Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-12-10
THKE NE wv WORLD.

According to information received in
Washington on the 30th ult the troubles along
the Rio Grande growing out of the Mexican cat
tie raids were bad ever.
The United States Grand Jury at st.
Louis on the Goth ult, indicted D. w. Mum,
late Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the Il-
nois District, on charge of completely with the
whisky frauds.
On the 30th ult. Gen. Babcock tele-
graphcd to the United States Attorney, at st.
Louis, declaring that he absolutely innocent
of all connection with the whisky frauds, and
demanding hearing of mis- testimony
Judge Advocate Gen. Holt has been
retired from the army at his own request, and
Assistant Advocate Gen. VIM. Mckee has been
appointed his successor.
The office hours in the several depart
ments of the Government at Washington have
been fixed at from nine a. m. until four p. M,
seven working hours instead of six as before.
Gen. Myers, Chief Signal Officer, in his
nnual report states that of the number of eau
uonary signals displayed during the year ~ per
cent. were verified. No great storm had pre-
vailed at any post which was not pronounced.
The prop rty saved by means of these signals,
the General says would more than pay the cost
Of the service since its inception.
The house of Albert Wood, of Pony
Hollow, near Elmira, N. Y, was burned on the
Both ult and his wife and three children persisted
in the flames.
The Erie Canal and Hudson River
were frozen over on the 3oth ult., and navigation
thereon virtually closed for the season.
The rubber-shoe factory at Maiden,
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burned on the 29th ut. The loss is estimated at
$5OO,oOO and nearly 1000 operatives were thrown
ont of employment.
The public debt statement published on
the LIST shows the following facts among others
Coin bonds outstanding $1,694, 251 800; non-in-
terest-bearing debt, $298, 1885, 1884, cash in Treas
ury, S125, oa9, 6ss; total debt less cash on hand
SALLY 1917, 1872; decrease since Nov 1, $480,076;
decrease since June 30, 1875, $10,7 $685.
A E. Wilson, of Louisville, KY, has
been appointed Chief Clerk of the Treasury De
partment in place of W. o. Avery, resigned
According to the report Of the Superin.
tendent OF Public Printing, the total cost Of his
department last year was $780, 25. To print
the Congressional Record cost $Ss,954 additional
There are now 1900 employees in the Department
with payroll of $4,000 per month. Compost
tors receive sixty cents per 1000 ems, four dol
lars for eight hours work.
According to the Postmaster Generals
report the receipts for the year were $27 AL 800
and the expenditures $33,611, 309 The estimates
submitted show an expected deficiency next yeal
of $6,1s1,602.
In New England, on the Both ult., the
cold was very intense, the Thermometer ranging
from thirty to forty-seven degrees below zero
AT Mount Washington the velocity OF the wine
was 40 miles an hour, and the mercury out o
sight. A woman was frozen to death in Boston
A collision occurred on the LIST between
passenger and freight train, near Buffalo, y
L., which caused the death of four persons.
number OF others were seriously injured.
Deacon West has addressed letter tt
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, requesting tina
body to join with him in calling mutual council
to Investigate the charges against Mr. Beecher.
On the LIST the National Grange in