Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-05-14

ed MIQdIe georgia ana caused the Joss oil ntty
lives, the wounding of great numbers of people,
the destruction of hundreds of cattle and mules
and numerous dwellings,. It's ravages were MAIN
ly prominent in Harris, Talbot, Henry and Cal
houn Counties.
The National Banks throughout the
country have been called upon TO make report
of their condition on the evening of the 1st,
Vice-President Wilson was brilliantly
entertained at Nashville, Tenn, on the7th.
The full ticket nominated by the Ken
lucky State Democratic Convention, which con
cluded its labors on the 18th, is as follows: Gov
ernor, James b. McCreery; Lieutcnant-GoSernor,
John G. Underwood; Attorney General, Thomas
E. Mass; Auditor, d. IL. Smith; Treasurer, j..
w. Tate.
The father Of Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan re-
Gently died at Somerset, Ohio. c a4l
On the morning of the 7th recently
discharged conductor named Binkley boarded
the eastern-b bound express train ON the p, i. W.
& G. Railroad at Lima. Ohio and effected an en-
trance into the Adams Express car by cutting ont
door pannel He was masked, and on entering
fired two shots at the messenger, slightly wound
ing him. The latter then drew his revolver and
shot Binkley through the head, instantly killing
him.
A National Convention Of bankers
will be held at Saratoga Springs on the Goth of
July.
w. E. Sturtevant, who murdered three
persons for the purpose of robbery, some months
ago, was hanged at Plymouth Mass, on the nth.
Ex-State Treasurer Rankin, of Iowa,
recently on trial at Des Moines for embezzle-
ment, was acquitted ON the 7th.
Sam Bowles, editor of the Springfield
(Mass) Republican, was lately sued for libeling a
railroad President named Phelps, who estimated
his damages at $20o,00o The court rendered a
verdict of 500.
The Postmaster General has recently
issued an order giving effect to the treaty for a
general postal union concluded in Switzerland
in October last
The Grand Jury of the District of Co.
lumbia on the Sth decided not to indict Mr. Dana,
of the New York Sun, for libeling ex-Goy. Shep-
herd.
Washington dispatches of the 9th say
the Chicago Custom-H House building will have to
be taken down and the structure rebuilt from the
foundation, entailing an additional expense of
600 and delaying its completion year.
On the 6th large number of captive
Indians from the Cheyenne Agency arrived at
Fort Leayenworth and were placed in the guard
house to await trial.
An attempt was made by miners on
The night of the 7th to burn the bridge on the
Philadelphia g. Reading Railroad above Locust
Gap. t.-
The plaintiff in the libel suit OF Early
Us. Storey. of the Chicago Times, who lately Sc
- d. I, Tod 0faf
the verdict, and, the Judge overruling the motion
for new trial, the case goes to the Supreme
Court on appeal. judgment was also rendered
on the Sth against Mr. Storey for $500 for calling
a lawyer g shyster.'' The plaintiff sued for
$4,000. a
The Kansas murderer, John Bender,
lately in custody at Florence, Arizona, has es-
capped again and gone to Mexico.
Massachusetts has appropriated $5O,-
900 to represent that State at the Centennial Ex
hibition.
In the case of Ann Eliza US. Brigham
Young, ChiefJustlce Lowe, on the 10th, refused
the motion to attach the prophet for non-payment
of alimony on the ground that the alleged mar
riage was bigamous or polygamous, and therefore
void.
Numerous outrages were reported in
the PottsvilIe (Pa.) mining region on the 10th.
Red Cloud, Spotted Tail and several
Sioux chiefs left Cheyenne for Washington on
the 18th, to negotiate with the Government for
the sale of the Black Hills.
According to a Washington dispatch
of the 10th winter wheat in the Ohio and Mis-
souri, Valleys indicated only ive-eighths of a full
crop; in Ohio the yield would be rs per cent of
q full crop; in Ohio, 81 per cent in Michigan 63
per cent; in Indiana 60 per cent; in Illinois, SO
per cent; in Missouri, SO per cent: in Kansas,
81 per cent. In Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Virginia the condition was better.
A number of prominent distilleries at
Chicago, st. Louis, Milwaukee and other Western
points were seized on the 10th for violation of the
Revenue law.