Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-12-31
THHE NEW WORLD.

The trial of the libel suit of 81. G.
Bowen against the Brooklyn IN. " Eagle was
begun on the 21st.
George Reynolds, the Salt Lake polyga-
mist, was sentenced by Chief-Justice White on
the 21st to two years. imprisonment and to pay
fine OF $500. He appealed and was released on
$4,000 bail.
At special election held in the Seventh
Judicial District of Illinois on the 21st, for Judge
of the Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation ofJudge McAllister, I. Lyle
DicSey was chosen by large majority.
On the 21st, at Milwaukee, Philip
Weimer, distiler convicted of whisky frauds
was sentenced to eight months imprisonment in
the County Jail and to pay fine of $4,000. John
q. Taft, Government officer, was sentenced to
1--we months imprisonment in the State Prison
and to pay like fine.
On the evening of the 22d large gas
main running under Federal street, in South Bos-
ton, Mass, exploded with a loud report, tearing
up the pavement for a long distance. A great
many people were buried under the ruins, and
warehouse standing near was badly shattered and
the foreman killed Several persons were blown
into the water and. drowned The number Of
victims, as far as known up to the morning of the
hurt, 9; slightly, 3. Seven persons were missing
and supposed to have been blown into the water
in addition to those already taken therefrom.
At the seventh annual dinner of the
New England Society at New York on the 22d
President Grant was present as a guest. Many
other distinguished persons attended and re-
sponded to toasts.
According to Washington telegram
of the ed the Granger cases, involving the right
of States to regulate railroad freight and pas
senger rates, would be further argued before the
Supreme Court on the nth of January.
Two men, named Tilley and Radcliffe,
recently fought duel near Augusta, Ga, in
which the former was badly wounded. He died
next day.
A suit in the st. Louis Circuit Court
against the Missouri State Lottery, managed by
Murray, Miller s. Co., was decided, on the 22d,
against the defendants and Judgment of custer
given. An appeal was taken to the Supreme
Court.
The Commercial Loan and Trust Com
pany and Savings Bank of Chicago closed Its doors
on the 21st. 1t was reported that depositors would
realize not TO exceed so per cent. of their claims.
A violent earthquake shock was expert
enced in Richmond Va, on the night of the 22d.
The shock was felt all over the city, and citizens
left their houses In fright.
A decided advance in freights over the
different railroad routes to the East has recently
been established.
Xingo Parks and several of the miners
recently convicted of completely with the Clear
field (Pa.) mining disorders were pardoned by
Gov. Hartranft on the ed.
The Bank of Brandywine, at West
Chester, Pa, suspended on the 22d. 1t wa
thought depositors would be paid in full
The report that Secretary Bristow had
ordered to be paid to the Union Pacific Railway
the sum adjudged to be due by the Supreme Court
Is pronounced untrue by a Washington dispatch
of the 22d
According to the annual report OF the
'hern Claims Commission there were con
fidered during the past year 1861 cases, involving
cum OF Si,0oooOo Up to the date of the re
port s2,OOo cases In all had been considered and
'2'oo were still awaiting investigation. The