Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-09-05

1881 and that railroads are public highways,
and railroad companies are common carriers,
and demanding that the State and National
Legislatures shall control them by just and
equitable law. 5e ts @ sGsfQ1
William A. Matthias, aged twenty-five, of
Westminster, Md, died, as was supposed, az
three o'clock on the afternoon of the oath,
of brain-fever, and the body was placed on
ice. On the Goth, when the family assembled
for the funeral services, it was noticed that
the skin had assumed a natural appearance,
and examination showed that life was not ex-
tinct. Physicians were called in, and Mat
thias is recovering.
A recent storm on the coast of Nova Scotia
is described as being one of the most severe
ever witnessed on this continent. Wharves,
railways, bridges, barns and houses were
! washed away or beaten down. Vessels were
wrecked by scores in Halifax Harbor. A large
number were ashore in Cow Bay, and fully
one hundred are believed to have been stranded
on the shores of Cape Breton. The crops have
not suffered less terribly. Within a radius of
of 200 miles all the fruit trees were stripped.
Considerable excitement has been created in
Canada by the refusal of the Hon. s. L. Hunt
| ingdon to appear before the Royal Commission
appointed by the Dominion Government to
take charge of the Pacific Railway Investiga-
ton. Mr.. Huntingdon was the mover of the
Parliamentary investigation, and occupies in
the present crisis the position of champion of
Parliamentary rights. ,E.w> .-.
| Edward Beane, the conductor of the freight
| train which collided with and caused the fear
full disaster to the passenger train on the Chi
Ry Poi To-
mont, was arrested at Monee, ILL.,, ON the 27th,
| and taken to Chicago. ~ rsJ3tR
| A man in Jail in San Francisco, giving his
name as John T. Irving, has confessed to hav-
ing been connected with the Nathan murder in
New York. He was thought to be insane, and
but little credence' was given to his state
ments. H eryfae.T u.ata6
| The Chicago Tribune of the Goth publishes
a number of dispatches from the interior of
| Illinois and the lower part of Iowa., showing
| the condition of the corn crop. The Tribune
| says: "The most favorable returns are made
| from points along the line of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad, but the majority of the districts
| along that road, in the center of the State
and in South Central Iowa expect an inferior
| yield" esE
The Mississippi Republican State Conven-
! ton has nominated Senator Adelbert Ames
| for Governor. f@1
| News was brought to Waco, Texas, on the
2Sth, by the stage drivers, that large body
of Indians had surprised and captured Fort
Sill, in the Indian Territory, massacrng the
women and children, and nearly half of the
Fourth United States Cavalry. The report
was discredited in Washington.
Judge Elisha Mears, of the Thirteenth Ar
kansas judicial Circuit, who resides at Clarks-
vile, johnson County, while recently going
to his home, about hree-fourths of a mile
from town, was shot and mortally wounded
by some unknown person.
A Washington special of the 29th says the
Post-Office Department was extremely dissat-
isfed with the postal cards issued by the con-
tractors. They are not equal to the contract
requirements, either as regards paper or print
ing, and the contractors had been notified that
unless they Immediately conformed to their
agreement the contract would be annulled.
Rodman, the Assistant Treasurer of Brook
lyn, N. Y, is defaulter to the amount of
about $25O,OO0. Besides being Assistant
City Treasurer, he was also Secretary Of the
President, Mr.. Mills, recently committed
suicide, as is supposed, by drowning.
A colored man named William Clark Camp
bell was hanged at Cairo, ILL.,, on the Goth, for
the murder, in April last, of Thomas Doyle,
the mate of a river boat. A. Pike was hung
at Boise City, Cal, on the same day for the
murder of an Indian-the first instance of the
kind in California.
The night express west, on the Detroit &
Milwaukee Railroad, on the night of the 2Sth,
consisting of the baggage-car, two coaches,
one sleeper and two emigrant cars, became
disabled in consequence of the engine throw
ing driving-wheel off, mile cast of Muir.
The train was followed by a through freight,
which ran into the rear of the passenger train,
killing five women and one child, and injuring
ten others, all of whom were immigrants.
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
the Assistant Treasurer at New York that DUR
ing tie month of September he may sell ST.
500, 900 of gold on each Thursday, and buy
$500, 600 in bonds on the third Wednesday.
A Washington dispatch of the 31st says that,
with one exception, such members OF the
House of Representatives whose terms COM
menced on the 4th of March last had drawn
their monthly pay, taking the full rate under
the new compensation law. The one excepted
had drawn at the old rate.
The Democratic and Liberal Republican
State Committee of Wisconsin have called
State Convention to meet in Milwaukee Sep
tember "a, to nominate an opposition ticket
for Governor and other State officers.
A severe hail storm is reported as having
recently occurred in Jackson Township, Butler
County, Iowa. Hail fell to the depth of two
feet in many places, in chunks as large as a
mans fist, destroying whole fields of corn
and grain in shock, also vegetables, fruits, and
even grass. A large amount of window glass
was broken, many animals were badly injured,
and several persons seriously hurt.
Julia Barber, aged sixteen, and her sister,
of Aurora, ILL.,, had been repeatedly warned
of the danger of using kerosene Oil for
kindling purposes; but they wanted a prac-
tical demonstration of the fact. so few
DAYS ago Julia took the and began pour
ing oil into the stove, when a fearful explo-
sion was the result, the can being literally
torn to pieces the kerosene scattered about
the room, and the girl herself enveloped in
flames. The sister sought to wrap the suf-
ferer in a quilt, but Julia was so wild with
fright and pain as to be unable to remain
quiet, and ere other help could come she was
SO terribly burned as to cause her death four
hours afterward.
Mr.. Irish, Chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee of Iowa, has issued
an address to the Democrats of that State, adj
vising them to vote the Anti -Monopolist
ticket, nominated at Des Moines.
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