Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-01-14

/ vi DGTOils anu NdltcI V. oOhJohhiA
of Washington, took place at Detroit on the even
| ing of the 4th. Over 5000 persons were present
| Mclaughlin won the match and $3.50.
Joseph Bork, the defaulting City Treas
urer of Buffalo, returned to that city on the 5,h
| and was held to bail in the sum of $4,000. He
promised to assist in administering his estate SO
as to pay all claims.
& William Murray and Fred Meyer were
hanged at Pittsburgh, Pa, ON the 9th for the
murder of Wahl in November last.
TIE next Illinois State Fair is to be
| held at Ottawa, beginning Sept. A..
In his late message to the Legislature
Gov. Ames, of Mississippi, calls attention to the
late State election and recites alleged cases Of
violence growing out of the canvass, and declares
that this violence intimidated the electors. This
| intimidation he attributes to the race question
and the efforts of the whites to reassert their old
| supremacy and recommends the modification of
| the fundamental law of the State SO as to bring
| about better feeling between the races. The
| State finances are reported to be unprecedentedly
| healthy.
| The Louisiana State Democratic Con-
vention met at New Orleans on the 9th and
adopted resolutions declaring that the usurpation
| of the Government of the State of Louisiana is
| an evil which weighs heavily on the people of the
| State and constant menace to the perpetuity of
representative institutions; that the Wheeler ad-
| justment had no reference to the elections OF
1872 and was expressly limited to two contested
seats in the State Senate and seventeen in the
| House: that the memorial of the people of Louis
lana praying for relief at the hands of Congress
be again presented to that body; favorng speedy
return to specie payments. A memorial to
| Congress, protesting against the Kellogg Gov
| ernm ent and declaring that McEnery ard Penn
are the official heads of the Government was also
! adopted.
The Democratic caucus of the Missis-
| sippi Legislature on the 9th nominated l.. O. G.
Lamar for United States Senator.
The banking house of Eastons& Milne,
at Fall River, Mass, suspended on the 18th. An
nouncement was made on the same day of the
| failure of Philip Stiner, New York tea mer-
! chant who had eighteen tea stores in New York
| and Brooklyn. His liabilities are stated to be
$13S,000; assets $4,000.
Wonderly & Co., lumbermen at Grand
Rapids, Mich, suspended on the 18th, with over
| 5000, 900 liabilities.
The Texas Democracy have nominated
the following candidates for State officers: Rich
ard Coke, Governor; B. Hubbard, Lieutenant
| Governor; o. NJ. Roberts, Chief-Justice; d. G.
| Giddings B. III. Epporson, Presidential Electors;
III. H. Boone, Attorney General; j. Dow, State
| Treasurer
| Frank Scott, colored man, was hanged
| at Memphis, Tenn, the 9TH for the murder, In
| December, 1874, of an old negro who owed him
ninety cents. At the gallows he made short
| speech, at the conclusion of which he said the
| cords were cutting his arms and he would
rather be hanging. Bill Williams (colored)
was also hanged at Bartlett, Tenn, on the
| same day, for murder. He denied the crime to
the last. AT Jackson, Tenn, also -on the same
day, Milton Mclean was hanged for the murder
| of a man named Pope.
A boy who proved to be James Blanch-
ard, of Milford, N. H., created considerable ex-
element at st. Adams, VT, few days ago, by
| claiming to be the lost Charley Ross 1t was sub
sequently demonstrated that he was an enormous
liar and he was SENT the 9TH, to his mother, at
| Milford.
Gov. Tilden, of New York, has denied
the application of Edward s. Stokes, the murderer
of James Fisk, to be released from imprson-
ment. FLA
At Osborn, Mo-, few nights since,
! burglars broke into store and stole q bottle of
chloroform, with which they drugged the whole
town. They went through both hotels, all the
| stores and many private residences, seCureu sew
eral thousand dollars and escaped.
| On the 9Th an interesting experiment in
| telegraphy was made in Milwaukee, by which it
was demonstrated that, by the use of lately-in-
vented instrument, eight messages could be sim
ultaneously transmitted over single wire. The
inventor of the system is Mr.. E. Gray, of Chi
cago.
In his annual reportto Congress the Lii
brarian states that there are now in the Congress
sional Library 2935O7 volumes, an increase of 49,
34S volumes since the date of his last report
Hon. j. Y. Scammon, former President
of the Mechanics National Bank. suspended
| Chicago institution, and j. S. Reed, his cashier
and son-in-law, have been indicted by Chicago
| Grand Jury on the charge of misappropriation
of the funds. In a card dated Washington. Jan, 8,
| Mr.. S. emphatcally denies the alleged embezzle-
ment and that he ever committed an intentional
wrong while serving as President of the Bank
A New York telegram of the 9th says
that all the churches invited by Mrs. Moulton to
take part in the mutual council had accepted the
| invitation. The list embraces some of the most
celebrated clergymen in the denomination.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.-The Senate reassembled on
the 5th. .Sundry petitions and memorials were
presented. Among the bills introduced were
the following: To further provide for the redemp-
ton of United States lega-tender notes in &C
cordance with existing laws; to divide the State
of Iowa into two judicial districts; to amend
the act of June 81, 1864, relating to national cur
rency and to provide for the circulation and re-
demptlon thereof; to provide for an investi-
| CATION of the Rocky Mountain locusts. etc.
| Mr. Morton's State-rights resolutions and
his resolution authorizing the appointment of
i committee to investigate the circumstances at
/ tending the recent election in Mississippi were
| laid over the latter until the 10th. Adjourned