Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-01-29

III. Cheever, So 900; Hamilton G. FAINT, $1,000;
John w. Forney, $25, 900; Samuel A. Hatch,
about $4,000: s. r. .Ingham, $looo0;
Alex. w. Randall, $4,000; John ID.
Rice, $4,000; William r. Shaw, s15,--
0O0; Chas' II. Sheriff., $500; John G. schu
maker, $500, 600; A. 81 Whitney, 100000.
Witness said the above list comprised the
names of all persons employed by him, and
that he knew of the employment of only two
others-Wiliam s. King, to whom he paid
| $125, 900, and Richard s. Parsons, who was
Stockwell's personal attorney. Witness paid
Parsons $4,000 on Stockwelps account. He
gave Schumacher $275,000 in New York and
sent $25,0G0 more from California. AOn<the
22d Irwin added to the list asfollows: Mr..
Morris, of the Chronicle, 81 ,500 SIC, 900 to S15
600 to William Moran for writing letters etc.,
and $4,000 to ex-Postmaster-Gen. Randall
for the special purpose Of buying off the
Washington agents ola combination of New
York stock operators who were fighting the
Pacific Mail subsidy while it was before the
Senate. & - j x
THE recent snow-storm in Utah was fruit
! full of casualties In the Big Cottonwood can
on six men were carried away an avalanche
and killed. The bodies of six persons who
were killed by snow-slide in the city OF Alta
had been recovered. Many more are supposed
to have perished, but their bodies are covered
to great depth by the snow, and will not
be found for some time. In one demolished
house was found the body of Mrs. Carey, sit
ting in rocking g-chair, with an infant clasped
in her arms. Near them were the husband
l.I fnd hYy
the snow.
THE Nebraska Legislature on the 22d
elected ex.Gov. A. s. Paddock (Rep.) to the
United States Senate
SEVERAL Northern cotton buyers and mer-
chants residing at Shreveport, La, have is-
sued card in which they deny the truth OF
the recent statements made by Maj. Merrill
and published in q late dispatch by Gen.
Sheridan They say the only disorders known
to the signers were caused by Merrill, just
before election, sending his soldiers raiding
over the country and arresting unresisting
citizens for imaginary offenses, who had not
been held for trial because there was no evil
dence of guilt.
DISPATCHES from California of the 23d re-
port the continuance of heavy rains, and that
great damage had been done by the floods.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted on the 23d by
the Kansas House of Representatives, indors
ing the message of the President in relation
to Louisiana affairs, and commencing the
course of Gen. Sheridan.
THE Conservative members of the Louisiana
House of Representatives returned by the Re-
turning Board and those claiming to have
been elected but defrauaed by the Board have
proposed tn at the Congressional lnvestlgat-
ing Committee take the returns of 1874, to-
gether with all fair and relevant testimony,
and upon such returns and evidence declare
what members of the Legislature were fairly
elected, The Chairman of the committee
took the matter under consideration.
BERNARD G. CAULFIELD, member-elect OF
the Forty-fourth Congress from the First llli-
nois District, was, on the 23d, elected to I'LL
the vacancy in the Forty third Congress
caused by the death of Hon. j. B. Rice.
on the morning of the 25th farm house
occupied by Pierre Dulude, in Bouchervilie,
Canada, was destroyed by fire, and Dulude's
wife and eight children-the eldest thirteen
years old and the youngest an infant in arms
persisted in the flames. Dulude was also
fatally burned in his efforts to save his
family.
On the 25th portion of the building occu-
pied by the Navy Department was seriously
damaged by fire.