Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-11-12

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The annual report of the Postmaster
General has been completed. and shows that dur
ing the past fiscal year 3640,797 letters were re-
ceived at the Dead-Letter Office, of which number
21O,377 were foreign. These contained $685.
993 A in money, drafts, ETC., all Of which, except
about $3T5, 000 was returned to the senders.
The foreign letters were returned unopened.
The official canvass gives Kirkwood
Rep.) for Governor of Iowa majority of 31,745.
A. z. Gaylord, of Saginaw City, has
accepted the appointment of Assistant Attorney
General for the Interior Department..
The Secretary of the Treasury has sent
a circular to Collectors of Customs ann uncing
that in consequence of the prevalence of the
| foot and mouth disease in England, no importa-
lions of hides or cattle will be allowed for the
present.
One Jackson, of Jefferson County, ILL.,,
while getting out of bed before daylight the other
morning. accidentally stepped upon the body OF
his daughter, who was sleeping the floor, crush
ing in her chest and instantly killing her. She
| was fifteen years old, and the father weighs 200
pounds.
According to St. Paul dispatch of the
9TH Pillsbury (Rep.) for Governor Of Minnesota
| would have l2,0G0 majority. Pfaender for Treas
urer ran behind his ticket, but was probably
| elected.
Secretary Robson is a candidate for
United States Senator before the New Jersey
| Legislature.
On the night of the Sd David Robinson,
| living near Kokomo, Ind shot two of his chill
! dren with revolver and then cut their throats
from ear to ear. His wife and one ran away
and escaped although the brute fired two shots at
| them, wounding the son. He is said to have
been insane His dead body was found next
| morning fourteen miles south of Kokomo. He
is supposed to have jumped or fell from freight
train on which he was making his escape.
The Atchison (Kan.) Champion of the
5th has returns from eghty-nine of the
1903 districts in the State, showing the
election of ffty-eight Republicans, eight
Independent Republicans, eleven Demo-
/ Gratis and twelve elected on Peoples and
Reform tickets. The Senatorial vacancy is filed
by the election of a Republican, and the Repubi-
| cans have elected two out of the three District
Judges.
On the 9Th the United States Grand
Jury in Chicago reported large number of in
dictments against persons alleged to be guilty
of violating the Revenue laws.
Returns received by the Albany Argus of
the 5th give Bigelow (Dem) for Secretary of State
of New York 49, 9S majority, with prospect of a
| further increase.
Judge Benedict, of New York, has sus-
tanned three of the four counts of the Indictment
found against FL. B. Clafin & Co., of New York,
for completely in silk-smuggling frauds.
The umpire Of the American and Span
| ish Claims Commission has awarded to j. G..
Deangerica, whose property in Cuba was embar-
coed in 1869 and restored to him in 1874, the
sum of $74S, 180, with interest
The United States Grand Jury in St.
Louis on the 4th indicted VIM. Mckee, one of the
proprietors of the GLOBE Democrats and Constan-
tine Mcguire, late Revenue Collector, for COM
plclty in the late whisky revenue frauds.
On the evening of the 4th at the bust
ness meeting in Plymouth Church Deacon West
and Mrs. Moulton were dropped from the rolls of
membership on the ground of continued absence
from the services of the church. Mrs. Moulton
was present, accompanied by Roger A. Pryor,
her counsel, who read protest signed
by Mrs. NJ. III which she reiterated the
charges against Mr. Beecher, which she said she
knew to be true by confessions made to her by
| both Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton. report pre-
| vailed in Brooklyn on the 9Th that the New ork
and Brooklyn Association Of Congregational
Ministers had appointed committee to exam
inc into the charges against Mr.. Beecher, and re-
port whether the association ought to retain him
in it's membership.
The following Congressman were elected
on the I'd First Massachusetts District, W. W. Ora
pc (Rep.); First Mississippi, L. @. G. Lamar
(Dem.); Second, G. Wiley Wells (Rep); Third
H. d. Money (Dem.); Fourth, o. r. Singleton
(Dem j; Fifth, C. e. Hooper (Dem); Sixth, Roder
lex Seal (Dem.); Thirty-third New York, N. 1
Norton (Rep.); Oregon, Henry Warren (Rep9.
A Milwaukee telegram of the 18th says
Ludington's majority for Governor of Wisconsin
would be 1000 Kuehn Dem.) was probably
elected State Treasurer. 1t was estimated that
the Republicans had majority of seven in the
Senate and one in the Assembly.
There were issued from the Postoffice
Department during October 81 5000 postal.
cards, being 100000 more than during any pre-
vious month.
The President has appointed John B.
Raymond Postmaster at Vicksburg in place OF
Henry r. Pease, suspended under the Tenure-of-
Office act.
The claim of the State of Nebraska foI
S53,93S, being per cent. on the value of the es-
timated acreage of Indian reservations in the
State, has been disallowed by the Treasury De-
partment
The following gentlemen comprise the
committee appointed by the Congregational AS
ISOLATION of Ministers to investigate the charges
against Rev. H. w. Beecher: Rev. VIM. Taylor
New York; Rev DR.. Burlington, Brooklyn
Profs. Parsons and Martin, of the New York
Theological Seminary; Rev. Chas II. Everest
Brooklyn. Plymouth Church has referred the
1 NJ A11,N 1,rvn fro
Moulton, to committee.
The Moody and Sankey services in the
Brooklyn Rink on the 18th were largely attended
Some 5000 people were unable to get inside thu
building.
The election returns in Colorado show
that the Territorial Legislature is divided as fol
lows: Council Republicans, 4; Democrats,
House-Republicans 16; Democrats, 10.
The Washington Cd. c. Republican
fired 100 guns on the evening of the 9th in com
memoration of the victories gained in the cleo
tions of the I'd. The President was serenaded ant
responded in brief speech.
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