Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-07-18

House of Representatives, has notified men,
bers-elect Sypher and Lawrence, of Louisiana,
| that their names will not be placed on tho
payroll during recess, owing to the proba-
bility of contest in both cases.
| A statement is made, based on information
from an official source, that the accounts of
| General Howard and his officers show a deficit
| of 81 900, though only small portion Is in
the name of General Howard He admits that
he has balance of $4,000, which he is ready
| to pay over to the proper officers. Nearly
one-half of the deficit is charged in the account
! of subordinate who was formerly on duty at
the West Letters have been received from
| colored men who served in the army and navy,
| stating that they never received their bounty,
| though in some cases the accounts show to the
contrary. 1t will require an investigation to
| ascertain whether forged entries have been
made, or that the statements in these letters
are false.
The Commissioner of Customs has recently
prepared report for the use of the Secretary
of the Treasury giving the amount of customs
frauds on the Government for the fiscal year
ending June 80. The total amount is 81 ,432,-
100, ''and taking into account the fact that
but a comparatively small proportion of the
frauds committed are discovered, the exhibit
is truly a serious one."
The ninety days allowed by law for the Gov
ernment to appeal to the Supreme Court from
the decision of the Court of Claims on about
500 cases of twenty per cent. increase, allowed
by the act of 1867 to civil employees of the Gov
ernment in Washington, expired on the 18th,
and no appeal having been taken the claimants
will now have the accounts audited.
The steamer Tigress sailed on the evening OF
the 14th, from the Navy Yard in New York, on
her voyage in search of the Polaris.
The centennial celebration of the first Metho-
dist annual Conference in America took place
in Philadelphia on the afternoon and evening
of the 18th, at st. Georges M. E. Church, the
same building in which the first annual Con-
ference was held Bishop James presided and
addressed the meeting, saying the results dur
ing the past one hundred years in the progress
OF the Methodist Church have exceeded that
Of any other.
At West Union, Iowa, a few days ago,
servant girl in the family of DR.. Bassett, in
trying to light fire with kerosene oil, was SO
seriously burned that she died in a short time
The slander suit of Miss Linda Gilbert
against the Chicago Evening Post has resulted
in verdict for the plaintif-damages six
cents. The suit grew out of comments made
by the Post on the efforts of Miss Gilbert to
raise funds by means of lottery enterprise,
for the purchase of a prison library.
A letter received at Des Moines from Ham
ilton County, Iowa, says that the tornado on
the 4th completely cleared twenty-acre field
of corn, ''taking corn, dirt, and ALL" ga
school-house was carried away, and has not
been seen since" GA stable, with two horses,
was carried over eighty rods"
A Des Moines Qowa) telegram of the 18th
says: "There is a strong and growing opposi-
ton in this State to the operation Of the Illi-
nois Railroad law, as it affects Iowa traffic"