year ago. By the last will most OF
| the property is given to his two daughters,
| and several persons named in the other will
are wholly ignored. The last will is to be
| contested on the ground of the mental inca
| pacity of the testator at the time of max
| ing it.
According to the complete official returns,
the whole number of vstes in Michigan at
the late election is ,579. Grant he's 1885,
sill; Greeley, rs, $50; the Others, Ais The
majority for Grant is co. The whole
vote of the Stateis A. ,040 less than in 1868.
The Scandinavian National Bank, Of Chi
cago, has suspended, causing considerable
excitement among depositorss many OF
whom are poor people-honest, hard-work-
| ing Scandinavians-who intrusted their saw
| ings to that institution.
The Chicago Grand Jury have found true
bill against Ira Y. Mum and Geo. E. Scott,
partners in the firm of Mum 81 Scott, for
violation of that section of the Warehouse
act which prohibits the use of grain by par
| ties with whom it is stored.
| The South Carolina Legislature on the
| 10th elected John j. Patterson as United
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quently arrested on charge of bribery.
T. w. Sykes was chosen United States
Senator by the Capitol Legislature of Ala
bama, on the 10th. Sykes was Greeley
elector at the late election.
The Eighth District Court of Louisiana on
the 10th granted an injunction against the
action of the Legislature by which articles OF
impeachment had been preferred against
| Governor Warmoth, and enjoining Pinch
beck from acting as Governor. largely
attended meeting of citizens of New Orleans
was held, and Governor Warmoth was one
of the speakers on the occasion. He asked:
"Is it not known that the sworn returns are
in the hands of the Governor? How, then,
can they decide whether or not this or that
officer is elected?" He said that seven or eight
counties had been counted. and without evil
dence; that the Governor had been impeach-
ed, the State House placed in possession
of United States troops, the Legislature en-
| ioined, and everybody denied admittance to
| the Capitol who was not upon the Infamous
| rolls of the enemies of the State. He con-
! cluded by advising recourse to Congress for
| redress. A series of resolutions was adopt
| ed denouncing the action of the Kellogg
Legislature, and authorizing the appoint
| ment of Committee of one hundred to pre-
| pare an address to the President and Con-
gress, setting forth the manifold grievances.
The Kellogg Legislature, in joint session,
counted the vote for Governor and Lieuten-
anti Governor. A. P. Field received his
commission as Attorney General. Acting
Governor Pichbeck sent a message to
the Legislature to recommend prompt
action in the case of theimpending impeach-
ment against Governor Warmotb, and
vigorous, searching investigation regarding
the alleged election frauds, with view OF
furnishing the guilty. His proclamation
concludes: "The people have complained
of oppressive laws. I would reccomend
that all laws which are justly obnoxious or
which bear oppressively upon any portion OF
the people of this State, whether political or
economic, be modified or repealed, and that
all your legislation be conducted, not III the
interest of any class, but with view to
protect the rights and foster the interests OF
the whole people of this State"
A fire broke out on the third floor of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, on the
night of the 10th, about eleven O'Clock.
| III. a q N stair
case to the corridor at the top. They
spread over the entire extent of the west
wing. The woodwork of the rooms where
the servants slept Immediately caught, and
| soon the entire wing was a mass OF lurld
flame. The fire spread SO rapidly that the SER
wants, asleep in the rooms at the top of the
| staircase, were overtaken before assistance
could reach them, and were completely shut
off from the main building, and eleven OF
them were burned or suffocated to death.
The damage to the hotel by the fire was
about $150,000.
A Greeley monument association has been
organized at Boston, which proposes to
raise a national subscription Of S5oO,0OO to
carry on it's purpose.
A motion to quash the indictments against
Tweed was denied by Judge Ingraham on
the 18th.
burg, N. Y, the Republican ticket was
elected.
The Supreme Court of the United States
has decided the Milwaukee & Beloit and the
Milwaukee g. Superior Railroad bond cases
adversely to the city of Milwaukee.
Three or four inches of snow fell at
Augusta, Ca, on the night of The 18th, being
the heaviest fall in that section for many
years.
According to the returns on file in the
Office of the Secretary of State of Arkansas
the entire Republican ticket, with the ex
ception of Congressman -at-Large, is elected
by a majorities ranging from 300 to oVel
5000. There were no returns from foul
counties-Johnson, Green, Scett, ard Poni
sett, all of which gave majorities for the Re
form ticket.
A Columbia, s. c., dispatch OF the It'll
states that senator-elect Patterson's arres
was based on the affidavits of eleven mem
bers Of the Legislature. He was taken be
fore a Justice, but crowd of his friend
created a disturbance, ana Patterson es
caped. He was again arrested, and commit
ted to Jail for twelve hours for contempt
but was Immediately released on writ o
ha6eds corpus.
The "Fusion" Legislature was in session
New Orleans on the 18th, with a quorum il
! both houses. Governor Warmoth sent III
, message, which was read. The Kellog'
| Legislature was also in session, and passe'
a resolution arraigning w. A. Elmore, Judg
of the Eighth District Court, before the ba
of the House for contempt in ISSUING
~ .:x,,ot;or AGAINST Pinchheck Gov