Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-23

Republicans to three Democrats; House
Twenty-eight Republicans to seven Demo-
Gratis and three Independents, with one dis
trict not officially heard from.
On the 18th train on the Marietta & Gin
cmnati Railroad broke through the Obanyon
Bridge, near Loveland, Ohio. The engineer,
Dan Perdue and fireman, Joseph Parent, both
of Chillicothe, were killed instantly. None
of the passengers were hurt.
ANsEL STEVENS, injured on the Grand
Trunk Railway while riding on a free pass,
has lately recovered, in Canadian court, Sl2,-
S33 damages, the court declaring the railway
liable whether fare is paid or not.
WASHINGTON kilograms of the 10th say the
Government had received no confirmation of
the rumor that Spain had paid IN indemnity
to England on account OF the Vlrginius affair.
1t was probable that our claims for indemnity
would become the subject of arbitration ac-
cording to the terms of the Fish-Polo proto-
col
ACCORDING to Washington telegram of
the 10Th the Conservatives of South Carolina
had petitioned the Government to resume the
military control of the State.
On the 10Th the Louisiana State Republican
Central Committee authorized a renewal of
the conference invited by the Conservatives.
THE official majority of Ainsworth, Anti
Monopoly candidate for Congress in the
Third Iowa District is sixty three.
TROUBLE has been brewing for some time
past between the Baltimore 81 Ohio and Mich
igan Central Railroads. The former desired
~ Io4f OF In rfann
near Lake Station, Ind, and the United
States Court and the Circuit Court of Porter
County, Ind, had decided in their favor.
Being notified that they would be resisted in
spite of court decisions, the managers of the
B. & O. Road called on the Sheriff of Porter
County to aid them in making the crossing,
and on the 10Th went with a posse of citizens
to the point where the crossing was to be
made, and there found the main track of the
M. c. Road obstructed by construction trains
and barricades of ties, rails and wood on each
side of the crossing, between the main track and
the fence, each barricade being manned by a
number of armed men in the employ of the
Nj. c. Company. An attempt was made to dis
perse the opposing crowd, but without sue
cess The Sheriff read the Riot act and called
upon the Governor of the State for assistance.
An attempt to arrest the leaders of the M. e.
gang was successfully resisted. Gov. Hend-
ricks telegraphed to President JOY, of the M.
C. Road, calling on him to internose his
authority to suppress this riotous demonstra-
ton on the part of his men and to disband
them. The opposing parties encamped on
the field during the night of the 18th. TWO
companies of militia had been ordered by the
Governor to the scene of disturbance, and it
was thought the matter would be settled with
out further serious trouble.
PROF. MARIA MITCHELL, OF Vassar College,
was elected President for the ensuing year by
the Women's Congress, recently in session at
Chicago The E0e0ing Journal of that city
says questions and propositions pertaining to
the physical, intellectual, moral, legal and
general advancement of the sex were dis
cusGed with dignity and ability, and by its
proceedings and by the character and ability
of those who took part in them "this femi-
nine Congress is deserving of the support OF
every sensible and true woman in America,
and entitled to the respect OF the genuine
philanthropists and progressivists OF both
sexes"