Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
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For stealing three dozen doughnuts.
valued at 30 cents, from IA bakery Al
bert Dorsey of GAINESVILLE, Wis, was sen
fenced by Judge Fitield to one year in
the state prison ut Wausau.
Because the Nebraska law makes it
the duty of the jury, and not of the
Judge, to assess the penalty in a murder
case, John Hamlin, who recently On
tered plea of guilty of killing his
sweetheart, Rachel I.ngle. ut Grand Is
land, must go through the form of Il trial.
Edward Jenkins of La Crosse. Wis,
freight brakeman on the Dubuque di-
vision Of the milwaukee, road. was run
over by sixteen freight cars and is alive.
Jenkins was knocked beneath the train.
between the rails. He remained still and
was uninjured.
\ rabid dog. running loose, killed
chickens belonging to Thomas Clerkn of
New Britain, Conn. and bit one of his
children so severely that it died. The
city paid for the chickens. but the com
mittce on claims held that the city Is
not responsible for the life Of child.
Corporation Counsel HungerfOrd said
the fathers only recourse is to sue the
owner Of the dog if he can be found.
There are ten statues of public men
in Michigan. six of which are i'll Muske-
gon, the gift of the late Charles Ii.
Hackley Detroit has monument TO
the late Gov Hazen s. Pingree and an
other is being erected to Alexander Ma
comb. Lansing has Austin blair and
there is IL statue of Father Marquette i'll
the Queen City of Lake superior
named for him.
The victim, apparently. OF an unscru-
pulous or unfortunate brother. Miss Hell
en- Dixon. young woman prominent IN
church circles at Bloomington. Ill.,. was
arrested and placed in jail on a charge
of enbezzling $1,000 belonging to the
Cleaners society of the Second Chris
tan church. of which she has been treas
urer. The money had Deen raised to pur-
chase a new $1,000 pipe organ. 1t is said
the brother got into trouble borrowed
the money from her and did not repay it.
Alleging that he tickled her under the
chin. Miss Mabel Lutterman of Spencer,
Ia. has sued George \. Rooney. Il bank
or. for $1,000 In her petition Miss Lut-
terman declared that while Romey was
on visit to her home in the country he
patted her on the back. pinched her
arms and petted and ticked her under
tilt tllIH anu iIittl 10 pun HIS uIiiS sEOuIl
her. She says the acts caused her to be
i'll and nervous and gave her much men
tai anguish. Rooney is prominent in state
banking circles and reputed to be Il mil
ionaire.
Bert Brand. a Chippewa Falls farmer.
went to sleep in his cutter the other
night after heading his horse homeWard
from this city. At three O'Clock i'll the
morning he awoke and found himself in
Eau Claire twelve miles from his home
Hardly had he learned this when his
horse ran away and he was thrown ont
and badly bruised. The strangest part
of the adventure was that the horse had
Travelled from Chippewa Falls to Eau
Claire on the interurban tracks. had
jumped culverts and executed some re-
markable feats in the deep snow.
"All the game wardens and all the
game laws cannot preserve the game
birds to Wisconsin,. said Halvor l.
Skaylem of GAINESVILLE who was candi-
date for the state Assembly in 1902
This remark was made i'll address before
the GAINESVILLE Twilight .lub. The speak
er added that the eX,erlninatiOn of birds
which had been in progress for the past
forty years, is the result OF the onrush
of civilization. The causes of develop
ments are the disappearance of the for
y
and weeds on which the birds fed.
As an object lesson to dilatory high
way commissioners the women of We
nice, Cal. recently turned out with
picks and sh0velS and SmOothed the
wrinkles out of Washington boulevard.
In the army of rOadmakerS were the
wives and daughters of millionaires,
Dirt began to fly early in the day. and
holes which have been the hane of trav-
elerS along the thOroughfare were filled
and given high finish.
At noon lunch was served under the
trees at the roadside Auto parties which
passed along the road cheercd the wom-
Ell shoveers.
Frank Shepard and Sam Mimi. negro
cooks who attended Il masquerade bali
at Hyannnis, Neb.. and in their dis
guses danced with the bellies of the
town, have dehed arrest with the as
sistance of their raZors since the time
they unmasked when the ball was over.
Two of the favOrte costumes of the
evening represented George Washing
ton and Uncle Sam. The men wearing
them were good dancers and their pro
gramneS were filled. When they I'M
masked later Mt 4 saloon they nearly
precipitated Il race riot. They resisted
arrest. but the citizens are determined.
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the charge of disturbing the peace.
Howard +. Stryker. former baseball
player on the La Crosse baseball team,
vocalist in the First Congregational
church of La Crosse, and travelling sales
man for the Bergh Piano company, has
entered the field of evangelism and at
present is conducting Il revival i'll Iowa. !
Jess than two months ago. a year after
his divorce from a prominent La Crosse
young woman. he married Miss Jessie |
Workman Il clerk in the employ of the
Bergh Piano company. \ part of the /
honeymoon was spent ut Dakota. Mimi, |
the home of Mrs. Stryker. While there !
Stiykor engaged in evangelical work, /
y assisting the Rev Lyu J. &. Kelley of |
Ia Crescent. Mimi
Frank Otto Walther Of New orl and /.
Miss Ida Brokaw lutte OF PittSburg were /
Thursday evening at The home I