Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-12-11

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The New Hampshire State Republican
Convention will be held at Concord on the
18th of January.
THE National Board of Underwriters have
decided to resume the business of insurance
in Chicago.
THE Ohio Legislature reassembled on the
1st The annual message of Gov. Allen was read.
The following items Of interest are CLEANED
therefrom: The total local indebtedness of
the State is $21, 1886, OO7.36; reimbursabe debt
81, 9SS, 205.30; total, 1926, 1874, 2l266 The ire
ducible debt is 81, 122, 1916. The aggregate
debts in Ohio, State, local and trust fund.-
$33, 997, 204.52. The taxes levied in 1873 col
lectable in 1874, aggregate $26, 474, 459 The
taxes levied in 1874, collectable in 1875, aggre-
gate $27,614, 729. The taxable valuation in
Ohio, as shown by the grand duplicate of
1874 is: Real estate in cities, towns and
villages 1854 $40 1917; real estate not in cities,
towns and villages, $697, 40S, 537; personal
property, 1928, 121,5SS. Total $3.50, 379, 1924.
which is an increase over the grand duplicate
of 1878 of $13, 104, 1865.
THE lately-elected officials of the city of
New Orleans were inaugurated on the 30th ult
SEvENTY-FIvE delegates to the American
Cheap Transportation Convention met at
Richmond, Va, on the 1st Hon. Josiah
Quincy, of Massachusetts, presided. A report
favoring trans continental railways in prefer
ence to canals was read by F. B. Thurber,
of New York, and several committees were
appointed
On the I'd W. F. Storey, of the Chicago
Times, was married to Mrs. Eureka c.. Pear
son. #~5a+
THE larger portion of the business part of
Wilton, N. H., was destroyed by fire on the I'd.
Loss 100000.
On the I'd the managers of most of the
Western railroads met at Chicago and re-
solved to entirely abolish the free-pass sys-
tenn from and after Jan. 1, 1875.
THE Virginia Legislature met on the I'd.
THE American Association of Short Horn
Breeders met in annual convention at Spring
field, H., on the I'd.
MEETING of colored men from twenty of
the cotton counties Of Alabama was recently
held at Montgomery to consider measures for
a'wholesale emigration to States where the
ton feeling is represented as very strong.
AT the New Hampshire State Prohibition
Convention, held at Concord on the I'd, Ma
thaniel White, of Concord, was nominated for
Governor; David Head, of Milford, for Rail-
road Commissioner, and the following for
Congress: First District, the Rev. "A
G. Hardy; Second District, j. NJ. Fetch
er; Third District, Edward III. Weston.
The resolutions adopted affirm that
the traffic in intoxicating drinks is wrong of
such magnitude that its suppression is i'm
peratively demanded by both National and
State legislation, enforced by vigilant Execu-
ment; urge upon the friends of prohibition
to avoid alliance or coalition with either of
the old political parties, and heartily honor
the noble Christian women who have made
a crusade against the terrible trade which is
carrying constant grief and shame to their
households"
Rev. JOHN S. GLENDBNNING, of Jersey City,
has been acquitted by the Jersey City (N.J)
Presbytery Of the very serious charges recent
y brought against him. fAt
A WRIT of ha6eas corpus in the case of VIM.
NJ. Tweed, was argued before Judge Barrett, in
New York, on the I'd, and resulted in Tweed
being remanded to prison.
The banking firm of Henry Clews s. Co, of
New York, has been declared bankrupt.
TIE Alabama State Grange met at Mont
gomery on the Cd. One hundred delegates
were present.
TEE Official returns Of the Michigan Stats
election show that Mccreery, the Espub-
! hean candidate. received majority over al