Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-30

four feet to the ridges
Rev. s. III. Gibson, late pastor Of the
First Baptist church of Mount Vernon.
ILL.,, coored congregation, has attached
the church property and fixtures for back
| salary amounting to S2T1. The church
| Is III charge Of the sheriff and all meet
ngS are suspended.
Charles Fairweather of Sheboygan,
| Wis, is in receipt OF Il large cocoanut
from Frank Folly of Palm Beach. Fla.
Tile cocoanut is about Il foot long and
WAS sent by mail. The postage on it
was Is cents. 1t is in the huSk just as
it was taken from the tree.
For violently showing a white girl off
| a sidewalk and disturbing the peace in
general. which nearly resulted III race
riot and lynching of Horace Gray, Il
negro Of Harrisburg. Ill.,. was fined $1,000
| aud costs. George Roach, a negro. was
hned $50 and costs on Il similar charge.
There is a warning for the girl who
losses her head i'll the fate of Miss Maine.
Phillips of Rellwood. Pa. As Miss Phil
| lips, who Is II, was comhing her hair be-
fore her glass she gave her head a toss
! to get the comb ut her back treSseS. SHE
| diSlocated her neck. The girl will he re-
moved to IA hospital for treatment
y pig chase ON roller skits is the cher
| iShed form Of amusement at ManiStee,
| Mich The Other day humane officer
stopped the sport. 1t was agreed that
if Il pig weighing 100 pounds were used
and only one skater allowed on the rink
at time there Wodld be no inhumanity.
so the event was postponed while Il
! committee sought out pig of proper
! physical proportions.
| The first bathtub to find its way to
| Fairfax. :. D., Rosebud county seat,
| was formally installed last week in the
barber shop of Ralph Christiance. and
there is rejoicing throughout the whole
| Rosebud reservation. Fairfax was one
! of the centers of the Rosebud rush. and
has long been equipped with II jail, but
until now those who chose to battle had
70 do it on the installment plan.
Henry Doerr. a prominent butcher of
Altoona. Pa. lost $500 diamond ring
recently under peculiar circumstances.
/ He laid the ring ON "a chOpplng block
| while he did some work. Forgetting
about it. he later placed 4 quarter of
beef on the block and proceeded To cut
ont roast.
Finding the use of the cleaver neces-
sary. he brought it down with usual
force. Shattcring the diamond into Il hun
bred pieces.
James Wall. - years old. has started
suit for divorce at Ottumwa. Ia, against
his wife. aged IL. He names William
| Wagner. - years old, as correspondent.
Wall declares he was forced To dispose
| of his property and then excluded from
the home and compelled to go 10 the
poor farm. The woman declared she
married Wall eleven years ago and that
for the last six years he had never
spoken kind word to her and took her
property.
\ belated Christmas shopper put in
an appearance at several of the stores III
| Grand Rapids. Wis. few days ago and
purchased large assortment of toys and
| presents for his wife and children He
! lives several miles from railroad sta
| lion and found il impossible at Christ
mas time 10 get to the city. owing to the
impasSability of the roads leading to his
home Determined. however, 10 enjoy
| the blessings of Il Christmas day, h
came To the city in March. and purchased
| a supply of presents. and started home
happy.
While making some excavations in
| New Rochelle. New York workmcn I'M
enrthCd a skeleton of Il man believed a.
hc Bartholomew Lisppnard. one of the
| Huguenot founders of New Rochelle
who fled from La Rochelle. in France,
after the revocation of the e,ict oi
| Nantes The bones. which had been
buried 100 years. were found incaSed Ia
solid stone The only member of the
! IiSnenard family now living is sand t.
be l.ispcnurd Stuart, real estate broker
of New York.
Upon complaint Of Mayor Miller oi