Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-08-29

will be held Friday, September 5. upon th
grounds of the Beloit Driving Park Associa
ton.
In response to a communication from citi
zens OF Monroe as to the proper course to b,
pursued regarding Louisiana affairs, JOIN
McEnery has written a letter advising a Stat
Convention in December, and the appoint
ment of committee to appeal to Congress.
Mrs. Schmidt, of Long Island City, ha
pleaded guilty to an indictment which charge
her with attempting to strangle to death ,
child that had been placed in her care, and fo
whose maintenance she was paid $40 month
She was sentenced to six months imprison
ment and fine of S125.
The New York Republican State Convention
will meet at Utica on Wednesday, September
"A, to nominate candidates for State officers.
Mayor Medill, of Chicago, and family have
gone on trip to Europe. Alderman L. L.
Bond is acting Mayor of the city in the absence
of Mr.. Medill
The Coroner's Jury in the case of the recent
collision on the Chicago & ST. Louis Railroad
near Chicago, after patient investigation and
the examination of a large number of wit
nesses, have rendered a decision that the vic.
TINS of the disaster came to their deaths from
extensive scalds and the inhaling of steam or
the occasion of the collision; "and we the jury
find from the evidence that said collision was
caused by the criminal carelessness of Edward
Beane, conductor, and Joshua Puffenberger,
engineer of said coal train No. %, in violation
of the rules and regulations of said railroad
company, governing the movement of trains
on said railroad" The company has offered
a reward of $1,000 for the apprehension of
Beane.
Kellar, the murderer of his wife and Mrs.
Boyd and her two children, near Twin Springs
Kansas, was arrested and locked up in Jail al
La Cygne. On the 10Th party of four hun
dred to five hundred men assembled at the
Jail and demanded that the Sheriff should de.
liver the prisoner to them. The Sheriff refused
them admittance to the Jail, but was over
come, and it was discovered that the prisoner
was not in the building, as he had been previ-
ously removed to escape the mob. The Sheriff
was threatened with death unless the place of
concealment was told. All authority was put
down, and the Sheriff told the place where
| the prisoner had been taken to. Kellar was
then searched for and found eight miles east
of La Cygne, and taken back to the town.
The crowd was appealed to in behalf of law
and order, and committee of twelve was ap.
pointed to decide whether Kellar should
be hung or held for trial. The vote
was seven for hanging, and the crowd
proceeded deliberately to execute the
verdict Boyd the husband and
father Of the murdered family, put the moose
on Kellar's neck, and the wagon on which the
prisoner stood was driven from under him,
and the wretched man was thus executed.
No doubt existed as to Kellars guilt Ali the
lynchers were undisguised citizens of the
neighborhood and county, some of them the
wealthiest and best residents.
Fannie Bush (colored), convicted of the
murder of an infant child in Harrison County,
Kentucky, has been sentenced to be hanged on
the 18th of November. It is said the mother
and her children were starving, and the moth
er, half crazed, drowned one that she might
provide for the rest.
Jefferson Davis addressed the Southern His
torical Convention, at White Sulphur Springs,
Va, a few days ago. In speaking of the late
war, he said: "We have been more cheated than
conquered by the declarations of the Federal
President, Congress and Generals, for there
never could have been surrender had we an
ticipated what followed, and we would to-day
have been free" A resolution was adopted
that President Grant be requested to permit
the Secretary of this Society to examine all
papers and archives of the Government cap.
tured by the Federal forces from the Confed-
crates during the war, and to make copies of
such of them as he may think fit.
A Washington special to the New York
Times of the 21st says the Secretary of the
Treasury had authorized an explicit denial
of all published statements regarding an
alleged deficit in the Treasury. Itwas claimed
that there was and had been no deficit of a
dollar
Vice-President Wilson has been elected
President of the New York Cuban League.
An examination into the alleged servitude
and abuse, in New York city, of Italian boys,
has developed the fact that such outrages
have existed. In two houses one hundred
and fifty children were found, and in each
room ten or twelve boys were tied by the
wrists with cord. A man was in charge of
every room. In some cases the children were
marked by the padrones by branding on the
cheek, lip, or ear.
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was successful in an attempt to kindle a fire,
few days ago, by the use of kerosene oil.
She died soon after In St. Louis, on the even
ing of the Goth, Hortense Elder used oil for
fuel in the stove. Her funeral took place the
following day.
On the evening of August Goth bold at
tempt was made to capture the pay-car of the
Hannibal & st. Joseph Railroad, between
Cameron and Kansas City. The engineer,
when a few miles out from Cameron, saw a
gang of men piling ties on the track. Revers-
ing his engine at once, he put back into Cam
eron.
An attempt was made on the evening of the
| 10Th to capture or damage the train of the At
lantic and Pacific Road north of Leavenworth.
There were several shots fired at the engineer,
and nearly every window in his cab was bro
ken by bullets.
| A reign of terror appears to exist in some
portions of Arkansas. Recently, while the
Board of Supervisors of Perry County were in
session at Perryville, one Names, the former
Clerk of the County, backed by four or five
friends, entered the Courthouse, and attacked
Matthews, an attorney, and broke up the court.
MatLHeWS Ittrtdleu lnIO SlOre anu luere was
firing on both sides, during which Matthews was
wounded, though he managed to escape. The
friends of Matthews, to the number of
$50, entered the village in the evening and
killed man named Trice. Warrants were
issued for the arrest of Names and his party.
Subsequently he and his followers, to the
number of thirty, entered Perryville and took
possession of the Court House. 1t was under
| stood that the state militia had been detailed