Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-02-04

| Marsn, MacDougalI, McCrary, McDln MEAD. NIL
Nash, Norton, o'Brien, Oliver, o. ell, Page,
Phillips (Kan.9 Pierce, Piper, Plalsted, Platt,
Powell, Pratt Pnrman, Rainey, Randall, Reagan,
| Reilly. John, Robbins (Pa.), Robbins IN. Co,
| Roberts, Ross IN. j. Ross Pa,), Sampson,
Scheicker, Schumacher, Seelye, Sinnickson
| Slemons, Smalls, Smith (Pa.), Strait; stowen
| ton, Townsend On. W, Townsend (Pa), Van
Voorhees, Waddell, Wallace Is q Wallace I {Pa
Walls Ward Warren, Wells (Mo), Wells SMjssf;}
Jams IN. Y }, Williams A. S. ,(Mich.),, Williams
wis.,, Wiltshire, Wood (Pa.), Wood IN. ",
WOODBURY., Woodwork, Young-146.
| NAYs.-Ainsworth Anderson, Ashe, Atkins,
Bagley. G. A., Bagley, j. H.. Baker lind: }, Beebe,
Ball, BLACKBURN, Bland, Blount, Boone, Bradford,
Bnrsc ahs p {%is S Gabe a Caldwell [ 3a ca3
well (Tenn.l, Campbell, Gambler, Cannon, Gate,
Caulfeld: Clarke (Ky,), CLARK (Mo). Coz hranc,
Collins, Conger Cook, Gowarl, Cox, CulbsIson,
Davis, DeBolt, Dibrel, Douglas, Durham, Eden,
| Evans, Faulkner, FELTON,, Fort franklin, Fuller,
| Glover, Goode, Goodin, Gunter, Hamilton lind },
Harris Gal, Harris Wa.l -Hartridge, HartzelL
| Hereford, Hewitt (Ala.9, Holman, Hooker,
| Hoskins. House, Hunton. eHurd, Jones IN I'D,
i Joyce, Kehr, Kimball, Knott. Landers Qnd3,
Lewis, Lord, Lynde1,. Mcfarland, Mcmahon, Met
Phelps. philips lIo) j Poppleton. Potter fea,
Rice Riddle, Robinson, Rusk, Savage, sayler,
Stone, Terry, Thomas, Thornburgh, Tucker
Tufts, Tnrney, Xance (ohio), Vance On, CD, Wal
dron, Walker lVa.), Waling, Walsh SWhitthorne
(nd), Williams, W. B. CMich) Willis, Wilson
wv. Va, Wilson Qowa), Yeates--130. III
Rev. John Russell, of Detroit, the Sec
rotary of the, National Prohibition Convention,
has issued call for National Convention to be
held at Cleveland, May II, for the nomination of
President and Vice-President of the United
Estates. Each Stateis entitled to two delegates
or every member il sends to Congress.
Two men named Dawson and Estep
in Jail at Charleston, w Va, for the murder of a
man named Lee, were hanged by'a mob on the
25th. After they were taken from the Jail another
prisoner named Hines, who had killed colored
man named Dooley, was demanded and given up
to number of colored mer who proceeded with
him to the woods and there ynched him by hang
ing.
A report prevailed in Galveston, Texas,
on the Goth, that revolution had been started in
the northern and central portions of Mexico
near the Rio Grande. Gen. Herrera had pro-
nounced for the movement and surprised the au-
thorites at Parras.
The Kansas State Republican. Conven-
ton to select delegates to the National Republ-
can Convention will be held at Topeka on the 26th
of May
By an explosion of nitro glycerine at
North Adams, Mass, on the Doth, two workmen
were killed.
The Northampton (Mass.) National
Bank was robbed by burglars, ON the night of the
25th, of money and securities valued at over
100000. The bank officers offer reward of $2,-
0O0 for the return of the property and the capture
of the thieves.
