Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-01-04
aen. How it caught is of course a

gentlemen. How it caught is of course a
mystery, bat it was probably from a spark.
The fire was extinguished as soon as it reach
ed the waterfall.
About 9 O'Clock on Saturday evening last
the wife of Thomas Mullany, a coal miner,
living in the town Of Hemlock, Pennsylvania
undertook to pour carbon oil from vessel
containing about a quart, into a lighted
coal lamp when both vessels exploded, set
ting fire to the woman's clothing, as well as
other clothing lying near her which she had
been ironing. Mrs NJ. in her fright ran
into another room where her husband and
four children were asleep in bed. Mr.. NJ
awakened by her screams, sprang from his
bed opened the door and induced her tc
leave the house enveloped in a fame of fire
which those who witnessed it declare as
cended to the height of fifteen feet. The
woman ran screaming and plunged into a
pool Of water and thus succeeded in extin-
gushing the fire from the remnants OF gar
ments attached to her person. In the mean
time, Mr.. NJ, by superhuman efforts, sue.
ceeded in duelling the flames i'll the house
and saving his four children from horrible
death. The unfortunate woman fingered
until six o'clock on Monday, when death re-
lieved her Of her sufferings
A Mr.. Morrison, and his wife, Of Madison
county, ILL.,, were drowned on the 22d
| while attempting, with a team, to cross the
river at ST. Louis on the ice.
A Young man named Hershman, clerk in
railroad Office in Pittsburgh, charged q
well known citizen with taking his pocket
book. The charge not being sustained, he
was committed in default of bail for perjury
While there he took poison and wrote q
most plaintive letter to his young and beau
tiful wife, concluding with the following
n0te
g TO ma cell mates: After [ am dead
take out my front teeth, which are artificial
and give them to my wife-the one for
whom have died" u
A prompt application of the stomach
pump was made, and he still keeps those
g front teeth
On the evening of the 23d, as Bishop
Rosecrans of Ohio was going to his home at
the Catholic Seminary near Sedansville, he
was accosted by two men, who demanded
his money. He made no reply, but fastened
his pace to a run. One of the men then
drew pistol and fired at him, the ball tax
ing eIecI III IHe lelt leg, JUST aeoFe tiAe hnee.
Even this did not stop the Bishop, who sue
ceeded in making good his escape. The
wound, upon examination, proved to be
merely one of the flesh, and although pain
full, is by no means serious. No clue has
yet been obtained to the perpetrators of the
outrage.
A laborer in the employ of the Chicago
City Railway Company, named Terence
O'Brien, while engaged yesterday afternoon
in cutting hay at the companys stables, had
the misfortune to sever his left hand from
his arm, at the wrist.
On the night Of the 21st, the house Of
James Smart, near Delta, Fulton county,
was burned, Mr. Smart and his wife perish
ing in the flames.
The Merchants Exchange at Montreal
was burned on the.,night of the oath. THREE
men were hurt by falling stones.
The Edgar House at paris, Illinois, was
destroyed by fire on Friday of last week.
The post office had a narrow escape.