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

mote to be reached by the process pursued, o.
by any other, and that the Government has a
4 present no pecuniary interest to be reached by
the bill. The Court takes the view that there
is no trust anywhere raised in behalf of the
Government to be protected. The motion to
dissolve the injunction was granted.
The President sent to the Senate on the I'd
the following nominations: George FL. VIII
liams for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
B. FL. Bristow for Attorney General, and A. K
Shepherd for Governor of the District OF
| Columbia. So
Bishop Cummins, the Rev. Mr.. Cheney, and
other dissenting clergymen, met in New York
on the I'd, and organized the reformed Epis-
eopal Church"
In the recent municipal election of Mobile,
Ala, the Democratic ticket was elected by
from 200 to 800 majority.
| In his message to the Alabama Legislature,
Governor Lewis says that the railways are the
cause of the financial trouble in that State,
and that the prospect is growing worse.
The President has designated Surveyor III.
Stephenson and Assistant Treasurer VIM. E.
Davis Associate members of the Civil Service
Board in Cincinnati, and Assistant A. G.
Edwards and Deputy Surveyor Ell. P. Wyman
Associate members of the Board at St. Louis.
Chas Lyman, of the Treasury Board, to be
Chief Examiner in st. Louis and Cincinnati.
A Washington dispatch of the Sd says Ad-
miral Polo and Secretary Fish, since they
signed the protocol had been in perfect accord
concerning the arrangements for the restora-
tion of the Virginius and the survivors.
Everything so far had been done with calm.
ness on the part of the representatives of the
two Governments.
| Chris. Rafferty, has been for the third time
sentenced to death for thesshooting of Chi
cago policeman. The Goth of December is
now fixed as the day of execution.
At recent meeting of the Missouri State
Agricultural Society, at st. Louis, it was stated
that the Grange had made comparatively more
progress in Missouri than in any other State,
! 1,100 Oranges having been already formed,
with a membership of 10000.
The report of the Department of Agricul-
ture for November and December shows that
the average of tobacco in comparison with
| last year is ninety-four. A falling off of H.
600, 600 bushels in the potato crop is indicated.
The hay crop is 100000 tons less than last
| year.
A recent Havana dispatch says the opposi-
| ton to the delivery of the Virginius was de-
| creasing. Prominent Republicans and
many Conservatives favored the delivery of
the steamer, and advised cessation of opposi-
! tion.
| 1t was stated in Washington on the 9th that
there was the highest authority for saying that
the CASTELAR, Spanish Government had not
asked for modification of the protocol so that
the Vifginius might be placed in the custody
of third party to await adjudication. The
suggestion came from the Cuban authorities
| to Admiral Polo, and was unofficially COM
municated to Secretary Fish. 1t did not meet
the views of the Administration.
While fifteen men were descending the slope
of Honey Brook (Pa,) coal mine on the 9th,
the staple ring of the Car broke, and the car
fell ITO yards. Two of the men were killed,
two were severely bruised Zone probably fatal
ly), and the others were slightly injured.
Operations were being actively pushed in all
our navy yards on the 9th. All the heavy
ordnance which has been stored in the arsenal
at St. Louis since the war of the rebellion was
being shipped to Pensacola, Fla. Among the
large guns are many 1O0-pound Parrots and
| mortars.
The gas works at Lincoln, Nebraska, were
destroyed by fire on the 9th.
A Des Moines Qowa) dispatch Of the 9th
SAYS: Adjutant General Baker had returned
from visit to Osceola, Lyon, and O'Brlen
Counties, and stated that the general reports
made through the press of the suffering there
were not exaggerated, and that many families
there must be helped to food and fuel till
spring, when they will also require supply
of seed for the land that they have broken.
He has full confidence in the local committee
appointed to distribute the donations.
The steamer Royal George exploded its
boiler few nights ago at Albany, La, be-
tween Jefferson and Shreveport. The mate
and three deck hands were instantly killed and
five others seriously wounded.
According to a Washington special to
the Chicago Tribune of the Sth Min
lister Sickles had decided to leave
Madrid at an early day. This
decision was said to be of his s'own free will,
and was not caused by any rupture or any
bad feeling between our Government and That
of Spain. He has been ignored by his own
Government during the recent difficulty, in a
manner which he is disposed to resent in the
only way possible-that is, by withdrawing
from his position as United States Minister to
SPAIN"
General Burriel left Havana on the 7th for
| Santiago de Cuba to resume charge of that
department.
| A Washington telegram of the 7th says:
'Whatever may have been suggested hereto
fore as to the programme, it can now be as
serted that the Virginius will be delivered to
one of our naval vessels within the next ten
days, at Cuban port, in the open day, and
the surviving passengers and crew be trans
ferred to United States ship at Santiago de
Cuba, in an equally open manner. The
vessels to perform this service will soon be,
if they are not already, designated by the
Secretary of the Navy. Admiral Polo has
lately received a communication from Captain
General Jovellar, in which there is no refer
ence to the subject of his reported resigna-
| ton"
Cotton mills at Lawrence and Lowell, Mass,
commenced running on full time on the Sth.
Bishop Armitage, of Wisconsin, died in New
York City on the 7th, aged forty-three.
Advices from Havana on the Sth were to the
effect that Captain General Jovellar had not
resigned, and had no intention of doing so.
He authorized the statement that the entire
island was quiet, and had no doubt that all
would be arranged peaceably and satisfacto-
rily without the slightest difficulty. The dis
position to comply with the mandate of the
home government, and the obligations of the
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discussion, was becoming general.