Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
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was found on Mount St Helena. in
Washington, by Il Seattle party of the
AI5zamas d club of mountain climbers.
To save his life they carried him to the
summit of the mountain, at the mmi-
nom risk TO themselves, and. in an inn
rrovised streteher made out of a sleep
ine bag. slid him down the north side
III the great peak for 1000 feet TO the
NTazarnaS camp where medical attention
was given him. The injured man was
s,of down the mountain side at almost
LIGHTNING speed, tied to his rescuers with
r5nes. Physicians say that had not this
eypelient been followed Anderson would
have died Of his injuries.
Miss Efie Snow and Miss Minnie Ut
lev. bellies of Hardinsville, Ark, have
been indicted by the grand jury ON the
They gave bond for their appearance
in court. 1t is alleged that the girls
talked and snickered as they exchanged
gossip il church Friends of the young
women declare that the girls We're
amused by the appearance of some one
keep from titfering. They are highly
respected in this community.
Drfver Brewer Kirln of the Good
Win fire companys ambulance in Potts
town. Pa, ran into the funniest expert
W
was called out to take Isaac Bauerman
to the hospital. Scarcely able to walk
from threatened blood poisoning, result
ing from stepping on a rusty nail, Bau-
erman got one glimpse of the ambulance
rs it stopped in front of his home, and
then all his physical disability diSap-
peared. With Il bound he reached the
door of his home and locked it. All the
persuasion of neighbors failed to get him
to open the door. He had mistaken the
ambulance for an undertaker's wagon,
for he said that he did not want TO be
buried until he was dead.
The busy bee was ut work and when
swarm of honeymakers gathered on a
trolley wire of the Rochester & East
ern for over an hour traffic on the line
was held up and the broad main street
of Canandaigua, n. Y, blocked. The
swarm was SO large that it was impossi-
BILE to see across the street at times.
They drove a gang of haven't workers
away ,emptied two trolley ears of their
messengers, and chased three touring au-
tomobiles for three blocks Near by doc
tors We're busy all the afternoon taking
care Of persons who were stung.
Because pretty Emma Wasser of Al
lentown, Pa, would not accept the atten-
tons Of Harvey Wiegard, young ad-
mirer Hervey. with William Bittenben-
der and Elmer Keller, East AIacungie
lads, ranging from 16 to Is years old.
climbed a grape arbor to the window of
the girls room mt her home in that town
and drenched her with water from hose
as she lay asleep in bed. The screams
If the frightened girl aroused her fa-
Their T. G. Wasser, who came to the
rescue, and before the boys could escape
he recognized them. They were all ar
rested,
To have wooed. won and married in
little more than twenty-four hours after
having met his wife is the record youth
full Stanley Koviski of Freeland, Pa,
made for himself, even in the face of
violent protest from the sons of his
bride, beth of whom are years older
than their stepfather. Mrs. Michael
Fertel of Freeland attended to some
business in Berwick on Friday. There
the woman, grandmother, met young
Koviski, who is u years old. Bringing
him home. she announced her Intentions
Of marrying him, although twenty-five
years her junior. Her sons protested in
vain, then appealed to Father Yurica.
pastor of St. Johns Slayonic church
but he could do nothing but marry
them.
George Benjamin, linotype operator
earned the title Of champion potato eat
eT of the Naugatuck valley in Water
bury, Conn.,, when, in a contest with
THvmas Burke, matchmaker. he de-
voured twenty-five large tubers &c
Burke's tWenty-three.
While 200 members of the summer
colony at Ogunquit, a shore resort in
Maine stood on the beach, an enormous
whale seventy feet in length, thrashed
itself to death in the shallow water OF
the flats. 1t is believed that the whale
II chased school of fish into the bay and
was so intent on prospective breakfast
that It did not know where it was go
n ing Suddenly, while lurching ahead
WIN terrific momentum it struck the
feaeherous sands 100 yards from the
y beach and ran high and dry. The tide
n was last ebbing and, despite herculean
81 fiIofts 10 get into Scep water, the whale
y cn1Fning the sea into a foam, was I'm.
III able to move.
The baptism of Maitland Alexander. Jr.
~ q =,Aonths-old infant said to be worth
"a T5V'ooO,O0O, was postponed in Pittspurg
81 II; a. as Mrs. Alexander is indisposed
81 ,lAe oabe is the son of Rev. DIR. Matt
"a nLd Alexander, pastor of the First
81 I,feSpyterian church of Pittsburg. and
81 MIS- Madeline Laughlin Alexander, who
81 "9s one of the richest girls in America
. ~ man of ..reat wealth. being OF
Tue insurance fanny of New York.
III " Llg;ngtning played queer pranks in
# ,",LoodDury, Conn, during storm the
M g,1eE night One bolt entered the front
DIT q dwelling owned by H. b.
# ,Ie4fdsiey, tore out a window, and hurled
al +e tenant Of the house, William Shaw,
5o, onto the back yeranda without in
NJ se--As him in the least. The family
81 ing machlne was moved from the
~ SfIloF INTO the" dining room, but Mrs
~ a| says she wanted it there anyway
Ky tt 4dd to its good work the lightning
gt thousands Of elm tree beetles
& @..h were turning the old towns ma
I'M '"I trees into barren stumps.
s ~ Gen Harry Heller, conductor on an
MI D. -'rrhth street car in Philadelphia
~ was seized with violent attack
, ".'sebeed the other afternoon and
frSs.l .ahen 10 the Polyclynic hospital for
'sy t- t..1ent friend waited long enough
81 gt the physicians diagnose the ease
Nrs giS{axis and hurried 10 inform
So tieller at 312 New street The tern
H + terror to her heart and She Al