Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-23

south of Terre Haute, Ind, who was
stricken dumb eight months ago, has
coughed up broken tooth and com
menced at once to talk.
The seventeenth child was born at
Sterling, ILL.,, To Mr., and Mrs. James
Monroe of Gold township. Bureau coun-
". The couple had previously been
blessed with five pairs of twins
Pedro, an old white delivery horse. of
Appleton. Wis. died the other night
and all indications point To suicide Dur
ing the night the animal left its stall and
squeezed into a narrow apartment or
pm, so that its head was forced down
toward the shoulder, breaking its neck.
The discovery of new comet was
announced i'll Il cablegram received mt
the Harvard observatory from Prof
kreutz, ut Kiel, the discoverer being
Giacobini at Nice. The comet was viSi-
bic in small telescope, having a daily
motion of minus three minutes and eight
seconds i'll the right ascension and plus
fltty-seven minutes in declination
Matthew +. and James 2. Dillon, twin
brothers, of Philadelphia, aged 40, have
become insane. They began acting
strangely at almost the same time six
weeks ago. Neither had shown any trace
OF insanity previous to that time, but
both soon became violently demented
Their relatives and family physician say
there was no trace of insanity in any
others of their family.
Edgar Jephsen of Wenbley. AIiddlesex,
is the latest British dress refOrmer. He
has invented suit for men in Il hurry,
the main usefulness of which lies in
the fact it can be put on and taken off
in record time In appearance it differs
only from the conventional attire when
seen from behind. but it is so distinct
i've from this point of view that when
Jephsen first wore it in public he was
derided. The novel feature of the suit
consists in combining the jacket and
trousers. the latter being fastened by
concealed buttons. Jephsen proposes to
extend the idea to evening dress. but
doubts whether it will be popular, be-
cause it is so useful.
County Judge r. IL. Slosson of Keno
Sba, Wis, put an end 10 what he termed
II kindergarten marriage" the other
night when he refused TO issue an q. der
for the marriage of two young people
from Chicago. The groom was under -
and the girl was just past 16. Both had
consent from their parents. but Judge
Slosson declared they would not get an
to Milwaukee, hoping TO get married
there.
\ Racine county charge for years,
Gam NiSsen, Il veteran of the Danish
war of 1S4S, has received word from the
Danish consul at Chicago that he will
receive a pension of 100 crowns year
from the Danish government. This
amount will be sufficient to keep the vet
eran during the remainder of his life and
he can now leave the county house. y
son of Nissen promised to support him.
but after plac cling him in the county house
suddenly left the city, and is now in
Boston.
+. Il. Mahoney. young man employed
at the shipyard at Newport News. Va.
was arrested on a ,harge of bigamy and
made a full confession. MahOney has a
wife and eight children at Herndon. Va
Seven years ago he went TO Newport.
Two years later he was married to Hiss
Beatrice Parker, formerly of North Car
DINA. Since that time he has lived quiet
~ with his second wife, by whom he has
one child. When told that his wife in
Herndon had made the complaint. Ma
honey said: She's got no business
squealing. She told me l could marry
whenever | wanted to-"
held recently passed off without riot.
The first year men had the ''sophs" com
pletely outwitted. Pickets were sta
toned to kidnap those who would re-
spond to toasts. But the freshmen exc
cuted coup and got permission from
President Angel To make the trip
| through the subway" which is the tun-
mel running from the central heating
plant to all the buildings on the campus
The young women who were the guests
of the men who made the detour were
not molested i'll going from their car
riages into the gymnasium.
One thousand persons fought and
scrambled for possession of 5000 of
C4icle Sans dollars that were spilled
from SubtreaSury wagon which broke
down AT San Francisco. \ heavy guard
of soldiers accompanying three wagons
of coin on their way 10 the Preside 10
pay off the officers and men formed a
Gordon around the scattered silver. and.
with drawn bayonets, drove off the
crowd. All the coin was recovered from
the mud and slush except ~. For this
a big crowd hunted during the remainder
of the afternoon, and found $50 OF il
before night came.
William Yours Strong. farmer near
Caldwell, \. j., owns a goose which is
StN tutH- 1.-TWO years OH. lie SNearS-
William Yours. the man ! was named
after, gave me this goose in ISL" said
Strong; Yours was going back to the
old country, and he said: Bill. I've
owned this goose for thirty-six years.
would like 10 take her with me- but |
fear she cannot stand the voyage So
give her to you. Cherish her. Bill be
kind to her in her old age. for she is
almost like 4 sister To me-
Yours kissed the goose goodby
Mr.. Strong added. Look at her: She
Is as Sctive as goSling"
Attention has often been directed To
the dangers to passengers arising from
the old type Of English railway coach
divided into isolated COMPARTMENTS.
Gradually these are being replaced.
especially ON the main lines, by corridor
coaches.