Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-02-18

| The following were elected officers OF
| the Northwestern Darymens Association, which
| recently met at Fort Atkinson, Wis: President
| s. Faville, of Wisconsin; Secretary, r. B. Stone
| of Illinois; Assistant Secretary, w. III. Stewart
| of Illinois; Treasurer, H. G. Drake, of Wisconsin
| A number of Vice-Presidents were also chosen.
| Resolutions were adopted ndorsing the movemen
to secure the erection on the Philadelphia Expo
siton grounds of a representative cheese factory
| and creamery; urging Northwestern manufactur-
ers and dairymen to arrange for exhibiting butter
and cheese and to aid in raising funds necessary
for crcdte5le display, and providing for the
appointment of committee to cooperate with
the committee appointed by the American Dairy
mans Association. Messrs Drake, Stone, Wan
yer and Smith were appointed as such COM
mittee
The vote in the Senate ON the passage
of the Centennial Appropriation bill was as fol-
lows.
Cameron Pa.), Caperton, Clayton, Conkling,
Conoyer, Cragin, Dawes, Dennis, Dorsey, Ed
munds, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Hamlin, Harvey,
Kelly, Logan. Mcdonald. Mcmillan, Moxeyy,
Mitchell, Morrill, (Me), Morrill, (Vt.), Morton,
Oglesby, Paddock Patterson, Randolph, Ransom,
NayS-Alcorn, Cooper, Eaton, Goldthwaite,
Hamilton, Howe, Keenan, Key, McCreery, Merri-
mon, Stevenson, Thurman, Wadleigh Whyle,
Withers-15
Messrs. English. Christiancy, Sherman. Cor
don and Cameron of Wisconsin, who would have
voted for the bill, paired with Messrs. Booth,
Cockerell, Davis, Norwood and Salisbury, who
would have voted against 1t. Mr.. Wright, who
was absent, would have voted for the bill.
On the 10th, Mr.. Morrison, Chairman of
Cor
note to DIR. j. P. Hambleton, Clerk of said Com
mittee, in which he said he had until lately
wholly disbelieved the charge that he had named
a son after j. Wilkes Booth; but that recent de-
velopments had given semblance of truth to
the charge, and that he considered it his duty to
| accept his resignation rendered some time ago.
The burglar who robbed the National
Bank of Commerce at New London, Conn. has
been discovered in the person of George c.
Packer, one of the teers of that institution, who
has made confession. All the missing funds
have been recovered.
At the meeting of Plymouth Church, on
the evening of the 11th resolution was adopted
referring the whole matter of the insinuations or
accusations of Mr. Bowen against Mr.. Beecher
back to the Examining Committee, with instruc
tions to continue the Investigations, and summon
Mr.. Bowen before them. The Committee de-
cided to cite him to appear before them on the
evening of the 23d.
During January, according to a Wash
ngton dispatch of the 18th, the demand for post
age stamps, postal cards and stamped envelopes
was unprecedentedly large, reaching an aggre-
gate of $3500,000 worth. This was thought to be
indicative of the rapid revival of business
throughout the country.
In his remarks at the Plymouth Church
meeting on the evening of the 18th, Mr.. Beecher
pronounced the allegations and insinuations of
Mr.. Bowen false, and added: And with AL
mighty God before me, and the Judgment day,
L arraign him as a slanderer and iar!'
EX-Gauger's Cullerton and Hildreth,
two Chicago Aldermen, have been indicted for
completely in the whisky frauds and held to bail
for trial. Several prominent politicians
also reported, on the 11th having been ndict-
ed at New Orleans for whisky and cotton claims
frauds.
The Kansas House of Representatives
on the 18th passed concurrent resolution ask
ing Congress to repeal the Specie-Resumption
act.
Peter Blackinton & Co., wooden manu-
facturcrs at South Adams Mass, have failed for
large amount. Announcement was made, on
the 18th, of the failure of r. & j. White, lumber
merchants, of Pembroke, Canada, liabilities
$4,000.
A London dispatch of the 1874 says that
active search was being made on the continent
for Winslow, the Boston forger, but that up to
that date no trace of him had been found.
A Berlin dispatch of the 18th says the
endeavors of Herr Kapp and other deputies to
secure remuneration Of the treaty of nat
4I.o Trx:4o
fruitlcss. The Government would uphold the
trea'y.
On the afternoon of the 18th an explo-
sion occurred in the Exeter Coal mine at West
Pittston, Pa. Four men were killed and six or
eight more badly injured The explosion was
caused by the accumulation of gas in of the
chambers of the mine. which was set on fire, it
is thought, by lighted lamp in the hands of
miner.
The funeral of the late Reverdy John
son took place in Baltimore on the afternoon of
the 18th Manypersons were present from Wash
ington, including Judges of the Supreme Court,
Senators and Representatives.
The Mississippi House Committee of
Investigation into the official conduct of CORDOBA,
State Superintendent of Education, report that
| they find him guilty of perjury, embezzlement,
bribery, forgery, etC
THE TRIAL OF GEN. IsABCOCK.
In the case of Gen. Babcock, on trial
| at ST. Louis ON the charge of completely with the
whisky frauds, jury selected on the Sth, and
Dist.-Att'y Dyer delivered his opening address,
in which he said he proposed to prove that there
was conspiracy to defraud the revenue; that
| Gen. Babcock was in correspondence with the
conspirators during the existence of the consplr-
acy and that he received money directly from
Joyce for his share in the proceeds of the frauds.
The evidence offered, the Attorney said, would in
| measure be circumstantial but there would
not be n, ,,! link missing in the chain.
ggcs 9esk called sne to Ra he
| witness stand, and on being asked to state
what he knew about the operations of Megrue, in
1871, objection was made, on the ground that the
evidence would only be of a hearsay character, as
witness did not enter the Collectors Office until
May, 1873 The Court decided chat the witness
ing that the ruling of the Court its competency
would be given the eafter. The witness then be-
| gan to speak about Megrue when defense again
| objected, and he was withdrawn, and Mr..
Thompson, distiller was called to the stand, and
gave history of his connection with the ring;
| explained how he made crooked whisky, etc,
| etc., all of which had been stated numerous
| times before. During the examination of this
witness the defense objected to all questions not
| directly relevant to the indictment against the
| defendant, but Judge Dillon ruled that testimony
to establish the existence of the conspiracy might
/ be given, and witness gave tolerably full &C
| count of the ring and its operations. FitzrOy
/ then recalled, and was asked if Megrue ever paid
| him any moneyswhen objection was again raised,
| and the court ruled that evidence relating to the
/ conspiracy in 1871 and 1872, might be received,
and subsequently ruled out if found to be irrele-
| want to the case on trial.
SECOND DAY.
Acting under the advice of the court, given
just before the adjournment the day before, the
Government counsel passed over the conspiracy