Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-05-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

Inc East.
The Franconia Iron Company's works, at
Wareham, Mass, were destroyed by fire on
Thursday. Loss 100000; insurance $780,
900. About $50 persons are thrown out OF
Mrs. David R. Porter, wife
of Ex-Governor Porter, and mother of Gen.
Horace Porter, Private Secretary of Presi-
dent Grant, died at Harrisburg, Pa, Thurs
day.....The New York Sun of Thursday
SAYS: Notice has been authoritatively re-
ceived at the Office Of District Attorney
Garvin that Messrs. Graham and Gerry have
withdrawn from the defense in the Stokes
case"
PETER O'KEEFE murdered Peter Kinny, in
South Boston, Mass, Wednesday night.
They were brothers-in- law, and partners in
the liquor business. O'Keefe was arrested.
......Gov. Hoffman, of New York, has signed
the Jury bill which allows newspaper-read-
ing'people to sit ON jury.
N1BLo's Theatre, New York, was burned
on Monday, with loss of $4OO, Oe0 on it and
surrounding buildings. While the fire was
in progress an explosion of gas occurred in
the theatre, severely injuring Captain Cler-
ichy, of the Fourteenth Police Precinct, and
nearly suffocating four firemen.
WILLIAM WEBB, alias Buck, confined in
the Easton (Pa.) penitentiary, Tuesday
morning killed his roommate, Michael
Trimbur, by striking him on the head with
an iron plate.
THE Democratic National Executive Com
mittee met in New York, Wednesday after
noon, at the residence of August Belmont.
Eight States were represented: California,
Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
North Carolina, Oregon, and Wisconsin.
Baltimore was selected as the place, and the
9th of July as the time, for holding the
National Democra tic Convention ...Judg e
Pierrepont declines to undertake the defense
of Stokes in place of Graham. James
Smith shot Eliza Brown fatally in Green
street New York; bagnio Wednesday, and
was arrested.
The West.
AT Chicago, on Thursday, Gregori Peri,
the murderer of Daniel O'Bren and
Michael Ready, was found guilty of murder
in the first degree. The penalty fixed by
the jury is death by hanging.
A DISPATCH from Omaha, dated May g.,
says: " A party of Indians, supposed to be
Cheyennes, attacked mail escort from this
2 post, at Labonti creek, twenty miles west of
Fort Laramie, On Wednesday, killing the
Sergeant in command. The party returned
to Fort Laramie with the bod y."...... During
the prevalence of heavy wind-storm at
Delphos, O., Friday afternoon, fire broke out
in the drug store of Schenck & Lang. About
fifty buildings were entirely destroyed; es-
timated loss $3.50, 000......H. G. Reid C Co.'s
machine works and foundry, and John
Clements dwelling house, were destroyed
by fire at Warren, O., Friday morning.
Loss upward of ,0OO......About noon
Friday, fire broke out in the basement of
Chaplin Hall House, Hudson, Wis, burning
between ten and fifteen buildings. The to-
tai losses will foot up about 1925, O00....
An old man named Connolly was burned to
death.
FIRE at Cleveland, o., Saturday even
ing, destroyed large portion of the Stand
ard Oil Company's works. About 4O, 1000
barrels of distilled and refined oils were
burned......The Meridian Street National
Bank at Indianapolis, Ind, was mysteri-
Ously robbed on Saturday, during bank
hours, of about $25, 000..... From April "a,
the time the convention news began to be
transmitted, to the night of May 8, the to-
tai special and regular reports transmitted
from Cincinnati by the Western Union
Telegraph were 57l ,54l words.....A man
named George Wright was shot by Lizzie
Gardner in a house of ill-fame in Detroit,
Mich, Saturday night.
A DISPATCH from Detroit, Mich, gives the
particulars of disaster which befell the
Leland Iron Furnace, situated at Leland, in
the Grand Traverse region, on May l. 1t
seems that from some cause or other an ex-
plosion took place, which set the furnace on
fire, and it was totally destroyed. 1.-THE
loss is estimated at about 800 900. Some
workmen In the furnace were seriously in
jured......On Friday night, ten frame dwell
ing houses, stone store and dwelling,
church and many barns and other out
houses weAe burned at Grand Rapids, Mich.
over hundred persons were rendered
homeless. Five horses persisted in the
flames. fetal loss, 10000.
ON Tuesday, about two miles east of Ross
Station, Mich, a man named P. Reynolds
murdered his wife and tried to kill his STEP
son. The boy was cut and bruised badly,
and is not expected to live. Reynolds after
ward committed suicide with razor......Ar-
lzona dispatches say the Apaches are swarm
ing about Prescott B. White was murdered
in Williamson's Valley. The Indians at
tackled Aqua Frai Station, and killed G. w.
Smith and Joseph Akerman, both we'll
known citizens of Prescott, and captured
all the stock. The bodies of the murdered
men were stripped and disfigured. The
station has been abandoned. The body of
Osborne P. Clarke, from Texas, was found
enc mile north of Mint Valley, shot in the
head and breast j. Gallagher was seriously
wounded by the Indians at Beaver Greek.
....:.The Marvin House and large livery
stable at Sedalia, Mo-, were burned yester-
day. Loss from $4,000 to $4,000.
GEORGE TArEHAM, one-armed gambler,
was shot in the body by Charles Chamber
lain, fellow of the same KINNEY, at about
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, on State
street, Chicago......A fire at Grand Rapids,
Mich, Wednesday morning, destroyed
squlre's Opera House building and an ad-
joining mill, with their contents. The total
loss is about $4,000.
ela3 The South.
CAPT. W. C. WisKARr, prominent citizen
of Robson county, N. c., was killed by
Lowry outlaws on Thursday.
On Saturday last the body of man was
found near Lagrange, Tenn, with his throat
cut from ear to ear. From papers found on
him it is supposed that his name was A. F.
Still, of Natick, Mass.
81 A SPECIAL from Richmond, Va, dated
May 7, states that nothing has been heard
from Stephen Lowry or Andrew Strong
since the murder of Col. Wishart, in
North Carolina. The same special brings
TO lie again Henry Berry Lowry, chief of
the Swamp Angel" gang, who has been
reported dead for months.
as -FOUR stores were destroyed in Selma, Ala,
ey IRE, Wednesday morning. Loss, s75, 900;
partially insured.