Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-01-28
THE NEW WORLD.

Gov. Kirkwood was elected United
States Senator by the Iowa Legislature on the
18th. The vote stood: Senate--Kirkwood, 30;
Letller, q. House-Kirkwood, IS; Letter, %. His
term in the Senate will begin March 4, 1877.
The United States Supreme Court, in a
cause brought from Missouri, has lately decided
that a State cannot compel a peddler to pay
license for selling articles procured in other
States, on the ground that it is tax upon the
goods themselves, a discrimination against the
products of other States, and in conflict with that
clause OF the Federal Constitution which declares
that Congress shall have the power to regulate
commerce with foreign nations and among the
several States.
A Washington dispatch of the 18th
says that the Texas Border Commission had ap-
ponteda subcommittee to examine the informa-
ton in the War Department on the subject of
Mexican raids etc. The committee would not
visit Texas, but would send for persons and pa
pers. %&Nf
A party of Indiana editors, numbering
900, on visit to the Centennial grounds in Phila-
delphia on the Eth, adopted a series of resolu-
tions commencing the Exhibition to Congress
and advising that the $t,500,0O0 asked for be
granted, with the understanding that the Govern
ment should disclaim all liability for the ex-
penses incident to the enterprise other than for
the amount specified in the appropriation.
ga The final ballot in the Kentucky Legis-
latnre on the 18th for United States Senator re-
suited in the choice of j. p. Beck, who received
100 Votes to IS for Wadsworth, the Republican
candidate. There were five scattering votes.
He will take his seat on the 4th of March, 1884,
l.. Q. G. Lamar received ITO votes for
United States Senator in the Mississippi Legis-
lat 81 a.
blank. lie takes his seat March q, 1877. 1t is
said that private caucus of Republicans decided
not to participate in the election on the ground
that the late elet tion was carried by fraud and
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Gov. Hartranft was inaugurated Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, as his own successors on
the 18th. ... stt..at
pa AT greenbacl meeting held in Madi-
son, Wis, on the 18TH a State Central Committee
was appointed, consisting of one member from
the State-at-large. and one from each Congress
sional district. A committee was appointed to
draw up a declaration of principles.
Onthe 18th Miss Dona Herndon,- re-
siding near Springfield, Ill spilled upon her
person some burnng-fuid from a lamp which she
was carrying This caught fire and she was hor-
ribly and fatally burned.
AL DelpuOS, Onlo, on the 10Th George
Sheeter threw lot of kerosene into stove to
hurry up tardy fire. The usual result followed
Mr.. Shelter was seriously and perhaps fatally
burned. sa atsa III VT tsos4 sstiaf
In recent letter Treasurer New states
that so per cent. of the legal-tender notes and
fractional currency sent to the department fol
redemption are unmutilated and fit for circula
tlon, and reiterates the statement of a previous
circular that the Government will in no case pay
tne charges on such notes or currency when the
same are MT for circulation or are sent in disrc
gard OF the regulations, but that the expenses O
such redemption viii be deducted from the re
turns made therefor.
In his recent letter to Senator Gordon
asking for the removal of his political disabilite.
Gen. Beauregard states that he makes the appli
cation in order that he may be qualified to serve
as member ofthe Louisiana Levee Commission
The Michigan Supreme Court has de
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