Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-30

| had been summoned to appear before the
| United States Court in Huntsville, on the ex-
| treme northern border of the State, early in
November.
AMONG the parties recently indicted at Salt
Lake for polygamous practices is George Q.
Cannon, Delegate to Congress from Utah.
| He surrendered himself to the United States
Marshal on the 21st and gave bonds in the
sum of $1,000 to appear when the case is
called for trial.
MACKIN q CO., bankers, of Newark, n j.,
failed on the I'D, with over 100000 liabili-
! ties. -.
PROF. SEYMOUR, Bishop-elect Of the Diocese
of Illinois, failed of confirmation at the
hands of the Episcopal General Convention
at New York on the 22d
MAJ. GEORGE B. CHAMBERLAIN has accept
ed the position of Chief of the Southern
branch of the Secret Service Department.
THE Northern Transportation Company's
steamer Brooklyn exploded her boilers near
| Fighting Island, below Detroit, on the 22d
Five passengers and eight of the crew were
killed outright, and four passengers and seven
of the crew were wounded. The boat sank
almost instantly.
A CONVENTION of Southern and Southwest
ern railway officials and prominent Southern
commercial men was held at Atlanta, Ga, on
the 22d, to arrange for direct trade with
Europe by establishing a line of steamers to
ply between Savannah and Liverpool
According to a Shreveport (La.) dispatch of
the 22d papers were being prepared for the
arrest, under the Enforcement act, of sixty
nine merchants who had pledged themselves
not to retain in their employ persons who
would support the Radical party in the pend
ing election contest Much feelingwas caused
by the announcement of this purpose on the
part of the Federal authorities, and the
pledge was again put in circulation and re-
ceived nearly 200 additional signatures.
Planters in the country were also signing
similar pledges. Leading attorneys had ex-
pressed the opinion that the signing of such
pledge is not a violation of the Enforcement
act.
THE firm of Henry Clews & Co., New York
bankers, has made an assignment for the
benefit of it's creditors.
COMMODORE WILLIAM TNMAN died at Phila-
delphia ON the 23d, aged seventy-four.
THE official returns of the late Ohio cleo
ton show that 23S, ,406 votes were cast for
William Bell, Democrat, for Secretary of
State; 221 ,204 votes for Allen T. Wikof, Re-
publican, and 7,S15 for John r. Buchtel, Pro-
hibitionist for the same position. Bells
official majority over Wikoffi is 17,202 votes.
RECENT kilograms from the Plains indicate
that the Indians are becoming thoroughly
4; TO fIoir
leaving behind them everything except their
ponies, arms and clothing.
THE following were recently elected
officers of the Missouri State Grange for the
ensuing year: T. r. Allen, Master; John NJ.
Oldham, Overseer; w. Jackson, Lecturer;
w. Cochrane, Steward; DR.. T. B. Turnbaugh,
Assistant Steward; G. T. Brayton, Chaplain;
G. T. Quiesberry, Treasurer; A. M. Coffee,
Secretary; A. j. McCraynor, Gatekeeper.
ACCORDING to New Orleans dispatch of
the 23d, registration frauds of alarming pro-
portions had been discovered.
The Presbyterian Synod of Illinois, at its
recent session in Chicago, decided that the
Presbytery of Chicago had no right to ex-
punge the name of Prof. Swing from the
church. roll while he was under charges. The
Synod then considered and sustained the ap-
peal of Prof Patton, and found Prof. Swing
guilty of the charges preferred against him,
and decided that his name should be erased
from the roll of membership.
BRAZIL has declined to enter into recipro-
cal trading relations with Canada.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of late date says
that the President had never uttered word
that would warrant the inference that he as
pired to third term nomination. He reached
Washington on the 3d. and on the Oath con-
suited with the Secretary of the Treasury and
the Postmaster General in regard to the Fed
eral o11ice-holders in Texas.
On the evening of the 24th, when the pas
sen@ers aud train men of the eastern-bound
express train on the Chicago, Rock Island q
Pacific Railroad were at supper, at Cameron
Station, Mo-, six robbers boarded the train,
! two of whom mounted the engine and ran the
cars two miles north, where they made an
| attempt to open the express company's safe.
Failing in this they abandoned the train, and
a baggagem an ran it back to Cameron
THE Executive Committee of the Oranges
of California have determined to ship wheat
on their own account, their former agents,
Morgan's Sons, having failed.
THE following are the official returns of the
vote for State officers at the recent election IN
Indiana: Secretary of State-Curry, Rep,
164,955; Nef, DEM, 1S2,053; Bowles, Ind,
Is, ,755; Stout, Ind, 2,9S1. Auditor-Wildman,
Rep, 165, ,263; Henderson, DEM, 1Sl 1872; Pres
colt, Ind, 1908. Treasurer-Glover, Rep,
/ 164,971; Shaw, Dem, 181 $50; Bennett, Ind,
1905 ATTORNEY y-General-Denny, Rep, 1867
/ 153 Buskirk, Dem, rs, $50; Beele, Ind,
| 1854 Superintendent of Public Instruction
-Bloss, Rep, 164, ,952; Smart, Dem., 1S0,9S6;
Graham, Ind, 1854 Judge of the Supreme
Court-Osborne. Rep, 165,716; Broole, Dem,
and Ind, 19S,0S0.
On the Goth the United States Supreme
Court denied the motion to advance the Wis
consin Railway cases. This puts OIL the hear
ing until March or April of next year.
THERE was a lockout of journeymen coop.
i ers in New York on the 26th, owing to the re-
fusal of the workmen to abandon their trade
society.
1 GEORGE REYNOLDS, of Salt Lake City, has
been indicted for polygamy and held to bal
in the sum of 81, 500.
AT Its late session Gne MISSOURI otalt
Grange decided to lend money, without inter
est, to parties who would establish a manu-
factory of agricultural implements at Boone
vile.
LIZZIE GoFF, nine years old, attempted
tokIndle a coal fire in st. Louis, the other day
by using kerosene oil. Result: death in 81,
hours.
IA COMMUNICATION was addressed to Gen
, Emory, on the Goth, by the Democratic ant
! | Conservative State Central Committee O