Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-17
BRIEF NOTES OF
GENERAL INTEREST

The FIRST convictions of st. Louis cam
paign against swearing were Obtained
when John Murphy and JarvaG 1egins
were find so each for using forbidden
language on the street.
Mayor Charles W. Benton of Prince
ton, Ind, announced that he would not
impose fine on any habtual drunkard
brought before him hereafter, providing
the latter would take an oath To stop
drinking for ninety days.
Warren Slater. - years old, a basket
ball enthusiast of New Britain. Conn.
lost his voice willie shouting at a game
i'll that city the other night, and has
not been able 10 talk since. He has no
pain and is well otherwise. Doctors
think he will recover his speech III
few weeks.
John Dore Of Martinsburg, Mo. en-
tered the kitchen OF Mrs. Louise Steph-
ems ut Edwardsville, H., and. Selling
her child from her arms. forced her To
prepare supper fo" him. He held the
baby while he ate, and when he had hn-
shed gave it back to its mother aud
fled. lie was arrested later.
In the room in ii hotel ut Kalamazoo.
Mich. where the bride nurScd the groom
back to health, five years ago, III \. II.
Spinney, aged 10. and Miss Tessora
Wade. aged 50. both Of Bedding, Mich:
were married. Miss Wade is u trained
nurse. DR. Spinney is lecturer rnd Is
at the head of Sanitariums in Reed City
and Bedding.
y mans body. when he dies, belongs
to his next of kin. and he cannot give
il to another. according to a decision
handed down by Judge 5. W. Smith at
Cincinnati. The ease was brought 10y
n sister of DR.. \. T. Tanski. who wished
To prevent the cremation of her brothers
body. Before his death he had directed
that his body be crematrd.
\ strike is en- among Cincinnati grave
diggcrS, and rs Il result nndertakers are
having graf difficulty in fulfilling their
rngH gemeutS.
The first result Of the strike was III
evidence ut st. .Ioscph'% cemetery. Two
funeral professions arrived at the GENIE
tery. but no graves had been dag. The
funerals were delayed for hours,
Miss Alice Rooscvelt's Japanese mon
key. the one she brought back from the
Philippines. is dead As soon rs it ar
rived in Washington it was placed III
the care of Il bird and animal fancier tc
be looked after until Miss Roosevelt
T.
the white house. The proprietor of the
store said the monlcy was sick when if
arrived.
Miss Una Dell Berry. daughter of
Mrs. Helen NJ Berry. West Lafayette.
lud has been ordained minister in the
Christian church. From early girho0d
she has taken deep interest in church
work, and. possessed of IA fine voice. she
has led REVEALS. Although still i'm her
teens. she has Il remarkable knowledge
of the Bible and religious teachings. She
has been made assistant pastor of the
First Christian church in Lafayette
William ). Cook, the oldest initiated
odd Fellow in California. died recently.
apparently in great poverty, and his
lodge buried him. He was even in ar
rears for several months rent for !;
shabby room where he had lodged for
thirty years. The public administrator
search of safe deposit vaults, however,
revealed that Cook was a miser who
left more than 100000 i'll bonds and
other securities. His only relative is
brother in Virginia.
Believing that music may have charms
To SnOthe the nervous CmplONc, the Off /
cials of the American Cigar company
have inaugurated Il novel experiment. in
their factory ut Newark, y. j. For M
hour each day piano music is laviShly
dispensed through the concerns building
by an expert musician hired by the com
pany. The company employs about 800
persons and many of them are women.
rhe experiment WAS undertaken in the
belief that music causes them to he more
attentive 10 their work,
Here's the mcanest man in the world |
according to Andrew koodik of Chicago |
who, besides dispensing schoonerS of |
beer and tumblers of whisky in his Sa- |
loon, has Il heart that is charitably in |
Clmcd. He hefricnded II man giving his !
name as Joseph koroSki, who was hun |
cry and homeless. He gave the forlorn !
one Il bed in his home. When the hoo /
dix household ;wokc in the morning il /
was found that kuroSki was . me. and |
So was Mrs. koodik'S wedding ring /
koroSki was arrested.
In an address before the Mems sun.
day class of the First Congregational |
church at Ecloit Prof William Porter |
ot Bcloit college. vino Is nearing his |
nmcticth year, spoke on the, relation of !
the slave owner and the slave nf the !
south before the war. He said thar hr /
lad no apology for slavery and WAS /
t~hllINA IT, atti st1NbN~ ltotl tlttlt. nut tih /
dlt know that there was Il side tu the /
siavc life that the world heard littr
about, and he saw that lie saw whcr,
there Was lovc ami devotion of the !
sweetest Kind hetwceu the slave owner
ana the slave himself
Will" riding cross country near his /
home, "Iallytoor. at WNmcWuud. Pa.
William J. Clothirr. a we'll known ten
mis-, hockey. and football PLAYER. was
thrown from his horse and seriously in |
iurcd. He is being nurSc,l 10y Miss |
Anita Porter, his iaucc daughter of /
Judge w. ". Porter of lhiladelphm. /
they were Ia have been married Fch-
ruHry 81 The Wedding has been post
poncd Another incident of tue accideut
was the death of Jeffrey Powers. super
mtrudent 1T the country seat of Isaac
II. Clothicr. father of the injured man
lie Was stricken with heart affection in
the room to which he assisted Clothier.
aud died before the latter regaiued con
seriousness