Several of the parties indicted in Mil
waukee for completely in whisky frauds withdrew
their pleas of not guilty ON the 18th, and entered
pleas of-guilty.
A fight occurred on the 18th between
United States troops and q body of Apache
Indians, about fifty miles southwest of Santa Fe,
N. NJ, in which one white man and twenty
| Indians were killed.
The eight annual session of the Nation
| al Womans Suffrage Association began in Wash
| ington on the 9th. The proceedings were
| opened with prayer by Rev. Olympia Brown, and
| Fred Douglass made speech favoring woman
! suffrage. Mrs. M. j. Gage presided.
According to a Washington telegram
| of the Goth Senator Patterson of South Carolina
had been advised that the Secretary of State had
issued certificates to Moses and Whipper as Cir
cult Judges, and that the latter would be sworn
in under this certificate at the proper time. These
| are the two whom Gov. Chamberlain de-
clined to commission after their election by the
State Legislature.
| On the 9th, the Secretary of the Treas
ury directed the destruction of 1854 $50 in green
backs, that amount being eighty per cent. of the
| new National Bank currency issued during the
month. This leaves the outstanding greenback
| circulation at $371.273140.
The regular annual meeting of the
American Poultry Association was held in Chi
| cago on the 9th. E. M. Teal, of Chicago, was
| chosen President and Charles p. Willard of the
| same place Secretary and Treasurer for the en-
| suing year. Itwas voted to hold the next show
| in Chicago from Feb. 3to Feb. II, 1877. v's2
-Four desperadoes, former employees of
the Lake Shore Railroad; named L. H. Hartwell,
Charles Dwight, II. Dwight and William Emery,
alas Soph us,n boarded the express train bound
east on the Lake Shore Road, near Toledo, Ohio,
on the night.of@tlie@ 25th, with the intention of
| robbing the United States Express Company's
saf4 of its money, packages. The would-be rob-
bers captured in the very act by Toledo police
officers and United States detectives who, getting
wind of their intention, were on beard ready for
| them. They were taken to Toledo and lodged in
| Jail on the 27th. The express messenger had in
his chest $27j,000 in currency and $125,C00 in
| bullion. ~-~e ~ --
In the Ontario Legislature recently a
bill giving women right to vote at municipal
elections was defeated by, a.sman majority {
According to aSpringfeld Mass tele-
gram of the 2Sth, it was believed that the whole
amount of loss by the Northampton (Mass.) bank
robbery would exceed 81, 10000 and that nearly
one half of the securities taken were negotiable.
| Congressman H. H. Starkweather, of
| Connecticut died in Washington on the morning
of the 2sth, of pneumonia. He about fifty
| years old. nEs H&
At a meeting of the National Demo-
! cratic Executive Committee in Washington on
the 18th, Augustus Scnell presiding, Senator Ran
dolph was chosen Vice Chairman, w. H. Barnum,
of Connecticut, Treasurer, and A. d. Banks, of
Mississippi, Resident Secretary.
The Ohio Legislature has repealed the
Geaghan law adopted by the last Legislature.
Capt. Paul Boyton, ON the Goth ult.,
swan from Alton, III, to st. Louis, twenty-five
miles, in his lfe-saving dress the one in which be
crossed the nglish Channel. He was about nine
hours and half making the trip.
On the afternoon of the 2Sth ult., in a
factory near Baltimore, Nd, SEQ cans containing
i dynamite powder exploded in volleys, continuing
for nearly half an hour. The building was shat
| tered and six iremen were injured.
The Nebraska State Fair will be held
at Lincoln, commencing Sept 25, next. Moses
Stocking has been chosen President of the State
Board of Agriculture.
During the week ending Jan. 2gth
great damage was done and much inconvenience
caused by the heavy rains which prevailed
throughout Southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
State Senator Burns, of Ohio, has re-
Gently received. letter from Senator Sherman in