Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-22
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

ABOUT 13o, eco O0o feet of logs were cut on
the Wisconsin River during the past season
A STATE Greenback Convention is to be
held in Madison early in. April.
OK the afternoon Of the 18th Rudolph
Moral was arrested in Milwaukee for clever
attempt TO dcfraud the commission house OF
w. P. McLaren d Co. out Of $3.50, by means
OF forged telegram. Moral was arrested az
he was presenting the cheek for payment.
THE recent freshet in La Crosse County
was destructive Of water privileges 1t is
said there is not mild in the county
but has been swept away.
On the 4th Of July Of the current year,
there will be held, In Milwaukee, a grand
reunion OF the Masonic fraternity Of the
State
DEPUTY COLLECTOR PETER VAN VECHTEN
has been dismissed by Collector of Customs
Geo. G. Stevens, Of Milwaukee, because
petitions were being circulated on the street
favoring his appointment to the position
held by his chief.
AT Milwaukee, on the 14th, Josephine
Lietsch was crushed to death while riding
upon an elevator in the coffee and spice
mandatory of Jewett & Sherman, corner
Of Detroit street and Broadway Deceased
was sixteen years of age, and had been in
the employ Of West K Co., statoners, for
some time. At noon she visited several
young lady friends working in Messrs. jew
EFT Il Sherman's establishment, and was by
them induced to take the fatal ride. Her
head was caught between the elevator ana
floor, and crushed into shapeless mass.
INTELLIGENCE reached Milwaukee on the
morning of the l4th of the death In Rome of
Alexander Murison, formerly a prominent
| commission merchant there, but more re-
Gently located in Chicago The intelligence,
SO sudden and unexpected, caused quite
| sensation when announced on Change.
| Ar latest accounts, the town of New Bad
| axe was completely inundated, the water be-
ing three and four feet deep in all the
| houses, stores, etc. Women and children
| had to be carried to the bluffs for safety, and
the town was deserted. No report of any
| loss of life.
THE Legislature, just adjourned, passed
AIS acts, and adopted nineteen memorials to
! Congress and sixteen joint resolutions.
UNDER the act of the last Legislature,
| transferring from the School Land Commits
sioncrs the power to appoint agents for
| the protection of the State lands and timbe
| the Governor has made the following APP
| pointments Timber Agents-First District,
| c. Il. Mears, of Polk County; Second Dis
| trict, George B. Merrick, of River Falls; ;
| Third District, Myron II. MeCord, of
| Lincoln County; Fourth District, A. T. Col
burn, of Monroe County; Sixth District,
| John G. Corrigan, of Ozaukee County;
! Fifth District none appointed.
| THERE is a man in Grant County, named
Robert Lumpkns, who was 100 years Did on
the I'd day of March.
THE Appleton Crescent recommends that
! on Wednesday, the 10th of April, the lois
anniversary OF the battle of Lexington, eve
~ man in Wisconsin who owns homestead
| plant tree shade fruit or ornamental, a s
he may prefer.
F. s. HAYwARp's table-factory, at Osh.
kosh, was burned on the night of the 14th.
Loss $1,000.
THE body of an unknown man, who had
committed suicide, was found in the field of
| a farm on the Green Bay road, near Mlwau-
| kee, on the 18th. The deceased had shot
himself through the head and breast.
TUE latest reports from Milwaukee give
| the following as the current prices for lead
ing staples Flour-Choice Winter Extras,
s5,75@600; Choice Spring S4S705 Is;
Wheat-No. l. Sl.1o0l,11; No. 2, $1,000
l.oS; Com-No. 2, 4315a45c; Oats-No. 9,
32@32l9c; Barley-No. 2, S1@s2c; Rye
No. l, scarce; Pork--S22 oo022 10; Lard
steam-13@lSN; Kettle, 13&@l4c; Hams
| -l2AGll2a; Dressed Hogs-S9 25Cp9 40.