Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
BRIEF NOTES OF
GENERAL, INTEREST

II GENERAL, INTEREST s
Joseph Lovesee, a veteran of the Mex
ican war, living at Roscoe near Beloit,
WIS, has received an English pocket
Bible which he lost in the battle of Con
treras, August 20. 1S47. The Bible was
purchased by him when he enlisted. 1t
was found on the body of a Mexican sol
dler at Cherubusco, and has been sold
ana gwen away many times, finally
reaching Mrs. K. G. Conner. New York.
who advertised for the owner.
TO carry around a six inch hairpin in
ones abdomen for years and not know
II was the experience of John Weichers
Oh Gfundy county, Ia, surgeons who op-
Grated on the young man were amazed
TO ma the hatpin with the beaded head
near the skin and the point near the in
testnes. The shaft of the pin was
coated with rust until it was the size of
lead pencil. How it got there neither
the young man nor his parents can ex-
plain.
:, Choked by piece of candy, Orrie Nc.
Williams died while engaged in n rams,
-ef ball at Montezuma. la. An exciting
contest was in progress and McWilIiams
was catching with gumdr0p in his
mouth. The ball was thrown to him To
smut out home run by man on third.
McWi!liams caught the ball. but imme-
diately fell to the ground in a fit of
strangulation. Help was summoned. but
the boy was dead before physicians could
reach his side.
After devoting his life to the study of
medicine and himself being afflicted with
n IF In
b. Crowell died at his home in Mime
apolis of Bright's disease and heart fail
ufe. ~ his special request his body was
the subJect OF post-mortem examina-
tlon by the University of Minnesota
medical school, in the interests of science
Or. Crowell was born in Cicero, n. Y.
October 3. 1869, and graduated from the
Eclectic Medical institute in Cincinnati
in 1885
Travellers in the Wodonga and Bar
nawartha districts of Australia find it
difficult, writes a Melbourne correspond
ent to get their horses to face the cater
pillars that swarm the country roads
Ihey are denudIng vegetation. and it is
feared the vineyards will be devastated.
An excursion train, when seven miles
from Penshurst, was brought to n stand
still through the dense masses of the in
sects blocking the rails The wheels
crushing them to death 'skidded" from
the rails.
James Loveless of Ithaca. \. Y, is
critically ill from continued attack of
hiccoughing and an operation will be
performed in a desperate attempt TO save
his life. For sixteen days he has hic-
c0ughed necessarily, and every known
remedy for the disease has been tried un-
successfully. DIR. Judd administered cleo
trclty, one pole touching the back of the
mans neck and the other connected with
his diaphragm. The current was turned
on several times, but the hiccoughing
did not cease. Even opiates had little
effect.
An unusual series of courtsmartial
is now sitting at every army corps head
quarters in Italy. 1t appears that large
body of the warrant officers from all
the garrisons have become so dissatis- |
fed with their condition, and so hopeless |
of seeing it improved through the or
binary channels, that they have sent |
collective petition direct to the war min |
lister. And now at every post court |
consisting Of a colonel, two lieu |
tenant colonies and two captains, is tfyeTf
ing the delinquentS ON the question, shall |
they be degraded? At Milan alone |
twelve quartermasters are being tried.
Unusual freshness cost William Mil !
ford, aged 20 years. his life at Center !
vile, la. He was standing on the rear |
platform of a street car when il rounded |
Il curve and he was thrown off on to the |
pavement.
He clught himself on a rod with one |
hand. but the impetus given his go |
pounds was more than he could hold.
and he fell to the pavement striking on /
his head. His skull was fractured and |
he died an horif' farvr:~"'
He was only ; feet tall and was so
large around that he could not he taken /
through the door of the ambulance and
was carried to the hospital ON stretcher
by six men.
\ kiss given i'll settlement of debt
for Sll0 is not legal satisfaction of the
lain, according to a decision rendered
n the district court. Mrs. Bolz. Il widow
If Omaha, was sued by Nicholas Prizes.
md the defendant admitted the loan was
made year ago. When she was ready
q repay il. according TO her statement
he plaintiff said TO her:
20, never mind about that: just give
ne a kiss and that will settle it,
The kiss was given. she AYERS in the
relief that the debt was discharged. The
curt decided in favor of the creditor.
tnat he SnOuId compromise |
W returning the kiss. To this. however.
.Irs. Bolz objects
With tear-filled eyes and trembling
'oice, II. j. Higgins, Il bachelor worth
100000. appealed TO Chief of Police
7. W. Jones of Dies Moines. Ia. To pro-
Get him against the scores of women
Who, he declared, are determined to
make love to him against his viii
For nearly a year | have not had a
peace" declared Higgins. Il
ave worried so that l am getting as
hin as a rail. Il
Higgins insisted that he did not care
snap for any woman on earth. and :
My asked to be let alone. He told the
hief that if molested further he would
emand an injunction. The chief prom
sed Higgins protection. {
An interesting ease at law. which cen ;
cred on the observance of an old Jewish
ustom. was decided in Vienna recently. [
. merchant. says The American Israel y
e. discharged clerk on account of !
aCIaet of dirty Amnnp tho ebo 800. / I