Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-12-18
TILE NEW WORLDa

ACCORDING to Madison dispatch of the
7th the Wisconsin Supreme Court had de-
clned to grant the writ of mandamus requir-
ing the State Board of Canvassers to give the
certificate of election to McDill, from the
Eighth District.
AN Associated Press dispatch of the 7th
says bloody riot had that day occurred in
Vicksburg, Miss. About nine o'clock in the
morning word was brought that the negroes
were marching on the city. The citizens gath
cred, armed Immediately, and advanced to
meet them on the Baldwin Ferry road.
They were encountered On Grove street,
just outside of the city, about 200 strong.
The commander of the citizens warned
the negroes to disperse, but they re-
fused and Immediately firing commenced on
both sides. The negroes retreated ebout
mile, and again made stand in an old breast
work and house, but were soon routed. The
loss in this engagement was one citizen,
Oliver Brown, killed, and about twelve or fif-
teen negroes killed, several wounded, and
about twenty prisoners. On the Halls Ferry
road about $50 negroes were found and routed
after short engagement, with several killed
and wounded. The attack was made for the
purpose of reinstating the negro Sheriff
Crosby. = 1t was reported that the negroes
were burning cotton-gins and dwellings in the
neighborhood.
On the Sth a train on the Kansas Pacific
Railway was stopped by obstructions on the
track at Muncie, Mo-, and five armed men
entered and compelled the engineer to haul
the car containing the treasure away from the
passenger car, when they robbed it of $4,000
belonging to Wells, Fargo & Co. There was
some firing but no one was hurt.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 9th says
the Government had abandoned the safe
burglary case, and the Court had directed the
District Attorney to enter mol pros. The
defendants were discharged.
THE suit of Miss Proctor against Moulton
for libel has been compromised by the pay
ment by Moulton of $4,000, the costs which
have accrued so far. Miss Proctor swears
there is no truth in Moultons statement, and
Moulton swears that he made the statement
from hearsay.
On the 10th the news from Vicksburg was
to the effect that the excitement had subsidized
and business had been resumed. The Mayor
OF N1CkSDuTg Ildu opOhOCu W WV PANoA'-A--~'
ton of the Governor denounclng the alleged
riotous proceedings and calling on all good
citizens to aid in upholding the laws of the
State with counter proclamation in which
he claimed there had been no riotous pro-
ecedings in the city up to the date of the Gov
ernor's proclamation, and that the meeting of
the unarmed taxpayers who requested the
resignation of irresponsible officials who had
failed to execute bonds was quiet and orderly,
etc.
THE Iowa Episcopal Convention on the 9th
elected Rev. H. G. Potter Bishop OF the dio-
cese on the fourth ballot. He declined the
appointment, and, on the 10th, Rev. w. r..
Huntington, of Worcester, Mass, was elected
on the third ballot.
| Gov. WooDsoN, of Missouri, has ordered an
election on Jan. 26 for delegates to the Con-
| stitutional Convention.
THE number of negroes killed t-Vicksburg
on the 7th was reported on the 10th to have
been $50. Forty-eight were buried in one
grave.
! THE Iowa State Grange met on the Sth, at