Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-17
THE NEW WORLD.

Onthe 18th the petition of colored man
for mandamus to compel the Board of Educa-
ton to admit his son to school set apart for
white children was argued before Judge Gilbert
at Brooklyn, N. Y. The Justice, while reserving
his decision, said the Board of Education had no
power to exclude any persons from the schools.
All the proposed amendments to the
Constitution of New Jersey recently submitted
to the people of that State have been adopted ex-
ccpt the clause repeating the " Five-County
act
Gov. Beveridge, of Illinois, has advised
the States Attorney in Winnebago County to
secure the Indictment of the parties who lately
fought duel in that county. ra+
The Governor elect Of California is a
native of Butler County, Ohio, but has been res
ident of California since 1852
DIR. Ransom, Democratic candidate, was
elected President of the North Carolina Constitu-
tiona Convention on the 7th
A lamp which Mrs G. III. Young, Okla
sas City, Mo- was carrying from one room to an
other on the night of the 9th exploded and fatally
burned the poor woman. &&A@
An Indian outbreak in Eastern Nevada
and Western Utah was reported in San francisco
on thc.7th A number of miners and settlers had
been killed and troops were being sent to the
scene of the trouble. J.
The Wisconsin State Fair opened at
Milwaukee on the 9TH under favorable auspices.
The Republican State Convention for
Maryland met at Westminster on the Sth and adj
iourned to meet in Baltimore on the 22d.
.. The Democratic Reform State Conven-
tion Of Wisconsin met at Milwaukee on the Sth
4l,D.YN tnt ~
cIamation. A platform adopted indorsing
The resolutions of 1873 including the one favoring
q sound currency in coin or its equivalent.
The New York Republican State Con-
vention met at Saratoga on the 9Th and homl-
mated the following ticket: F.W. Seward sec
retarv of State; F. E. Spinner, Comptroller; Gen.
E. A. Merritt, Treasurer; Geo. L. Danford, At
torney-General 0. II. p. Connell, State Engl
neer. VIM E. Tinsley, Canal Commissioner; Rev
r II Ives State-Prison Inspector. The plat
form dencunces further currency imitation and
favors a speedy return to specie payment; OPP
poses thrd-term election, and recognizes the
Presidents letter on shat subject as conclusive
indorses the Administration of President Grant
ETC., ETC.
A celluloid factory at Newark, N. D.,
was the scene ofan explosion on the 6th, which
set the building on fire and destroyed it, or the
thirty men employed in the factory some were
uniniured, but several were killed outright or
fatally injured.
The Chicago Exposition and the Gin
cinnati Exposition were each opened on the Sth.
They will continue a month.
The fifteenth biennial session of the
American Pathological Society was begun in Chi
cago on the Sth. NJ. P. Wilder of Massachusetts,
o1oo md of IL
linois, Secretary.
In the Westervelt trial at Philadelphia
on the Sth Mrs. Mott, of Brooklyn, testified
that on July 6, 1874, she saw Westervet IN q
Brooklyn street-car, accompanied by boy whom
she now recognizes Charlie Ross.
Miss Bessie Eaglesfield was admitted tc
practice in the Circuit Court at Terre Iaute Ind.
on the Sth.
Capt. John G. jones, of New York city
committed suicide on the Sth by jumping into
the rapids and going over the American falls a
Niagara Several hundred visitors witnessed
the act.
The Secret Service authorities at Wash
ington on the 9th made public announcement
that company of Italians had gone West with
large amount of counterfeit tendollar bills of tn
First National Bank of Philadelphia, said to b
Gus. The face of the note is perfect, but ther
are some defects in the back.
Virgil p. Stockbridge, of Maine, ha
been appointed Examiner-in-Chief of the Paten
Office.
The Pennsylvania State Democratic
Convention, on assembling on the morning o
the 9th, adopted resolutions the currenc
question which are similar to those adopted b
the Ohio Democracy. They demand the aban
donment of the policy of contraction, leavin
the volume of currency equal to the wants o
trade: favor the extinction of National Bank
and the retirement of their circulation, TO be re
placed by full legal-tender Governmental issues
and the establishment of State banks of discour
and deposit Judge G IL. Pershing was nominate
for Governor on the eleventh ballot, which non
ination was afterward made unanimous.
A very heavy rainfall occurred at CHI
cago and in a large section of Illinois, Wisconsi
and Iowa on the 9Th. Considerable damag
was caused to crops and to railroads I
the volume of water. On the Northwestel
railroad alone three very serious accidents
CURED. At Lawrence small bridge was washe
away and passenger train plunged In
gne stream, completely wrecking the train al
Kllilng tne engineer, baggageman, newsboy al
zone passenger, and wourding several. other
Loss OF life was also caused by the other &C,
dents, one OF which occurred on the Kenosl
Division.