Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-06-25
THE NEW WORLD.

The Central Bank of indianapolis was
robbed of $1,000 on the 10Th. The two men and
one woman who did the job were captured at La
fayette on the afternoon of the same day.
According to dispatches of the 10Th
the long strike of the coal miners i'll Pennsylvania
had ended in an unconditional surrender. At
Clearfed thirty-two miners had been found guilty
of conspiracy and riot and had been fined and
imprisoned.
The President has recently addressed
letter to the Gear of Russia, congratulating him
on the birth Of granddaughter.
The Department of Agriculture reports
that the area of cotton had not been reduced and
that the condition of the crop is excellent.
The judgment of the Supreme Court in
the case of William M. Tweed was reversed by
the New York State Court of Appeals on the 18th,
and his discharge ordered The court held that
the writ of hG6eaS corpus should be construed
in favor of the citizen, and that it made
no difference whether he were good
citizen or d great sinner. They also say ne war
rant can be found for cumulative punishment
upon conviction for several offenses charged in
o single Indictment 1t was reported in New
York on the same day that Tweed would be re-
arrested and required to give bail in the civil
suits pending.
Gen. Selden Conner was nominated for
Governor by the Maine State Republican Con-
vention on the 18th.
/. Dispatches from different parts of
Kansas Nebraska and Western Iowa state that
the air was filled with grasshoppers flying toward
The north. Great damage had been done in some
sections.
The New Hampshire House of Repre-
sentatives the 18TH by vote of 173 to 1876, I'M
seated Messrs. Raymond and Harding Demo
crats).
A frightful explosion occurred in Bos-
ton on the 18th in building used for the manu-
facture of fireworks. Six burned and charred
bodies were taken from the ruins. The cause of
the accident was unknown.
The Minnesota State Reform Conven-
ton was held at Minneapolis on the 10th. The
following nominations were made: r. E. Humis-
ton for Governor; j. b. Tuttle for Lieutenant
Governor; John III. Stevens for Secretary OF
State and H. d. Brown for State Treasurer. The
resolutions adopted dema nd, among other things,
competency, honesty and sobriety as qualifca-
lions for office, and declare that removal for
mere difference of opinion is practice opposed
to sound policy.
According to Eastern dispatches of
the 10th the difficulties between the Baltimore 81
Ohio and the Pennsylvania Railroad Companies
had been settled.
The commission appointed to report
upon the Chicago Custom-House have submitted
their decision to the Secretary of the Treasury 1t
is said they recommend the demolition of the
whole structure.
A destructive tornado passed over
Quincy, ILL.,, on the 18th, and destroyed property
valued at 100000. One life only was lost.
Three three-card monte men were re-
Gently convicted in Chicago and sentenced to the
Penitentiary-one for three years and the others
for one year each.
The schedule of the assets and liabl[
tiles of Abraham Jackson, the Boston defaulter,
show liabilities of $417,72o and assets S17l,6ls.
The centennial celebration of the bat
tie of Bunker Hill took place in Boston on the
nth 1t was estimated that over 3OOOOO strangers
participated in the ceremonies. The procession
was fen miles long and was over five hours IN
passing a given point. 1t was largely COM
posed of troops from different portions
of the country, and conspicuous among
them were several companies of ex-Con-
federate soldiers, which were warmly
welcomed DY Inc DOSbOuldHcI anu " 49,
members the right hand of fellowship was
cordially extended. The exercises at the monn-
ment were presided over by Geo. washington
Warren, and Gen. Devens delivered the orausn.
Short addresses were also made by Gen. oner-
man. Gov Hartranft, Gov. Beadle Gov lngeIsol
and Vice-President Wilson. The celebration was
in every way worthy of the day and the occasion.
The Pennsylvania State Temperance
Convention assembled at Harrisburg on the 10th
and made the following nominations: For Gov
ernor Hon r. A. Brown; for Treasurer, T. f. H.
Packer. The platform pronounces in favor OF
woman suffrage and against sectarian teachings
in the public schools
The Ohio Democratic State Convention
met at Columbus on the 18th and made the fol-
lowing nominations: For Governor, William
Allen: Lieutenant-G Governor, Samuel F. c. Trey
on; Supreme Judge, Thos. O. Ashburn; Auditor,
e. NJ Greene; Treasurer, John Schriener; At
torney- General, Thos. E. Powell; member OF
the Board of Public Works, 81. T. onagan.
The platform declares in favor OF limiting tne
Presidents service to one term at salary OF Sso'-
600 a year, and demands that the present financial
policy of the Government be abandoned, ana that
the volume of currency be kept equal 70 lne oe-
mands Of commerce, leaving the restoration OF
legal tenders to par to be brought about by pro-