Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-09-12

at the recent fire in that city to be S500,000
with an insurance of S131, 800.
The New England Agricultural Fair opened
in Boston on the I'd. About 1000 people wert
in attendance. The representation of stock
implements and produce gave promise of al
unusually successful exhibition.
The State Reform Committee of Wisconsin
have called convention to meet at Milwaukee
September % to nominate candidates for State
officers.
A recent report that the Indians had at
| tackled Fort Sill and massacred the garrison
stationed there turns out to have been entire
| ly false.
| The Michigan State Soldiers Monument
| Association has voted to raise money enough
by subscription to complete the monument BY
placing on it the four statues that are still
| W anting.
The receipts of grain at Chicago on the Isl
exceeded those of any previous day in the
history of its grain market, being 1875 car
loads and 149, 100 bushels by canal. The re-
ceipts of wheat at Milwaukee on the Cd were
241, ,O60 bushels, the largest receipts for one
day ever recorded. The shipments for the
same time were also the largest ever recorded
-421 ,461.
The Wisconsin Grand Lodge of Good Tenn
plars began their eighteenth annual session in
Madison on the I'd. All of the grand officers
were present. Grand Worthy Chief Templar
Kanouse delivered lengthy address. The
progress of temperance during the past year
in the State had been highly gratifying. The
reports of the Grand Secretary and Treasurer
were read. There are 161 working lodges in
the State-a gain of five; active members,
9,O21-a gain of 226. Receipts for the year,
81, ,7O1; expenditures, $4,631. w
A little nine-year old daughter Of man
named Bishop, living in the north part of
Tippecanoe County, Ind, undertook to light
fire with coal oil, when the can exploded and
burned her so badly that she died soon after.
At the recent municipal election in Whining
ton, Del, the Republicans were successful.
The recent severe storms on the coasts of
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick caused the
loss of large number of lives. About fifty
bodies, supposed to be the corpses of Ameri-
can fishermen, have been washed ashore on the
north side of Prince Edwards Island.
"Beau" Hickman, the "Beau Brummell' of
Washington, died in that city few days ago,
aged sixty years. Citizens of Washington
subscribed funds sufficient to give his remains
decent burial in the Congressional Cemetery,
and erect an appropriate monument. ....
The Massachusetts Democratic State Con-
vention met at Worcester on the Sd, and nom
mated: For Governor, William CASTOR, of Bos-
ton; Lieutenant Governor, William L. Smith,
of Springfeld; Secretary of State, Benjamin
F. Mills, of Williamstown; Treasurer, Nathan
Clark, of Lynn; Auditor, Waldo Coburn, of
Dedham; Attorney General, G. Osgood Morse,
of Northampton. Theresolutions of the Ohio
Democratic State Convention were indorsed,
and additional resolutions, mostly of local
character, were adopted
The New York Democratic State Committee
have issued call for State Convention to be
held at Utica on the 1st of October. All "who
favor the restoration of pure and economical
government, Municipal, State and Federal,
and who condemn monopoly are invited to
send delegates
General John Mcconnell, of Sangamon
County, has been appointed General Deputy
of the Farmers State Grange for Illinois.
The California State election was held on
the Sd. It was believed in San Francisco, on
the evening of election day, that the anti-mo-
nopoly ticket had been successful by q good
majority.
Stephen B. Elkins, Republican, has been
elected Delegate to Congress from New Mexi-
co, over Padre Gallegas, late Democratic Dele
gate.
The Farmers Convention of Minnesota has
nominated the following State ticket: For
Governor, Ira Barton, of Rice County; Lieu
tenant Governor, Ebenezer Ayres, of Washing
ton County; Secretary of State, John Ell.
Stevens, of Minneapolis; Treasurer, Edwin
W. Dyke, of Rice County; Attorney General,
William P. Clough. ssy ~.s
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars of Wis
consin has elected the following officers: l..
D. Kanouse, Grand Worthy Chief Templar;
A. johnson, Grand Worthy Counselor; B.
Parker, Grand Worthy Secretary and Grand
Worthy Treasurer; Mrs. w. R. Taylor, Mrs.
H. III. Giles, j, HI. Foster, Representatives to
the International Grand Lodge.
The fourth Cincinnati Industrial Exposition
was opened on the evening of the Sd, in the
presence of a large audience.
News has been received from the Juniata
Expedition in search of the Polaris On the
10th of July, Commander Braine was at Hol-
steinberg, Greenland. He sailed thence to
Disco, and would go from there to Upper
Navik. Up to the 10th of July nothing had
been heard at Disco of the Polaris or her crew.
The investigation of the Canada Pacific Rail-
way scandal by the Royal Commission began
on the 4th. Mr.. Huntington, who preferred
the charges against the Government, was called
upon to appear and testify, but he failed to
respond.
Up to noon on the Sd ten of the counterfeit
$500 notes had been received at the ub-Trea-
sury. An expert clerk in one of the city banks
in New York detected two points of difference
between the genuine and counterfeit notes
which were not mentioned in the Government
description, and which were more easily OBJ
served than some of those mentioned. In the
genuine note, the signature Of Spinner clearly
overlies the seal, while in the counterfeit the
seal has evidently been stamped on after the
signature. In the counterfeit, the center star
in the cluster around the neck of the Goddess
of Liberty is defective, while in the genuine it
is perfect.
The Fashion Stables at Trenton, N. j., We're
entirely destroyed by fire on the 4th, and nine
valuable horses were burned to death. Two
of the horses lost belonged to President Grant.
Both were thoroughbred and the most highly
priced in his entire stock. One was valued at
s25, 900 and was considered the most promis-
ing young mare in the country.
Colonel John t. Harper, United States In
ternal Revenue Collector of the Eighth Illinois
Congressional District, with headquarters at
Springfield, is said to be a defaulter to the
Government to the amount of from $4,000 to
| 100000.
At Pleasanton, Kansas, on the Sd, while Miss