Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18
NOTES OF INTEREST.

The rob5ing of pillars i'll the checker
VEN OF Nc. { mine, Erie county, Pa has
caused disturbance of the surface in
the village of Port Griffith, near here,
and extensive damage is feared The
nome of Thomas Moughan was badly
damaged, and it is feared pittston hospi-
tai may be within the radius of the dis
turhance. The workings are so close the
surface that people in their homes can
distinctly hear miners drilling.
Capt. Will Webster and his fishing
crew made a record catch of perch in
Lhe mouth OF Toms river opposite Island
helghtS, n. j.. The seine was spread
around school of perch, and in one haul
thirty-seven barrels or upward of three
ana half tons caught. There were also
about loo striped bass in the nets If
the fishermen, shipping to the New York
market cleared 10 cents Il pound on their
eaten 1t would be $3.50 for the one haul.
Webster and his crew few days ago
made haul OF 1000 pounds in about the
same place.
For some days Michael Kohlhepp of
New Brunswick, y. j., on bringing his
COWS IN from pasture ut night, has found
tney gave no milk. He lives within the
city limits. asked the police to solve the
mystery, and they had William Kish
- 'iiV N'NsH' L lie ilESJ UaN ana nIght
hlSh saw no signs of suspected tramps
although the cows, as usual. gave no
mix. y closer watch the next day led
TO the discovery that some geese were
taking the milk from the cows Kohl
hepp now is looking for the owner of the
geese.
George Sampsell. aged - years, of 1917
West Third street, Chester, Pa, is hic-
coughing himself to DEATH A week ago
Sampseil was taken i'll with erysipelas
III his right arm, and about the same
time he was seized with hiccoughs. DIR.
Fred IL. Evans is doing all he can to
relieve the sufferer, but without success.
The hlccoLghing continues at intervals Of
every few seconds and the man is vast
ing away He is unable to eat; his heart
acton keeps growing weaker and the
pam he suffers is eXcruciating. A week
ago SampSell was big, strong man.
weighing nearly 200 pounds. He is now
but a shadow of his former self, and his
face is so drawn and distorted from the
effects of the affiiction that members of
ms family and his intimate friends would
not recognize him. He must starve to
death, it appears
That Patrick Connolly. a well known
farmer near Mulica Hill. n. J. is alive
is due to the heroic measures adopted
by two physicians called to minister to
him after he had taken an opiate in
supposed attempt at suicide at his home.
When he was discovered Connolly was
supposed to be dead, but the doctors
were summoned more as matter of
form than with any idea that their sery-
ices would be of any value When they
arrived, however, they applied an electric
battery to the inanimate figure There was
faint response and the physicians inn
medlately began the courageous effort to
save the man. They started to walk
with him and they kept it up hour after
hour through the whole night without
Il break When Ole wearied of the effort
the other took his place. but never for an
instant was the farmer permitted to rest.
Often 1t was necessary to drag Connolly
along and sometimes it was a hand-to-
hand battle with him. As semi-con-
seriousness returned his strength came
back and it was all the doctors could do
to hold him. He is in fair way to re-
cover.
That