Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-03

Nearly 900 persons were In attendance. Mrc
j. M. Allen, of Geneseo, was chosen Chairman.
After several speeches were made resolutions
were adopted advocating an equal system of
internal improvement by the Government; the
construction of the canal from Hennepin to
Rock Island which will connect the Mississippi
with the lakes, and the opening of the mouth
of the Mississippi by a ship canal If neces-
sary. A committee of thirteen, with Mr..
Allen at their head, was appointed to me-
morialize Congress in favor of the canal, and
the State of Illinois was advised to cede the
control of the Illinois River and the Illinois
81 Michigan Canal as navigable highways to
the Federal Government if, in return, it
would assume the construction of this new
waterway.
The tow-boat Crescent City, from New Or
leans for st. Louis, blew up at the foot OF
Montezuma Island, near Helena, Ark, on the
morning of the 24th Every part of the boat
was blown into atoms and she sunk in three
minutes. The tow, consisting of seven
barges, was utterly consumed. The lost were:
Capt. James Dawson, Mate Henry Gessler,
Pilot John Ostrander and wife, Pilot William
Mundy, Watchman Dan Matte, cabin-boy un-
known and three colored firemen.
In a recent fight with the Missouri outlaws,
| John w. Whicher, detective who had traced
the James brothers to their hiding place in
| Clay County, was led into the public highway
and brutally murdered. On the same day
| three detectives encountered the Younger
brothers in st. Clair County, and shooting
match followed, in which John Younger was
| killed and Jim Younger badly wounded in the
breast The casualties on the part of the de-
| tectives were one man killed, one seriously
wounded, and one escaped. On the 23d, Gov.
| Woodson sent message to the Legislature
detailing the facts in relation to the outlaws,
so far as known, and calling upon that body
| to appropriate money to enable him to ex-
| terminate them.
| The extradition treaty between the United
| States and Ecuador has been officially pro-
| claimed at Washington, and is to continue In
| force for ten years.
A Washington dispatch of the 25th says the
| Committee on Elections had finished the ex-
| animation of the case of Pinchback against
| Sheridan for the seat from Louisiana, and, it
was understood, would report that the record
| of evidence upon which both claimants rest
their respective cases had not enabled the COM
mittee to decide between them.
A Congregational Council assembled in New
| York on the oath to consider the relations of
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, in which Henry
| Ward Beecher officiates as pastor, to Congre-
gationalism. The difficulty arose primarily
| out of what is known as the Beecher-Tilton
| scandal, and from the informal dropping of
Mr.. Tilton's name from the rolls of Plymouth
| Church. This action on the part of that
| church was a cause of offense to Drs. Storrs
| and Buddington, and led to an animated cor
| respondence. This council was called to
determine if member of a church
can cease to be a member the moment
he placed his foot outside the doors. On the
25th Plymouth Church voted not to partici-
pate in the council and presented a? protest
against any action whatever upon any issue
relating to that church. Addresses were made
by Drs. storrs and Buddington advocating the
| withdrawal of fellowship from Plymouth
Church and its pastor.
The Joint ballot in the Massachusetts, Legis-
lature on the 25th, for United States Senator,
resulted as follows: Dawes, 81; Hoar, S2;
Curtis, "a; Adams, 13; Banks, 5. Sanford,
Whittier, Wendell Phillips and Bullock had
one or two votes each. The total vote was
2S1
The Indians made an attack on rancho at
Scott's Bluffs, Neb., on the Oath, killing one
man and running off horses. The Sioux at
| Fort Laramie and the various Sioux agencies
are reported very sullen and discontented. 1t
was thought that they meditated immediate
hostilities. Red Cloud and Spotted Tail were
among those declared unfriendly.
An unknown and rather good looking young
woman visited fruit and liquor store in
Brooklyn, N. Y, few days ago, and inquired
of the proprietor if praying bands could use
his saloon, explaining that she was commit
tee of one appointed to make such inquiries.
She was informed that a praying band would be
subjected to no indignity, provided the ser.
vices were properly conducted. Subsequent
ly, however, to the horror of the proprietor,
she appeared again at the store, and, as before
unattended. It was the busiest part of the
day. and many customers were in the place.
Not at all abashed, though, she walked
calmly through the store, and installed herself
behind the bar The astonished barkeepers
paused in their work, and the thirsty
customers looked on in amazement. MOI
noticing the fiutter she had occasioned, the
young woman composed herself and broke
out into an earnest prayer, much to the edifica'
ton of the crowd and to the evident discom-
fort of the proprietor. No one interfered with
her, however. She finished her prayer, which
was long one, and walked calmly out of the
place and disappeared as mysteriously as she
had come, leaving the multitude agape with
| fho, rs.fo lu bp-
| wildered.
Platt & Boyd, of New York, whose books
were seized by Detective Jayne in July last,
have begun a suit to recover $4,000 damages
for trespass. Other and similar suits against
Jayne are threatened.
number of gentlemen in New York who
are really and zealously in earnest in their
efforts to restore the practice of burning the
dead instead of burying them are contempla-
ting large meeting or some other form OF
demonstration before the public.
The New Jersey State Senate has passed the
Compulsory Education bill.
The balloting for United States Senator by
the Massachusetts Legislature on the Goth re-
suited as follows: Dawes, go; Curtis, "a;
Banks, 6; Whittier, Q; Hoar, 81; Sanford, /;
| Washburn, L.
The second indictment for perjury against
David A. Gage, ex- Treasurer of Chicago, has
been quashed.
The Senatorial Bribery Investigation Com
mittee of the California State Senate has re-
ported that no improper influences were used
to secure the election of Messrs. Booth an6
Hagar to the United States Senate, but that
improper advances had been made to the leg