Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-03-10

Templars in Dane County.
A STURGEON was caught in Lake Win
nebago, lately, which weighed 124pounds.
OVER 10000 posts and 400 cords of
wood have been delivered at Jacksonport
so far this winter.
LOADS of poplar AMI Eastwood are be-
ing forwarded to Appleton to be used for
pulp in the manufacture of paper.
JAMES GowAN was recently fatally in
jured by his team running away and pre-
cipitating him from his wagon, near Shi-
octon.
WILLIAM LEHMAN committed suicide
the other night on DIR. James Johnson's
farm near the Soldiers Home, Milwau-
kee by shooting.
sa A MAN named Thomas Roberts, living
IN the town of Utica, while moving a
house, the other day, in some manner got
under one of the rollers, and was crushed
to death.
A FEW days ago, at No. 344 Van Buren,
street, Milwaukee, David Spellane brutal
ly murdered Mrs. Parker, an old woman
living with his mother. A Coroner's jury
decided that he was insane and directed
his confinement.
THE Irish Catholic societies of Milwau-
kee have resolved on grand celebration
of ST. Patricks Day by q procession and
banquet Edward O'Brien will be Mar
shall of the day, and the Hon. Patrick
Walsh master of the banquet.
A FEW days ago an unknown man was
killed at Peter Anderson's logging camp,
afew miles north of Green Bay. He
felled tree in which another had lodged,
and in falling it struck him on the head,
crushing in his sk1ll and almost instantly
killing him.
A MILWAUKEE jury has lately convicted
Theodore Sheinert of setting fire to his
organ factory in January last. The pen
atty for arson in Wisconsin is imprison-
ment for not less than three nor more than
ten years. The case was based entirely
on circumstantial evidence
On the morning Of the goth ult., be-
tween one and two O'Clock, the sash, door
and blind factory owned by i. Neubauer,
at Oconto, was totally destroyed by fire,
together with dry houses and large stock
of material. Loss $4,000. Insured for
$780, in six different companies.
The bishops of the Protestant Episcopal
dioceses of Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin,
Nebraska, Illinois, Fond du Lac, Mis-
souri,, Colorado, Western Michigan and
Minnesota are to hold conference at
Racine, shortly to consider project for
establishing a church university in the
West. t'
THE order of the Secretary of the In
terror suspending the cutting of pine tim
Der on the Menominee reservation will, it
is said, work great hardship to the jobbers
and also the Indians, who were depend
ing on their work in this woods for the
necessaries of life; in addition, large
body of pine, nearly destroyed by fire,
will be totally lost.
THE temperance work in Oshkosh has
been considerably. quiekened of late by
the accession of one Calkins, an old sa-
loon keeper, to the ranks of the workers.
Gathering his old chums around him, af-
ter clearing his saloon, be, with them,
made an oath to taste no more of the stuff
They took pail of cold water, and each
drank in honor of the mammoth swear
off.
SAYS the Fond du Lac Co1nmoa1re nth :
"a laughable incident occurred at one Of
our city churches Sunday evening. When
the fire alarm sounded, the minister did
not hear it, but the audience did, and
some of them left hastily. Thinking he
was bearing down too heavily upon the
people, the good elder changed the sub
ject-threw down a few feathers, and
withheld the thorns until more conven-
lent season."
WHILE little son of L. Choate, of
Oshkosh, and son of Mr.. johnson were
playing together the other day in the
house of the former, they discovered a
pistol lying on shelf, and got possession
of it. AS is the case usually, the pistol
e went off, the ball striking the son of Mr..
Choate near the nose and passing down
through the mouth and tongue, 1t is
thought the boy may recover, but he will
necessarily be much disfgured and have
the power of speech much<impaired
A RICH sell was perpetrated on Chi
cage man named G. r. Finch by party
of Madison boys recently. 1t seems that
NJ Mr.. Finch advertised in a Chicago paper
for wife. One of the Madison boys an
-swered the letter, and love letters followed
with interchange of photographs The
meeting of the pair took place near the
Postoffice, one of Madisons smooth faced
boys being rugged out in female apparel
for the occasion. An indignant uncle
bounced on the pair with a policeman
q they. We're taken to the Court House
which was densely packed, and mock
trial came off, prominent attorneys and
Legislators taking part The denouemen
of the trial was rich beyond description,
s< the Chicago gentleman leaving on the
S. midnight train with curses loud and deer
at Madison's iokers, but acknowledging il
a big sell, -... -.....
A BLACK RIVER FALLS correspondent
says: "a few days since some twenty
2 red men of the forest held meeting in
. this place for the purpose of counsel
with their white friends in relation to
their future. Black Hawk, chief of six
ty-nine years, made a little speech in be-
halfof the people. Winnesheik also spoke
we'll. 1t may not be known that some
eighty-five families have settled in
this county, taken up homesteads, aban-