Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-27
THE NEW WORLD.

On the morning of the 18th the body of
N. S. Grimwood, the Chicago reporter who ac-
Companied Donaldson in his late bal
loon ascension from Chicago, was found
on the shore of Lake Michigan, between
Stony Greek and Montague, Muskegon County,
Mich. 1t was partially covered with sand and
had evidently lain there some time and was in a
partially decomposed condition. The body was
clothed with the exception of the head and feet
and had on bursted life-preserver. Mr.. A. Beck
with, mail-carrier, found the remains, which
were fully identified by notes of the
trip to be those Of poor Grimwood
President Finney, of Oberlin Couege,
died on the 10th, at his residence in Oberlin Ohio
of heart disease.
On the morning of the 18th a passenger
train on the st. Louis & st. Joseph branch of the
st. Louis, Kansas City g. Northern Railroad
broke through a trestle over ravlne near
Cover Station, Mo-, and the mail and
express car and two passenger cars were
precpitated twenty feet to the bottom. Of the
sixty passengers on the train over forty were
more or less injured. One man, Il. j. Angina,
of ST. Louis, was killed, and others are likely to
die--among the latter Capt. w II. B. Warren, of
St. Joseph, Mo-. and Judge r. A. Dsbolt, NJ. c..
from the Tenth Missouri District.
The Democrats of the Fourth Maine Dis
trict have nominated j. c. Madigan for Congress
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel
+, Hersey.
Mr.. Hymen, Congressman-elect from
North Carolina, reached Washington on the nth
and reports that the political complexion of the
delegates to the Constitutional Convention of
that State is as follows: Republicans 81, Demo-
Gratis SO. The two delegates claimed as INDIE
pendents were elected on the straight Republ-
can ticket.
a split occurred in the First Mississippi
Congressional District Republican Convention,
held on the 18th, and two nominations for Con-
gress were made-G. Wiley Wells and A. P.
Howe. The latter received the colored votes.
The Massachusetts Democratic State
Convention will meet at Worcester Sept. %.
Duncan, Sherman & Co. have issued a
circular offering to pay 1875 per cent. of their in
dcbtedness in full, in installments running
through 1876, with interest at the rate of per
cent per annum.
The Governor Of Tennessee has APP
pointed Hon D. M. Key, of Chattanooga, to the
vacancy in the United States Senate caused by
the death of Senator johnson. Mr. Key is forty
five years old, quite popular in his own section,
but is not generally known throughout the State,
never having been especially prominent in Ten
nessee politics.
The troubles in Jackson, Williamson
and franklin Counties, Ill, continued up to the
10TH A few days ago Sheriff's posse of twenty
men, in Franklin County, was fred upon by a
wandering band of outlaws calling themselves
Ku-Klux. The fire was returned and ono of the
scoundrels was mortally wounded. He revealed
the names of his comrades and the ringleaders
are now in jail. The Governor has authorized
the formation of military company to assist the
Sheriff to maintain order.
On the 10Th the remains of Mr.. Grim
wood were transported over the lake to Chicago,
and conveyed thence to Bristol, ILL.,, the home OF
his parents, where they received final burial in
the presence of a large concourse OF sympathiz-
ing friends. The watch found the body
had stopped at precisely 20 O'Clock
indicating that it was at that moment
the plunge into the water must have occurred
which was probably about the time the aeronauts
encountered the fercest part OF the storm. Traces
of the balloon, consisting of sand-bags and pieces
of the cloth, have been found about eight miles
north of where the body 81 Mr.. Grimwood was
discovered.
Prof. Jenney, in a recent letter from the
Black Hills, says the gravel bars in the valleys
spring and Rapid Creeks contain gold in paying
quantlues where labor is economically and skill
fully applied, assisted by proper tools, mechani
cal appliances and moderate amount of capital
The second annual meeting of tls
Woman's National Christian Temperance Union