Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-03

- .ntiAdA anu pretty 13-yaar,i9
Elizabeth Krauss of Ottawa. q V"t-eid
horse dropped dead III Main Sfra "i9se
Lima, o., just as the girls irate IL i q
swooped down on the clippers i'm yet
| touring car. Thrusting his dapeI+z. l.s
| the machine, Isaac Krauss turne5 ,'A.o
and sped on the back path to liz Ia
| try home. while young Mckay sbests.Sl-
| looked at his dead horse, the mn
| the stables of his wealthy father
| young couple, against whose lrsrr, 1Ie
| parental objection had been raiSed .+aE
| ed from the krauss home iust isf4t
midnight, after meeting in secrpf T
| intended being welded here. III. ai.y
| father learned Of her absence am Ia,s
after her departure
| Wading 70 feet into Clear lake -r;.,
their petticoats and lingerie hoista5 Il, ;,A
gerly before GOO spectators. Miss (,7i-,
Mott, fair daughter of State PIp>jdar.
| Mott of the Coal Dealers assacis+i-l
won the spicy wading contest at the sr
nuai' outing at Clear lake, near H..
| Moines, Ia. she went feet farther ;1,
| the shallow lake than her nearest riraI
Mrs. q. Fl. Reeves, and the oplv or
who conformed TO the rule that her lin
gerie should in no way be dannenaj
| When she was declared the winTar H.
| the three men judges in boats. the VIZ
/
| the water into the boat and passed bsy,
footed and triumphant, between rvo
! lines of the women of the party IA tbo
disrobing tent, followed by the seventaan
/ barefooted and beaten competing giri-
and wives, to put on again their Sboss
and stockings. Miss Mott received 40
reward a box of silk stockings. gold ON
grayed garters and a parasol and was
named to lead the ball at the plaza pa.
yilion in the evening. Mrs. Jack Dm.
| ely of Clinton was third, and y Mr.
Burke, a guest from Minnesota, Was
! fourth. The wading contest was the feo.
| ture of the outing and attracted crowds
from all over the county. When the
women first left their tent barefootpd
they were protected from the profana
gaze Of men by the lines of women with
! parasols stretching to the beach of tba
lake. Then, however, the men forced
| their way and made an eager coast lma
and cid booted wading in the effort ia
see the show.
| Reports of the inheritance of a big for.
| tune by Miss Margaret O'Connor Of
| Philadelphia, through the death of an
! Australian uncle, nearly caused a disas-
| ter to another Miss Margaret O'Counor.
| in Atlantic City, n. j., whom mistaken
| interviewers had informed of the good
| fortune which they believed to be hers.
| The GIRL who is an attractive yonnr
| Irish domestic III the home of Miss Isle.
at II South Providence avenue, was wild
with joy and about to throw up her Job,
| when the mistake was discovered She
| is crestfallen, but looks on the mistake
as an omen that things may come her
way some day. 1t appears that the local
| Miss 0'Conor also has an uncle in Aus.
| tralia. from whom she had not heard in
81 % ba iic
was not the same as that of the man
| whose heiress was located few days
ago.
A COW belonging to William Mast Of
| Standard, Pa, the other night scratched
| her head with her hoof and caught in
| the latter one of her horns. which is
| very badly crooked and crumpled. The
| COW fell upon her side, and the noise Of
| her struggles awakened the family. Mr.,
| Mast had Nc alternative but to saw off
| the horn in order to release the huof.
Leander Bernhart of Yoe, Pa, thinks
| he has found a substitute for the iucu-
| batOr He says he has evidence that the
| sun can do the work. While in his barn
| yard he was much surprised TO hear
| peeplng from pile of sawdust, and 10
| see three fluffy chicks issue forth He
| raked over the pile and found three
empty eggshelIs. He thinks that the
eggs were accidentally covered over, and
that the hot sun of the last lew weeks
Matched them out.
John McIzittric of Coburg has been
committed to the insane asylum in Eu
gene, Ore. Ell is 76 years old and cannot
read or write. The other morning he
imagined that a large sum of money was
hidden under a barn at CobuTg ara he
had number of people helping him to
find it, until it was discovered that She
old mans mind was affected.
According to the Interpretation of the
law by Judge James Shull Of Perry
county, Pa, specially presiding in Blair
county, when a lover gives a present to
his sweetheart it is hers for all time.
James Poke gave Miss Lucy Detiey
of Juniata set of furs while he was
counting her, and the weather was frgld;
but later he fell in love with another
girl sent all Miss Defiey's presents
back, and demanded the seasonable furs.
She told him to come and get them.
He came, and she showed him the pres
ent, which he appropriated. The gr
says he choked her twice when she
tried to get them fro14 HIN. Suits for
assault and battery followed. Judge
Shull eliminated the larceny charge AMI
returned the furs in this hot weather,
to Miss Deffiey, and the jury divided The
costs in the other case.
A ran, went on a rampage the other
night and upset a section of the nort1,
east part of Philadelphia for several
hours. The animal broke away from
flock of sheep bound for the slaughter
house and began operations at SIXh
street and Lehigh avenue. 1t put >ey
eral tramp dogs temporarily out of buSl-
ness and damaged fully half dozen III
quisitive cats. With crowd Of men
and boys at its back it charged upon
front step" parties along Iaupha
street. 1t dashed through a number ol
houses and was finally cornered ID
backyard near Sixth and banpHa
streets. Sergt. Hogan Of the Elghteen}h
district and a half dozen men held tnE
animal prisoner until the patrol wagon
arrived. The ram was then locked uB'
on the charge of disorderly conduct anu
awaits its owner in a cell.
4 woman 1900 years old is SO much 81
a curiosity that the police of The Dta
street station in st. Louis. have ben
appealed to FOR her protection. ny