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

county or Racine loI tl0 y0oi CH"in6
Nov. IA.
WILLIAM KLoTcH, prominent citizen
Of Oshkosh, died suddenly on the after
noon of the 3d. of apoplexy.
DAY, GALL & Co.. river-improvement
contractors at Green Bay, have been ad-
judged bankrupts on petition of creditors
LoGaERs are beginning to grumble a
good deal on account of the absence of a
sufficient snow to enable them to proftably
put In logs.
ONE of the children of Milwaukee
family named Biz was. fatally burned the
other day while playing with matches in
the absence of the parents.
THE hub and spoke factory of W. s..
Barteau, at Little Chute, five miles east
of Appleton, was burned few nights ago,
involving loss of about $4,000.
THE annual meeting of the Northwest
ern Dairymen's Association will be held
at Fort Atkinson on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, Feb. 8. 8 and 10, 1876.
THE Wisconsin Reform School for boys
has 412 inmates. The total running ex
penses during the last fiscal year were
$43, 1859, or 40 cents per capita daily.
THE examination of George Robinson,
former proprietor of the Fox River House,
Green Bay, for arson, was concluded there
on the Goth and resulted in his discharge.
The body OF saloon-keeper named
Christian Remganz, who was once mem
Der of the Milwaukee Fire Department,
wassfs out of the canal, near Cherry
street. on the afternoon of the 21st
AT Oshkosh, on the Goth, Judge Pulling
suspended sentence in the case Of Roman,
lately convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, for the reason that bottle of liquor
had been struggled into the jury-room.
JERRY LYON, member of the Soldiers
Home in Milwaukee, recently had both
his legs taken off below the knees, by a
railroad train, near the Western Union
Junction, in Racine. He died subse-
quentlY.
HENRY ROMANU was convicted recently
at Oshkosh of numbering Magill last Octo-
premeditated and without justification,
and the Judge sentenced him to State
Prison for life.
: A NORWEGIAN, put in Jail few days
ago at Racine for ill-treating his family,
had his hearing next day, was committed
for thirty days. and on the day following
hung himself in his cell with small cord
used for drying clothes on.
In the case of the United States vs. j.
G. Thorp and Alex. Kempt, heard at
Madison on the 18th, upon the charge of
issuing scrip intending to circulate as
money in sums less than one dollar, the
jury found a verdict of guilty.
EDWARD DoUGHERTY, an old farmer
living in the vicinity of Tess Corners,
Waukesha County, was recently found
dead by the roadside by children on their
way to school. Drink and exposure are
said to have caused his death.
THE COngregationalists of the Madison
District have recently met in that city to
discuss topics of UNCONVENTIONAL interest.
Letters on the subject Of foreign missions
were read, and. religious services held.
The convention adjourned to meet at Oak
Grove next June.
THE following have been elected officers
of the Wisconsin Unitarian Conference:
President, Edward Ilsley, of Milwaukee;
Vice Presidents, w. HI. Spencer, of Sparta,
and G. w. Cooke, of Sharon; Treasurer,
G.. E. Gordon, of Milwaukee; Secretary,
Judson Fisher, of Whitewater.
A STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION
will be held at Madison, under the auspices
OF The Wisconsin State Agricultural Society,
commencing with an address on Tuesday
evening, Feb. s, 1876, at 80 o'clock. The
convention will 'continue for three days.
Papers upon important, practical subjects
pertaining to agriculture, horticulture.
dairying and other leading branches of in
dustry will be read and discussed. Essays
will also be given upon social science and
political economy.
THE University of Wisconsin is begin.
ming to take rank among the best educa-
cational institutions in the West. 1t has
college of arts and college of letters.
Under the former are included the de-
partments of general science, agriculture,
civil engineering, mining and metallurgy,
mechanical engineering and military sci
ence. In the college OF letters are includ.
ed the departments of ancient classics and
modern classics. There is also depart
ment of law and past graduate course.
The university has 345 students in all its
departments.-N. 7. Tribune.
"A, STATE CONVENTION will be held at
Madison, under the auspices of the Wis
consin State Agricultural Society, COM
mencing on Tuesday evening, Feb. s, and
continuing three days. Papers upon i'm
portant, practical subjects pertaining to
agriculture, horticulture, dairying and
other leading branches of industry will
be read and discussed. Essays will also
be given upon social science and political
economy, especially the currency. 1t is
expected that members of the State Agri-
cultural and horticultural Societies and
State Dairymen's Association will take an
interest in this meeting, by attending in
dividually, or being represented by large
delegations.
THE following postal changes, exclusive
ofappointments by the President, were
made in Wisconsin during the wee k end
ing Dec. IS, 1875: Notwithstanding
Polk County, William Fl. Gillespie, Post
master Discrimination Falls, Polk
County; Dellona, Sank County; Harrel-
son, Grant County; TRADE, Walworth