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

be regulated by law; that the railroads should
be made public highways, open to general
traffic and reasonable rates, and connecting
with each other throughout the State; sus
| tanning those who refuse to pay more than the
legal fare, and urging the State to sustain
their defense; that no public officer should
accept passes, and to do so should be made 0
| misdemeanor, etc.
| A Washington special of the I'd says one OF
the reasons given by Mr. Curtis for his resig.
nation from the Service Board is that he
regarded several important appointments re.
| Gently made as a virtual abandonment OF civil
service reform. The difference with Mr.. Cur
tbs arose over the appointment of the Surveyor
of Customs at New York, to which position he
! had recommended Mr.. Benedict, a deputy.
| The Liberal Democratic ticket was elected in
Madison, Wis, on the 1st.
A Trenton, N. j., dispatch of the I'd says
| the Governor had signed the Anti-Monopoly
Railroad bill passed by the Legislature, and
that flags were flying in honor of the release
of New Jersey from railroad monopoly.
| While the passenger train on the st. Louis
| & Southeastern Railway was standing at
| French Village, seven miles from East st.
| Louis, on the Sd, a construction train ran into
| the rear coach, killing Mrs John B. Lusk and
John H. Watts, terribly scalding a young
daughter of Mr. Watts, and more or less in
juring five or six other persons.
| Miss Patty Wright, daughter of Colonel
Samuel Wright, of Brown County, ILL.,, was
| horribly burned by the explosion Of a coal-oa
lamp, a few nights ago. Her recovery was
doubtful.
| Three post-offices have been established by
the Government in the territory awarded to the
United States by the San Juan boundary arbi-
| tration.
| The attendance upon the Illinois Farmers
| Convention on the Sd was not so large as the
day before. A resolution was offered and
| adopted recommending to the farmers of Illi-
| nois the keeping of q farm expense account
| during the present and succeeding seasons, in
order that the actual cost of production may
be estimated and made public for the purpose
of reaching fair and equitable
remuneration therefor to the farmers of the
State The votes adopting the resolution fa-
voring repeal of certain tariff duties, and the
resolution condemning the President for sign
ing the increased salary bill. were re-
considered, and a motion was carried that both
these resolutions be laid upon the table until
the 4th day of July next. The Convention ad-
iourned sine die on the 3d.
Michael Nixon has been sentenced to be
hung on the 10th of May, for the murderer.
New York, in January last of Charles Pfeif in
Full returns of the recent election in Rhode
Island give Howard, Republican, for Governor,
9,637; Chace, Democrat, 3,799. Van Zandt,
Republican, for Lieutenant-G Governor, 6,4S2;
Ballou, Temperance and Republican, 1888;
Wales, Democrat, 1920; scattering, 133. Van
Zandt lacks 400 votes of an election
A Washington dispatch of the Sd says Gen
eral Grant has no intention of abandoning the
Civil-Service Commission.
A Madison (Wis.) dispatch of the Sd says the
election returns from various parts of the State
show that the Republicans have about their
usual majOrities.
The advance sheets of the new directory of
ST. Louis give the population of twelve of the
thirteen wards of that city at 42S, 126-an ad-
vance of IT. 1862 over the census of 1870
| Parker's Landing, Pa, has been visited by a
very destructive fire, the business part of the
| town being almost entirely destroyed. Loss
over 100000.
Judge Woodruff, New York, on the 4th,
| granted writ of bG6eaS corpus, returnable on
| the 7th, in the case of George Mcdonnell, of
the Bank of England forgery notoriety, on the
ground that the offense conspiracy
to defraud'-is not covered by the Extradi-
tion Treaty.
The officers of the Treasury Department and
members of the Examining Board of that de-
partment left Washington on the 4th for ST..
Louis and the Southwest, to apply the civil
service rules and regulations to such offices of
customs and the Independent Treasury service
as fall within their operation.
The Lower House of the Kentucky Legisla-
ture has passed a law allowing juries to award
either Imprisonment for life or hanging as the
punishment for those whom they convict of
murder. ~
Three hundred and five of the steerage pas
sengers saved from the wrecked steamer At
lantic arrived in New York on the 9th, and
were transferred to Castle Garden for regis
traitor and shelter pending their departure to
other points.
There were two men of the same name on
the Atlantic. One was saved and the other
was lost. The relatives of both assembled,
theTgreater number being on the lookout for
the dead man. The scene which followed, 1t
is said, cannot be imagined.
Burlington, Iowa, was visited, on the 5th,
by the most terrible rain, hail and wind storm
ever known there. The storm struck the city
on West Hill, tearing the roof from one of
the school-houses, and descending thence
through the business portion of the city.
Buildings were unroofed, and great deal of
damage done The butter and egg depot of
T. N. Pond was blown down and
twenty-five persons were buried beneath the
ruins Mr.. Pond and three others were taken
out dead, and nineteen Others were rescued,
more or less injured. The wife and two chill
dren of Mr.. Steiger, a German school-teacher,
who lived in a house adjoining, were killed by
the falling of the east wall of Ponds house.
The persons killed were I. N. Pond and three
of his employees, named Pendergast Trainor,
and Neff, Mrs Steiger and her two children.
One of the men rescued from the ruins would
probably die
An Omaha dispatch of the 5th says the tide
of immigration through Omaha to the West
continued unabated, and has never been
equaled since the completion of the Union and
Central Pacific Railroads.
A law has been passed by the Massachusetts,
Legislature, providing that eggs must be sold
by weight, and that the standard weight of
dozen of eggs shall be one pound and eight
ounces.
In the Supreme Court at Philadelphia few
days ago, in the case of Miss Burnham, plead
ing for the right to vote on the ground that the
word 'sfreemen' in the Constitution meant
men and women, the Court decided against