Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-11-29
TUE NEW WORLD

Gold closed in New York on the 23d at
1127s@1l3.
A Washington telegram of the 10Th says
Senator Trumbull had written letter de-
clining to continue as Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee.
Peter Cooper has addressed congratula-
tory letter to President Grant, and asks for
the enforcement of the Civil Service rules.
The President has appointed Mrs.
Elizabeth Porter to be Postmaster at Rus
sellville, KY, Vice Elias Porter, deceased.
A Washington dispatch of the 10th says
the recent action Of the United States Mar
shall in Alaba anna, in arresting three Demo-
cratic members of the Legislature, for alleg
ed violation of the Election laws, and carry
ing them to Mobile to prevent a quorum of
the Legislature, is severely condemned by
the Administration as unwise, unnecessary,
and, perhaps, illegal.
A severe shock of earthquake occurred at
Concord, N. H, on the afternoon of the
18th. 1t began with a sort of explosion,
followed by g rumbling and shaking which
lasted about ten seconds. Buildings shook
violently, and the shock was plainly percep
tib1e to people walking in the streets. Its
apparent course was from west to east. The
telegraph operators at Contoocook and
Warner report the same shock there.
Warrants were issued in Rochester, N.
Y, on the 18th, for the Inspectors of Elec-
ton who received the ballots of Susan B.
Anthony and her friends.
In New York, on the 18th. Ambrose G.
O'Neill, a detective, gave evidence in the
divorce suit of Mrs. King, against her hus-
band, James G. King, lawyer, to the effect
that the. latter had been guilty Of brutal con-
duct towards his wife. When O'Neill left the
court room, King followed him and shot him
twice, causing death in half an hour.
The Washington Fire Insurance Company,
of New York, has suspended, owing to their
losses in the Boston fire. The President
says they cannot pay more than fifty cents
on the dollar.
The special session OF the Massachusetts
Legislature, called in consequence of the
Boston fire, convened on the 10th.
The Legislature of West Virginia met at
Charlestown on the 10th, and perfected their
organization harmoniously.
The General Assembly of North Carolina
completed its organization on the 10Th.
Hon. j. T. Morehead was elected Speaker Of
the Senate, and Captain James Robinson
Speaker Of the House All the officers of
both Houses are Conservatives.
The Alabama Legislature met at Mont
gomery on the 18th, the conservative and
Radical members of each House converting
separately and effecting separate organize
tions. The Conservatives met in the Capital
building and the Radicals in the United
States Court room. - sgryfrTTE -
The horse disease was alarmingly pre-
valent in Wilmington, N. c., on the 18th, and
had made its appearance in Memphis and
| Nashville, Tenn. e8N4 a
1t was given out in Washington on the
| Goth, upon the authority OF the Administra-
tion, that the interview of the Pennsylvania
politicians with the President, relative to
the Philadelphia Post-O Office, was of the
most pleasant character, and that the dele
cation only asked that if the Civil Service
rules were to be disregarded, Truman might
be appointed. To this the President replied
that he intended to be governed by the
Civil Service rules in all future appoint