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

The official returns from the Oregon
election elect Lane Oem.) to Congress by ma
jority of 267.
A Washington dispatch of the 23d says
orders had been issued to fit for sea at once five
more iron-clads, making twelve which, during
the last three weeks, had been ordered ready for
active SERVICE embracing nearly all the iron-clads
available.
The National Grange on the Esd elected
the following officers: Master, John 7. Jones,
of Arkansas; Overseer, j. j. Woodman, of Mich
igan; Lecturer, A. b. Smedley of Iowa; Steward,
A j. Vaughn, of Mssissippi; Assistant Steward,
Mortimer Whitehead, of New Jersey; Chaplain,
S. H. Ellis, of Ohio; Treasurer, +. M. McDowell
Secretary, o. III. Kelley, of Kentucky; Gate
keeper, 0. Dnwiddie, of Indiana; Ceres, Mrs. j.
I. Jones, of Arkansas; Pomona, Mrs. Goddard,
of Connecticut; Flora, Mrs. Adams, of Mnneso-
ia; Assistant Steward, Miss Carrie Hall, of
Louisville.
At recent session in Cincinnati the
Woman's National Temperance Convention
adopted resolutions recommending temperance
prayer meetings; cheap lunch and lodging
houses; free reading-rooms and temperance re-
form clubs; urging American women to train
their children to avoid Intoxicating liquors; ex-
pressing gratitude that the corruptions of the
whisky ring had been exposed; recognizing
the craftsmanship Of the Postmaster
General in removing from his depart
ment all assistants addicted to alcoholic
beverages. Mrs. A. Wittenmyer was reelected
President. 1t was proposed to try to keep the
sale of liquors out Of the Centennial grounds
next year. the President remarking that it would
require at least $4,000 to do it, as that amount
had been paid already by brewer for the exclu-
sive right to sell beer inside the iAclosure.
BY the death of Vice President Wilson
Senator T. W. Ferry, of Michigan, President pro
tenn. of the Senate, becomes Vice President of the
United States ec 06ici0.
The South Carolina Legislature met at
Columbia on the ed.
The trial of VIM. o. Avery, late Chief
Cle:k OF the Internal Revenue Bureau at Wash
ington, was begun at st. Louis on the 23d. He
is charged with conspiracy with Mcdonald, Joyce
and Others to defraud the Government out of the
whisky tax.
A coal-oil lamp exploded in the bed
room of Mrs. Chew, of Camden. Nj, on the
morning of the 25th. The flames communicated
to her daughters night-clothing, and in her fright
she jumped from the second story window to the
ground, sustaining so serious injuries that she
died i'll few minutes. The mother was fatally
and the son severely burned.
VIM. B. Astor, eldest son of the late
John Jacob Astor, died in New York city on the
gath. His estate is valued at 100000, and he
leaves three sons and two daughters. Deceased
was eighty years old.
The Indiana State Republican Conven-
ton has been called to meet at In
dianapolis Feb. ~, 1876, to nominate
candidates for Governor, Secretary of State,
etc. and to select delegates to the next
National Republican Convention; also to nomi-
nate fifteen ndidates for Presidential Electors
to be chosen at the general election in November
next. The State election will take place on the
second Tuesday in October.
The Indians in the United States num-
ner 900 0, of whom 10000 are classified as " civ
lhZeq'' $4,000 as "semi -civiizedn and 81 000 as
Daroarous' This does not include the Alaska
Indians
The Chief of the Ordnance Bureau in
his annual report calls for an increase of appro-
Priatlons Tor arming and equipping the militia.