Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-25
NUMBER 33.

Mrs. Myra Bradwell, of Chicago, some time
ago, made application, under the State statute
to the Judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois,
for license to practice law, the application
being made in due form. Pending the appll-
cation, she also filed an affidavit setting forth
that she had been a citizen of Vermont and Is
now a citizen of the United States, ana that,
therefore, she was entitled in the State of lll-
nois to any right granted to any citizen of the
former State, under the provisions of the Four
teenth Amendment. The State Court over
ruled the claim, and the case was then appealed
to the United States Supreme Court, IN when
decision has just been rendered affirming the
Judgment of the Court below.
A terrible fire occurred recently in Republic
County, Kansas, by which many houses, sta
bles, horses, cattle, etc, were destroyed. The
house of Mr.. Crane, near Belleville, was
burned, and his family, consisting of his wife
and four children took shelter i'll the residence
of Mr.. Bennett. On the following night the
storm took the roof off Mr.. BENEFITS house,
stone building, and blew in the gable end,
causing it to fall into the cellar, where the in
mates had taken refuge, and Mrs Bennett was
severely injured. In the morning, Mr.. Ben
nett went to procure assistance. When he
returned, he found that the floor had fallen
in, and his wife and children, together with
Mrs. Crane and two of her children, were
crushed to death.
A call is issued for National Convention Of
producers and consumers of the United States,
| to be held in New York city on the 9th of May,
| to promote, by cooperation, the interests of
producers and consumers; also, to consider
| what can be done to reduce the cost of trans
portation by rail and water between the West
and the seaboard The Senate Committee on
Transportation Routes propose to be present
| in person or by delegates.
| Of the United States bonds which were the
fruits of the Bidwell-McDonnel forgeries in
London, $220,9 have been recovered in New
York This leaves the gang only $4,000 of
| their plumber for fighting their way through
| the courts.
The Court of Claims at Washington has rem
dered Judgment against the United States in
favor of ex-senator Alexander Caldwell for
$500 500 on q contract for army transportation
in Nebraska in 1866. Chief Justice Drake
dissented.
recent Washington dispatch says that,
|
| ment consequent thereupon, the release OF
Satanta and Big Tree is not now ordered.
The President and the Secretary of the Interior
| have control of the matter
General schofled telegraphed that he had
every confidence in his troops, and was doing
everything possible to make successful the
movement against the Modocs, who, he be-
lieved, were still in the lava beds
A colored messenger in the New York Gus
tom House has been promoted to q $1,000
clerkship. He is the first colored man to
serve as a clerk in the Custom House in that
city.
A Washington dispatch of the 2lst says:
"Govemor Kellogg informs the Attorney-Gen-
eral that matters are quiet in Louisiana, except
in four or five parishes, and his request for
troops to be sent thither was to prevent pos
sibe outbreak. He denies that he sent COM
missions to the Fusion officers in Grant Parish,
or any other than those first commission I'd.
Taxes are being collected rapidly. During the
first quarter of the present year the amount
collected was $254, 600, against $l33,OO0 in the
corresponding time of the previous year." '