Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

WOODS fearful DlOW IN Inc breast, knocking
her PROSTATE upon the ground. She was
carried home unconscious. He was subse-
quently arrested.
THERE was a heavy frost at Memphis on the
night of the 1st, and some ice. 1t is feared
that the fruit crops were seriously damaged.
On the I'd the Temperance crusaders were
out in force at Jacksonville, ILL.,, visiting the
saloons and singing and praying with the in
mates.
ACCORDING to recent report from the Treas
ury Department, it appears that within the
last ten years the number of vessels lost on
the great lakes was 4,527. The loss of life
amounted to 1,341 persons, and the loss of
property aggregated $27, ,370, 062.
THE vote in the Massachusetts, Legislature
for United States Senator on the Sd resulted
/ as follows: Whole number of votes. 262 !;
| necps~~-,. 4---vuoICe, I32. Dawes received
| 91 Hoar, rs; Curtis, 10; Adams, 16; Banks,
5; FGkce, 2; Washburn, Whittier and Phelps,
/ each.
AT the recent State election in Rhode Island
the Republicans cast 1879 and the Prohibi-
| tionists 6,512 votes.
| THE following is the report of the Illinois
State Treasurer for March: Receipts-Reve-
nue. fund, S32, ,O29 62; school fund, $1,3O655;
local bond interest, l1,060 90; total, $45,-
| 1867. Observation-Disclosures fund, $47,
715O5; school fund, $1,2500O; total, $4S,-
| 965.05.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 4th says
| the Senate Committee on Transportation
| would recommend ultimate Government aid
| to the four principal schemes of internal i'm
provement which have been urged The Fort
St. Philip Canal improvement of the Ohio
River enlarged means of intercommunica-
ton between the great lakes and the Atlantic
& Great Western or James River q Kanawha
Canal. The estimated cost of these improve
ments is 500, 100000.
THE authorities have fixed upon April 29th
as the day for the eulogy at Boston upon
Charles Sumner by Senator Schurz. The
Mayor will preside, and Wendell Phillips will
introduce the orator.
A DISASTROUS fire recently occurred at
Cohoes, N. Y, in consequence of which one
large knitting factory was entirely and another
partially consumed. A thousand operatives
were thrown out of employment
A MEETING of persons who favor cremation
| was held in New York on the evening of the
4th, The Rev. o. B. rockingham said he
was not prejudiced against burning the dead.
| Charles A. Dana regarded the present unscien-
| tific mode of dsposing of the dead as discred-
| liable to the race. Henry Bergh, President OF
| the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
| Animals, declared that inhumatiOn satisfied
| no reasonable demand of our nature. 1t was
| proposed to form permanent organization,
| in a few weeks, of those favoring cremation.
THE tenth joint ballot for United States Sen
ator was taken in the Massachusetts, Legisla-
| ture on the 4th. Only $50 votes were cast.
Dawes received SS; Hoar, Is; Curtis, "a; Ad-
ans, 13; Banks, 5; Pierce, 2; Whittier, l; Gas
| ton, 1; Phillips, 1.
BALLOON excursion was made by Barber
at San Francisco on the 5th, accompanied by
| three men and two ladies'. When 600 feet in
the air the balloon collapsed and rapidly
descended, striking the ground with great
force, and dragging distance of 300 yards.
| All On board were seriously injured, but none
| fatally.
| THERE was good sleighing in Chicago and
| many other sections of the West on the 9th.
| The snow-storm on the 5th was pretty gen
| eral throughout the Northwest, and is said to
have been, in many localities, heavier than
was experienced at any time during the past
winter. From six to twelve inches OF snow
fell during the day.
ACCORDING to the finding of Commission
of Lunacy Col. James Mayo, State Treasurer
| of Virginia. has been declared insane, aud
sent to lunatic asylum.
RECENTLY, at trial before the New Orleans
District Court an alteration occurred be-
| tween D. A. Phillips, an attorney, and an'old
| citizen named Arestide Bienvenu, against
whom he was bringing suit. The latter Of
| fered a gross insult, whereupon Phillips
knocked him down. Subsequently challenge
| passed between the parties, and on the morn
| ing of the 4th a duel was fought. Bienvenu
was shot through the heart at the first fire.
The weapons were double-barreled shot guns,
and the distance forty PAGES.
SANBoRN appeared before the Ways and
Means Committee in Washin gton on the 9th,
and testified that he talked his contracts over
several times with Secretary Richardson, and
that he has nc doubt Mr.. Richardson knew
all about them; and that he went to him
| (Richardson) for information about them.
| Sanborn avows that none of the $l6O,OOO
which he had to pay out of the $4,000 he
received from the Government went to
any internal revenue officer or to any
member of Congress, directly or Indirect
| ly. He had paid Gen. Butler no counsel fees.
He had subscribed to the fund for helping
| him to the Governorship of Massachusetts.
According to Sanborn's statements, his share
of the money he had received was less than
$4,000. He declined to state how he had
spent the sums he had to give for lnforma-
tion
Snow fell to the depth of foot in Wash
ington on the 9th.
THE death of ex-Judge Edmonds, the we'll
known lawyer and Spiritualist, occurred in
New York on the 9th.
THE Connecticut State election on the 9th
resulted in the reelection of Ingersoll Demo
crat) for Governor. Both houses OF the Leg
islature are Democratic. A Hartford dispatch
of the morning of the 7th says returns from
all towns in the State except seven give the
following result: Ingersoll, 1886; Harrison
Republican), 39,292; Smith (Prohibitionist),
1864.
THE vote for United States Senator in the
Massachusetts, Legislature on the 9th was as
follows: Whole number, 1914; necessary to a
choice, 9S Dawes had 81; Hoar, 81; Curtis,
SO; Adams, z, Banks, 6, and Washburn,
Whittier, Phillips and Pierce received one
| vote each.
THE right of colored children to attend the
public schools of the State has been recently
affirmed, by unanimous vote, by the Indiana
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