Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

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The East.
ONLY one of the killed by the explosion Of
the tug Davenport, at New York, on Thurs
day, James Caul6eld, has been recovered.
Efforts are being made for the recovery of
the remaining five. The Davenport was
known to be, an utterly worthless craft The
explosion is attributed to lack of water in
the boiler, owing to the negligence of the
engineer and fireman, who were witnessing
a dog-fght on one of the barges.. -. "A COM
mittee of the Georgia Legislature has com
menced an investigation at New York into
the financial acts OF ex-Goyernor Bullock.
.....,A Halifax IN So dispatch of the 18th
says: i@"A rain storm is producing heavy
freshets, which have done great damage to
roads, bridges and lumber throughout Nova
Scotia. The Western railway track, near
Windsor, is eight feet under water"
A FIRE at Aver, Mass, on Saturday night
destroyed the entire business portion of the
town, and also a number of residences.
Loss estimated at $2OO, 1000; insured for about
$45, 000......The first Charleston strawberries
sold in New York on Saturday at $3.50 to So
per quart......A FIRE at Pottsyille, Pa, on
Saturday evening destroyed ten tenement
buildings. Loss $15,000.... 1.-THE Metropoli-
tan Paper Collar Factory, New York, was
burned on Saturday night. Loss STE, 900
fully insured. Five hundred girls are
thrown out of employment
BENJAMIN TILLINGEk, a young German, was
crushed into an unrecognizable mass on
Monday between two cars on the Cleveland
and Pittsbulf u railroad. 1.-THE Grand Jury
of Philadelphia hasindicted Charles A. Dana
for the libel of ex-State Treasurer Kemble.
in an article in the New York San, relative
to the Evans fraud ~
THE, school building and boarding house
of B. F. Mills, at South Williamstown,
Mass, was burned on Sunday afternoon.
Loss SIS 900 insurance $4,000. Leonard
F. Fowler, well-known Western counter
feiter, arrested IN New York on Tues
day while engaged in negotiating auan-
tity of $40 and $40 bills Of. the Pouehkeep
sic National Bank. He was fheld IN $4,000
bail. ~ az u FI# -
HENRY KNIcKERBocK ER's scythe works, at
Ballston Spa, were burned on Tuesday
morning. loss $4,000, partly insured.
Supposed to be the work of an incendiarv.
......A verdict has been rendered against ex
Sheriff O'Brien, Of New York, for Sc. 391
damages, for suffering the escape Of a bank
rupt debtor from the Ludlow street iail in
1867. '
The West.
GsoReEs ?. oRNER, Revenue Collector of
the Fifth District of Missouri is accused Of
defalcation, and suit has been commenced
against him and his securities for 100000.
1.-The Bradford House and elevator at
Warrensburg, Mo-, was burned on Saturday.
me elevator contained fifty thousand
bushels OF grain. Loss 100000 John
Lay, o brakem an on the Union Pacific rail-
road, was crushed to death at LacIede on
Saturday between two construction trains.
.:...Dr. VIM. Hewer, an English miser. aged
"a Years, long noted character of San Fran
ciseos was lately found dead in hia room Ion on
pile of rags. Evidence of his owning
twelve thousand, pounds in the EngIisR
funds was found in the room ~ ~ go
WHILE chopping wood near Napoleon, o.,
on Monday Thomas Palmer was struck BY.
falling tree and instantly killed. He was
single man about q years old. IA man
~ ~ Inc on n ian q NsIeps Combs,at Exeter,
saloon tSsper! Inh1tthg a CHASTITY but not i
fatal wound. Combs thinking that he had
killed Nicholas, and fearing the retaIiation.
OF The law, repaired to his room and shielded
6y taking morphine.....O On Sunday, at Red
BUN, Cal., one Pearce shot thr0ugh the
WINDOW OF house of ill-fame, and killed
wit
her, named Perkins, who in turn shot Pearca
dead and was arrested =. In Cbicaco on
on monday morning, j. F. johnson, work
man II. IN richards planning mill, was instant
y Kllled by being caught byAa belt% and
9rawn around a rapidly revolving sbaft.
Both arms were torn from the bodve and he
was otherwise horribly mutilated. 1AN ~
The I, F"rwell block, Chicago, occupied by
j. " FarwelT &lCo., and Henry " King &
Co., wholesale dry goods, was damaged BY
IRE So on Tuesday night to the extent of
~oip LOSS @Te TO stocks by fire and water
Poo@oly @IO,OOO more.....At Cleveland
onl2, on tuesday evening, the livery stable
OF wall d Co., the flour and feed stora IF
LOW d Gale and two barns were DESTROYED
nie. seven horses, two mules, and five
Duggies were burned. Loss 100000; no in
sur snran ce.s s. The trial of Chas Wallor, for
no Aun1 Ga orA henry Taylor, both colored
men, IN Cairo, ILL.,, last October. resuIted in
the conviction and sentence Of WaIior to
IIane1y -1lne years lin the Penitentiary.. :,
Jeremiah Collier, an old man who was con.
t!o'eu at ot Louis two weeks ago for killing
1e ms "lie last November, is to be hanged Nav
ae'; SsI giycerino still in the establishment
NJ schneider 4 Co., rChicag exploded on
Hronaay nlghs, killing Henry sHanfeld, who
DOB MoCAULLY, who shot and killed a. man
named Anderson at Fort Dodge, Iowa, last
lali' and sentenced to three years imprison-
m!ents escaped afrom the Sheriff at Sioux
Glty ou"Tnesday,. The hotel of Pierce
Bros at RivessF Falls, Wis, was burned to
me ground at 4 O'clock on "Wednesday morn
ing: Loss heavy. mick San Bnchanan
oled In Denver, Col, on Wednesday after
noon, of apoplexy. %~s
The South.
AT Wilmington, N. G., Calvin Oxendine.
the last of the Lowery gang in custody, was
acquitted on Friday of the murder of Sheriff
Alnghe by proving an abb, but the testi-
"nony was believed to, be perjured. 4 III s
d: 3; A1lckERD, proprietor OF theIarge saw.
mlli on the river above Columbus, XIV, was
drowned on Monday morning by the over
turning of canoein the. breakwater. near
the mlH1 "A desperate attempt was made
ny ny MOP OF .twen ty-sevendisguis men on
11inu1suay morning to capture the iaiI at
Oilaton' Hickman county, Ky. The2iailor
resisted, and the citizens gathering drove
me mop OF. A murderer named Cunning--
nam is confined there, and two men
charged with rape The mob asserted that
'ney wanted to lynch the latter, but~the
citl2ens believeatheyFwer confederates~ of
cunningham seeking to release him. - "a
The International Typographical Union
meets onSthe"Sd Of June, in the hall of tie
House of Delegates, in Richmond, Va.
The Exchange Hotel is selected as the
headquarters of the delegates, and arrange
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