Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-03-17

Hss Don forget the entertainment
to night.
Fy- Bell-nap is the correct pronun-
citation.
~ County Board meeting next
Thursday--see rotice. r
nE Hon. Joseph Bennett and wife
arrived from Madison on Tuesday.
ssEThe Wisconsin Legislature ad-
journed on Tuesday, after session of
60 days.
Hy- G. r. Kurth has opened new
shoe shop in Mrs. Williams buildin ;,
next door to Perkins tin store, Dodge
Vile.
ssT Circuit Court convenes at Dodge
VILE week from next Tuesday. The
Calendar embraces 80 civil and 20
criminal cases.
nDA full account Of the terrible
disaster which visited Hazel Green,
Grant county, on last Friday evening,
will be found on our first page.
az Engineer Baldwin arrived in
town on Wednesday, and the survey
of our railroad will be commenced as
soon as the weather will permit.
sEThis Winter seems to be doin G
its full share of "lingering." Anoth-
er snow storm, Wednesday and Thurs
day, and more sleighing.
DGy- Mrs. Mary Noyes, relict of the
late Henry Noyes, died at her resi-
dence in this village, this (Thursday)
morning, after lingering illness, of
consumption.
w~ Miss Ellen Edwards, an estima-
BILE young lady of some 20 summers,
daughter of Edward Edwards, of Gar
rison Grove, died On the 18th inst,
after an illness of but one day.
ssE-The rain of last Friday evening
was very heavy few miles east OF
DodgevilIe, doing much damage to
plowed fields and causing floods which
washed away the dams of the Middle
bury and Adamsville mills.
rse. A meeting of citizens is to be
held at the Town Hall, to-night( Thurs
/ day,) for the purpose Of taking pre-
liminary steps for the organization of a
company to build and operate rail
road from Lone Rock, via Dodgeville,
to Freeport,j ILL.," That sounds like
business,
sg~ While Philip Powers, who lives
one mile North of Highland, was at
tending the sale of Mr.. Steyl, on Tues
day, his house caught fire, and as the
family was not at home, nothing was
saved. The property was partially in
sured in the "American'' of Chicago.
ksg~ The Mineral Point Tribune says:
1--WE hear rumor that the tornado
which devastated Hazel Green last Fri
day evening, struck farm house in Will
low Springs town while thes family were
at supper, and lifted the building from
its foundation, without injuring any
one at the table.
gGa. At the village election in Oar
lipgton, last Monday week, an anti
license board was elected by about 80
Of majority. AS Darlington has
heretofore reveled in the luxury of
fourteen saloons,to say nothing of three
drug stores, the experiment will doubt
less prove interesting.
g6yWe erred last week in stating
that Rev. G. Kiechenbecher resigned
his pastorate of the German Lutheran
Church of this place. The fact is he
was voted out by vote of 90 in favor
of his leaving to in favor of his re-
naming. The Church has also voted
to withdraw from the Missouri Synod
by the same vote.-PLatevitle Witness,
10Th.
ag Elsewhere we publish an account
Of the aims and principles of the
eMendotas," new Temperance order
founded by Senator r. E. Davis, of
Dane county, which is making rapid
progress in the towns along the M. &
St. p. r. r. and in other parts of the
State. We understand that an effort
will be made, shortly, to establish a
Lodge in Dodgeville. May it succeed.
~ VI ould it not be we'll for the
County Board to make some provision
for the employment of the prisoners in
our county Jail? The good quarters,
excellent fare and idleness of the jail
are inducements for the commission of
small crimes which some natures can
not withstand. IF situation in the
jail involved also hard labor, these
inducements would be materially less
ened.
| sea- Mr.. Chas. Waters, of Smelser
Grant county. has just purchased %
horsepower engine, aud will shortly
set it up on his mining grounds.in that
township. Mr.. w. has sunk to the
depth OF 10s fset,and reached an open
ing which promises rich mineral. He
is working 81 feet below water, an un.
dertaking never before attempted BY
any miner in this region, and has de-
voted the best part of thirty one years
in developing this mine, which is GER
tain to bring him wealth, and that in
the near future.-Gdlena Gazette.