Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-30

two hours, it is supposed, from the death OF
Chang, Eng breathed his last. The wives
and families of the twins were in the deepest
| grief, and the children, many of whom are
deaf mutes, expressed their sorrow in a most
| pitiful manner.
President Grant has approved the bill re.
pealing all parts of the Salary act of March,
| 1878, except such as increase the salaries of
the President and Justices of the Supreme
| Court.
The United States Senate on the 21st unani-
mously confirmed the nomination of Mr..
| Waite for Chief-Justice, nine Senators not
voting. Those absent or not voting were:
Alcorn, Ames, Dennis, Dorsey, Hamilton
| (Md.) Johnston, Sprague, Sumner, Window.
| The Wisconsin State Grange of the Patrons
! of Husbandry met at Janesville on the Goth,
nearly every Grange in the State being
represented. The order was reported to be in
a fiourishing condition throughout the State.
| On the 21st reports of officers were read. Mr..
! Osborn, State Agent, in his report, takes
| strong ground in favor of combined action
against such manufacturing companies as re-
| Grange agencies. The following officers
.
Master, Colonel John Cochrane, of
Dodge County, reelected; Overseer, D. Will
liams, of Walworth County; Lecturer, S. w.
King; Steward, G. Foster Assistant Steward,
A. J. Sexton; Chaplain, E. F. Durham; Treas
urer, Jonathan Cory, of Rock County, and
H. E. Huxley, of Winnebago County, Secre-
tary.
At Shelbyville, Ind, a few days ago, COM
mittee of ladies visited all the liquor saloons
and other places where liquors were sold, and
held prayer meetings, imploring the dealers to
give up their traffic. At one or two places
they were treated rudely; but were generally
courteously received
The following are the newly-elected officers
of the Iowa State Temperance Convention:
Fl. Lewis Todhunter, President; Seward
Smith, Secretary; Isaac Brandt, Treasurer. A
resolution was adopted by the Convention
favorable to woman suffrage.
The Georgia State Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry met at Atlanta on the 21st. Two
hundred and seventy-fve subordinate Oranges
were represented.
Washington Associated Press dispatch
of the 22d says that damaging reports about
the election of Pinchback by the Louisiana
Legislature having reached Mr.. Morton, he
sent for Pinchback, who made clean breast,
whereupon Morton abandoned the policy of
seating Pinchback on prinaa facte case, and
asked that the matter be carried to the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections, to investi-
gate the conduct of Pinchback.
Chiof-Justice Waite was given a reception
at the Chamber of Commerce in Cincinnati
on the 22d.
The Republicans and Anti -Monopolists of
the Iowa House of Representatives effected
compromise on the 22d, on the following
94.~ xvi, c->aal-a.
and Chairmen of all the standing committees;
the Anti Monopolists to have all the remain
ing officers, the general committees to be con-
stituted equal in number of each party, and
the Anti-Monopolists to have the Chairman
and majority of one in each investigating
committee.
In his recent report to the Wisconsin State
Grange the Secretary gave history OF the
Order in Wisconsin, dating its progress from
the Portage meeting, October ~, 1872, and
from the Ripon meeting following. The
largest Grange now in the State is at Evans
vile, having membership of ninety-six men
and ffty-two women. The September report
to the National Grange showed a State
membership of GAIA, and 157 Oranges.
On January 1, 1874, there were
in the State 304 Oranges.
The Michigan State Grange met in Conven-
ton at Kalamazoo on the 21st. The Secretary
reported that in the United States there are
now more than 10000 subordinate Oranges,
with membership of 100000 patrons. The
report concludes with a very hopeful view OF
the condition of the Order.
According to the Spanish official report of
recent engagement at Los Melones, near
Camaguay, $50 Government troops, under
Colonel Espanda, met 1900 of the Insurgents
and after severe fight of six hours and half
the Spaniards retreated, having four officers
and fifty privates wounded, Espanda having
his nose shot off. Private Cuban advices say
that Espanda had 200 men, only 250 of whom
escaped death, wounds or capture.
General James W. Hustled, Speaker of the
New York Legislature, received at his resi-
dence in Peekskill package which he sus-
pected was an internal machine, and which
was therefore anchored over night in the
cistern. 1t was a box of cigars.
At Lynne Conn.,, the birthplace of Judge
Waite, the citizens fired a salute in honor OF
his appointment and confirmation as Chief
Justice.
In the Wisconsin State Grange on the 23d
resolutions were adopted-favoring the Gov
ernment building double track railway from
Chicago to New York; favoring trade with
those manufacturers who will give terms to
Patrons, and refusing to deal with others, andto
instruct the State Agent to publish list OF
those firms who decline direct trade with the
Order; Cong, SIS to authorize the issue OF cur
rency sufficient to supply money circulation
to answer the demands of trade, and obviate
the effects of the present panic; approving OF
the movement of the Executive Committee OF
the Illinois State Grangei in interrogating Repre-
sentatives in Congress relative to the views en-
tertained by them on leading measures now
being prosecuted by Patrons of Husbandry;
asking the Legislature to pass law raising
the present railway tax from three to five per
cent; and that commissioners be appointed,
with full powers to regulate unjust discrimi-
nation and excessive rates of freight and pas
sengers; that railways should be taxed on their
gross receipts. A telegram was received from
the State Grange of Michigan, in session at
Kalamazoo, sending the greeting of 800 Pa
irons then in session, and the response was
returned that the State Grange of Wisconsin,
open in the fifth degree, returns the fraternal
greeting of Michigan with cheers of hope for
the good cause everywhere.
The Michigan State Grange adjourned on
the 23d, after adopting platform in which
they declare that railroads are amenable to
State regulation as much as plank and gravel
road companies, and that the Legislature has
ss much right to regulate their charges as to