Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-12-27
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Gold closed in New York on the 2lst at
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A recent Washington dispatch announces
that arrangements have been made between
the Post-Ofice and War Departments by
which one or more of the daily weather re-
piorts issued by the Signal Office will be fur
nished daily to all Post-ofices that can be
reached from the several points of distribu-
ton daily by mail. AS these reports are de-
signed for the benefit of the agricultural as
well as the commercial interests of the coun-
try, the Postmaster-Genera instruets all
Postmasters receiving theth to put thetd i'm
mediately in frames, supplied for the pur-
pose by the Signal officers. Trc
The Vermont Senate, by only one major
ity, killed the bill allowing women to vote
at school district meetings.
Investigations made go to show that the
girls whose dead bodies were found in the
garret of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, at New
York, were sutfocated by the smoke.
In New York, ON the 10th, two prominent
and wealthy lottery dealers, John Simmons
and N. FL: Duryea, got into quarrel, and
the latter was fatally stabbed by Simmons,
dying almost instantly. The murderer was
subsequently arrested.
DIR. Edward Bayard, who was Mr.. Gree
ley's medical adviser for eleven years, be-
lieves that it was grave mistake to place
Mr.. Greeley in mad-house, and that he
was never crazy in any degree, but worn
out.
At a meeting of the Board of Emigration
in New York, on the 17th, a communication
was received from Secretary Fish, stating
that the United Stales authorities in Italy
had been instructed to adopt measures to
prevent the repetition of outrages upon
emigrants. It now transpires that a
large humber of italian children are
purchased from their parents and
brought to this country to earn living
for their owners by begging and stealing.
The parents are led to believe that their
children come to America as to an Ell Dora
do, where fabulous wealth awaits them.
By terrific boiler explosion at Maugh's
saw-mill, on Black River, Wayne Co., Mo-, a
few days ago, four employees were killed
outright, and three others dangerously
wounded. The mill and boiler were literals
ly blown to atoms.
A short time ago professor of chemistry
at Dover, Delaware, suddenly disappeared,
but in his laboratory there was found, amidst
a chaos of broken retorts and crucibles, the
corpse of human being, mutilated beyond
recognition. A colored man in the employ
of the chemist was also missing at the same
time, and critical examination Of the re-
mains in the laboratory led to the belief that
the corpse was that Of the negro. The pro-
fessor afterward made his appearance, and
confessed that he had killed the negro,
though alleging that the deed was commit
ted in self-defense, and explained that he
blew up the laboratory and fed to conceal
his guilt Subsequent developments go to
show that the murder was deliberate one,
and that it was the design of the professor
to create the impression that the remains
were those of himself, in order
to secure the payment of insurance policies
on his life. 1t seems he had had converse
tions, previous to this murder, with several
men of about his size and build, in which he
alluded to the similarity in their physical
structure, and sought to induce each of
them to go to his laboratory and test new
gas he was using.
A Columbia (S CO. dispatch of the 18th
says the alleged bribery cases against John
j. Patterson, Senator elect, had been heard
and dismissed. One witness, named Miller,
admitted the falsity of his affidavit, and said
it was made to compel Patterson to pay
$1,000.
The Comptroller of the Currency has au-
thorized the, following banks to commence
business: American German National Bank,
at Paducah, capital, 800, 900; Third Nation
al Bank, Urbana, Ohio, capital, 100000.
Hon. William Writ Virgin, of Portland,
has been nominated by the Governor to fill
the vacancy in the Supreme Court Of
Maine. s.r u .4.zsl.. s.st --- ...s
Resolutions condemnatory of the course
of Senator Sumner in introducing bill into
the United States Senate to remove all in
scriptions relating to the rebellion from the
army register and National regimental flags,
were passed by the Massachusetts Legislar
ture on the 18th. The vote in the House
was 104 yeas to rs nays; in the Senate, yeas
20, nays 9. s.aAsfs8 +eI II
The New Hampshire State Temperance
Convention, held at Concord on the 18th,
nominated the Rev. John Blackman for Gov
ernor, and AsaS. Kendall for Railroad Com
missioner. Prohibitory resolutions were
adopted. Nominations for Congress were
made as follows: First District, Rev. A. G.
Corning; Second District, j. M. Fletcher;
Third District, A. c. Hardy.
Messrs. Blinn & Anson, of Cairo, who
claim to have recently had $4,000 stolen
from them, and who were subsequently or.