Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-31

water, to avoid accident. The vessel had be
come due for more than day, and there was
considerable u1easiness at the Department il
consequence The nthorities feared that tn,
recent storm on the coast had caused the losI
Of the ship.
! A ,Yankton, Dakota, dispatch of the s2t
says the Grand Jury of the Territorial Court
after being in session for aweek. had returned
an Indictment against ?. P. Wintermute fol
the murder of Secretary McCook, charging
him with mmslaughter only. T~ 80 .Toq
~ Postmaster Stewart of Pittsburgh, charged
with being defaulter to the Government
had had a delegation at Washington for the
last few days, according to dispatch of the
22d, seeking the Withdrawal of, the charges
I provided the deficiency in his accounts be
covered. The President had declined to in.
! terfere, and there was prospect of the1ac
cused going to the penitentiary.
The United States Grand Jury, at Spring
field, Illinois, ON the 22d, returned bills against
ex-Collector John T. Harper for embezzling
! $14,619. "A prisoner confined in the Spring.
4 field jail had offered to reveal and secure the
conviction of the murderer of the late Hon
Sharon Tyndale, once Secretary of State, pro.
vided he can be assured of pardon for the of
fense for which he is now confined. ~''
A New York dispatch of the 22d announces
that the New York Central and other bond.
forgers had been arrested Theirnames were
Frank Gleason, George Wilkes, Andrew Rob-
erts, and George c. Olmstead.
Dispatches from Texas of the 22d say the
yellow fever is raging terribly at Calvert
Bryson, Marshall and Columbus, in that State
The latter place had become almost depopu.
lated.
| On the 22d Goldsmith Maid trotted against
time over the Dexter Park track, Chicago, fol-
a purse of $4,000. She took the purse in
2:171S. This was the best time ever made in
that city.
The National Convention of the Patrons OF
Husbandry met in Chicago on the 22, accord
ing to announcement, and organized by the
election of James M. Allen, as President; s.
NJ Smith, Secretary, and S. I. X. Prime, As
sistant Secretary. ~-Delegates were present
from Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, New York, In
diana and Minnesota, numbering about 800.
A committee was appointed to consider and
report upon all >resolutionsaof offered, Several
were thus offered, discussed, and then referred
under the rule. i'"'
The National Board of Trade was in session
in Chicago on the slst, 22d and 23d On the
latter day the Convention discussed, in all its
bearings, the question of transportation, An
able and exhaustive address was made by W.
M. GrosvenOr, of St. Louis. ''~
A Washington telegram of the 23d states
that a statement Of the operations of the let
4 ter-carrier system had been prepared for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1878, which showed
that the carriers had handled 375, ,315,673 pieces
of mail matter, and that the aggregate cost of
the service, including all incidentals, had been
81, ,422, ,495, or $40 mills per piece, the lowest
average being in Chicago, where the cost was
| 2 40 mills. -
At the opening of the Supreme Court on the
3d. Attorney General Williams presented the
resolutions of the bar in respect to the memo
ry of the late Chief-Justice Ch.se.a Associate
Justice Clifford responded in an eloquent re-
view of the public career of the deceased.
The October report of the statistician of the
Agricultural Department had been published
on the 23d.7 In regard to thecorn crop, that
officer had estimated the average at 16 per
cent. below the normal crop, or 250,000,00O
bushels less than the crop of last year. b6e 81
The second and concluding session of the
National Convention of the Patrons of Hus-
-bandry occurred in Chicago on the 23d. The
gathering was entirely harmonious and earn
est Railway monopolists@ were critically de-
nounced. The following resolutions, among
others, were adopted:
| it's people. Capital, directed by unscrupulous
minds, reaps the profits of their hbor. Men of
great wealth revel in luxury, while those who earn
the money destitute of many Of the comforts of
| life. Our State Legislatures have made laws de-
i priving us of our lands from whichv have title
| from the General Government, for the benefit OF
railroad companies, because IL seemed for the pub
lie good. Subsidies have been grated them, and
Congress has, with a lavish hand, given them pub
lie lands-the peoples inheritance-and the result
| is extortion and oppression; therefore, be it
ReS0lUed, By this convention that we most re-
spectfully, but earnestly, request Congress with
out needless delay, pass maximum freight and
passage law regulating traics between the States,
and our Legislatures law regulating 1t within the
States and we hereby protest agaimt the further
granting of any subsidies whateverto private cor
ResolUed That experience has proved that
freight by wateris the cheapest and we most re-
spectfuly ask that Congress- to relieve us of our
| burdens speedily take measures to open water
| routes from the Mississippi to the seaboard. =.
Res0tUed, That we demand the construction of
railroads, and the improvement of water COM
munication between the interior and the seaboard,
| the same to be owned and operated by the General
| Government, for the purpose of affording cheap
and ample transportation and to protect the people
! from the eXactions of monopoly. t- M afeYrfss
| ResOt0ed That debt should ever be held as one
of our greatest enemies; that it deprives Of
illness and in measure makes us slaves; that to
live within our means however small, to pay we
go, will contribute to our success; recognizing the
fact that the people are in earnest, we would urge
them to free themselves of this curse so that, If a
/ final struggle must come between the people and
monopoly, our houses may be in order, and we the
| better able to Withstand it.. It3.
ResoIUed, That no one industry can be protected
by legislation, except at the expense OF all other
industries, and that we are opposed to all special
| legislation. 3 -ro ftHs7 80
ResolUed, Thatw recommend the thorough or
ganization of the farmers of the country in local,
county and State organizations for the purpose Of
reforming the great abuses and dealing out equal
| justice to all men. q G44 e has t
A Washington dispatch of the oath says
that Secretary Richardson had decided
to begin paying out silver for green
backs or fractional currency, dollar for
dollar. Payment would begin on the
27th both at the Department and at the
Sub Treasury in New York. The amount
ready to put afoat was between $15O,O00 and
| $20O,OO The Director of the Mint was in
| New York, arranging matters. Up to the Oath
the receipts of internal revenue had fallen
about $4,000 600 on account of the panic. The
legal-tend reserve had been drawn upon to
the extent of about $4,OOO,OO0.
The reports from Memphis, of the oath, in
regard to the yellow fever, were more eHcour-
aging. The mortuary record up to six O'Clock
in the evening stood: Yellow fever, %; other
diseases, 4. The Odd Fellows had lost
twenty-eight members, FIVE members wives
and eleven children since the epidemic began,
and they had on hand, to care for, twenty wild
ows and thirty-ive orphans. There were
| thran rolIo,u fever deaths of Shrauenort La