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

A MILWAUKEE Hrm mas secureu the
contract for thc-iron bridge across the
Minnesota Riverqat LIE Sueur, Mimi.
esR. w. NArHAN's residence, at Green
Bay, was damaged by fire to the extent Of
about 81, 900, on the night of the 8th.d
FORTY EIGHT are farmers out of the 100
members that make up the w isconsin AS
sembly. or the thirty three members Of
the Senate eleven are farmers. -. az +
SEDWARD d. ADLER, young and
promising son Of David Adler, leading
business man of Milwaukee, died in
Leipsic, Germany a few days ago.
JAKET. B. DEWITT, once prominent in
the Milwaukee boot and shoe trade died
at the hospital in that city on the Sd, after
total paralysis of. his limbs for eighteen
months. 3
go. DAVID ANGELoN, a Dane, living at Mil
waukee, was prompted, on the 9th, to rid
himself of serious family difficulties by
agtaking laudanum; Adoctor and astomach-
pump saved his'life g @.t z $50
HENRY G. JONES, chief clerk in G.. j.
L. Myers sash and door factory, Fond du
Lac, was found gdead at his hotel on the
night of the 7th. 1t is supposed that he
took the poison with suicidal intent. Z"
THE women of Oshkosh are alive to the
importance of having the State thorough
ly represented at the Centennial Exposi-
ton and have formed a Centennial Club,
with Mrs. Philetus Sawyer as President
~ THE amount expended in HON omission
airy work in Wisconsin during the past
year was $16,950; of which there was con-
trbuted by the churches of the State 3d.
sos. 68; rest-$13, 255 32--was furnished
from broad, principally from the East.
ern States.
AT mass meeting held at Fond du Lac
y. on the 5th[ and attended by prominent
n citizens resolution was adopted re-
questing the Senators and Representatives
o. from Fond du1 Lac County to oppose the
passage of the Vance bill, or any bill
which, in effect, repeats the Potter law.
Tire State Horticultural Society, recent
ly in session at Madison, elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, A. G.. Tuttle,
Baraboo; Vice President, J. M. Smith,
Green Bay i Recording Secretary, F. w.
Case, Madison; Corresponding Secretary,
u C. Plumb Milton; Treasurer, Geo. A.
Mason, Madison.
a MAN is serving a yearIin the Wiscon-
sin State Prison who was convicted Of
robbing the mails of twenty five cents,
Since he has been confined there the let
ter has been returned from the Dead-Let-
ter,0ffice with the twenty-five cents in
closed. The man served in the army, and
was discharged with the rank Of captain.
The religious revival recently inaugu-
rated in Fort Howard is making decided
progress and gaining fcothold in various
denominations and circles. The interest
has extended TO Green Bay, and the Meth
odist and Baptist churches have united
with the Congregational and Presbyterian
churches in speciaIreligious efforts. Quito
number of conversions are reported.
The structures erected in Oshkosh dur
ing the summer of 1875 were: 112 fire.
proof stores, two first-class hotels, twelve
manufacturing establishments, two school
buildings, one elegant opera-house, two
bank buildings, five churches, fifty-six
buildings composing frame stores, me-
chanic shops, livery stables, etc.. and
2S4 dwelling houses being 476 buildings
in all. (2sH + ..e f-d.Te3 ~.
A FEW nights ago, a fire in Fort Howard
destroyed small frame building owned
and occupied as a residence by Capt. Spaf-
ford, of the Goodrich propeller Truesdell.
His family was absent during the evening,
and attributed the cause of the fire to the
probable explosion of lamp left burn
ing Nearly the entire contents of. the
dwelling were destroyed. Loss about
$1,000.
THE wolves of Wisconsin are unusually
bold this season. They even come into
the villages and attack men. On q late
evening pack of the beasts attacked a
citizen at Parkins, Clark County, on the
road half a mile from town, and mani
tested a most determined disposition to
make meal of him. He succeeded in
fighting them off, and reached home q
much frightened man. Children are care
fully housed after night in towns and
country The vicious brutes often invade
villages and serenade the inhabitants with
the music of their howls.
The final steps for throwing the firm OF
Day, Call 81 Co., late contractors on the
Fox River Improvement, have been taken,
and nowia new complication has arisen.
y& AT the time of their failure considerable
portion of their assets was stock of goods
worth about 10000. Some Of the small
ercreditors, representing about $4,000,
levied on these goods, which were finally
sold under the hammer of the Sheriff OF
Outagamie County, after proceedings in
bankruptcy had been commenced. There
is likely to be a sharp contest over the
legal questions involved.
asg1 zExsMAYoR j. B. CIR oss, fell dead at his
residence on Broadway. Milwaukee, ON
the morning of the Sd, while reading a
newspaper. The deceased was prominent
in the politics of the city and State, about
twenty three years ago. He came to Mil
'-waukee from Lyons, N Y, in 1871, and
after filling several subordinate offices,
was elected Judge of Probate, then mem
Der of the Legislature, and then Mayor OF
the city for three successive terms follow.
"|' ing the spring of 1854. He was defeated
p qas Democratic candidate for Governor in
h., 1857 by Alex. w. Randall, and retired
a from public life Though once possessed
Casof ample fortune, misfortunes reduced