Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-03-12

| was taken with sudden faintness, and the
| court adjourned. She continued her evidence
| on the 4th, and testified to the love and deyo
| tion Mrs. Tilton had evinced in her presence
for her husband, and said she never had the
power of living out her life in oppo
sition to his wishes. Mrs. Tilton
had often made statements to wit
ness which the latter did not believe
when endeavoring to hide her husbands
| faults. While the witness was giving her tes-
| timony the juror who had been taken sick the
| day before sent word to the Judge that he
was again unwell, and the court adjourned
| to the 9Th.
THE third annual convention of the Ma
| tional Butter and Egg Association was lately
| held in Chicago. G. E. Gooch, OF Chi
eago, was elected President, and Col
R.. M. Littler, of Davenport, Iowa
Secretary A resolution was adopted de.
claring that the term "Western" should
| be dropped in the market reports, and il
should be graded and stand on its merits as
butter, without any reference to the locality
in which it is made.
| THERE was over foot of snow on a level
| IN 81 Louis on Tue Oh. 4"-''@.---'~~~~-'
ACCORDING to Nashville (Tenn.) dis
patch of the Sd the town of Jasper, in that
State, was submerged by flood, and people
were living in the second stories of their
houses. The water was four feet deep IN the
Court House. Many cattle had been
drowned. 80 ..
THE Eads Jetty bill, as passed by Congress,
appropriates $5,250,000 to carry out the en-
terprise and indicates the Southwestern Pass
as the channel. .7a h.
On making his appearance in the United
States Senate on the 5th, Senator johnson
met with quite an ovation.
THE Pennsylvania Republican State Con-
yention is to be held at Lancaster on the 26th
of May. The Democracy will hold their State
Convention on the 9Th of September, in Erie.
THE next annual meeting of the National
Butter and Egg Convention will be held at
Davenport, Iowa, the first Wednesday in
March, 1876.
THE manager of the Public Library Hall in
Louisville. KY, on the night of the 9Th, re-
fused admission to colored man who ap-
piled for ticket to the first circle, He was
subsequently admitted to Macauley's Theater,
where he took front seat. At Wilmington,
N. c., on the 5th, the case of colored man
who had been refused q drink at a saloon
was brought beforetthe United States Com
missioner, and dismissed on the ground that
the Civil Rights bill does not apply to bar
rooms.
On the 5th announcement was made that the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company had reduced
the passenger fare from Chicago to Baltimore
and Washington to eight dollars.
The Arkansas Legislature adjourned on the
5th.
ACCORDING to Atty.-Gen. Williams, Presi-
dent Grant had told members of the Cabinet,
before the Equalization Bounty bill was
passed by Congress, that he was opposed to
it's provisions, and would veto it in case OF its
passage, as he regarded the measure as in
yolvins an extravagant and uncalled-for ex-
penditure of money.
IT was reported on the 7th that persons ar
irving in New York city on the 9th for the
purpose of serving papers on Congressman
elect Schumacher, relating to the Pacific Mail
subsidy, had found that he had just sailed for
Europe.
HON. JAMES BUFFINToN, member of Con-
gress from the First Massachusetts District,
died on the morning of the 9th, about one
hour after reaching his home at Fall River.
GEN SHERIDAN left New Orleans on the
9th. ,t,..f
EIGHT inches of snow fell at Cairo, ILL.,, on
the 7th, and fifteen inches at Memphis, Tenn
THE Indiana Legislature adjourned sine dit
on the 9th, and the Governor issued procla'
nation the same day for special session to
| begin on the 9Th. The Kansas snd Wiscon.
sin Legislatures also adjourned sine die on
the 9th.
THE bodies OF over forty persons who
died in st. Johns, Newfoundland, during the
past winter have been temporarily inferred
in the snow, which lay in such immense
quantities in the cemeteries as to prevent the
opening of the graves.
Mr.. WHEELER received on the Sth from
New Orleans his articles of adjustment,
signed by forty-four members of the
Conservative caucus, an ample number
to secure the desired result. He at
once notified Gov. Kellogg to forward
to the city of New York the papers in the
| Office of the Secretary of State which were
used in the contested election cases before
the Returning Board in November last.
Hon. GoDLovE s. ORTIZ has been nominated
as Minister to Austria and Hon. Horace May
| nard as Minister to Constantinople. ai
| CONGRESSMAN VIM. s. KING, of Minnesota,
arrived in Washington on the 9th. He stated
that he was going to st. Paul to defend him.
self against the suit of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company.
THE Tilton- Beecher trial was resumed on
the Sth, the sick juror being in attendance
| Mrs. Putnam concluded her testimony and
was followed by Anna Augusta Moore, who
| at one time boarded with Mrs. Richards, al
| the time Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton were members
| of the same household. Her evidence was
similar to that of Mrs. Putnam, and mainly
referred to Mr.. Tilton's shortcomings as .
| husband and church member. Mrs. Oakley
was next called to the stand, but Mr.. Jeffreys
became sick again and the court adjourned.
| "A GERMAN saloon-keeper named Julius
| Wilcke was found murdered in his saloon in
| Chicago about nine o clock on the morning
! of the 7th. The murdered man was an in
offensive person, and it is thought the crime
was committed to secure the money supposed
to be in his possession.
CONGRESSIONAL.
| In the Senate, on the Cd, after the pa:
sage of number of Pension bills, the Force bill
was read second time and laid over under the
rule The House hill tn eoualize the bOUntie.
of soldiers was amended and passed-sO to go
the Vice President giving the casting vote in tht
affirmative. The Tax and Tariff bin passed al