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

George Wright. merchant of Racine,
and a lodge man of prominence in RAJ
cine, suddenly lost the power of speech
and cannot utter a word. Some years ago
Mr.. Wright was afflicted in similar
way, but recovered.
John Knuehler underwent an operation
NJ Watertown for a peculiar accident.
While playing with his sou, who was
blowing tuning whistle, the father
drew it down into his windpipe. He did
not suffer any particular Inconvenience.
as his breath was drawn through the
tube producing a musical sound Several
physicians noticed the artificial phe-
nomenon before the operation. which con-
sisted of opening the windpipe To ex-
tract the whistle
Joseph Notary of Webster. Mass.
drew a prize package when he pur-
chased a box cigars. 1t included letter
from Miss Eta Mcdonald. 235 Myrtle
avenue. Cincinnati who wants hus-
band with $4,000. Joseph lacks a triae
over $1,000 of that sum and is sorry he
must pass along the invitation.
The Boone river has a streak of "ye-
low in it, The yellow streak" result
ed from an influx of two and one-half
barrels of bottled beer seized hv the
authorities at Webster City. la, aud
spilled into the waters The beverage
FAILED to mix with the placid waters of
the Boone and the amber fluid flowed
down the center of the stream for over
a mile
Ezekiel Crawford of Northport. L. l..
has flock of Museovy ducks which acct
dentally have invented new game.
They were in the habit of flying from
the barn to Il duck pond on Crawford's
farm aud entering the water with re-
bounding splash
When winter arrived and the pond
was coated with smooth ice the ducks
flew from the barn as usual Nearing
the surface of the pond they extended
tended their feet aud quit dying. evident
" expecting to splash into the water.
They did nothing of the kind Their
feet slipped out from under them aud
they sat down hard and slid swiftly
across the ice until they bumped against
the frozen shore
hurried back TO the barn to try it again.
The result was the same. Again and
again they are said to have tried the
stunt.
Now ii is said they show signs Of joy
when, upon retiring at night. they note
evidences of freezing before morning
A boar running amuck in an express
car gave Express Messenger n. r.
Richardson of Detroit the fright of his
life while the Wabash Continental"
train was running at full speed across
Indiana and there was no way to signal
or call for help.
His boarshp, Of Poland-China thor
oughbred stock. and weighing $50
pounds, was taken on at Danvile. ILL.,.
packed in frail crate He was peace
fully minded then, but after the train
had gotten into full speed. he began to
show signs of distrust of his surround
lngs. He fr0thed at the mouth and
crunched the timbers of his crate IN his
Increasing fury.
The messenger became worried and
pulled the crate into a far corner and
began to pile trunks about ii as a barri-
cade. The crate was rapidly going TO
pieces and before the trunks were fairly
arranged Richardson felt them tumbling
about him as the boar rushed for the
only enemy he recognized.
As the boar struck Richardson the car
lurched and threw his boarship aside.
Richardson succeeded in rising and
mounting the trunks against the roof
where he was treed until lie reached Fort
Wayne, where the boar was again put
into prison this time in strong
crate.
Because she licked SO raany postage
stamps three years ago, Miss Myra Sill
vernal, employed in the postoflce in
Norfolk. Conn, says her tongue ''aches
most of the time
She was treated at first in Hartford
but got no relief. She has Just returned
from six weeks stay Mt ST. Vinccnt's
hospital, in New York, but her tongue
still bothers her. The case puzzles ply
sicians, who think that an operation may
have TO be performed. Her trouble has
impaired her general health.
Four hundred invitations to the we'd
ding at Philadelphia of Miss Blanche
Durham. niece of Israel w Durham, TO
j. Wesley Milestone. were recalled and
they were married privately at home
The bride has bronchitis: her father
rheumatism; her mother, tonslitis; Mrs.
Edwin l.. Blabon, sister, the matron
Of honor, cold; Miss Merille Durham,
maid of honor, a cold, and Erwin por-
ter West. the best man, grip. The af-
fair was to have been a large church
wedding.
Fifty years ago, William II. Win
Post, g. A. r., at Dunkirk. n. T.,
planted an acorn on his fathers farm at
Stockton, n Y, which he had obtained
while on a visit to an uncle at Bemus
Point. Some months ago Mr.. Win
chester bought the tree from the present
owner Of the farm, James Rawson, and
cut ii down. The logs. averaging 81
inches in diameter, he had sent to a mill
and CIT into quartered oak. He intends
to have furniture built of the lumber
for his home.
Kicked by a horse and his leg broken.
Irving Il. Taylor of South Norwalk,
Conn, was being carried through the
front door Of his home at the same mo-
ment neighbors were carrying Mrs. Tay-
Tor through the back door with a frac.
tnred hip. In the ensuing excitement
Mary, the 13-year-old daughter, fell
down stairs with the baby IN her arms.
Mary's nose was broken, but the baby
contributed no part to the general frac.
turing Taylor is a blacksmith. When
Mrs. Taylor saw her husband on the
! stretcher she hurried 10 the honse, but
slipped and fell on some ice.
The court Of appeals at Frankfort
KY, reversed the case Of Henry Hertle
against Alice Riddle. w. g. Hansbrougl
and Ada Hansbrough from the Jefferson