Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-23
NUMBER 20.

locomotives thereon, and to operate the same
subject to the regulations to be provided by the
government, they paying toll therefor sufficient c
MAINTAIN the roadway
Resolutions were also adopted:
That the convention ask of Congress, as 9
means of atfording relief to the country the en-
iargement of the Erie Canal and lake route, the
enlargement and extension of the Illinois & Mich
lgan canal to the Mississippi River, at Rock Island
together with the completion of the work ON the
illinois River; the imp ovement of the Mississippi
Rlver and the Tennessee River route; The latter
| Delng known as the Atlantic & Great Western
Canal; the extension of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Canal from Cumberland. Nd, to some point on
e me ohio River, and the control of water line
through Virginia.
Dispatches of the 18th indicated that there
was no prospect of an adjustment of the diff
Guilty among the coal miners of Pennsylvania,
and the strike, which had become general,
promised to be of long duration.
A special telegram from Duluth on the 18th
says the Indians at Vermillon Lake were dying
of starvation. They had eaten two children
and one man. The scarcity of game and the
failure of the rice crop had been the cause.
| They claim the Government failed to send the
| usual supplies of provisions. Several were
coming into the settlement for relief.
few nights ago the daughter of Jesse
Ritter, of Champaign County, O., was burned
to death. The family had retired, when the
young lady at ten o'clock attempted to fill a
burning lamp. The fluid ignited the can,
which exploded, throwing the burning fluid
over and completely enveloping her.
The newly-installed Governor of Texas
made forward demand on Governor Davis,
on the 10th, for the delivery into his posses
sion of the executive Office of the State, to-
gether with the papers, archives, and all prop
erty pertaining thereto, as well as the office of
Secretary of State and its archives, papers,
and property. This demand was not complied
with Governor Davis claiming to be the legal
Governor of the State until the 2Sth of April
next. He proposed, however, to submit the
question of recognition of the legitimate State
government to the Executive or Con-
gress of the United States, or to
both, to which proposition Governor
Coke refused to assent. Governor
Davis received a telegram from Attorney
General Williams on the 18th, to the effect
that more than four years having expired
since your election, he Ghe President is of
the opinion that your right to the Office of
Governor, at this tiTae is at least so doubtful
that he does not feel warranted in furnishing
OHiUOU OIttce uoopS " hiu you Ill uOIuluR
further possession of it, and he, therefore, de-
clines to comply with your request"
The President, on the 10Th, nominated Nor
rison R. Waite, of Ohio, for Chief-Justice of
the Supreme Court. Mr.. Waite is resident
of Toledo, Ohio, and is sixty years of age.
The old Central depot at the foot of Lake
street, Chicago, was entirely destroyed by fire
on the night of the 10th. Several passenger
coaches were consumed. Loss variously stated
at from 100000 to 100000 Chicago was
also visited the same night by another des-
tructive fire on State street, near Van Buren,
five valuable stores and their contents being
burned.
A dispatch from Greensboro, N. c., says
the Siamese twins died on the 18th. Chang
Governor Coke and his associates in Office
obtained possession of the State offices of
Texas at Austin, on the 10Th, without meeting
with much opposition.