Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27


sembled at the bishops residence and
We're escorted by their superior to the
remodeled orphanage. The bishop then
instructed them to enter the building and
slide through the chute. He stationed
himself at the bottom. The twenty-five
made the slide in safety and the prelate
expressed himself satisfied with the test.
Bishop Ryan did rot personally try the
escape
After keeping their secret for Il month,
Fred A. Shotwell. aged 80 years, and
Mrs. Emma Shotwell, aged II years, of
south Bend, Ind, have announced their
marriage, which occurred at Posterville.
Mich. ON November 16. The bride is
the step-grandmother of the groom.
1t costs $4.36 in wilkes-Barre, Pa, to
angrily resent the charge of being
bachelor. This Is the fine which Aid.
Donohue imposed upon Patrick Clark
clark is quite old enough 10 be married.
but he showed so little inclination to take
a wife that the neighbors began to talk
about 1t. Recently Mrs Anna Phillips
began TO tease him and thrust her daugh-
ters doll in his hands. Clark was SO
angry that he threw the doll on the
sidewalk and jumped on it. The indig
nant Mrs. Phillips had him arrested.
LIZ story from Millsboro, Del, pub
llshed in Philadelphia paper is true,
the day of the photograph has just be-
gun, According to this yarn, Ace Good
hill, hunter, of Millshoro, is having
wonderful success cunning for wild geese
on the Indian river with the aid of
photograph. His method is to set the
machine, loaded with "honk-honk." in
the bow of the boat, and then, when the
geese answer the call. TO pick them off.
The geese fly TO the slaughter he says.
He now fears that the next Legislature
Will pass law forbidding the use of
Photographs.
In Philadelphia the Salvation Army
has provided a novelty for the charitahly
inclined at this Christmas tide In place
of the iron pots which Milwaukeeans
are asked TO keep boiling" for n Christ
mas dinner for the poor, cash registers
have been substituted. The contributor
rings up the amount he or she wants 10
give and drops the cash into the money
drawer. The innovation is said TO be
attractive and to have induced more lib
eral gifts than the pots.
A remarkable burglar proof safe has
been placed in bank in England. At
night the safe IL lowered by cables into
an impregnable metallic lined sub-vault
of masonry and concrete. After reach
ing the bottom 1t is fastened down by
massive steel Tugs, operated by triple
time lock. Until these lugs are released
automatically at a desired time no hui
man agency can raise the safe. and To
break in through mass of stone and con-
crete which measures 10 feet by 10 feet
by 16 feet with dynamite would wreck
the building without making ii possible
to get at the safe.
AS Senator Stewart was about to leave
At 4. Ia
other day, he commented on the fact that
he visited the mansion on the night Of
President Lincoln's assassination, and
probably received from the martyred
executive the last lines no ever wrote.
Pointing to the portico of the white
house, he continued:
II saw President Lincoln get / o his
carriage from those steps the night he
was killed. | was the last man 20 speak
TO him at the white house. He wrote me
note that night that ! would give $1,000
IL | had now
MIR. Lincoln's calling hour for con-
gressional visitors was O'clock in the
evening. ! was in the Senate and called
ut the white house about 1880 o'clock
that evening. The presidential Offices
were located then in the second story.
From there | sent my card to the Presi-
dent who wrote upon It these words
u nave an thSdEcihe1ll 10 Hlhe MIS-.
| Lincoln TO the theater--an engagement
| never break. Call tomorrow morning
at 10 O'Clock. That. / believe, was tho
last line Mr.. Lincoln ever wrote.
On my way out of the white house /
met President Lincoln in the lobby going
to his carriage with his wife. He
stopped to shake hands, and repeated to
me that he would like TO have me call
the next morning. ! stood there until
he helped Mrs. Lincoln in the carriage
and got in himself"