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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10


New YoRK.- ootton-le&@i7c Ftorr--3ood
TO choice S. 5506.75; white wheat extra, Sc 75(O
710. Wheat- No. 2 Chicago. $i.53Q155; Iowa
Spring, s1.54D1.5o: No. 2 Milwaukee Spring,
e9ss RysWsstsorn sseSsl es wes,sgo Ras
61@64c. Pork-New mess. $16.50@16.7a. Lard
-9A010c. HO0l-Common To extra, 4c065c.
Bee0es-S l0.0e@12.50. Hogs-Dressed, 1920
1924. Sheep-Live, $7.0019.25.
CHICAGO Beeoes-Cnoce, $5.75@6 10; good,
$5.2a1565: medium, $5.006D5.25; butchers stock,
81. .00@5i0; stock cattle, SS.50@475 Hogs1L'ye' We
1s1S01sc. P0rh-Mess, new, SIC 1sM@16 40 Layd
--$9.4O@950 Fyou7-White winter extra, 5000
ss5 spring. extra, $5.s5@67S; Whsat1spring
Oats-No. 2, 421k0142ssc. yRye-No. 2. 90@92c.
BdTey-No. 2, $1.50@1.51. Woot-Tub- washed,
4S@55c fleece, washed, s694sc; fleece, unwashed,
25032c; pulled, s5040c.
CrNorNNATI.-Fgou SO. 70@7.00 Whedt-$13s
@1.4O. Co,m--64@6sc Rye-$1: :03@1 .04, 0ets--4S
@s5s. Barley $l@b0l.b0. Por&-$lbOO0l6.s5.
Lard 9A@9hc.
Rogs-Live, 81 TO@5.4o. Nour-xx FAN, 5000
8 IS. Wheat-No. , Red Fall, 81 .4S@1.5O Corr
No. 2, 62@062hc. OGtS-No. 2, 50051c. Rue 30
@97c. BarIey-$1 55D,.6O. P0r6-Mess $4,000
16 25. Lard-91s09Ac.
MILWAUKEE, Nour-sprng Xxx, $5.7o0S 25:
Weat-Spring, No. 1, S12901. 30; No. 2, $l23
01M. Cos7o-No. 2, 62D621ac. OGtS--No. =, %
@44c. Rye-No. 1, sS0ssc. BGTey-No. 2.
CLEVELAND Wheat-No. Red. S1.52@1 .5S;
No. Red, $1.4501.46 COrT-70071c OGtS-No.
1, 49051c.
DETROIT Wheot-Extra, $1.61h01.62. Corn
70072c. Oats 56057c.
TOLEDO Wheat-Amber Mich, $1.4S01. .45M;
No. Red, $'.4l@1.4s. Co're-Mixed, 66067Ac.
OGts-52S053c.
BuFFALo.-B BeeUes-s5 250S6.oO Hogs Live,
$5.256l5 60 SheeD-Live. $7.l00S.OO
EAST LIBERTY. -BeeUes-Best, 6.121a @100: me-
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Philadel lphia $6 25@A64 40. Sheep-Best $500
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
THE OLD WORLD.

THE Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cologne
was arrested on the 3lst ult for violation of
the German Ecclesiastical laws.
A MADRID dispatch of the 3lst ult says that
Marshal Serrano had issued an order prohibit
ing the transmission of private dispatches
from Santander aud vicinity. A heavy fire
was kept up by the artillery upon the Carlist
position. Troops to the number of $4,000 had
been forwarded to reinforce Serrano. The
Carlist General Ollo had been killed.
A CALCUTTA telegram of the 3lst ult. says
that reports from the district affected by the
famine show great improvement in the con-
dition Of affairs.
A BERLIN dispatch of the LIST announces the
death of Peter Andrew Hansen, the German
astronomer.
A BAYoNNE dispatch of the 1st asserts tha
the movement of Marshal Serrano against the
Carlists before Bilboa was an inglorious fail
ure.
ACCORDING to q London dispatch of April
the Republican troops have taken no position
held by the Carlists since March 25. A three
days armis tice, in which Bilboa was not in
cluded, had been agreed upon for the burial
of the dead In the meantime the lombard
ment of Bilboa continued.
A STEAMER arrived in San Francisco on the
Sd with Yokohama dates to March 10. The
insurrection in the North had been quelled
through the efforts of the Minister of the In
terror
ACCORDING to Bayonne dispatch of the
5th active operations in front of Bilboa were
resumed on the Sd. A Carlist General is re-
ported to have surprised and captured de-
tachment of 600 Republicans:
PRESIDENT GONZALES of the Dominican Re-
public, announces, under date of March 25,
the failure of the Samana Bay Company to
comply with the terms of its lease requiring
prepayment of the rental, $65O,0O0, to the
Dominican Government, and the consequent
lapse of all privileges and rights granted to
the company. The official decree is promul-
gated resuming authority by the Government
over the territory granted that company.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
Balls of Fire.

