Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-17
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

THE other evening, Annie Lekc, Of
Kcnosha slipped on an icy sidewalk and
broke her leg
THE Lacrosse National Bank began bust.
ness on the Sd with paid.up capital OF
100000.
AT Chaintron's dye-housc, in Milwaukee
on the Sd, can Of bcnzne exploded, throw.
ing the burning liquid over Mr. ant. Mrs.
Chaintron, burning them so badly that Mrs.
Chaintron died in an hour, and the other
victim cannot recover. The room where the
explosion occurred is the cleaning room, and
number of people were employed there
cleaning clothes with benzine, Il can of
which was placed on the floor within about
six feet of the stove, where the heat caused
the explosion. The victims were burned
nearly to a crisp, and presented horrible
appearance.
A FRlsKY dog was the cause of conhagra-
ton at the residence of John McDonough,
of Green Bay, the other evening. In the eff.
fort of some of the members OF the family
to put the dog out of doors a Kerosene lamp
on the table tipped over, and the house was
set on fire.
ALBERT RoEsER committed suicide at Mil.
waukce, the other day, by shooting himself
through the body with revolver He had
lost his place as bartender at the Republi-
can House, and despaired of finding another.
SOME of the oldest conductors on the &. &
n w. Railroad, running north Of Green
Bay, had their official heads taken off on
New Years day.
THE Waupun prison contained 300 convcts
on the 1st of January.
THE annual meeting of the State Historical
Society was held at Madison on the 3D. Hon.
Alexander Mitchell, Of Milwaukee, was elect
cd President, with large number of Vice and
honorary Vice Presidents; Corresponding Sec
rotary, Lyman c. Draper; Librarian, ID. S.
Durrie The Society is in very prosperous
condition.
WIssINGER the man who assassinated DR..
Chamberlain, at Lacrosse, the other day, is
likely ~ recover after all The gates Of the
Waupun Prison are yawning to receive him.
THE telegraph wires have been extended
10 Clayton, on the North Wisconsin Rail-
way.
Nor prisoner has been confined in Green
Lake County Jail for over two months.
IT is said that the Green Bay and West
Wisconsin Railroads will unite in rebuild
ing the Blair House at Mcmillan, which was
recently destroyed by fire.
THE matter OF the awards for the overflow
caused by the dams and locks at the lower
end of Lake Winnebago has come almost to
deadlock The Commissioners appointed
to examine cases in that vicinity are doing
nothing.
The total number of deaths in Milwaukee
for the month Of Decemberwas POS, of which
number ia were males and "a females.
! THE residence and barn Of Alexander
Bakotz, at Oshkosh, was burned on the
morning of the sth Loss about 5000. Iu-
/ sured for e., so.
| THE contract for building the works Of
I the Dells improvement has been let to J. II.
Mcintyre & Co, of New York city.
/ H. A. PHISSEY, an Appleton clothing
/ merc failed, the other day. Liabilities
and assets not stated.
! THE latest reports from Milwaukee give
! the following as the current prices for lead
/ ing staples: Flour-Choice Winter Extra,
/ s6OO(d675 Choice Spring, s5.5or5. -;
/ Wheat-No. /. sl32hdl.33; No. 2, sL27sl
( al Is: Corn-No. ,, +Aa441sc; Oats-So.
/ 2,33ld S35Ec; Barley--No. ?, soaslc, Rye-73
{ @74c; PORK, sl6. 25a 1915.