Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-11

membership of the Civil-Service Board. The
following is copy of George William Curtis,
| letter of resignation:
WEST NEW BRIGHTON, N. Y, March IS.
MY DEAR SIR: As the circumstances under
which several important appointments have been
recently made seem to me TO show an abandon
ment both of the spirit and the letter OF the Civil
Service regulations, respectfully resign my posi-
| ton as member of the Advisory Board of the
Civil-Service. In so doing beg to assure you of
my warmest wishes, and of the continuance of my
most earnest efforts for the success of your admin
istration. t7t tes Et
Very respectfully and truly yours,
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS.
His Excellency, the President. az
The Cubans have recently gained an impor-
tant victory in the capture of the fortified city
and seaport of Manzanillo, together with an i'm
mense amount of booty in money and NUM-
tions of war which fell into their hands. They
| afterward sacked the town.
An Associated Press dispatch of the 5th says
it is the intention of the Government at Wash
| ington to continue competitive examinations
in the Departments as fixed in the Civil-Service
regulations, but appointments will not rigidly
depend ON these.
1t is stated by the Peoria Democrat of the
7th, that Mrs Workman, the wife of the
-ub Ohb 4uCtuOulSt hllllSlSi, AIou OOhiOSoSo u0N
ing killed Mrs. Hedges, at Eureka, and she
did it in self-defense The general feeling was
that -1rs. Workman was driven frantic by her
discovery of her husbands too intimate rela-
tions with the widow Hedges, and in fit of
desperation, killed the supposed cause of her
domestic misery. t&
A dispatch from Franklin, Louisiana, 7th,
says that Henry Train, Republican Judge of
the Third judicial District, had arrived at that
place and opened the regular term of the Dis
trict Court, but the members of the Franklin
bar positively refused to appear and practice
before him.
At fire in San Francisco on the night of the
7th, the son and daughter of John o. Day were
burned to death. The children were in an up
per story of the dwelling. n-s.
The election in Connecticut on the 7th re-
suited in the election of Ingersoll, Democratic
candidate for Governor, by about g. 900 major
ity. The Legislature is very close. The press
ent members of Congress are all re-eleeted--J.
r. Hawley, Stephen w. Kellogg, Henry A.
Starkweather Republieans), and VIM. III.
Barnum Oemocrat).
AT the municipal election in Cincinnati on
the 7th, johnson, Democrat and Liberal Repub-
lican, was elected Mayor by between 1000 and
1900 majority. The balance of the Demo
cratic ticket was probably elected.
A Detroit dispatch of the 7th says the elec-
ton in Michigan had resulted in the reelection
of Judge Christiancy, Republican, without OPP
position, and of E. c.. Walker and Andrew
Clinic, Republicans, as Regents of the State
University, by very large majority, no prac-
tical work being done in opposition to them.
At the recent election in Baton Rouge, La,
the McEnery ticket was elected without oppo-
sition.
At Annapolis, Md, on the 7th, the entire
Republican ticket for Mayor, Recorder, and
four Aldermen was elected by majorities rang
ing from 100 to $50.
A. H. Peaslee, Democrat, has been elected
Mayor of Dubuque, Iowa.