Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-07-02
THE NEW WORLD.


| life and great destruction of property.
THE NEW WORLD.
The Maine Democratic State Conven-
ton met at Augusta on the 22d, and nominated
Gen. G. w. Roberts for Governor The platform ia
vors single term for the President and yearly
salary of $4,000.
The New Hampshire Legislature elect
ed, on the 22d, B. f. Prescott as Secretary of
State and the Republican nominees for Treasurer,
Printer etc.
The Rochester IN. Y Board of Edu-
cation, by a vote of twelve to four has ordered
the discontinuance of religious exercises in the
public schools.
A new and dangerous counterfeit Of the
fifycent scrip of 1878 is in circulation in the West.
The number and letter slightly wider and
heavier than in the genuine scrip, while in the
lower left-hand corner the figures 1901 look more
like 1870 with a short, perpendicular dash.
The final settlement Of the coal-mining
troubles has been reached and all the collieries
in the Wikesbarre Pa.) region started on the 23d.
The President of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal
Company had declared that the Miners Union
should no longer compel men to join that organ
ization in order to enter the mines
VIM. M Tweed was held to bail in n ew
York, ON the 22d, in the of $1,000 to an
swer an indictment found against him in 1873,
and 81 GOO to answer the indictment found IN
May last. He was subsequently arrested on the
civil suit and lodged in jail to remain until bail
in the sum of s3,oooOOo should be furnished
The argument of Mr.. Beach for the
plaintiff in the Beecher case was concluded on
the 23d after which he presented to the court
aflidavits indicating additional evidence which
he desired to have admitted, and asked that the
case be reopened. The Judge took the matter
under advisement
Prof Jenney, of the Black Hills expe-
dition, sent dispatch to the Indian Bureau,
dated Harney's Peak June II, in which he
stated that he had discovered gold in small
quantities on the north bend of Castle Creek.
| Gold was found from Castle Greek southwardly to
French Greek, and the deposits were almost wholly
in Dakota. The professor states that the reports
of the richness of the gravel bars had been gross
ly exaggerated The prospect at present was
not such as to warrant extended mining explora-
| lions.
| The United States District Court in
Chicago has decided that the alleged Illicit dis
tillers must surrender their books to the United
States officials for examination The United
| States Marshal subsequently took them in Gus
| tody.
The New York State Prohibition Con-
vention met at Syracuse on the 23d, and placed
in nomination the following: G. D. Dusenbery fol
| Secretary of State; A. A. Hopkins, Comptroller
S. B. Ayers, Treasurer; Geo. A. Dudley, State
| Engineer; /. D. Bell, Canal Commissioner; John
B. Gibbs, State Prison Inspector; Ed. T. Marsh
Attorney General Strong prohibitory resolutions
were adopted
The California State Independent Con
yention met at Sacramento on the 23d and nom
mated Gen. Bidwell for Governor and Acting
Gov. Pacheco for Lieutenant Governor, and othe
State officers-a full ticket. The. platform il
mainly an expression of the views of the members
on the question of transportation.
A new counterfeit five-dollar note or
the First National Bank of Canton, ILL.,, is re
ported from Washington. 1t resembles thu
counterfeit fives on the Traders Bank of Chicago
and the First National of Paxton, Ill.
The report of the commission to ex
anime the Chicago Custom House was made pub
lie on the 24th 1t is to the effect that the foun
dations are unsafe and the stone of poor quality
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided t.
stop work on the building until Congress meets
4 Judge Nelson on the morning of thu
gath refused to open the Beecher case and th
affidavits were filed with the Clerk of the court
The Judge then delivered his charge to the jury
and at one o'clock they retired for deliberation
Fifty houses and three miles of side
walk and fences in DEBORAH, Iowa, were de
stroyed during severe wind and rain storm OF
the 23d Great damage was done in other West
ern towns and villages
The Iowa Opposition Convention me-
at Des Moines on the oath. The following nomf
nations were made: Governor, Hon. S. Letter
Lieutenant- Governor, Capt. e. b Woodward
Judge of the Supreme Court, w. j. knight; Su
perintendent of Public Instruction, A. r
Wright The platform opposes third term
favors the reduction of the Presidents salary
favors the resumption of specie payment a
soon as the same can be done without injury t
the business interests of the country, and in tn
meantime favors sufficient supply of nationa
, currency for business purposes, and opposes tn
present National Banking law. motion to cal
the party organization Democratic was tabled
Donaldson and three members of the pres
made a balloon ascension from Toronto, on thu
Esd, and fell into Lake Ontario, where they re
manned four hours until they we're picked up b
passing vessel.
The New Hampshire House of Repre-
: sentatlyes by vote OF ia to 166, on the 2.th
passed vote of censure upon the Governor ant
, Council for their action in the late Senatorial
matter.
Mortimer Thompson, known as @. K
Philander Doesticks, P. B.. died in New York o.
J the 25tk.
On the Goth three vinegar factories il
Cincinnati were seized for illicit distillation o
whisky.
/
, An Omaha dispatch to the Chicago
, Tribune ofthe 26th from Senators Hitchcock an,
, Paddock says the reports of grasshopper ravage
. in Nebraska had been grossly exaggerated Crop
!, promise splendidy.
J Judge McFadden, Delegate to Con
gress from Washington Territory. died on tn
2sth.