Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-02-02

: colored woman, Aunt Phillis, said to have
been spy in the Federal service among the
Tories in revolutionary times, was burned to
death on Friday night at Breakdown, n. j.
{ & TwEED's constituents request him either to
= go into the Senate or resign. 1t is stated
that Tweed only waits to buy two more of
the Legislature to secure him from expul-
sion, and that lis waiting to obtain them
...King's distillery, at Williamsburg, n.
Y, was damaged to the extent of 700 by
fire on Monday.
sABoUr $500 in ancient gold coins were un-
earthed in Philadelphia, on Monday, by Ia
borers engaged in making an excavation
for the bed of new boiler, at the back part
of house on North Third street. Somesof
the coins are very ancient..... The jury in
the suit for $1,000 damages brought by the
widow Margaret Sanders, in the City Court
of Brooklyn, against the Staten Island Ferry
Company, for the loss of her husband, who
was killed in the Westfeld explosion, after
o half hours deliberation, returned YER
dict for the plaintiff in the full amount
claimed. The jurors expressed their regret
ct not being legally empowered to award a
higher amount. This is the first of 100 cases
growing out of the explosion.
In New York on Wednesday, Judge Bar
,rett granted an attachment on the property
of Henry R. Conklin, Secretary of the Mar
ket Savings Bank, on application of the Re-
celver, who deposes that Conklin distracted
at least $4,000, and has absconded ..... A
verdict has been rendered against the
3 Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company OF
New York, in the case OF a policy of $40 900
upon the life of a suicide. Gen. Cadwalla-
der's summer residence at Fenton - New
0ulr Z H..
Loss, 100000; insured. On Saturday
morning the United States Quartermaster's
Department. and Commissary Store, at
Madison Barracks, Sackett's Harbor, N. Y,
were destroyed. Loss 100000. E1,'E !
The West. .-., rwr.
~ AT sUrbana, o., on Friday night, Simon
Oberlin, an old and respected citizen, was
attacked by a man named Jacob Miller,
who robbed him of $50 and q valuable
watch, and 30 terribly beat him that he can
not recover......In Gallon county, Ohio, on
Saturday evening, James M. Ewing shot
and killed his son-in-law, David Lowell.
Ewing was arrested......At Ottawa, ILL.,, on
Monday morning. the Magill warehouse
gave way from the heavy weight of grain in
store, filling the canal adjoining and the
streets around with thousands of bushels of
shelled corn. The warehouse is very badly
damaged, but owing to the Rolid ice upon
the canal and the absence of mud and
water around the building, a great deal of
the corn will be saved. re tfH
ALDERMAN GLADE, of Chicago, covicted of
receiving bride for his vote and influence,
has been sentenced to six months imprison-
ment and fined $1OO and costs. Reports
from Manitoba state that the excitement
still continues regarding the discovery of
gold in the Peace River district, 500 miles
from Fort Edmonton ......A descrter from
Port Pembina was found frozen to death
eight miles north of that post few days
ago.....After long debate the Kansas Sen
ate on Tuesday adopted the House resolution
to investigate the charges of corruption in
the Senatorial election last winter. The
Wisconsin Legislature on Tuesday adopted
a resolution instructing their Representa-
tives in Congress to use their endeavors to
procure the passage of a postal telegraph
Billion Monday, while the remains of
Mrs. johnson, of Austin Ranch, near Grass
Valley, Cal, were being placed in the coffin,
Mr. johnson, insane from grief, shot himself
through the body with q rifle, dying in four
hours. Both were buried together.... The
City, Gas works, at Richmond, Ind, exploded
at 6 o'clock on Tuesday night. The engine
house and purifying rooms are total wreck.
THE Rough and Ready Touring mill at
Littleton, near Denver, was burned on Tues
day. Loss over $50 ,OOO...:.Julius Frisko.
while at work in the saw-mill of Mowrv.
Clinton & Co., at Menasha, Wis, on Wednes-
day, fell upon circular saw which was in
motion, and had his right leg cut off. He
died the same night......Near Gold City.
Col, on Wednesday, number of laborers
were engaged in attempting to dry box of
Hercules powder at camp fire, when the
powder expl ded, killing two men, John
Hughes and Barney Bloom, and seriously
wounding several others......At East Sagi-
nav, Mich, on Tuesday, Mrs. Witt having
occasion to make visit about square off.
locked her three children, all less than four
years old, in tle house Soon after she left.
the house took fire, and two of the children
we're burned to death. The eldest escaped
by jumping through a window......A promi-
nent manufacturer of wood working ma
chimes at Cincinnati has received orders
from the Japanese Government for shinele
and lath machines, turning lathes. end
other machines for wood working, with all
the gearing necessary to run the same. all to
be shipped immedi ately via San Francisco.
...... John A, Hancoek, aged ifty-fve years.,
residing with his sou IL the town of Pelt.
Wabash county, MINI while the son and
barn, and hung himself in tie woods, in q
fit of insanity.
: The South. - - & E
THEUnion Pipe Foundry of Dennis, Long
& Co, at Louisville, was destroyed by fire
on Sunday. Loss, $175,Ooo; insurance,
$10,000......In Louisville, on Saturday morn
ing, young man named Theodore Thomas,
in fit of insanity, shot Mrs. Green and her
two daughters, Wilhelmina, aged II, and
Larmina, aged 9. The former were shot in
the stomach, and will probably die The
latter, who is wounded in the hip, viii re-
cover. Thomas also attempted to shoot a
brother-in-law, and then put the pistol to
his own head and fred. yThebuhet glanced, ;.
inficting a, painful but not dangerous
:. wound. kSs.y $3.50 !, - %-& - k-.a. =
HARRISON PATRICK, a noted Ku-Klux of
Estelle county, KY, engaged in the troubles
last summer, was captured last Friday and
taken to Louisville, atEn SD. f...l-s
A SPECIAL from Columbus, S. c., reports
that Byas, a colored member of the Legisla-
tere, attempted to cowhide B. w. Tomlinson,
correspondent OF the Charleston Netcs, in
consequence Of some structures upon his ac-
tons, whereupon Tomlinson shot his assail-
ant, whose recovery is believed to be impos-
sible. Tomlinson was formerly assistant ed
itor of the New York World, and had
good reputation.
Ar Annapolis, Md, on Wednesday, Mrs.
Wharton was acquitted of the charge o.
poisoning Gen. Ketchum At Louisville.
on Wednesday, a German blacksmith named
Conrad Weber, fell out of window in fit,
and broke his meek. He died in aboutstive
minutes.... Snow. fell at New Orleans ON