Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-09

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on trial charged with the r,n,
Judge Emery ut Seattle. Tha"aI5 N
WIS an oratorcal effort ~ as
strensin, ana brought tears 10 fha - ',
u tie Judge and jury. ana even H.. yN
,1,,ta'53.' ioI me state We're affected ~
:, o5 mIlne on the fact that he bad ,.
u confederate soldier. He. da,.larod ,V'1
he loved his boy and the law a,iie' iH'lt
that he would not make an oTn'.i 'id
inc son mat was not within rb!, ''!
Because its employees Were frao,,..,
late large London house reren 4tIteNlH
dered that the tardy ones sbonlJ ef-
excuses III a book provided for th,t , RYE
pose. but the clerks proved law Iu'
"ris'inai' Al the top of page ia5s
Omnibus horse died" as the l.,,, "r
be. and the rest fell into the hol 'i,'-It
making ditto marks, and lettina =, 81
at that. But not Ion ago one MAN ~
new excuse. He wrote viii n,; ,I"
Wife had twins" The second Gt ~ "le'
son tnat morning was t. great h,t,u
anu ull not hotlce the innovation. Lnr
made ms customary ditto mark, @
the rest OF The men on that u9.. g"p
lowed suit. The excuse book Wg~ .I'l
ishcd. was "'''-
The oldest enlisted man ON the rsfI. NJ
the United States army is Sergt II.
Robertson of the hospital corne w.
toned on Governors island. Serrt HI
ertSon. who * a native Scotclmau fr..
enlisted May p, 1854, and he h1s Laa.
III continuous service, having thp nvtr...,
binary record of never having LOST a I.,.
He is a years of age. but is .. str,i"&t
as pine tree and carries him,pJf ,yitl-
the agile step of youth. He l.,,l
Gen. Phil Sheridan as a lieutenant ,.l
has equally vivid recollection of GnI, "
). Hancock when the latter was ~ v,.,,..
officer.
Forced out Of his pulpit by the oppo.
sltlon of millionaire members at lis
mock, Key. Ii. G. Rosenberger. pastof
OF the fashionable Greenwood Congreul
tlonal church at Des Moines~ Ia. has
rendered his resignation 1t WAS ar.
cepted only after hot fight in the boarl
of trustees.
The resignation was caused Ey his scr.
mons against capital and because. of his
attitude toward the poorer member, nf
the congregation.
When Rev. Mr. Rosenlerz Lroo,
paying more attention to the lesser Goht.
and refused to toady to the arist,srary
influential trustees objected and aslnf
nm to be more careful. lie said he
would do as he pleased.
Charged with bigamy and credited vna
having thirteen wives by tln cnu,t IN,
GERS Rev. Albert Holden. reported ta
have two sons also under Indictment fa..
bgamy. pleaded guilty at Toledo. O.. auI
was sentenced to serve six Years iu fI,.
penltentiaIy.
Holden married every time the sunir
moved him. His courtshipS ALWAYS took
place during one of his rcviyals. and his
victims were always one of those whom
he had taken into the church
just before sentence was passed. Hnl-
den said to the judge that he had been
the victim of brain trouble ana blamed
his many marriages on this aftlrtou.
lie said that he had struggled against
the sin of bigamy, but that all his urag-
ers had availed him nothing
The following petition from the un-
married women of the town Of Wake
field. Mass. was received by the Legs
lature of that state The other day.
We. the unmarried women of the
town Of Wakefield petition your honor
able bodies for a law lcvying a tax on
bachelors, said tax to he graduated as
follows: From % to p years 50; from
- to 30 years, SO: from 30 to 81 years
SO: from 80 to 40 years, $50; over 10
years, chlorof0rm in large doses.
And your petitioners further repre-
sent that bachelors are barnacle growth
on the slip of society. impeding its prog
ress ana of no earthly use except as pail
bearers.
I'VE are not advocating this law be-
cause we are single; that concerns us
the least. If you don't believe it. aSk MS
and see
1t has not been decided to what COM
mittee to refer the petition.
Some curious drinks that men call for
in saloons, says the Philadelphia Record.
We're observed by man who stood at
the end of the bar and took in everything
that happened. The usual N.iskies and
beers were frequent, but he also no
ticed that number of men asked for
egg in milk and egg IN sherry. You
sell Il lot of eggs here, he observed 10
the bartender. "lou bet we do, an
swered the man behind Hundreds of
men drink egg drinks only. There are
several men who come i'll here that or
der egg in beer. How they get away
with that awful mess | cannot under
stand, but they drink it down as though
here every day has them all skinned. tie
always takes the most outlandlsh NIX
ture of stout and milk. He's the AmlJ
for crazy drinker, and heads nay Hc5
of curious booze artists. We cai ui>
drink the graveyard cocktail.
An exciting wolf hunt took place pee
Gently on one of the business lhol-
oughfareS of Eau Claire. The animal
was a large one and WAS dl~coyeI,a
leisureIy vending its way down NaHt
street about | O'Clock. Women aud ra.
dren screamngly ran into the Hfa''o
houses. No soonrr had the alarm hsea
passed than 100 men gave chase Fl" t.e
animal with clubs. axes. Wncu'Sl "''
and shotgms. Onward the GuA.,.S
pressed after the biz wolf 'I'a-"
streets, alleys snowdrifts and W1'.
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