ONE of our subscribers, Mr.. 5. ID.
Oathout, of Iowa, writes as follows:
As the season of thunder, lightning ana
balls of fire is fast approaching, l VIII
mention two that / saw one evening 1t
was in the county of Clayton and State OF
Iowa, in June, 1867. had been to mar
ket. was returning home in the evening,
and before me lay to the west fearful
shower, in which all the elements seemed
angry without cause. AS must OF ne
cessity pass through this shower, my, eye
was upon it continually, contriving how
to escape its fury. Presently saw pail
of fire in the front cloud as large as full
moon; shortly it began to move toward
the south; it went about half mile, ana
then exploded with a terrible crash. In
about ten minutes / saw another ball OF
the same size in the same place, and
moved in the same direction, ant in like
manner as the first, and exploded with
crash that made the earth tremble. These
two balls of fire were standing still when
I first saw them; had ample time 10
view them perfectly before they began 70
move. They were round as full moon
and very bright, with thin cloud IN
front; when they exploded it was as d.rk
as Eesptian darkness. This | conceive
t., be a rare sight, and but few people have
ever seen anything of the kind. = Pr0srae
Farmer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
How the Dog Had His Likeness Taken.

AS the story we are about to tell may
seem incredible to some of our readers.
we will preface it by stating that its literal
truth is vouched for by well-knOwn lady
of Lowell, Mass, Mrs. @. A. Richardson,
sister-in-law of President Grants Sec
retary of the Treasury.
Caesar was a fine Newfoundland dog of
great intelligence owned by Mrs. X. One
morning she took the dog, with some OF
the children of her family,to daguerreo-
| type room, with the view OF having
| picture taken of the group.
| For nearly an hour Mrs. r. tried TO
place Caesar in posture suitable for the
purpose of getting likeness; but, when
She thought he was all right he would
slowly get up, shake his huge body, and,
of course, spoil the picture.
Annoyed at his conduct Mrs. X. opened
the door, and in stern voice said to
Caesar "Go home, sir! You have dis
pleased me very much; you shall not stay
with us any longer" Hereupon poor
Caesar skunk away with a crest-fallen look;
and Mrs. r. made no further attempt to
put him in the picture. But the next
| day, much to her surprise, Caesar came
| home..with box tied around his neck.
| What could it mean? He seemed to be
greatly pleased and wagged his tail ex-
pressively while waiting for the opening
of the box.
His mistress was still more surprised
when she found that it contained line
daguerreotype of Caesar himself.
At her earliest convenience she called
on Mr. S., the daguerreotypist, to inquire
how he had succeeded in enticing the dog
into his room and keeping him quiet.
Mr.. S. said that, on the morning Follow
| ing the failure, he heard noise In tne
entry as if some one was humping on TIE
door.
On opening it he found Caesar standing
there with wistful and eager face. Mr.. S.
tried to drive him away, but the dog in
sisted on entering; then walked to the old
place directly in front of the instrument
and sat quietly down, as much as TO say,
Now. sir, am ready to make amends
for nv undignified behavior of yesterday
Seeing at once what the dog wanted,
Mr.. S. took the hint placed his lnstru-
ment Alright, and the result was avery fine
picture.
AS soon as he saw that Mr.. s. had done
with him. Caesar rose and stretched him.
self with the satisfaction of one who had
wiped out disgrace by making repara-
tion. He then waited for the dagueTreo-
type, which Mr.. s. tied around his neck,
and trotted home with it TO his mistress.
After this specimen of his sagaclty
Caesar was more favorite than ever he
died many years ago; but the daguerreo-
type likeness which he obtained is still
treasured in his mistress family; and we
are glad to be able to record this story IN
our pages as tribute to his memory
NqtTse7u.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
THE NEW WORLD.

