Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-02-27

ladies cannot vote. Their property was advsr-
tised for sale on the 20th
The Ohio Constitutional Convention has
given the Governor veto power, subject to re-
versal by a two-thirds vote of the General As
sembly.
The Executive Committee of the Illinois
State Grange have issued a call for delegate
meeting of the Oranges in the State to be
held at Bloomington on the 14th day of April.
next to ratify some amendments to the by
laws in reference to organizing county
Oranges It is ordered that the Mas
ters of the several Oranges in each
county of the State hold meeting on the 4th
day of April, and there choose one of their
number delegate to the State Convention at
Bloomington, with power to cast as many
votes as there are Oranges in the county.
The Ohio and Missouri State Oranges on
the Goth adopted declarations of principles,
each Grange fully indorsing the principles set
forth by the late National Grange at st. Louis
A special to the Cincinnati Gazette of the
Goth says that Judge Steele had dissolved an
Injunction obtained against tho praying
women in Hillsboro, Ohio, on account of the
misioinder of plaintiff The plaintiff immedi-
ately appealed to a higher court, and the in
junction was restored. This was at the suit
of DR.. Dunn, a druggist, before whose store
the ladies had erected tabernacle In which
they held religious services, to the plaintiffs
annoyance.
Up to the 22d of February the United
States House of Representatives had passed
lis bills and about fifty resolutions calling
upon the departments for information. The
Senate business made small showing COM
pared with that of the House.
The total amount cf money carried into the
United States Treasury as the proceeds of sales
of captured and abandoned property, consist
ing almost entirely of cotton, is 2O,9lO, 656.
On the 22d an engine ran off the track at
Uniondale, Pa, on the Jefferson Branch, be-
tween Susquehanna and Carbondale, and fell
down an embankment seventy-fve feet, in
stantly killing Conductor John r. Harding,
Engineer Cramer, Fireman David Cramer, and
Brakeman Thomas Rapley
The Sovereigns of Industry is the name of
a new Order, branches Of which are now being
organized throughout the country. 1t is
somewhat similar to the Patrons of Husband
it's ranks all classes of industry. A sub
council of this Order was recently formed in
Chicago, under the direction of Grand-Master
Earle.
Victoria c. Woodruff was announced to de-
liver lecture few evenings ago in Kings
bury Music Hall, Chicago, which had been
rented for that purpose by her agent; but the
manager subsequently concluded that the
character of the place would be lowered In
case she was allowed to promulgate her
doctrines therein, and he therefore Cancelled
the contract, and refused to permit the lee
ture to be given in the hall. Mrs. Woodruff
Immediately announced her intention of COM
mencing a suit against the proprietors of the
hall, laying damages at $4,000.
According to New York dispatch of the
21st praying crusade against intemperance
had commenced in that city and vicinity. The
churches were generally moving in the matter.
The Trustees of Trinity Church had decided
to no longer lease the property of the church
for purposes of liquor selling, and other
churches were requesting their members to
stipulate that their property should not here
after be used as saloons.
A boy ten or twelve years old, the son of L.
Jones, of Windfall, Ind, while his parents
were at church few nights ago, attempted to
kindle fire with coal oil, with the usual re-
suit The boy died the next morning.
The Missouri State Grange, on the 21st,
adopted resolution Requesting the Missouri
Senators and Representatives in Congress to
use their influence to secure the improvement
of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
The Kansas State Grange adjourned sine die
on the 21st.
Announcement has been made of the
death at Galveston of ex-senator Wigfall, of
Texas.
According to dispatches of the 22d the
Women's Temperance movement was spread
ing in Iowa and Illinois. In OswegC, Lex
ington and many other places in Illinois, and
in Davenport, Dubuque and elsewhere in Iowa
organizations had been formed and prepara-
tions made for determined assault upon the
saloon-keepers and their patrons. The same
condition of affairs prevailed in Indiana. In
Chicago praying band consisting OF 5000
women was about to be organized, according
to the Times of the 22d. The city was to be
divided into districts and each district given
over to a bard of praying women.
Latest reports from San Domingo say that
Gen. Gonzales was installed President on the
9th ult
There was an earthquake in La Guayra on
the 9th. It was the severest which has oc-
cured since 1912. The people rushed terror
stricken into the streets, and much injury was
done to persons and property.
There was no session of Congress ON the
23d, which day was observed at the National
Capital as the anniversary Of the birth of
George Washington. The Departments were
generally closed. The day was also pretty
generally observed throughout the country.
Washington dispatch Of the 22d says the
friends of temperance in that city had de-
termined to commence an active crusade
against liquor selling in the capital. Two
immense temperance meetings had been held
and others were in contemplation. 1t had
been agreed that praying bands of women
should begin their work on the 2Sth.
The Foster farm at Worcester. Mass, was
sold on the 21st by the taxgatherer to recover
unpaid taxes for 1872, which the Fosters re-
fused to pay on account of Mrs. Foster not
being allowed to vote.
A call has been published for a convention
of delegates from the Northwestern States to
be held at Rock Island, on Tuesday, March "a,
on the subject of cheap transportation. The
call is issued by Maj. James M. Allan, Dele
gate from the Illinois Farmers State Associa-
ten to the late Cheap Transportation Conven-
ton at Washington, he having been appointed
by the Decatur Conve vention.
| Judge Horton, Chairman of the committee