Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-02-21

Hampshire For Governor Samuel R. Mason
Railroad Commissioner, VIM. A. Head. For
Congress: First District, Emery A. Hibbard;
| Second, Josiah NJ Fletcher; Third, Samuel
P Cooper.
The louisville Cotuier-Jourmal denies the
truth of the report recently published con-
cerning an attempted stage robbery near
Harrodsburg, KY, and the killing of the
highwayman.
1t is stated that Mrs. Edwin Forrest, who
| resides on Staten Island has given notice to
the executors of her late husband that she
| will apply for her dover in his estate, on the
grounds that Mr.. Forrest was never divorced
| from her.
When Congress, in canvassing the Elec-
tcral vote, on the 18th, reached Mr.. Gree
ley's name, which first appeared in the vote
of Georgia, objection was made to having
the votes for him counted, on the ground
that Mr.. Greeley was dead when the votes
were cast, and was not, therefore, a
citizen within the meaning of the
Constitution. This point the House
settled affirmatively, the Senate adversely.
This disagreement compelled the tellers, in
accordance with the rules, to throw out the
vote.
The Executive Board of the Wisconsin
State Agricultural Society have fixed upon
Milwaukee as the place fer holding the next
annual State Fair. ,.
Governor Smith, of Georgia, in recent
special message to the State Legislature,
says that So, 567, ,435 must be provided during
the current year to meet bonds falling due,
and to pay the interest on the public debt.
At Richmond, Va, on the 18th, a grand
celebration was held in honor of the arrival
of the first through freight train from the
Ohio River over the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad.
The newly completed census of Brazil
shows total population of 10,00O,000, in
Guiding 100000 slaves and 25O.0OO abor-
igines. " Ii
The next Ohio Republican State Con-
vention win be held May 81.
The jury in the case of George Driver, on
trial in Chicago for the murder of his wife,
brought in verdict of guilty, with hanging
as the penalty. ...,.--. .-
notified by General Pope that President
Grant has ordered the removal of the troops
from the Cherokee neutral lands in that
State.
The Grand Jury of Jacksonville, Oregon,
on the 14th, indicted seven of Captain
Jacks Indian band of Modocs for murder in
the first degree.
William IL. Carrick, who was convicted of
robbing the mails, while route agent on the
Iowa Central Railroad, some two years ago,
and received sentence for ten years at hard
labor, has been pardored by President
Grant
At New York on the 14th, Judge Board
man denied the application for new trial
for Stokes.
| The Alabama Legislature, by two majority
in the House, and the casting vote of the
Lieutenant Governor in the Senate, has
passed resolution declaring valid all the
acts of the so-called Legislature in the Court
House. These acts include the $2,000000
bond issue, placed with Henry Clews, and
the election of Spencer to the United States
| Senate. -#..
| The Presbyterian church, corner Houston
and Thompson streets, New York city, fell
to the ground mass of ruins, about an hour
after the close of morning services on Sun
| day, 10th. About twenty five Sabbath School
| teachers and children had assembled in the
basement when the accident occurred, but
| as the walls mostly fell outward, the main
floor of the building remained firm, and no
lives were lost.
Judge Davis, on the 18th, granted stay
| of proceedings in the case of Stokes, on an
exception taken by Stokes counsel to the
charge of Judge Boardman. Judge Davis,
in granting the stay, said 81 reach this con-
clusion with regret, but having reached it,
shall perform the duty that springs from it
with no hesitation"
The jury in the case of John Marion
Osborn, on trial at Galesburg, Ill.,,
| for the murder of Mrs Matthews
at Yates City in August last, on the 18th
brought in verdict of guilty of murder in
| the first degree, with hanging as the PEN
| atty.
The steamboat Henry A. Jones, from
Houston, for Galveston, with a cargo of
422 bales of cotton, was destroyed by fire in
Galveston Bay, on the 18th. Twenty-one
lives were lost. Among them were Captain
j. Price, first clerk, and James B. Hogan,
second clerk, both well-known steamboat
| men. 4'b
The result of the Electoral vote, as de-
clared by Congress, is as follows: For Presi-
dent-U. s. Grant, 1885, Thomas A. Hen
bricks, AZ; B. Gratz Brown, IS; C. j. Jenkins,
2; David Davis, 1. Total, 349. Rejected
Arkansas, 6; Louisiana, 8, and votes in
Georgia for Horace Greeley, deceased. For
e-President-Henry Wilson, 2S6; B. Gratz
Brown, Al; George w. Julian, 5; Alexander
n. Colquit, S; John M. Palmer, 8; Thomas
E. Bramlette, 8; Nathaniel P. Banks, 1;
| 4. Noohan
1. Total, 352. Rejected-Arkansas and
Louisiana. The vote of States is: For
Grant and Wilson, 30; Opposition, 6; Re-
| jected, g. ~- -. --s .-.s.....r
A Topeka Kansas) dispatch of the 18th,
says that contract had been signed for
building a bridge over the Missouri River at
Atchison, to cost So Is, 700 and to be com
pleted in two years.
| Advices from various portions of the
country, 18th, bring information of severe
freshets caused by the recent heavy rains.
The Monongahela, Susquehanna, Lehigh,
| Alabama and Potomac were all very high,
and considerable damage was done to YES
sells and other property. ~ .......... ee
It is stated that the coming inaugu-
ration ceremonies at Washington will be
conducted in an imposing manner, and that
the display will be the finest ever witnessed
on similar occasion. .sE5
/ A call has been issued for State Temper
ance Convention to be held at Springfield,
ILL.,, on the 25th of February.
President Grant contemplates starting on
his Southern tour on the goth of March, and
expects to be accompanied by nearly all OF
his Cabinet, besides many distinguished
gentlemen-Senators, members of Congress