SECRETARY of the Treasury Richardson and
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Douglass
testified before the Ways and Means Commit
tee in the Sanborn investigation on the 3lst.
The formef gave it as his positive opinion
that the law under which the Sanborn con-
tracts were given should be absolutely and un-
conditionally repealed. He had never spoken
with Sanborn about his contracts, and had
never been approached by any other person in
Sanborn's behalf. He knew absolutely
nothing of the details of the matter.
Any papers or documents which he
had signed were signed in the ordi-
nary routine of business without giving them
special attention. Mr. Douglass stated that
he had never been consulted by the Secretary
or Solicitor of the Treasury in regard to the
law or contracts given under it, and knew
nothing of the latter unless as they came in.
cidentally to his knowledge in the course of
proceedings. He stated that delinquent in
come taxes, and legacy and succession
taxes, and taxes ON railway dividends, etc,
which are embraced in the Sanborn con-
tracts, were all being collected through
the regular officers of the Internal Revenue
Bureau. He was very positive in the belief
that there was no difficulty in having all these
derelict taxes collected in the regular course
of business, and as to ascertaining unpaid
legacies and SUGGESTIONS of taxes, he exhib-
tied to the committee book in which As
SCISSORS were required to keep records of all
the estates of deceased persons that were
liable to taxation. He did not believe
in the policy of the law under which the San
born contracts were given out. 1t gave a
monopoly to three persons, and thus intensi-
fed the meanness of the inforrner and spy sys-
tenn. He had never been consulted about or
asked to recommend the passage of such law,
although he had been under the impression
that he had been called upon by Sanborn and
that Gen. Butler had recommended him, Still.
since having seen Sanborn lately, he did not
appear to be the same person whom he had in
his mind.
SANBoRN, on trial at Brooklyn for conspiracy
to defraud the revenue, has been acquitted by
order of Judge Benedict. Counsel held, first,
that there was no allegation in the Indictment
that Sanborn, Hawley, and Vanderwerken con-
spired with any other persons to defraud the
United States; secondly, that no offense is
charged under any law that exists upon the
statute-book; thirdly, that the contract is not
set out in the Indictment. The Judge
held that the contract which Sanborn had OBJ
tanned did not supp ort the averment in the
indictment, and, with such conceded, he was
of the opinion that the prosecution must fail
THE vote for United States Senator in the
Massachusetts, Legislature on the Slst resulted
as follows: Whole number of votes cast, 274
necessary to choice, 1873; Dawes, 95; Hoar,
20; Curtis, 76; Adams, Is; Banks, 6; Wash
burn, 2; Whittier and Pierce received each 1
vote.
A REUNION Of Abolitionists is to be held In
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

