Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-14
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hau never been exhibited, her parent,
feI using many Gathering offers She WA.
orlSit mentally, did exquisite needle
| WORK, and almost anything that an oI,li
nary woman could accomplish.
Arrivals from the county seat of STAN
icy county in South Dakota report that
! tle PRISONERS in tbs county Jail az Fort
| l iefte threaten 10 80 ON strike unless
the members of the city council yho
/ arc accustomed to hold their sessions IN
the Jail building. adopt a lower tone oi
voice IN carrying an their discussions
he prisoners united in a protest 10 the
Shefln AGAINST the practice of the mem
| DefS 81 the council in arguing 50 loudly
asserting that the uuSeemly disturbance
OF the city fathers, carried on late into
the night. prevents them from securing
the rest 10 which they are entitled The
JAN Is IN the basement of the building.
Whlle the council chamber is on the see
ond floor, but the prisoners declare the
arSuments of the aldermen are carried
on IN So loud tone of voice shat they
are unable to sleep, They further say
they are willing 10 accept any sentence
that the law may impose, but that they
should not be called upon to listen 90 a
session of the city council and thus be
Kept awake far into the night.
Because of playful mice which Gu
yorted around their feet the fair menu
bers of the choir in the Fourth Avenue
Methodist Episcopal church in Home
stead, Pa, have served notice that there
will be no more choir singing until every
mouse IN that corner of the church has
been killed, The strikers refuse 70 90
near the church TO practice. \ nest of
mice came out and began to cut capers
4 he choir was singing Abide With Me-
when the first soprano, reaching for a
high note, trailed off into a shrek which
set most OF the congregation to wonder
lhg aud the soprano sat down with n
thud, She held her feet up shiverng. \
moment later the alto climbed on top Of
her chair. The sexton says the mice
must die forthwith.
During the last high water, large pike
and carp made their way up a drainage
CANAL in Grant township. Worthipg
county, ). D., with the result that Hem
ry Hanson. farmer, lost young calf
carried off by a giant pike. Melvin f.
Sundvold tells the story as reported by
Hanson. The farmer heard noise
among his cattle one night. and rushed
out toward the trouble, which he found
was rear the canal. He found several
calves standing belly deep in water, and
noticed one little calf making a desperate
effort to pull its tail free from some
thing The farmer, with his bare legs.
was afraid of barbed wire. but he wad-
ed cautiously toward the calf and Just
rs he caught il, n monster pike dashed
the water al! over him. and for mo-
ment he was blinded. Wiping the wa
ter from his eyes, he found the calf was
being dragged toward deep water. Han
son made Il desperate effort to reach the
animal before it was dragged into the
canal but he failed, and the calf strng-
gled until it finally drowned,
Rob Roy. an Irish setter. which be-
longed to Miss Mabel Olmsted of Nor
ristown, ~ j., died at Spring LAKE,
where Miss Omsted has Il summer cot
tage. The dogs body was placed in a
sealed coffin and was buried in the dog
cemetery ON the Olmsted place Miss
Olmsted accompanied the body TO the
grave and sprinkled earth on the box as
il was lowered There are number Of
other graves in the cemetery Of Miss
Olmsted's dead pets. She was for years
at the head of the local Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Laban Pollock Of Mansfield. O.. died
from humble bee stings Mr. Pollock.
who was II years old, went up in the
hay NOV TO throw down some fodder
and disturbed a humble bees nest. Be
Tore lac could get away the bees stung
him forty or fifty times.
A woman's hand in good state of
was found along the shores
of the Nantcoke river, near Seaford.
Del. The hand, evidently buried for only
a short time, was unearthed by a dog
As no one is known to have been
drowned or murdered in this section for
several months, the authorities are puz-
zied 10 account for the hand. Many
think that II woman has met with foul
play.
Eight persons partook of a meal AZ a
motel IN Newton, \, j., at which fried rat
tie snake was the chief dish. All declared
That the rattle snake was very palatabIe
The snake was killed early in the day
by Mr.. Allen while he was inspecting a
farm near Lake OwasSa He had eaten
rattle snakes before in North Dakota.
where the natives call them prairie cells,
out To the others in the party i was a
new dish Those who ate the meat said
That II was sweeter and finer than that
OF an eel. The skin on which there were
elglt rattles, will be tanned.
For the first time pearl hunting this
2SdS'h uas become distinct industry In
W bite river, in Indiana Many campers
along the stream hunt pearls. while n
lew persons make it regular occIpa-
non. As yet no very valuable pearl has
peen discovered nearer Muncie than
Farmland, twelve miles away. where q
boy found a gem which he sold for $500.
Many pearls are found, but most Of
them are worth 40 more than y dollar or
50, and are bought at these prices bv
local jewelers.. Every day jewelers. re-
eeiye pearls. nearly all known as "slugs."
or Imperfect stones. Usually n part Of
I he gem is good but most Of it is worth
less. ana when the valueless end is cut
on the remainder is 50 small as to be of
little worth. A boy who walked all the
way from Windsor TO Muncie was great
" disappointed when local jeweler Of
Tered him only s. for three pearls The
lad decided to keep them himself
Muncie jewelers. have begun making
regular shipments Of White river pearls
70 the eastern markets. where the gems
bring considerably more when polished
and set than is paid 10 the pearl hunters.
Word has been received of the mar
rage Of Josephine Miller Of St. Paul.
Ind. % Arthur BARLEY Of Willow Hill,
III The bridegroom married his step
mother, his bride formerly being the