Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-03-08


Caldwelps election. Caldwell claimed that
amount, but only got $40 900. He claimed
that such promise was made, which was
denied by the President Of the road..... Ed
ward B. Bingham, Post Assistant Surgeon
United States Navy native of Philadel-
phia, who served in the North Atlantic
squadron and on the James river during the
war, died instantly, of paralysis of the
heart, at Oakland, CAL, on Monday ION
Tuesday morning, a boiler in the brewery of
Philip Best & Co., Milwaukee, Wis, ex-
ploded with terrific force, demolishing the
| engine-house, carrying away a large portion
of the side wall of the main building, and
wrecking machinery and brewery fixtures.
The roof of the main building was lifted
and crushed in several places. One half of
| the shell of the exploded boiler was thrown
| into yard on First avenue, upward of
block distant from the brewery. Fortu-
nately, no person was injured. Loss about
| $10,O00...... Before leaving Chicago the Japa-
nese Embassy donated $4,000 to the relief
| fund.
The South.
A FAST train going west on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, while running at high
rate of speed, on Wednesday morning, ran
into heavy fall of rock, sixty miles east of
|
| car were hurled down an embankment, and
several passenger cars were thrown from the
| track. J. D. Dorsey, the engineer, was in
| stantly killed.. and the fireman severely
| injured. The passengers escaped with slight
| injuries.
THE Alabama Legislature has passed a bill
to provide sinking fund for the redemp-
ton of the liabilities of the State.....J. III.
Hackett, the confidential clerk of III. G. &
D. M. Lowen stine's dry goods establish
| ment, Memphis, Tenn, was arrested on
Saturday night on charge of embezzling
| some $4,000 worth of Government bonds,
large amount of labor, silks, ETC., con-
siderable portion of which was recovered
| from the woman to whom he had made
| presents. ,.*sT ...M tIrfGgt fg--
THE case of the State of Arkansas VS..
steam tug Nettie Jones, was decided by
Judge Caldwell, in the United States Dis
trict Court, at Little Rock, on Monday, in
favor of the claimants, Brown and Jones,
the owners of the tug. The State libelled
the Nettie Jones, claiming about 900 for
| arms taken from the steamer Hesper, on the
| Mississippi River, and thrown into the river
| by band of disguised men, nearly four
| years ago. The arms were being i'm ported
| to arm the State militia. The decision was
| based on the want of completely between
| the officers and owners of the Nettie Jones
and the persons Selling the arms. en- 49,.
A BILL has passed the South Carolina
Legislature to cancel $4,OOO,0 600 of Blue
Ridge railroad bonds, Endorsed by the State.
There is now but little doubt that the bill
declaring valid all issues of South Carolina
bonds will pass by a large majority ...... Mrs.
Il m h11r on. ncf oah lodx Of
Knoxville, Tenn, was poisoned to death on
Monday by a laundering druggists
clerk named Sykes, who substituted a fatal
dose of morphine, in physicians prescrip-
ton, for quinine. tf.f.. j. g.. =
$500 Washington.
INSTRUCTIONS have been issued by the Chief
Signal Officer of the Army to all observers
at stations upon Western rivers, to make
special reports by telegraph of any sudden
or unusual change in the rivers. This will
enable steamboat men to take proper pre-
cautions against loss of property by the
breaking up of ice. ta --.t ..
Foreign. II
THE publication of the newspapers LIE
Gaulois and L'Atmee have been suspended
by order of the French Sew
eral Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church
are urging the Pope to hold the Ecumenical
Council at Trent, in the Tyrol. The Aus
trian Government, however, does not seem
disposed to grant the permission asked by His
Holiness, for the assembling of the Council
within its dominion. Should the Pope be
successful in his application, he will not at
tend the sessions of the Council in person,
but will remain in Rome, and be represented
at the meeting by a Cardinal......It is Off
cially announced that an apothecary from
Posen, Pole, has been arrested at Berlin on
suspicion of contemplating the assassination
of Bismarck. The man is fanatical Catho
lie, formerly in the Papal Zouaves. He
threatened to take the life of the Prince
upon his arrival. A pistol was found upon
the prisoner. The United States steamer
Kansas has sailed from Havana for Key
West, to take on board the expedition for the
survey of the Nicaragua route...... Troubles
are multiplying in Hayti, and the stability
of the present Government is more uncertain
than ever. An attempt was made on the
night of the 5th inst. to burn the city of
Port au Prince. Flames burst out simulta-
neously in different quarters of the city. |
CONSERVATION prevailed. A revolutionary
outbreak was feared. Troops were ordered
out, and the President and Ministers were
in the streets all night. The fires were ex-
tinguished before great damage was done.
Seven supposed incendiariess were arrested
and await trial. Is
s Mr.. MoNcKToN, conservative, has been
elected to the English Parliament from
North Nottinghamshire to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Speaker Deni-
son......A letter from Florence, Italy, Jan.
"a, says fire there the day previous rem
dered two hundred families ~houseless, and
dependent on charity for sustenance.. Mail
advices from Brazil state that a band of
Gauchos assassirs, under the lead of Gillian,
killed in one day some fifty foreigners, near
the River Plate. The foreigners, aided by
the authorities, turned upon the murderous
band, killed ten, and took eighteen prison
ers. The leader of the villains was taken
from the jail and lynched. 1t was expected
that the rest of the prisoners would be shot
by the townspeople.
DISPATCHES from Dundee, Scotland, give |
accounts of widespread and devastating
flood in the valley of the Tay. The,waters
of the firth and the river Tay overhowed |
their banks, and poured into the plains on |
both sides, sweeping everything before |
them, from Dundee, at the mouth of the |
firth, to point above Perth, on the south |
side of the river Tay, and head of naviga- |
ton. The level country around the latter |
city is CO Jered with water, and portions of |
Dundee are rendered uninhabitable. The |
damage is immense......A vessel named |
Marie Francois capsized in the harbor at I
Brest, on Friday, and % passengers were |
drowned. @~
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the national voluntary |
fund to pay the German war indemnity
continue. The fund now amounts to twenty
three milliens...... The Temps says the |
French Bishops secretly encourage the Lee
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