THE following persons have been named to
take charge and decide upon the articles to be
exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition:
Treasury, Hon. F. NJ. Sawyer; War, Col. s. G.
Lyford, u s. A; Navy, Admiral T. A. Jen-
kins, U. s. N; Interior, John Eaton, Esq;
Postoffice, DR.. Chas. F. Mcdonald; Agricul-
ture, VIM. Saunders, Esq; Smithsonian lnsti-
tute, Prof S. F. Baird. The President has
designated Col. s. c. Lyford, U. s. A., Chair
man of the Board.
JOHN t. SANBRoN failed to make his appear
ance before the Ways and Means Committee
on the I'd.
THE City Council of Philadelphia has passed
by acclamation the $1,OOO,0O0 Centennial APP
preparation bill:
THE official count of votes for Assemblymen
at Providence, R. l., elects six, and finds no
choice for seven, including Senator.
A DISPATCH of the I'd from Susquehanna
Depot, Pa, announces that everything was
then quiet along the line of the Erie Road,
and cars were moving with regularity. The
troops had left that locality and no further
trouble was anticipated. All the men re-
quired by the company were at work in the
shops.
THE Iowa Commissioners report much diff
Guilty in getting good seed grain for the north
western sufferers. The average distribution
will be fifteen bushels to each person.. The
present supply will not hold out.
A DEs MONIES Qowa) dispatch of the Sd
says the District Court Grand Jury have
found eight indictments against Isaac Brandt,
Deputy under ex-State Treasurer Rankin, for
embezzling or appropriating public moneys In
the shape of interest or bonuses on State
drafts of deposit. Brandt was arrested, and
subsequently released on $1,000 bail on each
indictment, or $24, 900 in all. Indictments were
also returned against Rankin. The old in
dictment against him for the embezzlement
of State funds was dismissed, and all the IN
dictments now returned are for embezzlement
of moneys of the State Agricultural College.
Rankin has also given bail.
THE Michigan State Treasurer's statement
for March is as follows: Balance Feb. 2S,
81 163 513 81; receipts for March, $131, ,502. 04;
total, S1,295, ,0l5S5. Payments for March,
SS2, ,456.95. Balance, March 81, $1,212, ,55S. 80.
THE Union Park Baptist Church of Chicago
has dissolved its pastoral relations with the
Rev. Florence Mccarthy. This action is in
accordance with the verdict of the Ecclesias-
tical Council before which the reverend gen.
tleman was recently tried on the charges of
having used language and been guilty of acts
unbecoming minister of the Gospel.
| WHILE band of women were engaged in
prayer at the back door of Lathrop's saloon, in
Warsaw, Ind, a few nights ago. man stepped
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
NUMBER 81.

warm sirup. 1t was of such consistency
as to affectionately adhere to her golden
ringlets. She emerged therefrom
" sweeter than the sweetest" but not
"neater than the neatest." Eureka, to
rival her in sticky sweetness, has no mo-
lasses.
A YOUNG girl of Newtonvllle, Mass,
wlo had become deranged by religious,
excitement, left her home late at night,
telling her little brother that she was CO.
ing to kill herself, in order to get quickly
into heaven. The boy informed his
parents, the neighborhood was quickly
aroused aud thorough search was made
for the body. At last it was found in her
own bed, quite warm and healthy. She
had climbed in at window, after wan
dering half the night, and was slumbering
peacefully.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
The MiIIerstOWn Calamity.

The Pittsburgh (Pa) Commercial OF
April Q gives the following account OF the
recent fire at Millerstown, Butler County,
in that State, by which seven persons were
fatally burned and about fifty business
houses and large portion OF the town
were destroyed, entailing loss of $780,
600:
At 80 O'Clock Wednesday morning
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

A FEW days ago New Orleans horse
railroad company sunk 1900 counterfeit
nickel coins in the Mississippi River, the
receipts of one year. The counterfeiting
of these coins is carried on so extensively
in New Orleans that the PicGyuae esti-
mates that 900 people daily pay the fares
on the horse railroad with bogus coin.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

A ROCHESTER firm has found sale fol
$4,000 pounds of dried and sliced pota-
toes.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

General, Personal and Political
News.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

Decrease during the month. ........
Bonds issued to Pacific Railway Com
panies, interest payable in lawful
money, principal outstanding. 49,.
Interest accrued and not yet paid....
Interest paid by United States. ......
Interest repaid by transportation of
mails, etc..
Balance of interest paid by United
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-12

The undersigned Veterans of the Mexi-
can War met at Hunts Restaurant on
The evening Of May 9th. 1874. Present,
A. D. Treadway, Jas. Hunt, DR.. Billings,
Sam'l Baker, r. w. Bo!len, VIM. Pater-
son, Dan Pine, c. W. Bickstead, Mari
man Bollten- On organization 4. d.
Treadway was elected chairman, and
DR.. Billings secretary. Communications
from association of Union Soldiers and
Sailors inviting attendance on Decora-
ton Day to participate in the services
was accepted and due notice given of the
same. Resolution was approved that
all Mexican Veterans report to the
secretary Immediately that the necessary
arrangements may be made for a full
attendance, adopted; and it was further
resolved that James Hunt be and is
hereby authorized to procure suitable
badges for the occasion. After attend
ing to other necessary business meeting
adjourned until Saturday, Nay It, at 80
sharp, at Hunts Restaurant
by order,
A. d. TREADwAY, Chairman,
DIR. BILLINGS, Secretary.
Carson, May 9, 1874.