Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-02-26
THE NEW WORLD.

ton was held at Hartford OH the 10th. The
present State officers were renOminated. The
resolutions favor hard money and oppose
Federal Executive interference in the States
of Louisiana and Arkansas and the increase
of Federal taxation at time when the indus
try of the country is SO greatly depressed.
DURING their absence from home on the
10th three children of Mr.. d. B. Mellott, of
McConnellsburg, Pa, were burned TO death.
The bones of the children were found in the
ruins OF the house
THE Missouri State Woman's Suffrage AS
sociation held a largely attended meeting in
st. Louis on the evening of the 10th. iva,
A VICTORY for the Cuban insurgents near
Manacas was reported on the 17th.2
THE National Grange adjourned on the 10th,
after iustructing the Executive Committee to
arrange for holding the next session at Chi
cago. Among other resolutions was one in
dorsing and recommending the construction
b, the National Government of q system of
Waterways so that unrestricted channels of
trade shall be opened, and not only brought
the entire length of the Mississippi but con-
Meeting that great river with the Atlantic
Ocean by way of the lakes by the Ohio, Kan
awha and James,. and by the Tennessee and
Savannah Rivers - ;&4& ~
A LABoRING man committed suicide in
Washington on the 18th by jumping from the
roof of the Capitol.
WISE & Co, extensive dealers in straw
goods in New York, failed recently, with
$l,0O0,O00 liabilities.
THE sensation in the Beecher trial on the
18th was the testimony of Catherine Cary,
who said she had seen Mr.. Beecher go into
Mrs. Tilton's bedroom on several occasions,
z and that on one occasion she found Mrs. Til
ton sitting in Mr.. Beecher's lap. On the
18th one of the jurors was taken suddenly
sick and was sent home in charge of two
court officers. --.-
THE railroad war between the Baltimore s.
Ohio and the Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Companies ragged yirulently on the 18th.
Passenger tickets from Chicago to New York
were sold at SIS and to Washington at $40.
THE illinois State Fair has been located at
Ottawa for the ensuing two years.
Miss DOYLE, of Indianapolis, was fatally
burned on the 10Th, while pouring coal-oi
over sluggish fire. On the 18th, at Wes
Jefferson, Ohio, the small child of William
Stratton upset coal-oil lamp. Mrs. Strattol
picked 1t up and it exploded in her hand
causing her almost instant death.
AN extraordinary session of the Senate hal
been called by the President to convene ol
the 5th of March to act upon such communi
e., cations as may be made to it by the Execu
tive. L ss $3.50 " -.A sG LN
THE Southern and Southwestern Democrat
members of Congress have issued an addres
to the people of the South, concluding wit
nm appeal for Continued forbearance an
hopeful reliance upon, the virtue and III
sense of justice of the American people fo
= the ultimate yindcation of our rights, til
protection of our liberties, and the safety I
our republican form of government
ABOUT two thirds Of the city of Port .
Prince, Hayti was burned onthe night OF Il
18th, involving = loss of s2,000,0OO. Seye
e hundred families were rendered homeless.
"a, "A T. gCApERToN3 (Dem) has been electt
~ United States Senator from West Virginia
E1eHrY-THREE individual pension oil
were passed by the House OF RepresentatiY
y ~ At Washington on the 18th.
TILToN's examination In the Tito
Beecher case was concluded on the 18th, al