Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-03
A. member of the PRAYING league at Rich

| the 2Otn, at SalOOn, tue pIopIlCLoi Pioeon0o
a bill against her son for forty drinks. She
paid the bill-$4. .O0-took receipt, and said
"Now, friend, shall indict thee on forty
charges of selling to my son, who is mi.
nor'' - -
| In the Sanborn investigation case before the
| Ways and Means Committee at Washington,
| on the 9th, Sanborn's counsel apologized
| for the attendance of his client, and said
his counsel in New York had advised him not
to appear before the committee prior to his
/ trial in Brooklyn. After considerable discus
sion it was decided that Sanborn should be
summoned to appear as a witness on the 9th
of April, or earlier if his trial in Brooklyn
should be previously ended.
The Congregational Council in Brooklyn,
| N. Y, remained In secret session from
| the morning Of the Goth until one o'clock p.
m On the 9th a letter was received from
| Theodore Tilton asking that he be accorded
the courtesy of contributing to the official
| records correct statement of the reasons for
and the circumstances attending his retire
ment from Plymouth Church. In this letter
he explicitly denies that he had ever slandered
Mr.. Beecher by thought, word, or deed. Res
oIutions embodying the sense of the council
were to be presented on the following day.
The vote for United States Senator in the
Massachusetts Legislature on the 9th was as
follows Dawes, 95; Hoar, 70; Curtis, "a
Adams, 15; Banks, q; ex-Mayor Pierce, 2
Washburn, 1; Whittier, l. Absent,.S.
The Mayor of Cincinnati has been unani-
mously requested by the Common Council OF
that city to prohibit the women from con-
tinuing their crusade against the saloon-keep-
ers. %
The Illinois Legislature on the 9th voted
to adjourn sine die March 81.
The Ohio Senate on the 9th considered the
Treasurer contested election case, and voted
unanimously that George Weimer was not,
and that Isaac Welsh was, elected to the office
of State Treasurer.
Two colored men were hanged in Sumter, B.
c., on the 9th, and white man in Abbeys-
vile, all for murder.
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
the Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell
81, 600, 900 in gold each Thursday during the
month of April-S5, 900, 600 in all.
The fifth ballot for United States Senator
was taken in the Massachusetts, Legislature
on the 2Sth 1t resulted as follows: Dawes,
IS: Hoar, rs; Curtis, 6S; Adams, Is; Banks,
z; Whittier, Washburn and Pierce, l each.
| The whole number of votes was 2o4; necessary
to choice, 1928.
The advance sheets of Could snew directory
of st. Louis give ia, 436 names, and estimate
the population of the city at 47S,5oo.
The employees in the Erie Railroad machine
shops at Susquehanna Depot, Pa, recently
struck for their back-pay, two months or
more wages being due them. Much excite
| ment existed on the 2Sth, the strikers to the
number of 900 Ohaving forcibly taken possession
| of trains on the road and refused to allow
! them to proceed. Ninety or more engines had
been disabled, and freight valued at S2,OO0,OOO
| was detained on side-tracks. Mail trains were
allowed to pass on without interruption. A
| reouisition was made upon Gov. Hartranft
| for State militia to quell the dls-
turbance. Over five hundred troops
reached Susquehanna depot on the 29th, and
took possession of the railroad shops. Pas
senger trains were allowed to move, but the
strikers still detained the freight trains. A
telegram, signed by majority OF the leaolng
citizens of the place.. was sent 10 the GOV
ernor of the State protesting against the IN
PRODUCTION of armed troops into the borough
| to be used in the interests of corporatlon
against the citizens of the place, who asked
nothing bat their hard-earned wages due to
| them from said corporation. The signers did mol
believe there was any such emergency as calico
| for military interference. Gov. Harran1t re-
| sponded that however much he might as al
| Individual sympathize with the strikers III
| their misfortune in not receiving theH p'0h
dues, he would not, as Chief Executive OF the
State, neglect his duties to preserve peace ane
order and see to the enforcement OF the laws
Certain propositions were submitted by the
railroad company to the strikers, and were
taken under advisement until the 30th.
Washington Associated Press dispatch Of
tie 3Oth ult. says: " In the appropriation bills
already reported there has been reduction o.
between S11, ,OO0,O 600 and $12,O0O,OO from th'
revised estimates of the departments, and th'
committee confidently expect to be able tt
effect an aggregate saving of S25,000,OOO in th'
total appropriations this year as compared
with those of last year."
All grain received at New York will b'
graded hereafter by inspectors appointed D.
the grain-receivers of the Produce Exchange
The trial of John d. Sanborn and others
under an indictment charging them with con
spring to defraud the Revenue Department O.
the Government, was commenced In th'
United States District Court in Brooklyn or
| the 30th ult
The news from Susquehanna Depot on tht
3Oth ult. was to the effect that the men were
being paid off and discharged. The military
had entire possession of all the property of the
company, and all was apparently quiet.
The ballot in the Massachusetts, Legislature
for United States Senator on the 30th resulted
as follows: Whole number of votes cast, 256
necessary to a choice, 1879 Dawes received 50
Hoar, 70; Curtis, 72; Adams, IS; Banks,
Amasa Walker, Pierce, Washburn and Whit
tier, each.
The Missouri Legislature adjourned sine di'
on the 30th ult.
The new directory of Omaha shows 6,O9l
names. Counting ~ as the ratio, this shows
the population of the city to be 81, 400.
The Twenty-eighth General Assembly OF
Illinois was in session 203 days. The number
of bills introduced was 2,16S, of which 25e
were passed. The amount of appropriations
was s5,6SS, ,2S9.
The Congregational Council recently in ses
sion at Brooklyn, N. Y, to consider the rela
ton proper to be sustained by Congregation
alists toward Plymouth Church, con
cluded its labors on the 18th. The report
adopted censured the church for its action il
dropping Tilton, but at the same time ad
vised other churches to fellowship with th'
organization as formerly. 1t also contained {
word of caution and forbade the recurrence
. of the offense under penalty of withdrawing